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Ravi Shankar
Applied: PMRank #40 of 45 PM applicantssquad_2@pg27.mesaschool.co+91 98100 63284pm_14_ravi_shankar.pdf
PM
28
Below the lineSPM
30
Below the linePM rubric (applied role)28.0 / 100Below the line
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 1/5 | 30% | 6 | none | No logistics or freight operations exposure; background is entirely in banking technology and financial SaaS. |
| PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it | 1/5 | 20% | 4 | none | Only assigned work described; no evidence of self-started tools or processes adopted by peers. |
| PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between | 3/5 | 20% | 12 | Works within a 12-person PM organisation at FIS India; reports to Product Director; all decisions reviewed in monthly roadmap forums | Owned features/module inside a larger PM team with senior layers and formal review forums above. |
| PM-4 Discovery directly with operators | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | No evidence of conducting user research or discovery talking to frontline users or operators. |
| PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | Presents a success-only narrative with no mention of kills, post-mortems, or failures. |
SPM rubric (other role)30.0 / 100Below the line
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 1/5 | 25% | 5 | none | No logistics operations experience or exposure is present in the CV. |
| SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function | 3/5 | 25% | 15 | Works within a 12-person PM organisation at FIS India; reports to Product Director; all decisions reviewed in monthly roadmap forums | Sole PM owner of a module reporting directly to a Product Director. |
| SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice | 1/5 | 20% | 4 | none | No evidence of turning fixes into standing practice or installing lasting organizational habits. |
| SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | Presents a success-only narrative with no hard calls, trade-offs, or failures described. |
| SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted | 1/5 | 15% | 3 | none | No evidence of mentoring, running 1:1s, or developing people who got promoted. |
Rejection draft
draftRedacted CV (exactly what the model saw)
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] · Chennai [REDACTED] Professional Summary Product Manager with 4 years in banking technology and financial services SaaS. Strong in regulated product environments, compliance-first development, and multi-stakeholder alignment in large organisations. MBA from IIM Trichy. Currently exploring opportunities outside financial services to apply structured product thinking to a different domain. Work Experience Product Manager – Core Banking Platforms FIS India (Financial Technology, 2000+ employees), Chennai · Aug 2021 – Present — PM for the corporate payments and trade finance module — used by 8 private sector bank clients in India — Shipped 6 compliance and regulatory features aligned to RBI guidelines over 3 years; all delivered on schedule for regulatory deadline — Managed roadmap planning across 3 concurrent bank implementations; coordinated stakeholder reviews across compliance, IT, and business teams at each bank — Works within a 12-person PM organisation at FIS India; reports to Product Director; all decisions reviewed in monthly roadmap forums — Strong at planning, documentation, and compliance; decision cycles typically 6–8 weeks from idea to approval before build begins Associate Product Manager FIS India, Chennai · Aug 2019 – Jul 2021 — Supported PM on the SWIFT messaging and correspondent banking module — Wrote functional specifications for 4 payment gateway integrations; coordinated with bank clients' IT teams for requirements sign-off — Maintained the product requirements wiki — documentation quality audited at 95% in internal review Education MBA, Finance & Operations · IIM Tiruchirappalli · 2017–2019 B.Tech, Electronics Engineering · NIT Trichy · 2013–2017 · CGPA 8.1/10 Skills & Certifications Product management · Banking & trade finance · SWIFT · Regulatory compliance · JIRA · Confluence · SQL · Visio SAFe 5 Product Owner/PM (2021) · Agile Scrum Master – Simplilearn (2020)