Category Archives: ISB Program

Essays are always a key component of the ISB application. Essays reveal a candidate’s strengths, aspirations, and motivations beyond what the test scores and the resume reveal. In this post, we discuss some of the best practices that candidates should observe, while drafting their essays. Treat essays as a Critical Reasoning question We have allContinue reading “Best Practices for ISB Essays”

There is a lot of advice already available on what to say and how to respond to questions in the ISB Interviews. However, Even the best interview preparation can be undone by one wrong comment. In this post, we discuss a few things one should not say during the ISB Interview: Speaking negatively about yourContinue reading “What ‘not’ to say in the ISB Interview”

Each year, a significant number of Chartered Accountants apply to ISB. This article is relevant to these candidates. Why this understanding is important Chartered Accountants apply to ISB must have clarity on the post-ISB career options for two main reasons: i) Essays: Clarity of thought in order to effectively articulate the post-ISB goals in theContinue reading “Career pathways for Chartered Accountants, after ISB”

The student community at ISB PGP typically has an average work-experience between 4-5 years. Hence, applicants with higher experience, applying to ISB wonder if ISB they are at a disadvantage compared to people with lesser experience. The answer is no. ISB values diversity, and diversity of experience is an important factor that is taken intoContinue reading “Applicants with higher experience, applying to ISB”

Every year, numerous candidates from the Government or semi-Government sector apply to ISB. These candidates include people who work in the army, public banks (such as State Bank of India), and PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings such as ONGC, BHEL, HPCL, NTPC, BEL and SAIL). For various reasons, these candidates look at ISB, to transition fromContinue reading “Candidates from Government/PSUs/military, applying to ISB”

Many ISB applicants to PGP have multi-year gap after their graduation, in order to prepare for Civil Services examination. Many such applicants wonder whether their profile is good enough to apply to ISB. This blog post addresses how to tackle career-gap for Civil Services Preparation in the ISB Application. We have actually covered this topicContinue reading “Career-gap for Civil Services Preparation”

Is my profile good enough for ISB? This is a question that we have seen many ISB applicants pondering over. Aware of the stringent competition, applicants get nervous at even the slightest hint of imperfection(s) in their profile. Few typical perceived profile weaknesses Consequently, applicants start having second thoughts about applying to ISB. Our suggestion:Continue reading “Is my profile good enough for ISB?”

How to tackle gaps in Indian School of Business (ISB’s) PGP Application

Applicants to Indian school of Business often wonder which round of ISB has best chances of admission. This blog post hopes to answer this question that the applicants have. Short answer It doesn’t matter. It is a myth that if candidates are not able to apply to R1, the chances of admission to ISB significantlyContinue reading “Which round of ISB has best chances of admission?”