This interview is the first latest blog series featuring interviews with current and future MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the IESE MBA Program. And now, introducing Olga Climova, Admitted Student of the MBA Class of 2017. IESE: Congrats on your acceptance to IESE. Where are you from? What’s your profile? Olga: Thank…
What motivates someone to apply for an MBA? My experience during my first term at IESE shows that for most MBA candidates (excluding sponsored students) the main goal is a career change. There are three predominant ways of changing careers towards something that is more fulfilling. Location: People see an MBA course abroad as an…
As the final six months of the MBA are upon us, I find that I have a lot of things to be grateful for this past year. Being at IESE has been one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences of my life, and while it’s had its ups and downs, it’s definitely the good…
I joined the IESE MBA program to change my career. The topnotch education, the international exposure, the chance to spend two years of my life living in Barcelona, these were all added benefits to this marvelous way to give birth to the second part of my professional life. Only three months ago, I was one…
It was July 18 when my MBA journey started. I still had the World Cup hangover when I arrived in Spain (or Catalunya for some). Barcelona was taken by the magic and warmth of the summer. After a few days settling down, I met the first group of the IESE Class of 2016. Together we…