MBA Career Freedom by Darpan Saxena

Helping MBA students create the best career outcomes in the field of marketing through their knowledge and digital skills. MBA Career Freedom is a community of MBA students, MBA aspirants, and MBA graduates who are building their career journeys using the community's blueprint.

Last refreshed: July 17th, 2025 at 11:17 AM ⓘ

Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.

Follow on

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

RSS

Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

How To Back-Hack Your MBA Placements #6

What is Back-Hacking the MBA placements - is what you would ask. Well, if your aim is to get the best job on the campus then this is single most important thing that you can do to get that job. When you are at a B-school where you have extremely few good opportunities coming your way then your most valuable asset to get the job or the outcome that you need becomes your focus. And 'Back-hacking' your MBA placement process is just about that - to help you get prepared for that dream job of yours w...

Nov 13, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 6

What is the War Zone Mindset in B-schools? #5

If you are an MBA student, you would know what I am about to tell you. And if you are an MBA aspirant then you need to know about it for sure. What I am talking about is the War Zone Mindset that students carry with themselves in their B-schools. And I don't blame you for that. That's because we have been conditioned like that since our school days. And the latest life event which heightens this War Zone instinct of ours is the CAT exam. Because for me to enter the B-school, you need to lose you...

Aug 30, 2021•11 min•Ep. 5

5 Steps To Get Any Marketing Job That You Want #4

For most MBAs, it is only a desire or a distant dream to get the Marketing job role that they truly want. While some MBA students may be from the top B-schools and would hence have the access to these roles through their campus and their network, most MBA students won't have the direct access. However, with these 5 steps, you will truly be Five Steps Ahead of your peers and will help yourself in making a great impact on your career. I am Darpan Saxena, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Managem...

Aug 28, 2021•14 min•Ep. 4

3 Secrets to Kill the Competition At Your B-school #3

Your B-school could be like a war-zone. And that's the situation at most other MBA colleges. The competition is high at all times. However, if you know these 3 secrets that I discovered during my MBA, these are going to give you a big mindset shift that will help you steer past all this competition. The resultant of that would be that you would be able to focus on developing yourself and would get the best career outcomes from your MBA. I am Darpan Saxena, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Man...

Aug 27, 2021•13 min•Ep. 3

How To Design Your Career After MBA? #2

Do you think you can design your career, create the outcomes that you want after your MBA? The answer to that is YES. You can utilize the power of a simple yet powerful universal principle of Learn - Do - Teach. And with that you can create whatever outcomes that you desire. When I talk to you about the outcomes after MBA, I am talking much beyond the on-campus placements. With this principle that I share in this podcast (using my example), you will be able to get: Off-campus placements Self-Emp...

Aug 26, 2021•16 min•Ep. 2

What is the Five Steps Ahead Podcast? #1

In this episode, I will take you through what is the Five Steps Ahead Podcast. I take you through what is the Five Steps Ahead Podcasts and how it can help MBA students like you get the best career outcomes in the field of Marketing. I also share with you my story of starting Five Steps Ahead. I am Darpan Saxena , an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur, and I am on a mission to help 100,000 MBAs create the best career outcomes through knowledge and digital skills without d...

Aug 25, 2021•12 min•Ep. 1

Hosted on Spotify for Creators (Anchor)

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android