Columbia 2013 (CBS) - Calling All Applicants

Agreed. The whole lower manhattan Is out of power. Although Columbia is up town, many staff will experience difficulty commuting if they don't have any problems at home.

For myself, no power or water at my apt in the financial district and forced to relocate. No info as when the power will be back.

I'd advise hold off your inquiries to the interviewers/ ad com for a couple of days as this is a time people's lives and properties are at risk. Of course a genuine take care note or support MSG will be appreciated.

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I had the interview today. I met the alum at her office. She was very friendly and kept the interview short and sweet (30 mins in length). Specific questions asked by her were:

Walk me through your resume
What are your short term & long term goals?
What is your backup plan if you do not achieve your short term/long term goals?
Explain what you would like to do for the Columbia community?
Tell me about a time when you faced adversity or a challenge

These questions tool ~20 mins and we spent the remaining 10 mins talking about her experiences at Columbia. Overall, I thought it went quite well. Hoping for the best now!

My profile:
27 year old man Canadian
GMAT - 740
GPA - 3.0/4
Awaiting CFA charter holder status
WE - 4 years in consulting & 1 year as an entrepreneur

Sounds like your interview went well. Usually when the interviewer asks questions like this, they like your candidacy and are just looking to confirm their impression. These are also basic interview questions that every person interviewing for business school should prepare for.

Good luck next year when you are an MBA student at Columbia.

Kimberly Plaga
Senior Admissions Consultant
Manhattan Review

Interview sheet was just uploaded. Hope to hear a good news soon. Any timeline like me?

Here! Mine was uploaded on Monday. But the hurricane does not seem to be helping us. Hope to hear gud news SOON!

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Had my interview yesterday in Tel-Aviv.

interview conducted by an alumni at his workplace, very friendly and informal.

main questions:
1. Tell me about yourself (with some questions about things he found interesting).
2. Why MBA?
3. Why CBS?
4. Did you apply to other schools?
5. Tell me about a big decision or dilemma you faced?
6. What is your backup plan if you don't get in?
7. do you have any questions for me?

Total interview time was about 30 minutes.

Profile: 31yrs, male, family business in manufacturing. 740GMAT, 3.13 GPA.

Best of luck to everyone!

Safe to assume no movement this week in light of the awful hurricane?

Admitted!!!!!!!

Got the call today about 2 hours ago

My timeline

Applied ED - 21st September
Interview Invite - 9th October
Interviewed - 15th October
Feedback submitted - 16th October
Admitted - 31st October - Happy Halloween!
Missed a call from an unknown number last Friday

Profile

GMAT 690
GPA 3.5
International (Dual Nationality)
Male
3Y WE in Investment Banking at bulge bracket firm with international experience

Congratulations! Seems in spite of Sandy, CBS is still trying to give notice two weeks within the feedback.

Congrats!! Where are you from?

How do you know if the interviewer has submitted the feedback?

There will be a status update email sent to you automatically.

Posted from my mobile device

Invited!! Submitted ED 9/17. Interview invite 10/31. Worth the wait, goodluck to all.

Congrats Bigblue! This gives others hope that they are starting to send out invites again and that, unfortunately for your sanity, they took so long to send it but you still got the invite!

Is there a particular time during the day when the interview invites are sent?

Any J-termers around still pending a decision?

Yup. Interview roughly two weeks ago and interviewer has submitted.