INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants

Hi,

I applied in R2 as well.

@jay4den, mk42, alexpiers, Finjan, who did you get the email from? who was your Admission Officer? It seems at least mine (AN) is on leave until July 30th.

Thanks

To everyone prepping for interviews,
I'm a 13D admit and both my interviews were a lot of fun...
The first one was a little nerve-racking because the interviewer kept this mask-like face on (details earlier on the thread) but the second lasted 2.5 hours and I never realized it.
The interview is essentially to gauge your fit. If you've made it to the interview stage, then you're fine in terms of work-ex, essays, gmat etc etc. Now it's about how you can prove you're a fun person, a team-player, level-headed and 'human' and most of all, given the INSEAD values, how you can contribute to INSEAD (classroom, clubs etc).
Just be yourself. The interviewers are senior people, they know how to gauge people and they'll see through any pretensions in a jiffy.
Praveen's put together a fine list of questions, but as Deepak pointed out - look for the bouncer. The ClearAdmit Wiki has some good leads as well...
Happy to help with any further questions
Cheers!
V

Well I'm not AdCom so take my reply with a pinch of salt - but what they mean most likely is that the AdCom post the interview will compare the 'paper you' (from your app) and the 'real you' (from interviewer feedback) and then take a call on the admission if you come out true-blue.
They would have obviously seen your file earlier in order to shortlist you, but this round could be different people or different questions scanning both sets of reports.
This is also the stage at which 'class diversity' plays an important part. For example, I've spent 3.5 years in consulting and INSEAD is a very consulting heavy school. So I was told by my interviewer at the end of my first interview that 'I think your values and those of INSEAD are generally aligned but now it remains to be seen how you can differentiate yourself from the huge consulting applicant pool'. Another example is that INSEAD usually limits students from any one nationality to 10% of the total class size in order to maintain the international diversity. This means that Indians and Chinese face tougher competition. Again, this is where they would weed out some candidates.
I'm 24, Indian, with 710 GMAT and consulting - those things may have worked against me because they're not strong differentiators (age is in fact much lower than the average 29).
But what probably worked for me is that I'm a woman (sorry guys!) and that I really passionately wanted to go to INSEAD because I like the school and what it stands for.
I don't think you should worry too much about how they are going to perceive you - stick true to your value system, and what you can do for INSEAD. It'll all work out for the best.

Got interview invite few days back, no details regarding interview yet. Male, 28, Indonesian, working in middle east, energy. admin: JS.

Got it...thanks for your response.

- Lets say the total number of students at INSEAD in a particular year is 1000.
- 500 will be filled in the September intake.
- That leaves 500 for the January intake.
- About 200 will be filled in round 1 and a 100 in round 3.
- That leaves 200 seats for Round 2
- Now, INSEAD would probably invite about 350 to 400 students assuming a 50% yield. So there are about 400 invites that will go out in Round 2
- If 10%-15% of these people are members of this forum, we can expect around 30 invites to show up here. (A number confirmed from last years threads)
- Leaving out the early invites, I guess there are about 20 more invites that will show up here = HOPE

Yes, there is still HOPE!!