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Microsoft, Bain & Co & Accenture Leaders on Importance of 1 Year MBA | SPJIMR Alumni Roundtable

Microsoft, Bain & Co & Accenture Leaders on Importance of 1 Year MBA | SPJIMR Alumni Roundtable

“Your first career choice is mostly a result of your mentality in India”, says Dheeraj who works at Microsoft as an Account Director. A lot of you would probably agree. Very few get into jobs after engineering knowing the path ahead. After a few years, of working in the field/sector you realize your potential is stagnating and there is more you can do. But, it comes with its fair share of challenges.

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Why I Joined Sun Pharma After IIM Ahmedabad? Salary or Role ? Ft. IIM A, B & XLRI Alum

Why I Joined Sun Pharma After IIM Ahmedabad? Salary or Role ? Ft. IIM A, B & XLRI Alum

I googled what Sun Pharma is when I heard they were coming on campus. That was Anish Ranpise's response when he realized he was going to sit for the placement interview of Sun Pharma in IIM Ahmedabad. Anish is one of the many B-school students who know little about Sun Pharma, the largest Pharma company in the country. In part 2 of the conversation that he had recently with the leaders at Sun Pharma, we have IIM A alumni Anish, IIM B alumni Siraj Singh, and XLRI Jamshedpur alumni Suresh Rai, who spoke further about the status of Pharma as an industry in India. They spoke about:

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You can fail your interview if you cannot answer this question!

You can fail your interview if you cannot answer this question!

Your “WHY MBA” answer is super important in a B-School interview. It helps the interviewers understand your goals, how an MBA fits into your career plans, and what skills you want to gain. This article breaks down how a 100 percentiler in CAT who made it to IIM Ahmedabad graduate tackled his why MBA answer. The aim is to give you useful tips to craft a strong "Why MBA" answer for your interview. It's an answer from the author’s lens to help you express why you're excited about an MBA and what you hope to achieve with it. 

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This Answer Helped Me Crack My IIM Calcutta Interview Ft. Ruchi Mehta, IIM Calcutta'24

This Answer Helped Me Crack My IIM Calcutta Interview Ft. Ruchi Mehta, IIM Calcutta'24

To give you a flavor of what MBA interviews actually look like, we bring to you our interview re-enactment series where we collect interview experiences from Bschool students and present their re-enacted versions. Ruchi Mehta is a student of IIM Calcutta. She is an engineer with work experience as a software engineer at JP Morgan Chase. Her answers were detailed and crisp, and her ability to answer technical questions related to her work experience stood out in the interview. Her general knowledge and awareness of current affairs across the world also helped her crack the round. This is a re-enactment of Ruchi Mehta's IIM Calcutta interview experience.

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