Challenge Yourself With These B-school Competitions

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Stepping into B-school might leave you in curiosity about what you should be doing next in the first few months. The eagerness in you to explore your boundaries and expand your horizons may land you up with B-Schools competitions. But if you have still not discovered the actual essence of these competitions, then you have parked in the right place.

B-school competitions provide you with a platform to demonstrate talent, build an exceptional network system, and be a stepping stone in achieving greater things in life. Though the means are unconventional, these competitions provide effective ways of securing internships, scholarships, jobs, and real-world experiences.

Why should you participate in a B-school competition?

1. The Real Talent Show: As B-school competitions provide a chance to solve real-life problems, the organizing company/university/institute provides students with a chance to showcase their talent by application of their skills. In return, the awards received can help in achieving academic or professional goals.

2. Connecting top employers: It is the competitions that bring out a moment to connect with recruiters from top companies like Google, Marico, RPG, Amazon, Flipkart, etc that are otherwise difficult to reach.

3. Grab a job at your dream company: The traditional way of getting a job solely based on academic performance may or may not present your real skills. However, giving a shot to these competitions can help you directly present your talent set to the recruiters and bag a job at your dream company.

Note: Companies like L’Oreal hire nearly one-third of all graduate interns from its challenges! 

4. Flaunt your resume: Rockstars are identified from a distant vision. Let not only your traditional resume reflect your achievements. Flaunt your awards over social media and make the search engines draft your resume.

5. Realize your dreams with these competitions: If you have plans to start your business or pursue education abroad, you must surely be looking for funds. Competitions can be a rescue, as the award capital can help you look to your dream of a start-up. Additionally, many competitions provide fully-funded trips to incredible destinations across the globe.

Types of B-School Competitions

B-school competitions provide a lot of opportunities in many forms for MBA students to showcase the best of their talents. Some of them have been listed below:

1. B-School Case Study Competitions:

Case study competitions provide students with an opportunity to get cognizance of sustaining real-life problems and to provide solutions for them. The competition usually places a problem statement/case in front of students participating in teams to present their strategy to solve the business problem. A few of the case study competitions scheduled for this year have been listed below.

2. Innovation/Ideation/Entrepreneurship Challenges:

This B-School competition aims to challenge the thinking ability of the students by demanding from them an unusual yet unique concept.

3. Quiz Competitions for B-Schools:

Quiz competitions are designed in a way to test the business acumen of students in some or all domains, thus, providing them the perfect opportunity to prove their mettle. Following are the quiz competitions that you can be a part of this year.

4. Business Stimulations

Business Simulations are one of the best ways for students to try their business strategies out through gamified engagement. The simulated world gives a clear idea of what works and what doesn't while offering a deep learning experience. 

Having learned about these B-School competitions, we are sure you’re ready to take the next challenge that comes to your door. Be a part of these competitions and earn brownie points for your CV, overall knowledge, and talent base to walk that extra mile.

Ignite the Spirit of Competitiveness!

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