Recently, we interviewed Manu Gupta, working with Amazon in various roles in Luxembourg
PracLabs: Tell us about the company in which you work and various job roles in your company?
Manu: Amazon is the Hub for online shopping which provides a place for customer to shop vast category of products online. There are many job roles in Amazon like Technical program manager, Business Analyst, Supply Chain Planning, Transportation are the major ones.
PracLabs: What day to day activities do you perform at your work?
Manu: Technical support, supply chain analysis, project management & coordination, requirement gathering.
PracLabs: What kind of challenges do you face at your work?
Manu: Challenges - communicating with multiple teams sitting all over the world, sometimes it is difficult to have everyone available in a single meeting due to different timezones and working hours.
PracLabs: Which skills should a student learn to work in your company and specifically in your job role?
Manu: To be a Business Analyst, one must possess SQL, Excel reporting, business analysis and for Technical it depends, we have Ruby on Rails, Java majorly in technical jobs.
PracLabs: Which subjects do you feel you should have learned better when you were studying atcollege/university?
Manu: At college Level, we should really have a subject that teaches business analysis. This is very interesting and extremely useful for career growth. Also, there should be some effective writing and communication skill subject as well.
PracLabs: Which skills do you feel student should always learn to become successful in corporate world?
Manu: Business Analysis and Analytical skills play an important part to become successful in corporate world.
PracLabs: Which book you are reading right now? And which books you will suggest students must read?
Manu: BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) - It's a great book to learn business analysis. It is a must read.
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