Arun Sharma
Self worked as a Ship Navigation Officer. I have over 9 years of Work experience working onboard ships. I was fortunate to have a faster than average career growth and gained a lot of international exposure through my job. I required an MBA from ISB to provide me intensive exposure to all the major business functional areas to enable my corporate foray – from strategy and production to operations and organizational behavior. I wanted to couple the industry experience I have gained over the years with the necessary qualification to help myself gain entry into the corporate scenario. I knew that I did not have super good GMAT score, but, I always knew that my uncommon background with a handful of Leadership experience and International exposure would be my forte and thus need an expert who could be my guiding light that is when I found Varun from MBAKarma I read his posts on GmatClub Forum and his blogs on MBAKarma website and also asked one of my friend with who was happy with Varun efforts. This inspired me to knock on Varun’s door. He gave me an introduction into the application process and a few insights on what my strong points are and how I should be projecting that to my advantage. More than anything, when most of the consultants were charging a fortune to review the essays, Varun was charging a very nominal fee. After the brainstorming session, most of our interaction was through email & phone. Varun was very frank in his opinions and this was what helped in raising the bar in my essays. I put on my thinking cap and wanted to give it the best shot I can.With Varun, it is a lot of hard work, he helps you create an unbeatable story but totally through your efforts and through your story. Once I was done with my first college’s essay, I could see the difference between my rough draft and the finalized essay. This was a huge step up. Finally pressed submitted button and undoubtedly within few days received Interview shortlist from ISB. The process followed in essays was repeated in the mock interview also. Varun intrigued me to introspect my strength, weakness, short and long term goals and advised me to be honest. The mocks were like shot in the arm and gave me the adrenaline rush and confidence to face interviewers. The range of questions I practiced with the Varun in mocks was wide and generally, all questions that were asked in the interview were well thought and practiced. Finally, results were out and I got portal update stating offered admission it was like a dream come true. It was my hard work my perseverance but the guiding light was Varun.
