We are IESE MBA Class of 2010

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ebyayaya

I am lucky enough getting a job in one of the banking MBA programs located in London and will start working at the beginning of August. So I am quite confident of my future career and personal life.

I think IESE has very good connection with recruiters of banking, consulting and big industrial players within "Europe" market as well as very structured and promising career service driven job hunting process. However, good job hunting strategy, strong commitment to the opportunity, hard work and so on are all the must for getting a job. School can give you all the helpful resources but it is still you who is responsible for materializing the opporunities.

Hope this information helps.

NSR

Good. We received quite a few CVs from IESE. Looks like you guys have exotic backgrounds! It's a surprise that all CVs have a language section and all claim to speak Spanish. Is this true? Could you elaborate a bit whether Spanish is required for entry (not what's on their website, but do they actually accept people who don't speak Spanish)? And how is Spanish taught at school?

ebyayaya

Spanish is not mandatory and I spent all my life before MBA in Chinese speaking environment so I will say speaking Spanish is not a main concern for IESE to choose its students.

IESE really encourages students to pick up the language through the program. You
will be allocate to different group responding to your Spanish level at
the beginning and have 1.5 hours class from Monday to Thursday 15:30 to
17:00. You will take exam after a requested class hour to move up the
higher level and be able to take language certificate exam when you
reach certain level. If you got the language certificate, you can
choose Spanish taught class in second year. Taking two Spanish taught
courses, you will get the so-called bilingual MBA certificate proving
that you have the language skill in business environment.

For
me, it is just a good to have skill since I am not talented language
learner. However, I am able to speak some Spanish to arrange my trip
within Spain and read some stuff of Spanish news paper. Remember it
really depends on how much efforts you decide to pay for it and how you
prioritize your MBA life. You got academic learning, job hunting,
networking, traveling, Spanish and maybe relationship to manage at the
same time so you will be forced to figure your own ranking for the list.

One
more personal recommendation - clarify your main objective studying
abroad. If learning language is your main and most important concern, i
suggest you go for language school but the expensive MBA program.

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NSR

Thanks a lot for the timely response! You really clarified my concerns

1. We should test every non-Hispanic candidate on their Spanish proficiency instead of taking their CVs at face value
2. You're right. MBA might not be the right thing for me. Learning language is indeed my main concern. So still contemplating if I should do an MBA in Spain and take supplementary weekend classes. Do you think the schedule of the IESE MBA program would make this realistic? Taking a year or two off to enjoy life in Spain seems like an exciting proposition, but again there're costs involved. Language schools don't confer the brand value as b-school do but have the same time costs

felix_zheng

Are there still current students taking questions here?

felix_zheng

calling for help...

felix_zheng

myth...

matthias1

顶一下，也想了解。
还有更想了解去哪里读MASTER IN FINANCE的前途怎样？

reynoldeaton

弱弱地问：IE与IESE相比如何？
谢谢各位大侠！