Utkarsha Srivastava, worked with Infosys for 2 years and is an Electronics and Communication Engineer. Currently pursuing Human Resource Management PGD Batch of 16-18 from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
“Pursuing protectionism is just like locking one's self in a dark room: Wind and rain might be kept outside but so are light and air.” ― Xi Jinping
The one question that CAT aspirants dread the most, coaching institutes emphasise on the most and B-Schools ask the most is ‘Why MBA?’ Not only is this a question with no tailor-made answer, but also this is a driving question: the direction in which your interview will head, and how it will head, depends a lot on how you answer it. Besides, as an adult making an important life decision, you ought to have an answer to this question for yourself, don’t you?
Mr. Philip Kotler, in one his lectures said: “You wanted their mind share, you wanted their heart share, but now, you also want a share of their spirit”.
It was one of those afternoons before the advent of spring. It was that time of the year when the sun seemed to shine on the rain and the rain seemed to fall on the sunshine, reveling in the mere presence of each other. The time of the year when every flower and herb on Earth's dark bosom rises from the dreams of its wintry rest. The time of the year that titillates a bard’s slumbering verses, urging them to flow freely and to be known to the world around. It was the time of the year when one such raving rhymester, quite cozily ensconced inside one of the much-revered hostels of Hel(L), decides to compose her own version of the bittersweet ballad glorifying the fortuitous fortune an MBA has peppered upon her life.
When to go for an MBA is a critical decision for every aspirant. Every B-school has a set of basic criteria. Almost every school needs a bachelors` degree and a work experience is looked favourably. The top B-schools in the country just not merely want straight 'A' students but are looking for passionate people. To each and every aspirant, I will advise them to connect the dots of their life and thereby create a consistent personality that resonates with the expectations of a B-school. But, what are those qualities that make one MBA ready or not? Here are some traits which every MBA aspirant should possess (also, this helps even in life, whether you are an MBA or not):
