On a rainy evening in September last year, when the Placement Committee announced, in their inimitable style, the beginning of the Summer Placement season, a surge of excitement came over me. However, after two gruelling and unsuccessful months of interviews, when Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions came knocking for HR Interns, I was ready but not overly optimistic.
Some companies are humungous, many are profitable, quite a few are innovative but only a handful manage to be all of this and much more – “A Legacy”. These were my grandfather’s words as he was reminiscing his experience at TATA Steel the day I was leaving for my summer internship. So, for me personally, this internship was as much of consequential emotionally as it was professionally.
Microsoft is definitely one of the dream companies of anyone who wants to get into Product Management. The whole process of summer preparations culminated into two good months of enriched learning. As they say, the journey is more important than the destination; Microsoft definitely is one of those companies that ensure this. They made sure that my internship experience was a beautiful end to the months of preparations I put in to get there. I not only worked on one of the most upcoming technologies, but I was also made to feel how my decisions would affect my product’s direction.
INSEAD, one of the world's top three business schools, has recently launched a Masters in Management (MiM) programme for young graduates looking to enter leadership roles in 2021. The 10-month programme will serve as a launchpad for those with at most two years of work experience in the corporate world. So, what is the admissions process for the INSEAD Masters in Management programme, how much does it cost and is it worth considering?
In this video, Anuraag Gupta, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, ISB alum, tells you about the skills a product manager needs, romance at b - school, and lots more.
As a person, I have always worshipped Taylorism (There is always one most efficient way of doing things). Incidentally, this belief of mine hit a rock bottom and crashed out during my summer internship preparation.
It started on a stressful afternoon in the month of September, the days that we dearly call "the Summers". Surprisingly, the GD and interview were the exact opposite of stressful. All that was required was good points, composure, confidence and also a knack for selling.
On a rainy evening in September last year, when the Placement Committee announced, in their inimitable style, the beginning of the Summer Placement season, a surge of excitement came over me. However, after two gruelling and unsuccessful months of interviews, when Robert Bosch Engineering And Business Solutions came knocking for HR Interns, I was ready but not overly optimistic.
Some companies are humungous, many are profitable, quite a few are innovative but only a handful manage to be all of this and much more – “A Legacy”. These were my grandfather’s words as he was reminiscing his experience at TATA Steel the day I was leaving for my summer internship. So, for me personally, this internship was as much of consequential emotionally as it was professionally.
Microsoft is definitely one of the dream companies of anyone who wants to get into Product Management. The whole process of summer preparations culminated into two good months of enriched learning. As they say, the journey is more important than the destination; Microsoft definitely is one of those companies that ensure this. They made sure that my internship experience was a beautiful end to the months of preparations I put in to get there. I not only worked on one of the most upcoming technologies, but I was also made to feel how my decisions would affect my product’s direction.
INSEAD, one of the world's top three business schools, has recently launched a Masters in Management (MiM) programme for young graduates looking to enter leadership roles in 2021. The 10-month programme will serve as a launchpad for those with at most two years of work experience in the corporate world. So, what is the admissions process for the INSEAD Masters in Management programme, how much does it cost and is it worth considering?
In this video, Anuraag Gupta, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, ISB alum, tells you about the skills a product manager needs, romance at b - school, and lots more.
As a person, I have always worshipped Taylorism (There is always one most efficient way of doing things). Incidentally, this belief of mine hit a rock bottom and crashed out during my summer internship preparation.
It started on a stressful afternoon in the month of September, the days that we dearly call "the Summers". Surprisingly, the GD and interview were the exact opposite of stressful. All that was required was good points, composure, confidence and also a knack for selling.
