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Summer Internship Interview Experience At Axis Bank - Niteen Bali From IIM Calcutta

Summer Internship Interview Experience At Axis Bank - Niteen Bali From IIM Calcutta

Axis bank was my fourth shortlist, but my second interview. The GD was based on payment banks and was a cordial one. It was co-ordinated well. Moreover, you could see pairs of keen watchful eyes studying even your body movements. It was as though their gaze was piercing through the skin. I followed the basic norms of GD. Jotting down points, asking question for the group to take lead on, coherent answers backed by relevant examples. Not surprisingly, I was called in for the next round–interview.

Niteen Bali
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What Investment Banking Is All About

What Investment Banking Is All About

Deal making is akin to a magic trick. Being an investment banker for better part of my post MBA life, I have participated in and witnessed many such conjurings. M&A transactions are intricate and tedious, sometimes taking well over two years to culminate. It is in the best interest of all the stakeholders to close the deal as quickly as possible. Enter the investment banker. The banker dons the hat of a magician and performs the most complicated of magic tricks possible in the financial and strategic domain. And as with all great magic tricks, there are three major acts — the Pledge, the Turn and the Prestige.

sougata roy
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The Prospects Of A Career In Media - Rajit Desai, NMIMS Mumbai Alumnus

The Prospects Of A Career In Media - Rajit Desai, NMIMS Mumbai Alumnus

The entertainment & media industry is one of the most exciting industries in India at present. As per the 2015 FICCI Frames – KPMG report, the industry was sized at INR 580 billion in 2008; but had ballooned to over INR 1,026 billion in 2014; and is projected to grow to INR 1964 billion by 2019. This translates to 11.7% CAGR over the 7 years, and a projected 13.9% CAGR over the next 5 years.

Rajit Desai
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What I Learnt From Taxi Drivers In Dubai - Strategy With RS

What I Learnt From Taxi Drivers In Dubai - Strategy With RS

I travel to Dubai often. And travel in cab to get around. I make it a point to strike a conversation with the taxi drivers to understand the way they think. Most of the cab drivers, I have met, hail from Peshawar. To them I pose 2 simple questions?

Rajesh Srivastava
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