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Read MoreFrom a PSU to a Senior Program Manager at Amazon
- December 4, 2024
- Entrepreneur
👇🏻Here is the Inspiring story of our mentor Akanksha Garg who is known for pioneering innovative business solutions.
Apart from being a great mentor, she is a dance enthusiast, great cook and amateur apparel designer who possesses a vibrant personality and a contagious smile. 😃😃
✅ Introduction & Background
Akanksha belongs to a very humble background & comes from a small town called Shamli (UP). Because of her good academics, she got admitted to KNIT Sultanpur.
She then joined Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) after clearing a national-level exam.
✅ @ BEL
BEL being a government organization, has to deal with a lot of bureaucracy. Under these circumstances, she worked on a very interesting project.
She was working on Simulator products at BEL. These simulators were outsourced. She, along with her manager, questioned why some parts of it can’t be developed internally & save a lot of money.
They started working on this. But, since nobody wanted to own the project, it went through a lot of challenges. However, they were finally successful and earned a lot of commendations including the R&D Excellence Award.
✅ Journey to IIMB
During her stint of 8 years in BEL, she got married & has 2 daughters.
At the time of her 2nd child, she decided to do an MBA as she wanted to grow more professionally. In her 1st attempt itself, she could clear GMAT & got admission to IIMB.
Because of her work spirit and dedication, during the IIMB interview, she received feedback that she has got one of the best recommendations the panel had ever seen.
✅ Quest for Leadership Roles
At IIMB, she was particularly interested in Leadership roles but had yet to lead a team in BEL due to which she was apprehensive. This was when she connected with GoCrackIt and during discussions with the mentor, she realised that her innovation project at BEL was an excellent example of leadership where she achieved her goals despite all the bureaucratic challenges. She also gained a lot of confidence from the mentorship sessions.
✅ Amazon Interview: What worked?
There were 3 rounds of interviews at Amazon. She was directly asked about Amazon’s Leadership principles of “Deep Dive” & “Learn & Be Curious”.
For “Deep Dive”, she told the story of Simulator development. For “Learn & Be Curious”, she mentioned how she had attended multiple tech talks at BEL to learn about emerging technological trends.
She cracked the interview and joined Amazon as Senior Program Manager.
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