Author: MBA Pundit

  • Stanford interview

    Well, I had my third (and hopefully final) interview today with a Stanford Alum. My general feelings are: We didn’t really connect or click to the degree that I expected. As for the interview itself, I think that went fine. I’m not disappointed, but I’m not exuberant either. I thought I would ENJOY my Stanford…

  • Wharton interview and other developments

    I just got through my Wharton interview. Bottom line: it went “very well” (quote from interviewer). And now the details… It was a hectic day at work as usual, building upon yesterday’s madness and increasing frustrations as the Director on my project keeps expanding the scope on me, knowing full well what our resource limitations…

  • Researching MBA’s

    Researching MBA’s

    I can’t remember when I first found out what an MBA was. Judging by the number of articles about them in business magazines, newspapers and academic press I probably first read about them early on and filed them away as something not worth worrying about. But somehow when it came to deciding what to do…

  • Best Indian B-Schools for HR Professionals

    Best Indian B-Schools for HR Professionals

    Each time an interviewer, with his self-assured attitude and a smirk on his face, spills out the words, “So, where do you see yourself five years from now”, I undergo a dire craving to retort with, “In your chair!” I am sure each one of you can relate to me at the moment. While we…

  • So you wanna go to B-School? An informal timeline to help you through the process

    So you wanna go to B-School? An informal timeline to help you through the process

    One of the hardest things to gauge in the business school application process is knowing when to get started. When it’s all fun and sun over the summer, it doesn’t seem like those round 1 deadlines in October and November are going to come around any time soon. Similarly, when there are so many good…