Monday 7 May 2007

MBA-Prep (The Interview)

The interviews are a very crucial part in the selection process (both for the school and the prospective students). It is good to go prepared for the interview. My interview experience at JBS was a very nice one. I was interviewed by two members of the faculty. It started off with an introduction, a few questions about my work experience and projects. The discussion then moved on to community activities I was involved in, short-term plans, long-term plans. In the end I had a few questions about teaching methodology, global consulting project/summer internship and interest groups.

A few things that may be of help for you

1) Ensure that you review everything that you had mentioned in the application (Be sure to remember what you had written in the application :) )
2) Learn more about the school (from their web-site or current students)
3) If you have any questions, feel free to ask the admission office
4) If possible, take the interview at the school (as this gives you a lot of opportunity to network and show as to how keen you are about the whole program)
5) You might want to ask one of your friends/family member to run you through a mock interview (in case you have not been interviewed for a very long time)

Some online sites that may be helpful
1) Ivy League Admission MBA Interview Tips
2) Some common interview questions
3) Podcast information
4) PagalGuy MBA Forum

2 comments:

CG said...

Hey Alvin,

This is really great - You putting in the effort to document all this. It will definitely help the people who will apply next.

One suggestion, leave a link on Pagalguy (if you have not already done so...). Not sure if Google search brings up blogs

Rgds
CG

Alvin said...

CG,

Thanks for the inputs.

I will include the link to Pagalguy and the BusinessWeek MBA forum as well.

Cheers,
Alvin.