Calling all 2011 CMU- Tepper Applicants

got my interview scheduled for 11th November, 11:30 AM EST

i was going to fly to pittsburgh, but due to school stuff (i'm still an undergrad) i'll be interviewing at the end of this week. excited!

Hello All,

I applied for Tepper, Round 1.

I just got an email offering me interview for Tepper today.

I am in California. I wonder which interview is "better".

On campus interviews seems more personal, and skype interview is less time consuming/flying to Pittsburgh and back.

Please let me know your opinions. Thanks. I appreciate it.

if you have the time and money...no harm going on campus...will also help you feel the environment and meet current students

Hi,

Sorry if my message was unclear. I did NOT received a call but an email. The email arrived at my inbox around 21pm in my time - when I think about it, it's an oddly early hour in Pittsburg (time difference +16 hours)!

I signed up for nov 11 th also. Just waitingbfor confirmation

Looks like your the first one to go for the interview. When exactly are you giving it and who will take your interview?

Best of luck! Do post your experiences once your done!

Still waiting for any news from Tepper..... sigh.... my recommendations were submitted on 29 Oct.

Best of luck everyone!

^^^ you might get one but why nit sign up for the open interviews?

I have my interview scheduled for the Nov 15th! Got my call (email) on the 25th Oct... Excited to visit Tepper/Pittsburg!

maybe i see u there... i will be there 15th for lunch then class then interview...

Just got back from Pittsburgh to interview at Tepper. I had applied during the interview request phase so this was in the works before I submitted my application.

I think they value the onsite interview more than some schools so if you have the means or time to make the trip I would recommend it. I think everyone gets to interview with someone from admissions(no second years or the like).
The questions were pretty standard:
1. Talk about your past career and education
2. Why an MBA? Why Tepper?
3. Why an MBA now?
4. Talk about your leadership style.
5. How would people you have worked with describe your contribution to a team?

There may have been more but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

The lunch with a first year and class visit were both valuable and the tour is good if you've never seen the campus(although they skip over a lot of it). All in all it was worth the trip if you're seriously considering it.

did they grill you during lunch?

Not at all. Very laid back and informal. No one from the admissions staff was present, it was just first years. They were all very friendly and eager to talk about the program(the free lunch may have inspired them).

Thanks harpua for sharing ur experience... Shaselai, I have my interview first followed by information session, lunch, class and campus tour... Yea, hope to see u on the 15th...

were there other visiting students at the table or just a bunch of 1st years with you? maybe i will see akshayram86 during lunch.... the earliest flight arrives ~10:30 so i gonna miss the info session...

Everyone who was visiting that day was at lunch(including people who were not interviewing, just visiting).