INSEAD January 2016 Intake (Class of December 2016)

I just joined the INSEAD 16D LinkedIn group -- interesting that there are already 27 members. Looking forward to seeing all of you

There's a bunch of holidays in France in May. Given that Sept R4 decisions were yesterday and today is a French holiday, I would asume we start hearing next week.

I didn't hear any ding in R1...
I saw only one waitlist..

Wow.. Thats surprising..

Hope you're right! The wait has felt like an age already.

Once admitted, other than academic transcripts, are there any other hard copy documents that we need to send to the admissions office?

will joining the linkedin group show up on my profile? I don't want it to show up until im ready to make it public

Admit from R1, also received scholarship notification on Friday.

Here's my interview experience.

(I) Standard Questions
So the two interviews I had both lasted about 1hr 40mins. Very much conversational, with no designated format. There are a couple of standard questions that both of them asked:
1) Why MBA?
2) Why now?
3) Why INSEAD?
4) Rationale behind career progression up until now
5) Short term and long term career goals (i.e. where do you see yourself in 5 and 10 years)

(II) In addition to these standard questions above, the conversation then wonders all over the place.
1st interviewer was in the same industry as me:
-he read my application, as well as my essays in detail before the interview, asked me questions he was confused about or thing he wanted me to elaborate
-said my job looked like a post-MBA job and asked me twice why I needed and MBA and why I need INSEAD. He specifically elaborated that he can tell I did a lot of research on the school, and he wanted me to tell him my PERSONAL reasons
-asked a lot of questions about both my professional and personal cultural experience working and living in China
-we also talked about his experience with the INSEAD alumni network in China
-in the end he said he has a long list of questions he have to answer, one of them was "would you like to spend 3 hrs stuck in the airport with this candidate), none of them was yes/no, all qualitative, and based on how the interviewer feels about the candidate.

2nd interviewer was an entrepreneur:
-didn't read my essays, read my resume, but still asked me for a hard copy
-it started very conversational, she was very interested in what i do and my professional and cultural experience at work
-talked a lot about the INSEAD alumni network and her experience as a student
-some information on scholarships
-told me that a typical INSEAD student will have both an open heart and an open mind.

A lot of ppl say that INSEAD's candidate pool is quite self-selective, and I completely and utterly agree. I strongly suggest trying to meet alumnus in your local region or talk to current students before your interview. Through my own network, I met up with two alumni, talked to half a dozen via call, and exchanged emails with current students I met at the Singapore in-house event. I think these conversations really solidified my decision to be a part of the program. Every single alum and current student happily offered suggestion and advice.

In general, I feel like the INSEAD interviews are created so the interviewers can really try to assess your FIT for the program. The 2nd interviewer told me that in the past, she has directly told some prospective candidates at the interviews that she will not recommend them because she thinks they will not be a good fit in the program. She said she evaluates from your international experience, your openminded-ness, and your personality.

Hope this helps.

P.S. I compiled a lot of interview info on my previous post
insead-january-2016-intake-class-of-december-189332-40.html#p1497977

Good luck guys!

Hello folks,

Anyone got interview notifications for round 2 ?
When do they generally start notifying successful candidates?

you can choose to "turn off your activity broadcasts" in linkedin settings

I guess the R1 scholarship decisions are out. Didn't get one... will need to look for ways to fund my MBA

When does the need-based scholarship notification come out? I have yet to receive a notification for that one ...?

Looking back, it seems to be the week of the deadline, generally speaking. If that's the case, it'll be next week before we hear anything!

In! Super happy. IS anyone going to the admit weekend?

Yeah, notifications should start rolling in by next week. Glad the wait is coming to an end...

received interview invitation today

Congrats! Who is your AO?

Congratulations!

Do you receive and email or a phone call with the interview invitation?