Feb, 06, 2012
Interviews for the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business are not particularly hard. Based on my experience as well as the reports found at accepted.com and clearadmit.com, I can say that they are generally seem to be friendly, focused on fit, and require the applicant to discuss the basics. Please refer to my prior overall MBA admissions strategy interview […]
Feb, 06, 2012
In the midst of an MBA admissions interview, you think to yourself, “Did I just say that?” Knowing you just made mistake, you … (A) …become flustered and the interview just goes downhill. (B) …ignore your bad answer entirely and hope your interviewer does too. (C)…just decide to directly ask the interviewer if you can […]
Jan, 30, 2012
My post on Haas MBA admissions essays can be found here. Before reading this post on UC Berkeley Haas MBA’s admissions interviews, I suggest reviewing the former Director of Admissions for the Full-time MBA Program’s excellent Tips for Acing the Admissions Interview. I also suggest that you listen to the short podcast on interviewing found at http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/podcast/audio/haas_mba_interview_tips1.mp3. The advice is […]
Jan, 29, 2012
In the post, I wanted to provide some overall advice about MBA admissions interviews, by focusing on what not to do. My advice is based on over ten years of experience helping clients prepare for admissions interviews to the world’s most selective MBA programs.My prior overall MBA admissions strategy interview posts are here, here, and here. My school […]
Jan, 16, 2012
My analysis of Tuck MBA admissions interviews has been significantly updated. My analysis of Tuck’s essays for the Class of 2014 can be found here. For overall suggestions on interview strategy, see here, here, and here. The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth MBA interview is about fit, so make sure you can explain in great depth why you want […]
Jan, 12, 2011
You should probably read my post, Overall MBA Application Interview Strategy, before reading this post.Clients frequently ask me how they should prepare for interviews. As I suggest in my post on Overall MBA Application Interview Strategy, I believe in a proactive approach to interview preparation based on actual practice of your key stories. You might not know […]
Mar, 06, 2010
This post is updated from last year. Based on my own clients’ reports and those found at accepted.com and clearadmit.com, I think that there are five key things to consider when preparing for The Johnson School at Cornell University MBA interviews: 1. Interviewers use a standard list of questions according to a number of reports. […]
