It's back! -[2008] Ask ISB-Hyderabad: Admission Director answers your queries!

[Saahas]

Dear Adcom

Thanks for answering our specific queries.

One of my evaluators (to whom I have been directly reporting for the past 2 yrs) is about to leave the company and shift abroad around mid Oct. He has already submitted the evaluation form. At what stage would the Adcom get in touch with him? My concern is that he should be available at the contact details i have provided. What need i do, if he leaves earlier?

Thanks and regards
Saahas

[nehajaini]

Dear Sir,

This is Neha. I am a interested in the 2009-10 Batch of ISB.

I am working and currently out of country, Please tell me how can i proceed with the application process. Do we have to appear in person for the interveiw? Can we use some online tools for the same?

[adarshgupta1984]

Dear Mr.Menon,

Firstly, I thank ISB and you for taking up this initiative to help answer to queries of prospective applicants.

I would like to know the criterion with which you evaluate applicants who have the requisite work experience, i.e., 2 years and more, in their own family business organization. More specifically if the applicant has a science / engineering under-graduate qualification but starts off his/her work career with the family run business (Manufacturing / Trading / both), which may or may not have a requisite of a similar science / technical degree as an under-graduate qualification which the candidate has.

Secondly, If in the case as above, the candidate has worked with his father and learnt many salient aspects of running a business / negotiating deals / managing banking / operations from the start upto the completion of a contract and the various and numerous other aspects of managing the operations of a business, what kind of recomendations would you suggest the candidate to obtain from the people he/she has dealt with in the course of 3-4 years of being a part of the family business.

Thirdly, I would like to know if having good acedemic grades from high school, higher secondary and college will play a role in evaluating such a candidate who ends up starting of his working career in a feild which had no relation what-so-ever to his acedemic qualifications.

Kindly bear with me for asking so many queries, but my last question is that, if the candidate feels the need to move and grow out of the functioning in his family business and wishes to pursue an MBA at ISB, for the main purpose to interact with and learn from people of varied backgrounds and profiles, and thereafter not necessarily join back the Family Business but look towards working for a few years in a more professionally managed organization of an industry type similar or non-similar to the family business, with the intention of learning the various different functionalities / diverse working cultures / decision making patterns / etc and then maybe look to start-off his own business or join back the family business to add more value to it to take it to higher levels, do you think ISB will be helpful for such a candidate to pursue his career vision and also do you think such a candidate will be a useful profile to add to the list of students of ISB?

I hope to receive your valuable opinion and feedback on my queries and apologize if you feel I have asked you too many questions.

Adarsh Gupta

[dip_crux]

Dear Menon,

I am interested in 2009-10 batch for ISB.My Profile

1) 10th (69%)
2)Diploma(73%)
3)B.E. Comp. Sci.(73%)
4)Work Exp. 4years
Currently working as a Software Engineer(Lead) in Cisco Systems.
5) Completed my CCIE Security(World Most Respected and Toughest Cert to achieve )Currently in my track only around 1600 people across the world hold this .
6) GMAT Score -700

Please tell me about my chances for ISB.

Thanks

[chakra7six]

Hi team ISB,

First of all I would like to thank you for this great initiative. I am planning to give my GMAT in 2009 and apply in 2010. My query is regarding the placement data on ISB website. I noticed that the salaries quoted in your website are all CTCs and not the actual base salaries. Most international schools give the placement data in the form of base salaries. MBA being an important investment in a candidates career, if one had base salary information, it can be of great help in deciding and comparing the ROI and the pay back time. Can the data on website deemed to be nearly equivalent to base salaries? I would like to know what base salary(average) can a candidate expect in energy/oil & gas sector? Also, are there companies in ISB placement process, offering energy consulting careers?

Regards

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by ashish_iitr

i am IT professional having 3.5 yr of experince and yet to take gmat.
profile:
10th - 89%
12th - 82%
B.Tech. (IIT R) - 6.72/10
Work expre: 3.5 yr. in infosys ,module leader
extra curricular:
1. First rank holder of Enquesta’05 online tech quiz of IIT Roorkee in Paper Technology Department
2. Awarded high school and merit scholarship in 1st year of B.Tech.
3. Acknowledged meritorious student in 5th board examination holding 2nd rank in Distt. And 11th rank in M.P.Board high school examination
4. Bagged Gold Medal in 200m. and 400m. race at District Sports Competition
5. Event Organizer of Information Technology Quiz in tech fest’05
6. Awarded certificate of recognition in knowledge management in company
7.CFA level 1 aspirant and hope to clear before gmat
8. Chairperson of 'Engineers Association' at HomeTown having around 200 engineers providing couselling to youngsters whenever necessary.(but this association is not registered so cant produce certificate)

i am looking for IT consulting or finance related job post mba.
my queries:
1. i am not having any onsite/international experience so how is this going to affect my applications? what is the weightage for the same?
2. i have not done much community service. will that be a issue?
3. since i have done couple of things at my hometown but however i havenot attached myself with big NGO and all. how is this going to affect.


any other inputs to improve profile would be good for me.

Ashish,


1) International exp only gives you a slight advantage. We have a large number of students with only domestic work exp.
2) Community service does add strength to your application but if you do not have any then nothing can be done about it. Make sure that you work hard on other parts of your application.
3) It does not matter whether you work with a big NGO or not, what matters is the work.

Admissions Team

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by sumedha

Hello Sir,
In my company, we get our salary slip online. So , I have a soft copy of it. can I directly upload the soft copy or do I need to scan and upload the printout of the soft copy of the salary slip instead ?
Also, since my gross salary is not fully reflected in my salary slip, because of the part of the salary that can be claimed non-taxable against utility bills, should i upload my gross salary offer letter for FY 2008-2009?

Regards,
Sumedha

Sumedha,

You can directly upload your salary slip but it needs to be in a jpeg format. We only need your latest salary slip. There is another field where you can mention your gross ctc.

Admissions Team

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by ashish_iitr

hello sir,
i am having 3.5 yr of IT experience and yet to take GMAT.i have one question as i am not having any onsite/international experience which any typical IT professional would be having it.so will it affect my candidature to ISB?.
Should i be targetting atleast a yr international experince to make my application strong.

Ashish,

Please refer to page number 74.

Admissions Team

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by urefriendforeve

Dear Adcom,

In the application, is it enough to mention the percentage one achieved at graduation, or does it necessarily have to be converted to a CGPA and then listed. As i recall, the application clearly mentiones % or CGPA and there is a out of 100 option in the drop down box next to it, but i am getting confused since many candidates have posted that their XY% is only AB in CGPA.

Thank you
Nishant Khanna

Nishant,

You need not convert your marks into CGPA, you can state them as percentages.

Admissions Team

[Admissions@ISB]

Originally Posted by arora.nikil

Dear Sir,
For self employed candidates there is a provision to enter the employment details of other organizations too if they work with more than one organization. While I enter the other employment details and save it and the details get saved properly but I don't see that in the preview application. Can you please let me know if adcom reviews the preview application that we see or do they directly see the fields that we enter in the application form.

Thanks
Nikil

Nikil,

We will directly see the fields mentioned in the application form.

Admissions Team