Friday, July 28, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
My interview
Hi!
Two days back i gave an interview for a part time/ online job as a Business Development Executive 4 a company www.aashmam.com a startup IT company.
The interview was very intersting.
It started with questions related to my work experience and about my MBA, projects etc.
Two questions were very interesting.
1. How would u sell a comb to a bald person?
2. What strategy will you suggest for a startup IT company like aashmam which is competing with the tier 1 IT companies in India?
Seriously, I had not faced such questions before. The first one is like selling a fridge to an eskimo.
For the first question, I answered that I will ask the bald person to buy the comb as a gift for his wife, daughter, friend or any other relative.
For the second question I gave a 2 minute answer explaining about the competitive scenario in the indian IT industry and how to differentiate the features of the software product, low pricing strategy, developing relationship with the client's top management etc. But Miss. Mamta (the interviewer) was not satisfied with my answers. She reminded me that their company was a startup company and wz looking for an innovative answer.
Finally, she told that she will call back again and asked me to be ready with an answer for the 2nd question or she may arrange a personal face to face interview at her office in mumbai or pune.
Later on, I asked the same question to professor Sudin Apte who teaches Services Marketing and is the country head of Forresterresearch in India (www.forresterresearch.com)
He told me that a start up company cannot compete with tier 1 companies. According to him a startup company should look for a niche service. If it is competing with tier 1 company it will definitely fail.
I posted this question on www.marketingprofs.com and got some good suggestions.
http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/qst_question.asp?qstID=14025#89394
Professor Nene suggested that the company should offer the solution on trial basis without any charges.
But, Prof Apte told that nowadays companies dont have time to experiment.
If any one has any other innovative strategy, plz mail me at aleem.symbiosis@gmail.com
Comments are welcome!!
Two days back i gave an interview for a part time/ online job as a Business Development Executive 4 a company www.aashmam.com a startup IT company.
The interview was very intersting.
It started with questions related to my work experience and about my MBA, projects etc.
Two questions were very interesting.
1. How would u sell a comb to a bald person?
2. What strategy will you suggest for a startup IT company like aashmam which is competing with the tier 1 IT companies in India?
Seriously, I had not faced such questions before. The first one is like selling a fridge to an eskimo.
For the first question, I answered that I will ask the bald person to buy the comb as a gift for his wife, daughter, friend or any other relative.
For the second question I gave a 2 minute answer explaining about the competitive scenario in the indian IT industry and how to differentiate the features of the software product, low pricing strategy, developing relationship with the client's top management etc. But Miss. Mamta (the interviewer) was not satisfied with my answers. She reminded me that their company was a startup company and wz looking for an innovative answer.
Finally, she told that she will call back again and asked me to be ready with an answer for the 2nd question or she may arrange a personal face to face interview at her office in mumbai or pune.
Later on, I asked the same question to professor Sudin Apte who teaches Services Marketing and is the country head of Forresterresearch in India (www.forresterresearch.com)
He told me that a start up company cannot compete with tier 1 companies. According to him a startup company should look for a niche service. If it is competing with tier 1 company it will definitely fail.
I posted this question on www.marketingprofs.com and got some good suggestions.
http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/qst_question.asp?qstID=14025#89394
Professor Nene suggested that the company should offer the solution on trial basis without any charges.
But, Prof Apte told that nowadays companies dont have time to experiment.
If any one has any other innovative strategy, plz mail me at aleem.symbiosis@gmail.com
Comments are welcome!!
Team work
Hi!
I am doing MBA-IT from Symbiosis, Pune www.symbiosiscomputers.com
I got an assignment from my professor for the subject E-business strategies.
The assignment was to prepare a report on B2B exchanges by chosing 2 exchanges in a vertical of our own choice.
There are 6 members in my team including me.
I want to write how I enjoyed working in a team. Infact, I have learned what NOT to do during a team assignment.
Firstly, all the team members are different with different IQ, knowledge, ability to search the net and find relevant information.
Those who are familiar with the management jargon will understand well.
One member of the team wrote strategy under the sideheading Business Model. Well, we all know that strategy and Business model are 2 different things. The funny thing is that the professor explicitly mentioned in the class about this difference.
other member came and told me that he was not able to find the strategy for covisint.com and asked if he could write the vision and mission statements under the sideheading strategy.
What i like about these assignments is that we have to do a lot of analysis on our own and there isn't any readymade information available on net.
The professor asked us to describe the different processes involved in the B2B exchange of our choice.
This is the funniest part. One member wrote about the different types of services provided by the exchange instead of the processes.
I tried to correct a lot of information in our assignment, but i wz really pissed off. so, I submitted the assignment. I wonder what the professor will think when he checks our assignment.
I am doing MBA-IT from Symbiosis, Pune www.symbiosiscomputers.com
I got an assignment from my professor for the subject E-business strategies.
The assignment was to prepare a report on B2B exchanges by chosing 2 exchanges in a vertical of our own choice.
There are 6 members in my team including me.
I want to write how I enjoyed working in a team. Infact, I have learned what NOT to do during a team assignment.
Firstly, all the team members are different with different IQ, knowledge, ability to search the net and find relevant information.
Those who are familiar with the management jargon will understand well.
One member of the team wrote strategy under the sideheading Business Model. Well, we all know that strategy and Business model are 2 different things. The funny thing is that the professor explicitly mentioned in the class about this difference.
other member came and told me that he was not able to find the strategy for covisint.com and asked if he could write the vision and mission statements under the sideheading strategy.
What i like about these assignments is that we have to do a lot of analysis on our own and there isn't any readymade information available on net.
The professor asked us to describe the different processes involved in the B2B exchange of our choice.
This is the funniest part. One member wrote about the different types of services provided by the exchange instead of the processes.
I tried to correct a lot of information in our assignment, but i wz really pissed off. so, I submitted the assignment. I wonder what the professor will think when he checks our assignment.
My first posting
Hi all!
I am very excited writing my first entry in my own blog.
Its very interesting to have one own blog - where u can write about your life, write what u think and lot many things.
I think this blog will become a part of my life.
hope u all njoy reading..
Comments are always welcome..
I am very excited writing my first entry in my own blog.
Its very interesting to have one own blog - where u can write about your life, write what u think and lot many things.
I think this blog will become a part of my life.
hope u all njoy reading..
Comments are always welcome..
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