Securing a job at Boston Consulting Group requires standing head and shoulders above the competition. And to be headhunted by them, rather than having to apply in the first place, takes someone who really stands out. But that’s exactly what happened to Tonny Yuliantino. Shortly before finishing his undergraduate engineering degree in Indonesia, Tonny’s impressive… Continue Reading
Renato Castaneda has always been highly motivated, frequently setting goals for himself in order to achieve. “When I was about 8 years old, I was the last in my class in swimming,” he says. “But I really wanted to become a good swimmer. Within a year I was winning competitions for the school.” This drive… Continue Reading
Finding the MBA program that best suits your career goals and vision of the future is a difficult task. Imagine the added stress of making that choice alongside your partner, because you want to complete an MBA as a couple. “Every year more partners are applying together, and some of them don’t mention that they’re… Continue Reading
Everyone knows that MBA students have lofty career aspirations, but what do they do for fun? That’s what Prashant Singh, MBA ’21, set out to learn in creating this student-produced video. The answer, of course, is as diverse as the HEC Paris MBA’s January 2020 intake itself. Along with being a former program manager at… Continue Reading
Most people would think that completing an MBA at one of Europe’s top business schools is stressful enough. However, Nicole Pense, MBA ’19, decided that her 16 months at the HEC Paris MBA would be the perfect time to earn her degree and start a family. She graduated on time with both a job offer… Continue Reading
For proof that the September 2019 HEC Paris MBA intake is an inspired group, take a moment to watch their student-produced video. Yes, that’s an elephant with Anshul. Maria Alejandra is mingling with some of Cartagena’s famous palenqueras. Johannes and Mayu each dance in their country’s traditional garb. And for those 100+ students who didn’t… Continue Reading
Upon becoming deputy general manager of a Malian telecommunications company, Liviu Teodorescu, MBA ’19, was surprised to learn that some of the full-time staff didn’t earn a living wage. As a result, he devised an employee-training program to increase their skills and thus justify a salary increase. It was seeing how increasing your expertise creates… Continue Reading
From left: Oliver Chen, Shveta Sarin and Miguel Venta
We asked three current students who were previously living and working in the United States to share why they chose the HEC Paris MBA over American MBA programs. Miguel Venta Miguel Venta studied industrial engineering as an undergraduate in Madrid. After a brief experience in technology consulting, Miguel joined the graduate program of an automotive… Continue Reading
HEC Paris MBA students are always creative, especially in the ways that they get to know each other. Long before the first on-campus icebreaking session or welcome-day event, students work together on a video project that introduces them to their classmates. The September 2018 intake’s video, spearheaded by Lovish Gupta and Eduardo Ortiz, also had… Continue Reading
Akiko Yonetani’s life changed dramatically when she was 6 years old. That’s when her mother, an English literature professor, decided to move her family from Japan to Cambridge for her sabbatical year. “My mom always told me, ‘You don’t have to be the same as everyone else – be different’ and I did feel really… Continue Reading
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