Episodes
We did it! This is the last episode of MBAsians season 2. In this episode, we want to remind you and also ourselves why we started this amazing podcast journey 10 months ago. We also want to share our takeaways from doing this podcast and talking with those great, inspiring guests. Lastly, we want to thank all our listeners for following us. Hope you all the best and stay in touch.
Published 05/25/21
We invited Erica Luong, a Yale School of Management Class of 2018, to share her post MBA career experience as a consulting & analytics senior manager at Visa. You will learn more about how to utilize your time at work and make your MBA life more meaningful.
Published 05/18/21
We invited Janette Hwang, a Fuqua MBA graduate from class of 2019, to share her experience of working as a consultant at McKinsey in the US. In this episode, you will learn about the day in the life of a management consultant. Janette aslo shared her tips on how to build relationships and stay connected with people in the workplace.
Published 05/11/21
We invited Paryn Assavanop, a Ross MBA graduate from 2019, to share her post MBA career experience as a go to market strategist and product marketing manager at Adobe. You will learn more about how to utilize MBA experience to connect with future role and advantages of doing a dual degree - MBA and MSI
Published 05/04/21
We invited Rajat Goel, a Ross MBA graduate from 2020, to share his post MBA career experience as a consultant at Mckinsey & Company. You will learn more about how to utilize MBA networking to adapt yourself into the new working environment and find a best company fit for your recruiting
Published 04/27/21
For this episode, we invited Yoonki Lee, a Fuqua MBA graduate from class of 2019, to share his experience of working in a healthcare company, 10x Genomics, in the US. He will also share the challenges he faced as a financial analyst when the company is transitioning from a startup to a public company.
Published 04/14/21
We invited YC Xie, a Ross MBA and MPH(Master of Public Health) class of 2018 dual degree graduate, to share his Commercial Leadership Program experience at Amgen. In this episode, you will learn about the company Amgen and how YC successfully switched his career from HR at McDonald's to sales and marketing roles in the healthcare industry.
Published 04/14/21
We invited Hannah Chen, a Ross MBA and MSI (Information Science) class of 2019 dual degree graduate , to share her Product Marketing career life at Microsoft. In this episode, you will learn about what the Product Marketing role looks like at Microsoft and what kind of challenges you would face in the marketing position as a international employee.
Published 03/23/21
Hiroki Tanaka, a Ross MBA graduate from 2020, shares his post MBA career experience as a Program Manager at Google. Tune in to learn more about what a data center program manager role is, his responsibilities, and how an MBA can help you to succeed in the role.
Published 03/16/21
Meet Mark Baukaew, a Ross MBA 2019 grad and current Senior Program Manager at Amazon. Learn about his MBA journey into tech, the challenges he faces in his role, and his best tips for current MBAs looking to get into tech.
Published 03/09/21
Jay and Jacob are back for Season 2 and they share what you can expect in the coming 12 weeks!
Published 03/02/21
MBAsians Final Episode of Season 1. We’ll share the best quotes from guests and ask ourselves about “one thing we wish we had known before coming to MBA.” Thank you to everyone who’s staying tuned to MBAsians. We’ll be back in 2021 with more priceless content. See you next time / 期待下次相見 / 다음에 또 만나요
Published 11/17/20
In the previous episodes, we mostly focused on the topics like school life or recruiting . But, even with all the classes, events and assignments, There is still plenty of free time that you can decide how to use. It could be after school hours, weekends and holidays, or breaks between semesters. How you spend those free time can really change your overall MBA experience. We invite Yiran Huang, who is currently a second-year MBA student from Chicago Booth, to share how she manages her...
Published 11/10/20
MBA is a journey for a new career path. And to find a better career path, many MBA students visit various companies and meet numerous people to learn more about different industries. To facilitate this point, many MBA programs or clubs do “professional trek,” which means they organize a trip for companies. For example, Tech Trek goes to big tech companies in the west coast and marketing trek goes to Chicago to visit several famous marketing companies. It really varies by schools or clubs. So...
Published 11/04/20
MBA is such an inspiring experience. It’s more than just getting a good academic result or finding a great job. More importantly, It’s a place where you can meet very interesting people from around the world, learn about their stories, and make meaningful, lifelong friendships. That being said, a lot of these bondings are happening outside of the classroom. For example, during social events. That’s why there are so many social events in the MBA. In this episode, we invite Warittha...
Published 10/28/20
Taking an MBA program in the US is a big, huge decision. And if you already have a family, it becomes 100 times more difficult. Today’s topic is about MBA and Family. Many international students had to decide whether they came to the US with family or not. Some partners may give up their career. Some couples ended up living separately. If they have a baby, how would they handle all difficulties in the country where they’ve never been. What a crazy situation. Let’s welcome Kazrin Khairul...
Published 10/20/20
You cannot talk about student life without mentioning homework and assignments. In MBA particularly, a lot of assignments are group projects based, which means, you have to work with other students and rely on each other to finish it together. It’s not easy for international students to participate or contribute under the group project setting due to a variety of reasons. We invite Doyoun Kim, a second-year MBA student from Cornell Johnson, to share his group project experience and to tell...
Published 10/13/20
The pandemic has changed the world a lot in 2020. People started to wear masks everyday and canceled their meetings with their friends, family and even wedding ceremonies. MBA is no exception. Most Business schools are doing virtual classes. Recruiters don’t come to the campus anymore. Many social events have been canceled or reduced. In other words, the Class of 2022 MBA students’ experience would be entirely different from other classes. With Jun Takahashi, 1st year MBA student from Ross,...
Published 10/07/20
As the most popular post-MBA career path for MBA students, recruiting for consulting is very competitive. Therefore, it is very important to have a clear recruiting strategy to be successful. We invite Kelly Song, an MBA2 student from Tuck Business School at Dartmouth to share her consulting internship recruiting experience from networking to case preparation with us.
Published 09/29/20
Many students come to business school not only to learn academics such as accounting, finance, strategy, or marketing, but also to look for career changes and get a new job. That’s why people spend most of their time to prepare for the summer internship recruiting right after starting the semester. However, it’s a tremendously difficult process for international students to compete with domestic students. We invite Chrissa da Gomez, an MBA2 student from UC Berkeley Haas business school, to...
Published 09/22/20
Even though many people think MBA programs are about networking and getting a better opportunity for a job, we can’t discuss MBA life without academics. Each MBA program has unique core classes and numerous electives. Also, having a brisk discussion and sharing ideas in the classroom is another attractive feature of MBA classes. However, there are many difficulties too. Many professors cold-call students in the class or use the casing teach method with which international students are not...
Published 09/15/20
There are many kinds of clubs that can help your MBA journey. From professional clubs to fun and social clubs, you can have various opportunities to learn new things during your MBA life. However, it’s impossible to join every club you want to participate in; you should prioritize and make some tough choices.. Everything during MBA life is about how to distribute your time. We discuss a wiser way to join and use clubs during MBA life with Jung Lee from UCLA Anderson.
Published 09/08/20
Some B-schools have a trek before the program starts or during the semester, travel purely led by students. Unlike professional treks, you do not need to worry about recruiting or networking, you just enjoy meeting new friends and learning new cultures. Incoming students can also listen to 2nd year students’ experiences and get lots of tips for their MBA lives. We invite Weber Lu from Northwestern Kellogg to share his KWEST experience, one of the most popular non-academic opportunities at...
Published 09/01/20
Orientation is officially the first time you meet your classmates from all over the world. You may be excited about meeting new people and starting the new chapter in your life, but at the same time, feel nervous. We invite Hiroki Mochizuki from Japan to talk about his stories during the MBA orientation period and share his advice on ice-breaking and getting close with new friends.
Published 08/25/20