Welcome to the ‘Crack The MBA’ show. My name is Nupur Gupta, and I am your host. Our guest today is Meghna Sreenivasan who graduated with an MBA degree from Wharton in 2020. Meghna holds a BTech and MTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay. Post college, Meghna worked as a consultant with Bain & Company for three years and as a product manager with Bajaj Finserv for a year. At Wharton, Meghna served as VP, Education – Wharton Fintech Club, and VP, Community – India Club. Meghna has been working with Google as a product manager in the four years since she graduated. Meghna builds great software experiences for people – most recently as a product manager at Google on Google Chat and Search. Meghna is a crossword nerd and loves walks with her daughter.
00:00:00 Episode Highlights
00:01:04 Introduction
00:01:53 Fun Fact
00:02:33 Childhood & Influences
00:07:39 Experience with CTM
00:11:29 MBA Admissions Process
00:16:21 Teamwork & Leadership Anecdotes
00:18:25 Wharton Team-Based Discussion
00:24:34 Why Wharton
00:27:58 Experience Living in Philadelphia
00:31:33 Wharton: Semester in San Francisco
00:41:16 Wharton: Fintech Club
00:43:59 Wharton: India Club
00:44:59 Wharton: Tech Club
00:46:35 Recruiting Process for Big Tech
00:52:07 Product Management Interview Process
01:00:21 Thriving in Big Tech
01:04:09 Post-MBA Life in San Francisco
01:07:39 Advice for Incoming MBA Students
Thank you for watching!
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Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'MostPromising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.
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