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Masters in Business Administration is not a degree, is not a Diploma - It's a state of mind, it's a way of life. (Too heavy). Let's elaborate.

My mentor once raised a question in the class, "What all should a perfect manager have?" This is what most of us could come up with - hardworking, smart working, disciplined, sound decision-making skills, persistence, people skills - some one also suggested luck.

Almost surprisingly for us and amusingly for our mentor, he was able to relate it all to a Rickshaw puller. From negotiations regarding the fare of the ride to deciding to stand outside a bus stand for more customers, from working all day with hard work and persistence to choosing a profession which allows him a vacation whenever he wants and also allows him to be his own boss, each of our adjective was fitting in impeccably.

What we ignored was the word "perfect" He didn't ask us about any ordinary Administrator, In-charge, Team leader, etc., but what he wanted was a perfect ilk.

After this, we asked ourselves what interviewers look for in a Manager or aspirant and we all ended up correlating ourselves with our own perfect manager, which further led to realization of partly what we are and partly what we all so desperately wanted to be. PERFECT.

The following lines are not regarding how to ace an interview but about what to do a few months before the interview and why it is important to make introspection a life long habit. It's about asking yourself questions so that you know what YOU are all about. An interview doesn't start from you sitting in a room with 3 to 4 pairs of eyes staring at you but with you looking deep within yourself. It starts from introspection. No army has ever won a war without knowing what or where its strengths-weaknesses lay.

I am with my self 24/7, in other words I am the only person who has been with me all my life yet how many questions can I answer about myself.

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Pramod Sood is employed with the Retail Loans Division of a private sector bank for the past three years & is aspiring for CAT this year.