A colleague-friend of mine introduced his fried, who was an ISB aspirant a few years back but did not get a chance to sit on the 'hot seat' of ISB. He is working for BNP Paribas, an European bank now.I always have a thing for MBAs and MBA aspirants. When a person says that he is thinking of pursuing an MBA or he is an MBA, my eyes go wide and balls (eyes') come a little out to watch them keenly. I observe their style, the way they present themselves, the way they talk about them & others etc. Not that I am on an evaluation kind of mode; just that I am trying to learn something. This guy I was talking about in the first two lines was an interesting person. He shared why he couldn't get through. Learning from failures is a good thing; learning from other's failures is a wise thing. So I had to probe a little to make him talk about his failure. Lets not get into all what he said for now.
According to him, one must prepare for MBA interviews like a girl prepares for a beauty contest. Virtual or real the way you answer the interviewer should be spontaneous, wearing a smile on your face and showing a good gesture. I have not watched many beauty contests but his statement reminded me of the movie Miss Congeniality. And I was able to correlate. The punch line "World Peace" is unforgettable. And the way Sandra Bullock says that on beauty pageant was sweet. (I am not a big fan of Sandra though).
I see two kinds of people a lot around me. One, who wants to pursue MBA; two, who wanted to puruse MBA. I definitely fall under one of these two categories.
What an MBA teaches people? It teaches you how to think. (I read this line sometime somewhere)
