Illumina, the market research club of MDI, has been providing companies with the unique opportunity to study consumer behaviour through creative market research, designed by the students of MDI. With a successful track record of 23 years, Illumina is a medium of research conducted in the heart of Gurgaon attracting a footfall in excess of 8000. Illumina has conducted market research for HUL, Swiggy, Airtel, HP, OYO, Mankind, 1mg, and many more in the past.
Today's News Bulletin is a mix of positive and negative, just like life! We discuss the new vaccines that everyone is waiting for as well as the latest banking tragedy that's the story of Tamil Nadu based (almost 90 years old), Laxmi Vilas Bank. But the story we focus on today is AirBnB coming out of an existential crisis and bouncing back despite the pandemic! What was AirBnB's successful pivot strategy? Read on to find out!
For the 19th episode of #YOBOLive we talk about the mindset you need to succeed, whether it be during summer placement interviews or final placements. What aspects of the internship process make it so crucial? Is it really the most important part of your b-school experience? What happens if you don't get a PPO, or don't like the company you've interned for? How do you look for a job outside of the placement system? If these are your questions, this session will have all your answers.
It was the month of May, the year 2019. Life was mundane, and going at its regular pace. I had been working for more than 2.5 years for the digital arm of one of the largest media conglomerates in the country. Work was not bad, but there was something missing in life. The dreaded question, “Where do you see yourself five years down the lane?” had started haunting me now. And that is when I had realized that an analyst job was probably not fulfilling for me, and this was not something I would want to see myself doing for the rest of my life. Management always excited me, be it events in office/college or anything that required critical business problem solving with efficient utilization of available resources. Having gained enough corporate experience, it was now the optimal time to take the big step and start preparing for CAT 2020. It was a six months long toil, managing the regular office routine, and stealing time out of it to study. It wasn’t an easy task because I had already lost touch; it had been three years since I had graduated. But the zeal to do something and see me in a better position in the future is what kept me going and stay motivated. After about two weeks of struggle, I had started to manage both office and studies efficiently. This again was a management problem that I was solving. Months passed by, and finally, it was November 24th, 2019, the D-Day had arrived, and it was showtime.
After close to 3 years of working in IT Consulting, I was all pumped up about my MBA journey. On making the final cut at MDI Gurgaon, with high hopes and uncertainties with the pandemic and online MBA, I started preparing myself for the journey ahead.
I have come across many interesting profiles during my MBA. However, this has to be one of the most unique people I have met. 2 MBAs (5 years apart) – that too 1 in HR and the other from a top 6 IIM; getting into a Top tier consulting with scores of ~65% in 10th, 12th & post-graduation and less than 60% in graduation! Does that ever happen? Read more to find out about the man’s journey. This should give hope to any individual who thinks that low scores would mean bad placements! If you work on your interview skills and on other aspects of your profile, there is still a lot you can achieve!
This week’s #YOBOLive will be an insightful episode featuring 2 IIM K alumni, one of whom bagged an internship at Amazon, and another who bagged an internship at PwC, a NITIE alum who bagged a PPO at Nestlé, an IIM Shillong student who cracked a PPO at D.E.Shaw, and an FMS student who bagged a PPO at Microsoft! Find out what are the steps to ace that internship and bag that PPO!
Illumina, the market research club of MDI, has been providing companies with the unique opportunity to study consumer behaviour through creative market research, designed by the students of MDI. With a successful track record of 23 years, Illumina is a medium of research conducted in the heart of Gurgaon attracting a footfall in excess of 8000. Illumina has conducted market research for HUL, Swiggy, Airtel, HP, OYO, Mankind, 1mg, and many more in the past.
Today's News Bulletin is a mix of positive and negative, just like life! We discuss the new vaccines that everyone is waiting for as well as the latest banking tragedy that's the story of Tamil Nadu based (almost 90 years old), Laxmi Vilas Bank. But the story we focus on today is AirBnB coming out of an existential crisis and bouncing back despite the pandemic! What was AirBnB's successful pivot strategy? Read on to find out!
For the 19th episode of #YOBOLive we talk about the mindset you need to succeed, whether it be during summer placement interviews or final placements. What aspects of the internship process make it so crucial? Is it really the most important part of your b-school experience? What happens if you don't get a PPO, or don't like the company you've interned for? How do you look for a job outside of the placement system? If these are your questions, this session will have all your answers.
It was the month of May, the year 2019. Life was mundane, and going at its regular pace. I had been working for more than 2.5 years for the digital arm of one of the largest media conglomerates in the country. Work was not bad, but there was something missing in life. The dreaded question, “Where do you see yourself five years down the lane?” had started haunting me now. And that is when I had realized that an analyst job was probably not fulfilling for me, and this was not something I would want to see myself doing for the rest of my life. Management always excited me, be it events in office/college or anything that required critical business problem solving with efficient utilization of available resources. Having gained enough corporate experience, it was now the optimal time to take the big step and start preparing for CAT 2020. It was a six months long toil, managing the regular office routine, and stealing time out of it to study. It wasn’t an easy task because I had already lost touch; it had been three years since I had graduated. But the zeal to do something and see me in a better position in the future is what kept me going and stay motivated. After about two weeks of struggle, I had started to manage both office and studies efficiently. This again was a management problem that I was solving. Months passed by, and finally, it was November 24th, 2019, the D-Day had arrived, and it was showtime.
After close to 3 years of working in IT Consulting, I was all pumped up about my MBA journey. On making the final cut at MDI Gurgaon, with high hopes and uncertainties with the pandemic and online MBA, I started preparing myself for the journey ahead.
I have come across many interesting profiles during my MBA. However, this has to be one of the most unique people I have met. 2 MBAs (5 years apart) – that too 1 in HR and the other from a top 6 IIM; getting into a Top tier consulting with scores of ~65% in 10th, 12th & post-graduation and less than 60% in graduation! Does that ever happen? Read more to find out about the man’s journey. This should give hope to any individual who thinks that low scores would mean bad placements! If you work on your interview skills and on other aspects of your profile, there is still a lot you can achieve!
This week’s #YOBOLive will be an insightful episode featuring 2 IIM K alumni, one of whom bagged an internship at Amazon, and another who bagged an internship at PwC, a NITIE alum who bagged a PPO at Nestlé, an IIM Shillong student who cracked a PPO at D.E.Shaw, and an FMS student who bagged a PPO at Microsoft! Find out what are the steps to ace that internship and bag that PPO!
