Aakriti Joshi

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Talent Acquisition, Recruiting at Bain & Company

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Overview

Aakriti Joshi is a Talent Acquisition professional at Bain & Company, specializing in building teams for the consulting industry. Her experience spans the full recruitment lifecycle, supported by an executive program from IIM Kozhikode and a degree from Miranda House. She previously managed tech and non-tech hiring at an analytics firm.

Driven by curiosity and empathy, Aakriti believes in the importance of human connection in a data-driven world. She focuses on understanding the unspoken signals and building trust, valuing the human element in business and technology. She appreciates a vibrant work environment that balances professional drive with a fun, social culture.

She believes algorithms can process data, but they cant build trust or spot tension in a room.

Personality Overview

Driven But Considerate

Friendly But Fast

Decisive But Friendly

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Topics They Care About

Talent Strategy
Manages the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle at Bain & Company, focusing on sourcing, screening, and stakeholder management to meet hiring needs for key business units.
Consulting Recruitment
Actively recruits for analyst roles within the Bain Capability Network (BCN), specifically targeting candidates for the "big3" consulting space.
Human-Centric HR
Emphasizes empathy and listening without an agenda, believing that understanding the human side of interactions is critical in the HR function.

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Work History

7-2025
Talent Acquisition, Recruiting at Bain & Company
4-2024 - 7-2025
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at DecisionTree Analytics & Services
7-2021 - 4-2024
HR Analyst at DecisionTree Analytics & Services

Education

2025 - 2026
Executive Programme from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
2017 - 2020
Bachelor's degree from Miranda House, Delhi

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Insights For Selling To Aakriti

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Aakriti is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Aakriti

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Aakriti move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Aakriti take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Aakriti

Personality Compatibility


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