India INC - poised

The Indians waited with bated breath, and so did the steel giants of the world. The acquisition of Corus by Tata steel, though a bit costly, proved to be the biggest take over in the history of India Inc... And its not a proud moment just for the Bombay House, but for each and every Indian!!!

M not going to re-publish the details of the deal as most the news sites have them... Instead, i would close down with a comment from Mr Russi Mody - former chief of TATA steel who later became its biggest critic after falling apart with Ratan Tata, "He (Ratan Tata) has exceeded all expectations. Its a message to the world - 'India is coming'".

T(h)aT(h)as are on their way!! :):):)

What is it?

M just not sure if it is this long wait for the decisions to come by, or the piles of stereotype work I am dumped into, or the dual-faced attitude of most of the managers in my company..... or a combination of every thing... but there is something which is nagging me a lot!!!

I am also reading Fortune @ BOP alongside... And thats probably another reason I am getting sick with the present work I do from morning 8 to evening 6... The book describes hundreds of ways and examples to achieve things that I want to in long term... Somehow, I want to start doing all those things right from today... Somehow, I am getting impatient... :-?

Nways, just a quick check @ things in store:

1. Interview invite from NUS (late jan/early feb as per the last communication)
2. Emory decision
   
3. UNC decision (Feb 6 is so far away!)
4. Any communication from McCombs.... please... do that soon...
5. Final ding letter from ISB.... They should atleast send me that!!!

Would leave with a note of congratulations to all fellow bloggers who got into HBS... Though it was very disappointing to see the majority of blogger-HBS aspirants not able to make it for the trip to moon as they call it... :) But at the same time, it is always too pleasing to know that all of them are already into pretty great schools if not HBS... 'One school' is all that you need after all..

Emory interview and thoughts...

With each and every interview I complete, one of the things that amazes me the most is the comfort level that the interviewers provide you... They bring you to a platform where you can just open your heart out and say whatever you feel like... Such a position could be very dicy at times... If you are not (that) sure about your goals and why that school and stuff, you may end up leading yourself to a statement which contradicts what you mentioned in your essays... However, if you are damn sure of your goals, the interview proves out to be an excellent time to spill everything out... From the things that you could not include due to word limits to things that you always thought were a bit 'weird'...

Ms. Shannon Demko from Emory University conducted a telephonic interview for me last Friday... Although the administration had confirmed that they will call me on my cellphone, they finally ended up calling my permanent residence number, a place 1500 kms far from where I was waiting for their call... :) My 10 year old cousin picked the call, and after listening the US accent said 'wrong number'... :):)

Fortunately, they found my cellphone number on my resume... The interview started casually and I reminded her that we had met during the QS world MBA tour... Obviously, she was not going to recall... I later reminded her about the loads and loads of questions I had for her the other day... She said - it was her turn to ask questions then... :)

Tell me something about your work and your client...
Something about the way you handle your team with people more experienced then you...
How would your team mates describe you as an individual..
How would you describe your manager as an individual...
Long term, short term goals... Why MBA? and Why Emory?

I never realized when I exhausted the 30 mins of time I had...
Soon, it was time to say "It was great talking to you, you can now ask any questions you have.."

I wanted the interview to last longer... I wanted to speak a lot... I wanted to bring out more and more the thoughts that have gone behind the acronym 'MBA'.... But it wasnt to happen for that all powerful clock that keeps ticking...

Nways, I mailed an updated resume with a thank you note post interview...

Thats it to pen for now...

Btw, here is wishing you all bloggers a belated Happy New Year!!! Lets hope the year 2007 takes everyone of us a step (or more) closer to our goals....