Below is my profile. Is it worthwhile to take GMAT again?
Xth (2004) : 89.8(CBSE)
XIIth (2006) : 82.8(CBSE)
B.E.(2011) : 71.7 (BIT Mesra , Ranchi) - An year's gap spent preparing.
Employer : Deloitte (Technology Consulting).
Work-Ex : completed 4 years this June.
Onsite for the last 7 months (Nov 2014-present)
Career Highlights :
Have been a part of three major development projects.
Am in Deloitte's recruitment team. I take interviews for hiring resources.
Earned one promotion last year.
Have been leading my team for the past 1.5 years. My client is a major Asset Management firm.
Extra Curricular : Was Creative Head of the Dramatics Society of my College.
Was secretary for IEI-BIT Mesra chapter.
Had some more such minor activities in college.
Volunteer work : I do regular volunteer work , but never cared for a certificate.So, as far as my applications are concerned, I have done no Volunteer work my whole life.
I have my GMAT exam scheduled for August 30th. Is it too late to apply for ISB round 1? Application Deadline being October 15th, is 1 month and 15 days to less for essay and other procedures?
GMAT's in less than a month's time. Applying for Round 1 - ISB 2016. Had a couple of questions in terms of how the application would be judged. I have 3 years of work experience now, with a year and 3 months as an automotive test engineer at Mahindra&Mahindra. Packed up, and moved on to Zomato, and joined into the Sales and Marketing department. Post a year and 5 months of that, got an opportunity to head India Operations and Business Development for an American startup, where Im currently working as well.
I'm expecting a 690-700 in the GMAT, and was wondering if they pay actual heed to relevant work experience considering I've done core sales, marketing, business development and operations.
Btech (PetroleumEngineering) : 7.52 (out of 10) (2011)
Work Ex:
(June -2011 to present)
Working for a state govt PSU in Natural Gas Pipeline sector for past 4 years and One Month.
-> Have carried out various projects individually.
-> Recieved many safety awards for implimentation and spreading awareness related to natural gas pipelines.(Through plays )
-> Participated in various Dramatics events at state and national level during my Engineering. (street plays, radio plays, stage plays etc)
-> Was a member of college basketball team.
I have recently decided to do and MBA and feel like doing it from ISB.I have already started preparing for GMAT. I need to know what woud be a decent GMAT score for me to get into ISB. Although i know ISB doesnt have a set cut off,still, I need a rough idea. Thanks in advance.
I work at the Indian subsidiary of Harman International which has 850 employees , whereas globally Harman has 25000 employees , so what number I should mention in the number of employees field in the ISB application ?
Has anybody's evaluator received the mail with evaluation form's link ? If yes please tell me the email id from which the mail was sent from ISB or subject line of the mail.
Hi! I had an interview related question (which might sound silly).. So, I'm planning to apply for the R1 session but there is a slight possibility that I might have to travel abroad for official purposes in the last three months of the year. Is it possible to postpone the interview date to R2 cycle in such a scenario? Or should I just skip the R1 deadline and apply in R2 instead? Thanks in advance.
These are the two information regarding the official GMAT score reporting for ISB:
1)From ISB FAQ section:
Can I apply with a Test Centre/Unofficial GMAT Score Report?
Yes, you can. However, the official score report from Pearson VUE should reach the ISB at least by the time we short-list the applicants.
2) From ISB Application section:
Your application will not be evaluated if the official score report is not received within two weeks of the application deadline.
The application deadline for round1 is 15th oct. Within two weeks would mean by 29th oct.
So I have two questions.
1)What is the short-list date or is there any defined short-list date?
2)Assuming that it takes 2-3 weeks for the official score to reach after the GMAT exam date and supposing that 29th oct is the deadline for official scores, would taking the exam in october 1st week be a safe option if all the other parts of application are already over and GMAT is the last step left.
Request help on evaluating my profile & answering few queries, pertaining to application?
1) Class Xth: 86.0%
2) Class XIIth: 75%
3) B.E, Computer Science - 75%
4) Work experience of 6.3 years across corporate brand management & marketing communication.
2009-11: Set-up brand and marketing operations for a telecom start-up Tikona Digital Networks
2011- Feb 2015: Brand building & management, product launches & marketing strategy, for Kotak Mahindra Bank
Feb 2015- current: Corporate brand & strategy manager at Axis Bank
5) Extracurricular: Some CSR related voluntary work, Event management help across cultural events
Questions that i have:
- Starting GMAT preparations now, so if i take GMAT in Oct 2015, would be advisable to apply for R1 or R2? What are the implications if i directly apply for R2?
- What score should i target? Does the profile seem worthwhile for an ISB PGP application?
- What should i do to attempt getting a scholarship?