E-commerce, one of the most lucrative career options open to anyone today. While every other industry is wondering how to stay relevant during this pandemic, e-commerce and all things digital are thriving in many cases. Companies like Amazon, Swiggy, Grofers, Big Basket, Flipkart, Myntra, Uber, etc are going strong right now. And why not. Most of us cannot step out of our homes, so these companies bring the necessities right to our doorstep. Even before the pandemic though, MBA grads were choosing to work with startups, e-commerce giants, etc. Product management, strategy, marketing, there are many roles to take up in an e-commerce business. In this article, look at the stories of some MBA grads who have worked with various e-commerce companies across the spectrum. Find out from them as to what makes e-com a cool sector to work in. What’s more, you also get a chance to foray into an e-commerce career at the end of this article. Read on and find out how!
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'What Is It Like To Work For Amazon?’ - Divya Anand, Product Manager At Uber, Ex-Amazon
In this video, Divya Anand, Product Manager at Uber, Ex-Amazon & HT Media, SP Jain & University of California Berkeley Alum, published author, shares her experience managing various products like Amazon Kindle and Shine.com.
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From Flipkart To Amazon To Apple - Apoorv Sharma's Journey | IMT Ghaziabad Alum
A natural storyteller and an avid design lover, IMT Ghaziabad alum Apoorv Sharma decided to take a trip down memory lane with InsideIIM. On one winter afternoon, with chirping squirrels and a live cricket match for the company, the conversation about his cherished past took place at the heart of the lush green IMT Ghaziabad campus. With more than 12 years of experience in the technology and digital space, Apoorv has worked in varied roles in some of the most desirable companies in the country including the apple of everyone’s eyes, THE APPLE Inc.
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How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar E-Commerce Brand - AMA with Pragya Batra, Ex-Bain, INSEAD & IITD
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How To Start An E-Commerce Business For Millennials | InsideIIM Career Podcast - Ft. Sidharth S, TAS
The InsideIIM Career Podcast delves into questions of strategy, insight and what makes businesses relevant, well positioned and profitable. When it comes to the world of e-commerce, this podcast tries to understand the nuances that you need to keep in mind in order to start an e-commerce venture! Our guest today is Sidharth Srinivasan, an alumnus of S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, who has worked on the launch of one of the most aspirational e-commerce platforms from the Tata Group, Tata Cliq. We talk to him about the lead up to launching Tata Cliq, his experiences on working with Tata and the challenges he overcame to build a platform that caters mostly to millennials.
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Career in E-Commerce Sector – An IIM Kozhikode Alumna's Perspective
The Indian E-Commerce sector is one of the hottest employment areas today. The growth of this sector, led by home-grown giants Flipkart and Snapdeal along with the entry of global behemoth Amazon, has shown no signs of slowing down. These companies, as well numerous smaller start-ups, are recruiting engineers and managers in thousands each year. Most companies are offering lucrative pay packages, making E-commerce one of the most sought after job sectors in India. Ankita Aggarwal, an IIM Kozhikode alumna who is currently working with Snapdeal, answered some of the burning questions related to employment opportunities in this sector. Read on to find out her opinion!
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From Being Average Students At IIM To Flipkart - Harshil & Anusha, Senior Product Managers
Why do two consultants from IIM Indore decide to take a pay cut and join a startup? Was MBA just a safety net? What happens when you join an IIM without any aim? In this video, find out how Harshil & Anusha, both product managers at Flipkart, arrived at their current careers.
Do you think everyone studies rigorously at b-school? Because many students don’t. And yet they achieve success. Because the road to success is not linear. As evidenced by Harshil Adesara and Anusha Jayanti.
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How I Cracked My Flipkart Interview - Nimish Puri, IIM Kozhikode
Summer placements can be quite stressful for students like you. Once the placement interviews begin, the environment suddenly becomes tense. How do you crack your interviews? What do you do during the GD round? How can you get a good summer placement? Everyone wants to get accepted into a top company, and everyone wants to know what it takes to get into one. The stress doesn’t end there. Once inside, how do you manage to bag a Pre Placement Offer (PPO), or a Pre Placement Interview (PPI)? Get tips on cracking your summer internship interviews in this video featuring Nimish Puri, IIM K student who bagged a PPI from Flipkart.
How Uber, Netflix, Amazon Drive Our Habits And Behaviour | Ft. Rajesh Srivastava, IIM Bangalore Alum
We all must have heard the famous saying, ‘Change is the only constant’. Well, this applies to business as well and the rules of businesses are constantly shifting with the changing times. Whether it is the way the employee is increasingly becoming the center of an organization to that of changing behavioral patterns of the consumers interacting with a varied range of products, it takes a detailed tackling of issues by companies at present to become successful. To talk more about this, we invited Rajesh Srivastava, who has been a corporate trainer for years and has taught as an adjunct faculty in IIM Indore for many years and explain some bits of new rules in business better.
How I Cracked My Uber Interview - Atul Sharma, XLRI Jamshedpur
Uber is one of the most aspired workplaces today. Be it their startup culture or just their products, b-schoolers hope to get an internship at Uber. In this highly detailed interview, XLRI student describes the complex and thorough process that he underwent to get selected for a summer internship with Uber. Here's how he did it!
