We first spoke to Apoorv Sharma in an autumn afternoon of 2019 where he told us about his illustrious career that traversed through Flipkart to Amazon to now Apple. Working at Apple in the Marketing Communications department, Apoorv is scripting the Apple story for its next billion users in India. Today, Apoorv is going to be available to take questions from you around marketing. From his journey, while working in two of the FAANG companies to that of how the marketing of today has changed, we have a Marketing 101 with Aproov Sharma for you in today's live session.
I am Meda Sai Rahul, born and brought up in Kadapa AP, I am an Electrical and Electronics Engineer from JNTU Kalikiri, have decent acads, a project, little work exp, published a paper in an international journal, have a good number of PORs in school and college, not so great extracurriculars. I would like to share my IIM Calcutta Interview Experience here. It was scheduled on Feb 14 as you all know it was quite a special day for most of you and though it was not for me. But, I learnt about Valentine’s day and the story behind it, hoping that would be my first question in the interview and I wrote down all the answers of HR questions and prepared.
Why MBA? I’m sure that you will all agree with me when I say that it is the most important question for every MBA aspirant to answer for himself/herself or in the interview panel’s point of view.
" It was just a day before you were accomplishing all your targets set for your prep every day- smashing every goal , but now it feels like you are drained both emotionally and physically, you are giving it double thoughts, do you want to do this, you don't feel like picking those books - this happens to most of us at some point in our preps that is what we generally call a burnout"
The night before my CAT D-Day was exhilarating. The electricity at my place was unavailable and mosquitoes didn't let me sleep till 4 am. I had the first slot of that day. So I got up at 6 am. Now when you get only 2 hours of sleep just before your slot, you are pretty much done with your normal mind. Now on top of that, when the first section you see is VARC, and by your sheer bad luck, it comes as the most difficult one, all you can trust is your practice and brain cells.
All this happened on that day and still, I scored 99.91 percentile in VARC. This surely makes me think I should really share some tips which will help you score well even if you face, god forbid, a situation like I did.
So now let's talk about these 5 myths which I constantly heard during my preparation and which you should ignore. I hope It will make our road to preparation easy.
I graduated from BIT Mesra in 2016 and got a chance to work in Cognizant as an Analyst in the QEA CRM Department. During my experience in the corporate industry, I have learned that both managerial and technical skills are important to handle business. As a Test Analyst, it was my job to ensure that a quality product is delivered to the stakeholders. My later engagement as a compliance lead helped me understand that the very first step to ensure quality is through proper planning in the implementation of a business process. In that role, I realized the need for gaining business acumen to compliment my technology background.
That's what led me to an MBA program.
I got insights into the technical aspects of the industry during my journey in Cognizant. As part of my role, I was responsible for analyzing the Business Requirements and Functional Specifications and coming up with complex Business scenarios with the aim of delivering a bug-free product. The role helped me develop my analytical and logical skills. Being part of a team, working on a Customer Relationship Management tool, I got insights into the sales and marketing process and how to manage customer interactions.
At a later point in my career, I moved on to a management role wherein I was responsible for monitoring the Software Development and Testing process in order to identify any deviations from the industry standards. The role revolved around mitigating any gaps in the process and suggesting respective optimizations in the process. The role helped me hone my communication and presentation skills. It required working independently, putting forward my views, and educating the team on the same which also helped me get deeper insights into the Business process.
I was also part of the Cognizant corporate volunteering program, Outreach, wherein we visited underprivileged schools to provide career counseling and classes on English and Computer Science. We used to organize activities to help them develop being part of the outreach group, we also extended help in case of natural calamities or disasters by organizing donation and relief camps.
I now aim to pursue my career as a Project Manager wherein I'll be challenged with complex business challenges and with the right set of skills and knowledge I’ll be able to formulate a competitive strategy. This requires a deep understanding of the various business processes covering areas such as client development, project management, resource management, cost planning, and strategy. A Master’s in Business Administration will help me gain the required knowledge and industrial training and internships will help me put that knowledge in a real-world scenario. It will give me exposure to the diverse industries which will aid my career growth.
A course in MBA from IIT-Kanpur is a learning ladder to help me be more proficient in crucial business and management skills and ultimately, enabling me to perform well at challenging roles that new opportunities on my way will demand. With guidance from one of the best faculties and exposure to new experiences with handpicked students from different domains, I believe it to be the golden window to the career I'm looking for.
I am from a small town which is 50 kilometers away from Kolkata, West Bengal. I belong to a family which has very basic needs like water, food, clothing, shelter and respect. My family members have not even been to colleges but still we remain happy with whatever we earn.
Gone are the days when parents used to nag their kids who were glued to their gaming consoles. Now, they encourage them! How did this shift take place in India and how much ground have we covered so far? Why is online gaming becoming so popular with Indians, and what does it mean for your career? We Dekode all this and a lot more in this special Independence Day episode of Dekoded!
We first spoke to Apoorv Sharma in an autumn afternoon of 2019 where he told us about his illustrious career that traversed through Flipkart to Amazon to now Apple. Working at Apple in the Marketing Communications department, Apoorv is scripting the Apple story for its next billion users in India. Today, Apoorv is going to be available to take questions from you around marketing. From his journey, while working in two of the FAANG companies to that of how the marketing of today has changed, we have a Marketing 101 with Aproov Sharma for you in today's live session.
I am Meda Sai Rahul, born and brought up in Kadapa AP, I am an Electrical and Electronics Engineer from JNTU Kalikiri, have decent acads, a project, little work exp, published a paper in an international journal, have a good number of PORs in school and college, not so great extracurriculars. I would like to share my IIM Calcutta Interview Experience here. It was scheduled on Feb 14 as you all know it was quite a special day for most of you and though it was not for me. But, I learnt about Valentine’s day and the story behind it, hoping that would be my first question in the interview and I wrote down all the answers of HR questions and prepared.
Why MBA? I’m sure that you will all agree with me when I say that it is the most important question for every MBA aspirant to answer for himself/herself or in the interview panel’s point of view.
" It was just a day before you were accomplishing all your targets set for your prep every day- smashing every goal , but now it feels like you are drained both emotionally and physically, you are giving it double thoughts, do you want to do this, you don't feel like picking those books - this happens to most of us at some point in our preps that is what we generally call a burnout"
The night before my CAT D-Day was exhilarating. The electricity at my place was unavailable and mosquitoes didn't let me sleep till 4 am. I had the first slot of that day. So I got up at 6 am. Now when you get only 2 hours of sleep just before your slot, you are pretty much done with your normal mind. Now on top of that, when the first section you see is VARC, and by your sheer bad luck, it comes as the most difficult one, all you can trust is your practice and brain cells.
All this happened on that day and still, I scored 99.91 percentile in VARC. This surely makes me think I should really share some tips which will help you score well even if you face, god forbid, a situation like I did.
So now let's talk about these 5 myths which I constantly heard during my preparation and which you should ignore. I hope It will make our road to preparation easy.
I graduated from BIT Mesra in 2016 and got a chance to work in Cognizant as an Analyst in the QEA CRM Department. During my experience in the corporate industry, I have learned that both managerial and technical skills are important to handle business. As a Test Analyst, it was my job to ensure that a quality product is delivered to the stakeholders. My later engagement as a compliance lead helped me understand that the very first step to ensure quality is through proper planning in the implementation of a business process. In that role, I realized the need for gaining business acumen to compliment my technology background.
That's what led me to an MBA program.
I got insights into the technical aspects of the industry during my journey in Cognizant. As part of my role, I was responsible for analyzing the Business Requirements and Functional Specifications and coming up with complex Business scenarios with the aim of delivering a bug-free product. The role helped me develop my analytical and logical skills. Being part of a team, working on a Customer Relationship Management tool, I got insights into the sales and marketing process and how to manage customer interactions.
At a later point in my career, I moved on to a management role wherein I was responsible for monitoring the Software Development and Testing process in order to identify any deviations from the industry standards. The role revolved around mitigating any gaps in the process and suggesting respective optimizations in the process. The role helped me hone my communication and presentation skills. It required working independently, putting forward my views, and educating the team on the same which also helped me get deeper insights into the Business process.
I was also part of the Cognizant corporate volunteering program, Outreach, wherein we visited underprivileged schools to provide career counseling and classes on English and Computer Science. We used to organize activities to help them develop being part of the outreach group, we also extended help in case of natural calamities or disasters by organizing donation and relief camps.
I now aim to pursue my career as a Project Manager wherein I'll be challenged with complex business challenges and with the right set of skills and knowledge I’ll be able to formulate a competitive strategy. This requires a deep understanding of the various business processes covering areas such as client development, project management, resource management, cost planning, and strategy. A Master’s in Business Administration will help me gain the required knowledge and industrial training and internships will help me put that knowledge in a real-world scenario. It will give me exposure to the diverse industries which will aid my career growth.
A course in MBA from IIT-Kanpur is a learning ladder to help me be more proficient in crucial business and management skills and ultimately, enabling me to perform well at challenging roles that new opportunities on my way will demand. With guidance from one of the best faculties and exposure to new experiences with handpicked students from different domains, I believe it to be the golden window to the career I'm looking for.
I am from a small town which is 50 kilometers away from Kolkata, West Bengal. I belong to a family which has very basic needs like water, food, clothing, shelter and respect. My family members have not even been to colleges but still we remain happy with whatever we earn.
Gone are the days when parents used to nag their kids who were glued to their gaming consoles. Now, they encourage them! How did this shift take place in India and how much ground have we covered so far? Why is online gaming becoming so popular with Indians, and what does it mean for your career? We Dekode all this and a lot more in this special Independence Day episode of Dekoded!
