London Business School LBS 2013 - Calling all MBA Applicants

So - report out: The interview ended up being almost 3 hours!!!!!! I met the interviewer at her apartment in NYC. She was very nice - more of a discussion with direct questions about my work experience (I have 5+ years, so it was a lot to cover). She was very detailed and had clearly read my application package. She referenced a couple of comments from my referees and asked for my comments. This was interesting because it was the first insight I had into what they actually wrote! Overall - the questions were normal. I think the challenging piece for me was the level of detail we went into on each position I've held and the depth of questioning. She also asked me specific questions about other schools I applied to - ie: rank order them, why on my list, why I didn't look at other schools (LBS is my only European school).

The presentation was fun. There were 5 topic choices that LBS provided to her. She had me pick a number out of an envelope and that was my presentation topic. I didn't present for the whole 5 minutes - not sure if that's good or bad, but it's over now.

At the end, I had a few questions for her that turned into more of a discussion, maybe 15 minutes total. Through this, I learned that she is a psychology major and does HR consulting for CEO succession planning. Needless to say, I think she's a very seasoned interviewer!! Glad I didn't know that until the end

Now - I wait. Fingers crossed for good news on 17-Dec!!!!!!