INSEAD -January 2014 Intake - Calling All Applicants

Oh no. I guess somehow it shows that you were not committed to studying and gave the test for the sake of giving (my personal opinion. Dont want to discourage in any way). If you are in a quant profile then it should have been better.

I had attended one of INSEAD's session and the admission team said that every year they come across profiles where the GMAT score is way too low or experience is very less but profile is excellent. They usually suggest them to get a better score or gain more work exp which is essentially not a rejection/acceptance mail but a case where they want the applicant to apply again in next sessions. You must think if you are okay to wait till September as you have the best chance then.

You have a hard case to make, but please do try and retake the GMAT again. They consider the broke down of your score. If you are REALLY ..REALLY .. committed to INSEAD, I would recommend you take a 2 weeks vacation from work, and study 10 hours a day straight for 2 weeks. That would make 140 hours of study time, then retake the GMAT.

One more thing, I recommend email your admission coordinator, and indicate to her that you are really committed to INSEAD, and take 2 weeks vacation from work to study for the GMAT 10 hours a day. Also indicating to her the date at which you are retaking your GMAT. They will appreciate your commitment, and it might increase your odd. They might even willing to overlook the second test.

Take my advice as a grain of salt.

Hey can some of you R1 guys help out?

How did you guys send your essays to your interviewers? Did you just send your whole application?

One of my interviewers has asked for the essays. I tried taking snapshots and then creating another PDF file, but the snapshots are hard to read. Adobe Reader does not have an option to remove pages...

I did send the whole application

Ok, thanks mate. I thought since it has the digital signature, submit button etc, maybe we shouldn't send it. But that seems to be the only decent way.

Oh God. Why are you even trying such things ? Just send the whole application. Profile section has to be sent anyways and profile + essays = entire application !!

Bro, print the entire thing out. Scan it as pdf. Problem solve

If someone really wants to do such a thing then use google and take advantage of the latest technologies in market This is one of those.

https://www.splitpdf.com/

I am old school. Back in my day, If people want to split a pdf, they have to do it the old fashion way

Actually, I just sent the interview form info. to my interviewer.
I am thinking of bringing along my CV as someone earlier suggested.

Should suffice right? Or we should take our certificates etc.

I guess its not interviewers job to check credentials so just CV is good.

I sent interview form and CV to both interviewers, no essays. Both interviewers seemed to have scanned my CV, brought along a copies, and used it for reference throughout the conversation. So in my experience it was quite helpful . Don't think anyone (myself included) really wants to read those lengthy essays, but if so they will ask you for them.

And best of luck on all the R2 interviews coming up! For me they were the most fun and interesting interviews I have ever had so just enjoy the experience!

So true!! I get bored reading my own essays

Is the good cop-bad cop style necessarily true among interviewers?

Ok, finished second interview. This time it was with the person in a more senior function, and the interview was more focused on the questions. Again I experienced it more as an intriguing conversation than as a stressful interview. In addition, he gave me some good advice on the INSEAD program in general.
The questions were alike the ones mentioned before in this thread:

• Why MBA, Why INSEAD, why now, career up to now, career plan
• Describe yourself, your personality
• Describe something you are proud off or when you made the difference

Basically all questions were related to these, and the whole interview took around two hours.

The whole MBA application has been a very intriguing process up to this point, now I just have to try to focus on something else for the next two months…

I wish you all the best with your interviews, and hope we can receive some good news by the 13th of September!