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The document is an application form for a summer placement with True North. It contains responses to questions about why the applicant wants to work with True North, their knowledge of True North's story and building businesses, what they are looking for in the opportunity and how they are a fit, and steps they would take to ensure their team operates cohesively.

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The document is an application form for a summer placement with True North. It contains responses to questions about why the applicant wants to work with True North, their knowledge of True North's story and building businesses, what they are looking for in the opportunity and how they are a fit, and steps they would take to ensure their team operates cohesively.

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Application Form

True North
Summer Placements – 2021
Name: MANISHA RAMAN

Roll no.: 2111500

Please respond to the below question earnestly and with clarity:

I. Why do you want to work with us? (Respond in about 250 words)

Coming from a tech consulting background and experience of working on Fortune 500 client projects,
True North will provide me with exposure to varied industries and an opportunity to work directly
with Leadership. I am looking forward to use my domain knowledge and interpersonal skills to
contribute to high impact projects that True North works on. Being part of PR team of World Culture
Festival I was able to work with different stakeholders, my learnings from the experience of being in
the team of world’s largest festival helped me further enhance my soft skills, I would be able to
leverage this to deal with different teams cohesively.Hence, I am confident that I would be able to do
justice to the role and bring value to the table.

II. What do you know about True North’s story of building great businesses? Kindly illustrate with the help
of an example. (Respond in about 250 words)

True North established as GW capital,India’s first private equity fund that was raised entirely from
domestic investors.The sector specialisation was performed in 2014 and did a incredible job
realigning the entire tteam to become a data centric business. The digital platform in lines with
theworld evolving to be digital centric and data centric, harnessing the power of digitization.Recently
by launching its first ESG report in 2021 it has set the benchmark by being the first Indian PE firm to
do so.

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III. What are you looking for in this opportunity, and how do you consider yourself fit for it? (Respond in about
250 words).

I am looking to be part of projects based on pressing issues and use my problem solving skills to make
an impact. An opportunity to work directly with senior leadership will encourage me to refine my
skills to progress further and gain expertise in a particular industry.Ten years down the line I aspire to
lead a practice and contribute to the growth of True North.

IV. As a team member, what steps would you take to ensure your team operates cohesively.

In this dynamic world where a virus makes switch to completely different way of working it is
important to address communication gaps among team members. First and foremost I would ensure
there are adequate forums for communication so that no perception bias can disrupt the synergy of
the team. Second, it is important to build a trust in the team, to the set precedent I would be
transparent to all the team members and give them equal say. I would also put a proper feedback
system in place and including providing individual feedback and simultaneously taking the feedback
as a team leader to improve myself as well. Lastly I would make sure we celebrate every achievement
together and own our failures if any together.

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