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CoolAvenues' Interview with:
Harsh Gupta
Xaviers Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur.

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

1. General Questions

Background

Q. Can you tell something about yourself and your pre-MBA qualifications?
A. I did my schooling at Jhansi till Class 12th in 1999. Thereafter, I pursued Electrical Engineering at NIT Calicut and passed out in 2003. Since then, I have worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Headstrong Consulting, for the past 3 years - as a Team Member and Team Lead respectively.

Q. So when did you decide to go for MBA?
A. I decided to pursue an MBA degree in the year 2004. It was then, when I realized, that I need an extra degree to -
1) Accelerate my growth rate in corporate career.
2) Move to a profile of my choice.
3) Gain more knowledge to achieve the above two goals mentioned above.
Hence, MBA was a natural choice for me.

Q. What was your first step to start preparation for getting into the school of your choice?
A. The first step to start my preparation was enrolling into TIME for my MBA preparation. I opted for the classroom course, as I felt that it would give me that extra edge and motivation to pursue MBA. Also, with me juggling twin roles of working and preparing for an MBA, I felt that a classroom interaction would not only help me in clearing my doubts in a better manner, it would also foster the competitive zeal to clear the MBA entrance examinations.

Q. Which MBA institutes and programs you identified for your MBA?
A. I had targeted these 9 B-schools in India for my MBA - IIMs, XLRI-Jamshedpur, ISB-Hyderabad and FMS-Delhi. Had I not got through them, I had plans to take GMAT as my back-up and would have pursued my MBA from abroad.

Contd.   2. Questions related to Pre-MBA Preparation