Masha moved to the USA when her husband enrolled in an MBA program in North Carolina, and then she did an MBA herself. She talks in detail about admission, studying and student life in the States, as well as job search before and after an MBA.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Childhood in Tashkent - “It was a pot where many people of different nationalities were mixed”
3:35 - “I really wanted to be a ballerina”
5:19 - In the 10th grade, Masha entered the Novosibirsk SESC (specialized educational and scientific center), but did not go
9:02 - Admission to the Economic University in Samara
11:42 - How Masha laid out chocolates in stores
13:44 - Masha was offered a relocation to Moscow for work while being a student
14:50 - How Masha got into recruiting
16:28 - “My husband and I met at an interview”
17:16 - Offer with a condition of language learning- How Masha learned English urgently
20:12 - How Masha looked for a CEO for an English-speaking client with poor knowledge of English
21:54 - Travel to see business schools in the USA
24:46 - Trip to North Carolina, USA for 2 years and remote work - Masha’s husband started the MBA studies
27:54 - “When you start living in another country, you encounter completely new vocabulary” - Masha went to learn the language again
30:29 - Summer in Memphis, Tennessee - "Nobody spoke Russian there"
31:11 - 4 months in Melbourne, Australia - problems with rental housing
34:22 - Why Masha and her husband returned not to Moscow, but to Memphis, Tennessee - H1B visa
37:23 - “For the first 6 years in the States, no one ever called me to an interview”
40:17 - How Masha decided to apply for an MBA and took GMAT 5 times while having a baby
47:20 - First attempt to enter the university
49:00 - Admissions consultant - investing in yourself to get a scholarship
53:30 - How Masha coped with raising an infant during her admission
56:36 - How Masha entered 3 universities and chose the University of Washington in Seattle
59:03 - How Masha bargained for a scholarship
1:03:18 - “I hadn’t started studying yet, but companies immediately started calling me to an interview”
1:04:40 - How many years did it take to get a green card?
1:06:52 - Internship at a startup during MBA studies
1:13:24 - Offer from Microsoft after graduation
1:13:57 - One story when an offer was withdrawn due to the fact that the candidate was bargaining
1:14:28 - How was studying for an MBA in America?
1:26:08 - “When we first moved to the USA, I put my life on pause”
1:29:04 - List of funny American phrases from Masha
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