Dear Friends,
I am sure most of you must be enjoying the moments now with a lot of GD-PI calls in your wallet. And I am sure those who expected the calls and unfortunately could not get one, have come out of the mental trauma. And we at MBATutes can understand what you guys have been through since the results come out.
Today, I am giving you tips on ‘How to write an effective CV/Resume/Biodata’ to be carried to GD-PI centre of various institutes.
First and foremost, Most of the B-schools give you a check list of what to bring and what not to bring to the GD-PI centre. Most of those institutes which required a biodata from you, will explicitly ask for it. And many won’t. My students ask me if they should be carrying a biodata to the institute which has not asked for it.
Answer to this is quite tricky. See, if you have a lot of credentials which you like boasting about, I will suggest carry your biodata, which carries these achievements, to the GD-PI venue. This is to ensure that they at least get to know the achievements which you have gathered in so many years. And also to invite questions on them.
Guys, If you have achievements, which you are showing in your biodata, be better prepared with them quite well. I mean to say, expects some questions on what you have written in the biodata and be prepared with the answer of those. Biodata will show case what you have. But then you will have to substantiate what you are show-casing. Note that show-casing things and then not able to substantiate them may turn FATAL for you.
Second case, if there are things in your life, in your biodata, which you do not want an interviewer to prick you on, I will suggest better don’t carry biodata in that case. I am sure I need not explain it further.
Another case, you don’t have much to write on your biodata, in that case I can say it hardly matters that you carry the biodata or not. My suggestion is better don’t carry. Why will you like someone to see that there is nothing much you can talk about, about yourself, on paper?
Another point, when I am saying above that don’t carry your biodata, Please note I am saying don’t carry it in the folder you are going to show to them. You FOR SURE should carry a biodata in every case, though you may keep it at the back of the folder or in a different file in case it’s not asked for and at the same time you decide not to show-case it.
Now, some important DO’s and DON’t OF WRITING BIODATA:
1.
Always write the biodata in reverse chronology. That means – latest first. For e.g. if you are an engineer with 2.5 years of work ex and 2 companies, you will start your biodata with work experience that too with the current company, followed by the previous company. Then will come your academic profile which will start with engineering, followed by 12th, followed by 10th. Then you will talk of your extra –curricular, that too in reverse chronology i.e. latest first. Then you will talk about the achievements/awards/certificates etc. again in reverse chronology. And lastly you may talk about your hobbies/interests etc. or may be strengths(NO WEAKNESSES in biodata).
2.
Writing a long biodata say 3 to 4 pages is a wonderful way to ensure that no one gives a dam to your biodata. In a way, you make interviewer loose the interest in you. Note that your biodata (assuming, you don’t have more then 3-4 years of work-ex) should not exceed 1 page, whatever come may.
3.
Note that biodata is a SELLING TOOL. Remember you won’t buy Ruffles lays if the packet is torn. Right. So is the case with biodata. Remember to do spell check before taking a print. There should not be any grammatical mistake or spelling mistake for that matter. And yes, you will never fold your biodata. It has to be crisp.
4.
A biodata is like a greeting card for your girl friend. You need to have a separate(customized) card for all of them. You cannot have a generic card for all of them. What I am trying to say is that you may have to do a little shuffling here and there in your biodata, depending on the institute you are going to. E.g. for XLRI-PMIR your biodata may not be 100% same as what it will be for IIMs, though in totto it will be same. What may be different is the sequencing.
This is all in all how you should draft your biodata. Here is one sample CV for your referance:
I welcome all the individual question you may have. You can post your questions here or can email me at vaibhav.mittal@mbatutes.com
Happy BIODATAing
Vaibhav K Mittal
CEO – Zion Education
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Good job sir,
Atleast some one is taking care that Cv is also important. Otherwise no one ha given anything on Cv. Thanks for that.
Thanks Arun
CV is no doubt an important document. If we think, we are what our CV says we are and nothing more then that.
Take care.
VM
could u send me a format of resume for applying in an it company, im doing btech 4th yr
thank u for the post, indeed helpful. could you also put up a sample resume for a fresher graduate applying for an MBA please?
hello sir , myself swapnil i m a medico (B.A.M.S) n i hv applied for iihmr jaipur so plz guide me hw to write my resume i dont have any knowledge of it plz sir help me. thank u
Hello Sir, I m about to appear for a GD/PI soon, but still i dont have my CV ready. I m in a big mess. Will u plz send me some CV format or sample CVs , so that i would b able to do 1 for myself. Plz reply. Its urgent. Thank u in advance.