Careers & Financial Aid
Stacy Blackman Consulting Offers a ‘Social Impact Accelerator’ to MBA Candidates
Stacy Blackman Consulting (SBC) is a leading MBA admissions advisory firm with a proven track record of acceptances to the world’s top MBA programs. With over twenty years of experience, Stacy Blackman and her team recently noticed the lack of extra support being offered to students who want to pursue a... Read more »
MBA Student Interview by Juno: John From Columbia Business School
MBA Student Interview: Columbia Business School Juno’s MBA Student Interview Series aims to bring transparency to the MBA application process. In these student interviews, we’ll talk with MBA students about their paths and decision-making process. The subject of this piece has asked to remain anonymous, so we'll refer to them... Read more »
Video Recap: MBA Recruiting Intel from Bain and J.P. Morgan
It's never too early to start thinking about recruiting...or is it? We spoke with Keith Bevans, Global Head of Consultant Recruiting at Bain & Co., and Lauren Birnie, Vice President, Head of Firmwide MBA Recruiting at J.P. Morgan to discuss just that. Clear Admit and the MBA recruiting reps from... Read more »
Inside the Career Center at HEC Paris
Career workshops, mock interviews, industry connections, recruiting relationships—these are just a few of the services that the Career Center team offers to enable HEC Paris students pursue their dream career paths. Seventy-two percent of students in the MBA Class of 2019 secured their post-MBA positions through school-facilitated opportunities such as... Read more »
Real Humans of Adobe: Adrienne Tsai, Northwestern Kellogg ’18, Product Marketing Manager
Chances are you've needed to review a PDF this week—and if you have, you've used an Adobe product to open it. In addition to their Acrobat Reader, Adobe Inc., an American multinational computer software company, is also known for Photoshop, Illustrator, Creative Cloud and more. The creative and business range... Read more »
Real Humans of BCG: Reid Velo, NYU Stern ’19, Consultant
Consulting can be a dynamic career, meeting new clients in new places and solving new business problems every week. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)—one of the Big Three of the top consulting firms known as MBB—has 90 offices in 50 countries, and therefore no shortage of opportunities to pursue a diverse... Read more »
Real Humans of Amazon: Roshni Naidu, Wharton ’18, Senior Technical Product Manager
"Alexa, what is the weather today?" "Hey Alexa, play some 80s classics." "Alexa, how many tech products does Amazon have?" Amazon, the largest online retailer and AI assistant producer, is a part of most people's daily lives. Hundreds of millions of people shop on their dot com, while countless others... Read more »
Real Humans of Google: Senyo S. Abotsi, Wharton ’19, Product Specialist
Google has seven products with 1 billion users, and countless more products being ushered from ideation to development and delivery. Their product management teams work on new technologies, platforms, consumer facing products, and/or enterprise systems. Being in charge of product execution entails leadership, teamwork and superior management skills, among others... Read more »
Real Humans of Apple: Kristin Glaspie, Wharton ’18, Supply Demand Management
The MBA experience can be a transformative one, opening up doors and ideas one may not have considered pre-business school. For Kristin Glaspie, Wharton MBA '18, she expected to return to consulting post-MBA. But then, her internship during business school shifted her path to operations at Apple. Majoring in operations... Read more »
Real Humans of Microsoft: Steven Lipner, Wharton ’18, Account Executive for Commercial Enterprise
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft began there just about 45 years ago. In the mid-1980s, it grew to dominate the personal computer operating system space, and has since maintained its stature as a household name. Through decades of diversification, hundreds of millions of people now use Microsoft's products. From development... Read more »
Real Humans of Amazon: Serhat Pakyuz, LBS ’17, Senior Program Manager – Air Strategy
The business of e-commerce shows no signs of slowing down, and customers demand that delivery services speed up. While fleets of trucks support the supply chain and drone delivery experiments carry on, cargo planes zig zag the country to ensure Amazon buyers receive their orders in record time. Amazon branded... Read more »
Real Humans of Facebook: Jenina Soto, Wharton ’17, GMS Business Planning & Operations Associate
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook along with a handful of fellow students and roommates while at Harvard College. Our featured alumna today, Jenina Soto, also spent some time at Harvard (albeit, the Kennedy School of Government) before joining the social media and tech giant. Before Harvard, Soto earned her MBA at... Read more »
Real Humans of Google: Rakshit Dhalla, Michigan Ross ’19, Strategy and Operations Manager
We've heard from MBA graduates in such diverse positions at Google in our Real Humans: Alumni series. Google.com is the most visited site in the world, but the company also offers hundreds of services. Rakshit Dhalla, Michigan Ross MBA '19 and strategy operations manager, deals with supporting related offerings for... Read more »
Real Humans of Amazon: Ygal Haenel, INSEAD ’19, Senior Financial Analyst
Amazon identifies 14 leadership principles underlying their operations, problem-solving approaches and team ideations. Some examples include ownership, frugality, learn and be curious, think big, and dive deep. "Hire and develop the best" is another principle that Ygal Haenel, INSEAD MBA '19 and senior financial analyst at Amazon, recognized during their... Read more »
Real Humans of Google: Sam Breslow, NYU Stern ’19, Technical Account Manager for Cloud Professional Services
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way we conduct business and much more. The days of floppy and Zip disks are long gone—many have probably only seen them in memes, while some of us still remember needing that flimsy piece of plastic to play Oregon Trail in grade school. The present... Read more »
Real Humans of McKinsey: Allison Howard, Northwestern Kellogg ’19, Associate
While an MBA can enhance your current career path, it can also support a switch to an entirely new one. In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, we hear from Allison Howard, an MBA graduate of Northwestern Kellogg and current associate at McKinsey. Pre-MBA, she had a fulfilling career in... Read more »
Real Humans of Apple: Andrew Kwan, NYU Stern ’19, Supply Demand Planner
There are over one billion active Apple products in the world right now. Extensive supply chain management enables this continued reach. Being part of the supply chain teams can also require advanced management and analytical skills, like the ones Andrew Kwan honed during the MBA program at NYU Stern. In... Read more »
Real Humans of Google: Andrew Dunckelman, HBS ’14, Head of Impact and Insights
Google is not just a dot-com that we visit for any and all information—it's also a dot-org with philanthropic efforts and goals. Google CEO Sundar Pichai has set a five-year goal of awarding $1 billion in grants supporting education, equity, and entrepreneurship. When it comes to directing and measuring Google's... Read more »
Real Humans of Deloitte: Abhinoor Dhull, Wharton ’19, Senior Consultant
William Welch Deloitte opened what would become Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (better known as just Deloitte) in 1845 in a small office in London. Thirty-five years later, the company expanded overseas to New York, eventually landing on Wall Street, then adding branches in Chicago and Buenos Aires. Now, Deloitte operates... Read more »
Real Humans of BCG: Brierley Penn, LBS ’19, Consultant
In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, we jump back into the consulting sector to leading consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Our featured alumna, Brierley Penn, graduated from London Business School in 2019 and rejoined BCG after graduation. While many applicants may expect to commit two full years to... Read more »
Interviews
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Zoom
It was a standard interview, and lasted about 45 mins. Was asked on why MBA, Why Columbia and goals (both short-term and long-term). He asked to elaborate a bit more on my long-term goals to understan
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I applied by December 1st (guaranteed interview) and interviewed on December 6th with a second-year student via Zoom:Interviewer: Intro, Agenda, Little about themselfQuestions (obviously from
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumna / Zoom
The interview started off with the interviewer introducing herself and background (e.g., when did she join Haas, career shift) and then she asked me questions. After my responses, she shared her opini
Careers and Financial Aid
‘Big Tech’ Jobs & Careers Remain Popular with MBA Graduates
Take a closer look at MBA graduates' tech industry jobs placement overall and at Big Tech firms for the full-time MBA Classes of 2018 to 2022.Despite a recent decline in tech industry hiring, the
Does ‘MBA’ Now Stand for McKinsey, Bain/BCG and Amazon?
MBA programs provide a great formal business education that can help graduates accelerate their careers in many different business industries. In fact, MBA employment reports published by the business
From B-School to MBB: Consulting Jobs Placement at Leading MBA Programs
MBA graduates continue to seek out management consulting jobs for the opportunity to provide strategic advice to business leaders operating large companies. Jobs at leading strategy consulting firms s
Essays
MBA Essay Insight Webinar Series Fall 2022
We're sure you've already heard that the application essays are a crucial component of the MBA application. So how can you ace this part of the admissions process without the use of sample essays?
MBA Essay Insight Webinar Series Summer 2022
We're sure you've already heard that the application essays are a crucial component of the MBA application. So how can you ace this part of the admissions process without the use of sample essays?
MBA Essay Insight Event Series: Sept/Oct Dates!
As you most likely already know, essays are a critical component of the MBA admissions process. That's why we're bringing back our popular MBA Essay Insight Event Series for three more events this Sep
