INSEAD Sept 2012 Intake - Calling All Applicants

Hi Xinga,
I don't think it matters either way.
This is the process: When you submit your application, you get a confirmation from an admissions advisor. It is this very person, who sends you an email if you get get shortlisted for an interview a couple of weeks later.
In the email, she/he congratulates you on passing to the interviews, and tells you that they will contact you shortly with the interviewer's details. The second email with the detals follows in the next couple of days (for me it was the next day, but for others in this forum it took more time). This delay is maybe due to the fact that she/he needs time to find 2 people in your city who are available.

Hi Sandy

Thanks for your reply. I still had a concern on the preference of city for the interview. In case I get shortlisted for the interview, I will want to have the interviews in the city where I work and not in the city my mailing/permanent address.

When should I ideally communicate the preference city for my interviews? Right now (I may not want to seem over confident) or once I am (hopefully) shortlisted (Adcom might not acknowledge last minute changes).

You could do wait until the email saying you are shortlisted.
Thank Insead for this opportunity, and tell them that the city you wish to interview in is XX.
Don't worry, I don't think it's too late.

Even if you wait until receiving the 2 names it's still not too late either. (but maybe not the best to do this). The adcom has a big bank of alumni, and they will just choose 2 new ones in the right city.

Anyways, somebody posted on this forum before, that since it was taking too long to arrange an interview with one of the 2 alumni, the adcom sent the name of a 3rd alumni. (In case he/she was available sooner)

Hope that helps.

Which city are you from?

Thanks, Sandy.

I am from Mumbai and curently working in Bangalore.


[quote="sandymp"]You could do wait until the email saying you are shortlisted.
Thank Insead for this opportunity, and tell them that the city you wish to interview in is XX.
Don't worry, I don't think it's too late.

Even if you wait until receiving the 2 names it's still not too late either. (but maybe not the best to do this). The adcom has a big bank of alumni, and they will just choose 2 new ones in the right city.

Anyways, somebody posted on this forum before, that since it was taking too long to arrange an interview with one of the 2 alumni, the adcom sent the name of a 3rd alumni. (In case he/she was available sooner)

Hope that helps.

Which city are you from?

[quote="xinga"]Hi Sandy

Thanks for your reply. I still had a concern on the preference of city for the interview. In case I get shortlisted for the interview, I will want to have the interviews in the city where I work and not in the city my mailing/permanent address.

When should I ideally communicate the preference city for my interviews? Right now (I may not want to seem over confident) or once I am (hopefully) shortlisted (Adcom might not acknowledge last minute changes).

I think you have even less to worry about then
There are many indians in each intake, so probably a larger pool of alumni to choose from then in another country.
Btw.. I went 2x to Bangalore for work (ITPL). I have great souvenirs, from a brunch at the Leelah palace, watching James Bond at a local cinema with everyone standing up for the anthem, and a trip to the temple and the flower market (amazing colours!!!)

Good luck with your admissions

Thanks, Sandy.

Good luck with you admissions as well

Hope to see u at INSEAD

Hi! Actually in the interview invitation first email they do mention to confirm if you need to carry out the interview in a different city so I wouldn't really worry about it until then. So I would wait.

Adcom reps appreciate it when we respect their time, I guess they already have quite a volume in their hands.

Thanks, Indigo...this was helpful.

Hi All:

I have submitted an application for R1 of Jan13 intake. Has anyone of us already got an invitation for interview?

Hey Matt1177 - Try the Jan 2013 Intake forum as here you'll find mostly the Sept 2012 applicants....

I just finished my second interview as well. This time was very different from last interviewer. he asked more questions and took a lot of note. I asked the feedback at the end of interview and he said that I definitely have a chance, but it is not his decision. So... fingers crossed as well! 20 days to go...

Hi everyone,

Just updating the list:

sandymp - invited
walktalk - invited
sanjuro9 - dinged
nominomi - invited
lssmba - invited
zhetengser - ?
rino - ?
intake2012fall - invited
FinMcCool - invited
oneyearmba - invited
omarayaz - invited
mazerath - ?
lixianwei - invited

Congrats lixianwei on your interview invite!

Also for everyone, here is the link to the youtube video about INSEAD admissions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmleeDZ_ ... e=youtu.be

Anybody going to the Open Days (Fonty / Singap) ?
They are happening mid-June.

Won't be able to go, need to save all the leaves for the document preparation- if i am in, which at this moment still a big IF....

Does anyone knows thread for Jan2013 intake?

Can you help me with link

Here you go.
insead-2013-jan-calling-all-applicants-127719.html

Did anybody get any news yet?