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What for and how to launch a pop-up project? Interview with Alexander Grebenkin, GSOM SPbU alumnus

What is needed in order to open a Swiss cuisine pop-up cafe in Saint Petersburg? Courage, networking and a Swiss friend. About this and more — Alexander Grebenkin, GSOM SPbU Bachelor program graduate of 2018, told in a new interview.

05Oct

«I really wanted to work at this company and i did everything in order to get there». an interview with Maria Karachaeva, a third-year student

Maria Karachaeva, a third-year student of the programmeManagement in the profile Marketing, for summerinternshipchose ITALY GROUP, where she tried her handas a brandmanager. In the interview she toldabout how she hadgotinto the company, whichchallenges she hadfaced, and how she hadmanaged to combine her love for marketing and gastronomy

21Sep

"GSOM SPbU has given me a powerful development of competences" - Daniil Ivanov, a graduate of the bachelor's program in 2016

Daniil Ivanov, a 2016 graduate of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (SPbU)in Financial Management. After his graduation, he began his career at Deloitte. Currently, Daniil holds a position as leading expert at Gazprom Export.

14Sep

«I expected that studying at GSOM would be difficult, but interesting». Interview with a Bachelor student about studying at the business school and summer internship at «Geropharm»

Denis Mochalin is a third-year Management program student of the Organizational Behavior and Personnel Management profile. For the internship, Denis had chosen Geropharm — during Management Career Week 2019/Autumn he managed to get to know a pharmaceutical company and a future mentor. In this interview Denis talked about how the internship went, what competencies were necessary and what you should pay attention to when selecting a place for your internship.

27Aug

Interview with a GSOM alumna about employment in the USA and work in the beauty industry

Mariia Merzliakova, an alumna of the Graduate School of Management, Saint Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) 2017, Financial Management program. After GSOM, she went to America and graduated from the University of Southern California with a MS in Marketing Analytics program. Mariia currently works for Sebastian Professional, COTY (French-American cosmetics manufacturer) as Trade Marketing Manager. In an interview, she said what prevented her from enrolling in a master's program right away, why she decided to move to America, and why she chose the beauty industry to develop her future career, and much more.

20Aug

“GSOM is incredible people around and about constant movement”: interview with a 2020 alumna

Daria Volobueva is an alumna of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) of 2020 of Bachelor program in Management. During her studies, she received an offer to McKinsey & Company. We asked Daria about studying at GSOM, the selection process at McKinsey and asked for some tips for prospective business school students.

14Aug

An offer at VTB during studies at GSOM: an interview with Georgy Baskhaev, an alumnus of 2020

Georgy Baskhaev is an alumnus of Corporate Finance Master's program of the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) in 2020. During his studies, Georgy received an offer to VTB Capital. In an interview, the he told why he decided to enroll in GSOM, why he was interested in VTB and who inspired him to pass a selection for the company.

10Aug

"The experience of mistakes is the most valuable": interview with the director of STARTUP HUB

Ekaterina Baranova is a second-year student of the MiM program at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU). Together with the team, she founded the startup accelerator STARTUP HUB, a project supported by the business school. We learned from Ekaterina why a startup accelerator is needed, whether it is easy to find a good idea for a project, and business cannot do without mistakes.

30Jul

“At GSOM, the concentration of talented people per square meter is off scale,” — Alexandra Bayakina on her career at Tesla and studying at GSOM

Alexandra Bayakina graduated from the Graduate School of Management at St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbSU) in 2012. After completing her studies, she moved to the Netherlands and in 2013 began working for Tesla. Now Alexandra is leading the Tesla Business Analytics team in Europe. In an interview, Alexandra spoke about her career path in the company, about the competencies obtained at GSOM, which were useful in her daily work, and gave several recommendations to future Master students.

29Jul

“Take everything from GSOM!” — an interview with fourth-year student Nikita Dreval

Nikita Dreval, a fourth-year Bachelor student at the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU), is the organizer of many extracurricular activities of the business school — Management Career Week, sports competitions, as well as a participant and winner of case championships. In an interview, Nikita told why he chose education at GSOM, how he combines study and active participation in business school events, as well as about an internship at Tele2.

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