This is one of the common questions asked in an MBA interview. Generally the question “Why MBA?” encompasses all these. They may twist this question slightly according to your background.

These questions are frequently asked to gauge what is your thought process behind choosing an MBA. They want to know if you have given a deep thought about it and how you can convince the interviewer.

Secondly, they want to understand why you made this choice. The work you have done to date and the career trajectory you took, how it was good for you and how doing an MBA might be a good idea for your career progression. The more concrete and personal reasons you have, the more convincing it is both for you as well as for the panelists.

So, definitely pick some good reasons from your work experience and why it convinced you to pursue MBA in the HRM program. First, convince yourself and if you can, you can definitely convince the interviewers.

One of my students passed out of XLRI recently. Let me share his experiences after graduating from this institute. He claims it is one of the finest B-schools in India. It is popular for its Human Resource Management program.

There are few points you should keep in mind while choosing a career path after doing an MBA from XLRI.

• An HR manager from any institute will do what their role is, perhaps you should try to find much more efficient ways to solve all those problems in their organization.
• You should discover the problems from their abstract environment and try to solve them.
• You must be active and observant, and find out the underlying problem that may create an issue and become an obstacle in the future.
• You must try to look for organizations that are going through a change in terms of transformation or expansion.
• You must choose an industry that they like and always look for opportunities to do any cross-functional roles.
• In the HR profession, you may experience a career that offers good working conditions, good career growth opportunities, and rewarding work, these will boost your career.
• An HR professional must have good communication skills and interpersonal skills to boost their interaction.

These are huge responsibilities after becoming an HR professional. You must be calm and try to understand everything and boost the morale of the people of your firm.

My friends and I studied at XLRI and it is considered one of the top institutes for MBA in India.

You must do the following before taking any decision

• Read about non-HR and HR employees.
• Check if your profile matches your strengths.
• Don't jump into HR naively because it sounds easy.
• It's best suited to psychology students as it deals with human interactions.
• An HR job is very demanding and you must put your best at your role

You can get job roles like Talent Acquisition, Human Resource Executive, Salary Incharge, Performance Analyst, Assistant to the HR, etc. Recruiting sectors include Consulting, Digital Media, Educational, Healthcare, Tourism, Insurance, IT, etc.

When it comes to XLRI, very few companies offer a role for HR instead core job roles are more preferred. It has been observed that various HR professionals shift their job to non-HR roles within a couple of years.

Although your summer placement is based upon your previous academic records, the final placement is more dependent on what you do in the B-school. Standards may be different and vary from student to student but, in terms of good opportunities at these B-schools, even an average student gets a decent internship. 

If you work hard enough to be in the top half of the batch, you can definitely expect a good placement offer. Also, academics are not the only field that matters for the placement. There are other various factors at play such as academics, personality, additional skills, passion, and other interpersonal skills. 

Many times it’s seen that students with decent academics record trails behind the students with average academics records. So, while getting admission in the B-school don’t overthink about the placement. B- school gives you various opportunities to cross the limits, so do your best. Hard work and dedication can surely defeat average academic records.

One of my friends is studying at XLRI. To her, there is no difference or classification of the amount of international exposure or on-site opportunities, based on specializations. The points below provide a clear picture of the modes of international exposure that students of XLRI receive during their course and afterward.

• There is a student exchange program in XLRI, which provides foreign learning opportunities to students.
• The institute has tie-ups with several international business schools like ESADE, Audencia, Darden, and EM Lyon.
• Almost 20% of students from the batch get the opportunity to spend a semester in one of the foreign institutes. Among them, most of the seats are available to HR and BM students.
• Students get the benefit of interacting with international students and get used to the global perspective of MBA.
• In terms of internships and placements, the working experience of candidates totally depends upon the job role offered by the company.
• In certain cases, companies send their summer interns abroad to their offices.
• There are HR interns from HUL, who worked in the United Kingdom during their internship period.

Therefore, specialization is not the mode of distinguishing chances for on-site opportunities, and the factor is entirely based on the company’s business requirements.

MBA or a PGDM in the Service Management branch, Jaipuria Institute of Management (Jaipur) would be a good choice. With India becoming a service-based economy, these courses have huge potential.

Jaipuria is a reputed name in management education. Recent NIRF ranking suggests it is comparable with IIM Udaipur. Given its legacy in management education, you can expect seamless delivery of the PGDM SM course.

New courses generally have an uncertainty of placements. But this is not a problem for Jai[puria as a vast pool of recruiting companies to visit the placement drive. The institute also successfully secured internship offers for all students of PGDM SM’s first batch.

Also, Jaipuria is truly a student-friendly institute. Help with everything from training, mentoring, coaching, industrial visits, guest interactions, international tie-ups, etc. The faculties are great and go the extra mile for students.

Overall Jaipuria will be a great choice for PGDM SM.

It is not a question about whether or not BM is bad, and HR is good. XLRI is more known for HR because it has stuck with the brand. The brand XLRI primarily had an established legacy in Industrial Relations (IR). Which later converted into HR. XLRI established its reputation as an IR concentrated institution following the Independence of the country.

BM, on the other hand, was inaugurated only afterward alongside older IIMs. This has somehow resulted in leading to the XLRI brand getting generally and mostly associated with HR, and not BM. It’s rare to find any industry or top-tier companies in the country where the top HR personnel is not from XLRI.

Now when talking about BM at XLRI, there is definitely a strong and successful alumni base from BM in the industrial sector. In fact, for further recruitments, alumni of XLRI get placed in McK, BCG, and several more from the BM sector.