1. General Questions
2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation
3. Interview-related Questions
4. After Joining MBA

1. General Questions

Q. Can you tell something about yourself and your pre-MBA qualifications?
A. An Electronics Engineer with a Post Graduation in Software Systems, I worked in the IT industry for nearly a decade with some of the leading IT companies in different positions including Account Management and Business Development, before I joined IIM Lucknow.

Q. Tell us something about your life before and beyond MBA.
A. As I mentioned, before going for an MBA, I was involved in account management and business development activities. Life was extremely hectic and I was working closely with onsite sales team to understand client requirements, designing solutions to meet the requirements, and presenting the solutions to all key stake-holders. Besides business development, I also managed an account for a mid-sized Canadian client for whom we had established a dedicated offshore development centre in India.

Q. So when did you decide to go for MBA?
A. I started thinking about doing an MBA around 2 years back. I noticed that for many leadership positions, an MBA was becoming kind of a pre-requisite because of the different perspectives that it added to management. The availability of the one-year MBA option also helped me in my decision to go for an MBA at this stage of my career.

Q. Will an MBA degree add on to your existing career plan or did you decide to switch/start a career in management?
A. I am already in management role and an MBA would add on to my existing career plan.

Q. Which MBA institutes and programs you identified for your MBA?
A. I only applied to the 1-year MBA programmes by the IIMs. The main reason for this was the relatively higher average work-experience and profile of the candidates applying to these programmes. Given my work experience of around 10 years, I felt that the 1-year programmes of IIMs suited well.

Q. Your present B-school and programme. Also specify your Batch.
A. International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), Batch of 2008-09 at IIM Lucknow.

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