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Pro Chronicles with an Ex Bainee
Episode 1
Sunday, 31 January, 2021
Please welcome our special guest for this episode, Mr. Nipun Bansal, Director of Strategy Operations at Glance. Nipun, a pass out of IIT Roorkee and a celebrated alumnus of IIM Ranchi has been a strategy professional for over 10 years with a rich Management consulting experience curated during his time at can strategy & Bain & Company. He has worked across various industries including CPG, Tech, FS, Consumer internet, Media, Digital, and OTT. But don’t let his splendid credentials overwhelm you, tune in to the podcast to get to know the jolly & humble side of Nipun as he provides an exhaustive overview of a consultant’s tenure. Q1. How can an MBA student from a new IIM make it to the MBB? (2:05) Q2. How did you personalize your MBB preparation? (3:34) 1) Case interviews & guesstimates. 2) Resume: Spikes, length 3) Cover Letter: Length, content Q3. Your views on the importance of cover letters. Since it isn’t mandatory, candidate more often than not tend to neglect it. What are your views on that? (8:31) Q4. What would be a favorable time of the year to apply, looking at the attrition rate of the industry? (10:50) Q6. The general conception is that there are very long working hours in Management consulting. Can you recall and tell us what a typical day of your consulting life look like? (12:27) Q6. How did you manage your work-life balance: How did you pursue your hobbies/ interests? (17:26) Q7. How important is to have a hobby that disconnects you from consulting? (19:14) Q8. Attrition is quite a lot in the industry! According to you what may be the reasons for pursuing an alternate career? (21:05) Q8. What was your motivation to finally move on from the glamourous life of management consulting? (24:21) Q9. Can you please narrate a humorous incident/anecdote from your consulting days? (26:13)
