Business Manager - Mangal Modular Construction

Bloomsburg, PA

Thank you for applying for the Business Manager role at Mangal Modular Construction, a Wadhwani Capital venture.

This questionnaire is the second step of the application. It is longer than most, and that is deliberate. The role is broad, it sits close to the owners of the business, and it is meant to be held for years — so before we meet you, we would like to understand how you think, how you have actually behaved when things were hard, and what you want from the next decade of your working life.

A few requests:

• Be specific. Real names of situations, real dates, real numbers, real consequences. A short, specific answer is worth far more to us than a long, general one.

• Be honest, including about yourself. Every question asks for something that did not go well, or something you would rather not admit. We are not looking for a flawless person — we are looking for a truthful one. Answers that only show you in a good light tell us less than you think.

• Write in your own voice. You are welcome to use AI tools to help you write — this role uses them every day. But we will be reading for the details only you could know. If an answer could have been written by anyone, it will read that way.

• There is no time limit. The form can be saved and returned to. Please attempt every question, including the three video questions.

Name *

Email *

Mobile Number *

Current City and State *

Linkedin Profile URL

Earliest Start Date *

Are you able to work full-time, in person, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania? *

THEME: What the people who know your work would say Think of the manager, teacher or mentor who knows your work best — the one whose judgement of you would be the most accurate, not the most flattering. Tell us who they are (role and relationship is enough) and answer: (a) If we called them tomorrow, what would they say is the best thing about working with you? Use their words as closely as you can remember them. (b) What would they say is the most frustrating thing about working with you? Again, their words, not yours. (c) Do you agree with them? Describe a specific occasion when the frustrating part showed up, and what it cost. (d) What is one specific thing this person did — a decision, a habit, a sentence they said to you — that changed how you work today? *

THEME: Handling Diverse Responsibilities with Clarity Describe the busiest stretch of your working life so far — a period when you were carrying several unrelated responsibilities at the same time. Tell us: (a) What the responsibilities actually were. List them. (b) How you kept track of them — the real system you used, not the one you wish you had used. If it was a notebook, say notebook. If it was memory, say memory. (c) What you dropped, missed or got wrong during that period, who was affected by it, and how you found out. (d) What you changed afterwards, and whether the change stuck. *

THEME: Embracing technology & AI This role is designed for someone who builds tools to extend themselves — reports, trackers, reconciliations, small applications — and who embraces AI regularly. (a) Tell us about something you built, automated or fixed yourself — with AI, a spreadsheet, a script, a no-code tool, anything — that other people actually used, or that saved real time. What was broken before? What exactly did you make? What did you try that failed along the way? What is still wrong with it? (b) Describe how you actually use AI tools in a normal week — the real tasks, the real tools, and one specific occasion when an AI tool gave you something wrong or unusable and how you noticed. *

Tell us about a moment when you realised you were completely out of your depth — and what you did in the first 24 hours after you realised it.

Imagine a close friend has read this job description and thinks you are making a mistake by applying — the location, the breadth, the pay. In your own words, tell them why you are doing it anyway. Say it the way you would actually say it to them, not the way you would say it to us.

Video question — record a video of up to three minutes and share it as a link. Because this response is longer than the form allows for a direct upload, please record it on your own device, upload it to Google Drive, an unlisted YouTube video, Loom or any similar service, and paste the link in the answer box below. Make sure the link is viewable by anyone who has it. In the video, cover the following three areas: (a) The person that you are — tell us about your character and discipline: where you are today and where you are headed towards in life. (b) Your passions, hobbies and interests — what ideas do you generate, and what aspects of business excite you most? (c) Your understanding and appreciation for systems — how do you turn insights or ideas into infrastructure? How do you support or enhance culture in a manner that good ideas and good people can thrive? This can be something you have done before, or something you have envisioned doing in a working environment. Record it in one sitting. One take is enough. *

OPTIONAL: If you are facing technical difficulties with this form in the first 2 video questions, please feel free to record the video on your own device, upload to Google Drive, an unlisted Youtube video, Loom or any similar service, and paste the link in the answer box below.

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