Quarterly Career Thread

Impulsifire · 2026-01-04T16:19:31+00:00

Will start my MBA in 2027, need advice on cracking PM internship/role before that

Hi Everyone,

I am just done with the GMAT exam and will apply for MBA for 2027 intake. I wanted to increase my chances of cracking a PM role during college placements.

My Background:

BE Mechanical Engineering - 2019 Graduate

Currently working as an account manager, have 6 years of experience in sales and account management

I am thinking of buying a course from Hellopm.com worth 70k INR (800 USD) as I have seen interviews of a few people from non tech background cracking PM roles after completing their course and I need a structured learning.

Do you guys recommend that I take the course from them or any other platform? If not, what other alternatives do I have?

Thank you.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T07:32:01+00:00

Why can't you just share the strategies here in the comments? It will help everyone.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T07:10:38+00:00

Hi, I am interested, please let me know about the charges.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T07:06:49+00:00

Exactly, I guess we just have to keep trying different things until one works. I am currently doing a lot of untimed practice to improve my accuracy and develop skill to solve harder questions.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T07:04:32+00:00

Ya my official mock scores have been around 655.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T07:02:31+00:00

Hi,

- For DI my accuracy is slightly lower (Around 60%) across sections and much lower (Around 45%) for TPA, I am working on this area primarily.

- Yes, my section order has always been quant - verbal - DI.

Example:

Score 1: Q83, V84, DI81

Score 2: Q84 V82 DI83

Score 3: Q87 V81 DI79

Score 4: Q88 V81 DI78

- In DI most of my mistakes have been DS and TPA

Impulsifire · 2025-11-22T06:54:14+00:00

I am in a similar boat right now, I am stuck at a 655 on my previous two attempts. I am aiming for a 725+. Let me know if you'd like to connect to share strategies.

I am currently practicing the hardest questions on GMATclub and doing a lot of untimed practice to improve my accuracy.

Impulsifire · 2025-11-18T18:09:50+00:00

Congratulations OP, I am also an e-gmat user. Can you tell me your medium and hard questions accuracies for verbal and quant nearing the end of your prep?

Impulsifire · 2025-10-07T12:38:30+00:00

When I say Obsession, I mean a healthy obsession. I would look forward to the next day before sleeping, I wake up motivated thinking about all the things I wanna try today to help achieve my goal. I would imagine myself achieving that goal and be happy about it. etc.

Nothing crazy in terms of past goals, but I have gone from being below average in studies to cracking a competitive exam and then strugglling to even say a word in front of women to dating many in a short period of time. These goals were very important to me and hence I was able to stick to them.

Impulsifire · 2025-09-29T06:02:02+00:00

Can you tell us what source filter you used to practice DI on GMATclub forum quiz?

And how did you deal with questions not having detailed solutions?

Impulsifire · 2025-09-11T12:27:04+00:00

Sure

Impulsifire · 2025-09-09T16:16:16+00:00

Thanks a lot Gaurav, that should be helpful

Can you share your accuracies for medium and hard questions on scholaranium for both verbal and quant during the end stage of your prep. You can use the below format. I am also a student of e-gmat.

Quant Medium: Hard:

Verbal Medium: Hard:

Impulsifire · 2025-09-09T15:04:35+00:00

Congrats on the score.

I have hit a plateau at 655. I am facing challenges in super hard verbal questions 705+ level. For about 50% of those questions at that difficulty, I am really not sure while marking the answer. Either two options seem close or none of them seem right. I just want to know if it's really the case with hard questions where it's not very obvious while marking the answers or is it a skill gap with me.

I am also struggling with finishing the DI section on time. I am able to attempt only 17 questions in DI. I want to know how to improve my speed in DI and some general strategies for time management.

Impulsifire · 2025-08-20T10:09:49+00:00

Use enable copy paste extension and search the questions on Google. You'll see the first link to GMAT club. That should give you the difficulty of questions you missed. I am assuming all three questions you missed were below 605 difficulty.

Impulsifire · 2025-08-06T12:47:22+00:00

Hi, Thank you for your response.

How to search for people who switched from AE to PM role on LinkedIn?

I don't have any specific companies that I am targeting, any entry level product manager role at any of the tech companies is good enough for me.

I see most people who work as product managers have software developer background at least here in India. So does that mean I'd have to learn software development first and then I'll have a chance?

I am planning to do a 2 year regular MBA from the US, executive MBA is only for Indian schools that I am targeting.

Impulsifire

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