IMD Assessment Day: What to Expect during the IMD MBA Interview ProcessForget 30 minute admissions interviews. The IMD assessment day is the king of the interview and assessment process. Over a full day, MBA applicants (assessment day participants) visit the IMD campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, and go through multiple stages of assessment. IMD was ranked no.1 among Forbes International business schools 2013 rankings. As we have detailed earlier in a post on one (successful) IMD MBA applicant’s experience, the process has a number of components, and each requires specific preparation to do well at. While a lot of it comes down to one’s natural ability to network, preparation definitely helps. We say this on two counts: people who went to the IMD assessment day with minimal preparation and were then surprised and felt under-prepared by the intensity of it, and people (including our clients) who prepared well and stated explicitly how they felt rewarded by it on IMD assessment day.
The IMD assessment day is really made up of six different components. Here is how to prepare hard to meet each successfully.
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Meet and greet and campus tour: To begin, you will meet up with a member of the admissions team, and will also get to meet other participants who will be with you through the day. You begin with a tour of the beautiful IMD Lausanne campus.
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Personal interview: In terms of structure, the IMD MBA personal interview may seem similar to many others. To a great extent, it is – about 30 to 40 minutes of personal interaction with one (some applicants have also reported two occasionally) interviewer. What can be different, though, is the probing. IMD personal interviews are known to be thorough, so preparing for it is recommended. Don’t get us wrong here – the interview will be conversational and your interviewer will absolutely make you feel comfortable – but be thorough with your preparation. The interview is also known to include, sometimes, fun puzzles, which help make the interview lighter and give you a different dimension to think on.
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