Wharton Grad Excels in Big Tech | Crack The MBA Show | Ep025 Suyog Karnawat

Welcome to the ‘Crack The MBA’ show. My name is Nupur Gupta, and I am your host. Our guest today is Suyog Karnawat who graduated with an MBA degree from Wharton in 2019. Suyog holds a BTech degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from College of Engineering Pune. Post college, Suyog worked with Credit Suisse as a Software Engineer, and as Product Manager in Pune and London. During this time, Suyog also pursued and received a CFA charter. At Wharton, Suyog was a writer with Wharton Follies and involved with the Tech and Data clubs. Suyog pursued a tech investment banking internship with William Blair in the bay area. Post-MBA, Suyog joined AWS as a Sr. Product Manager, and then transitioned to Twitch, eventually joining Google where he is leading a team of PMs owning the merchant vertical at YouTube shopping.

00:00:00 Episode Highlights
00:00:41 Introduction
00:01:32 Fun Fact
00:02:13 Winning Habits & Influences
00:05:39 Experience Working with CTM
00:07:34 Wharton Essays
00:08:34 Wharton’s Evaluation Criteria
00:10:32 Wharton India Fellowship
00:12:01 Wharton’s Unique Identity
00:14:21 Life in Philly
00:18:23 Star Professors & Popular Courses
00:23:05 Academic Resources for Techies
00:24:22 Wharton Follies
00:28:13 Wharton Leadership Ventures
00:29:59 I-Banking Internship Recruiting
00:33:02 Tech Banking Internship Experience
00:34:00 Full-Time Job Search in Big Tech
00:38:20 Major Tech Employers
00:39:00 MBA Career Management Office
00:41:04 Product Management Interview Prep
00:45:58 Current Recruiting Environment in Tech
00:47:15 Reflection on Wharton Experience
00:48:39 Navigating Post-MBA Job Shifts
00:53:35 Day in Life as Product Lead at Google
00:56:03 Life in Seattle
01:00:26 Student Loan Repayment
01:01:42 Is an American MBA Still Worth it?
01:05:02 Parting Advice


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Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'Most Promising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.

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