sourabhsur123 wrote:
wcf5016 wrote:
Interview scheduled for 10/19!! Time to start preparing.
Hello
wcf5016,
Can you please share your interview experience? I am sure you must have rocked it!
First off, sorry it took so long to share my experience. I was actually able to schedule an in-person interview. I called and explained that I live close by but would be out of town for work when they had face to face interviews available. They were very helpful and were able to accommodate my request. They said the in-person interviews are scheduled in November because that's when they are able to give tours as well, and they expect most visitors will want to see the campus and sit in on a class. I've already visited so that wasn't an issue for me.
To the interview...
The meeting was very conversational. I interviewed with two admissions members but one just took notes and didn't ask any questions. The following questions were asked.
1.) What do you do at your current job? (Have held the same position, without promotion, since graduation)
2.) Describe a time when you had to deal with conflict, how did you handle it?
3.) Describe a time when you worked with someone from a different culture, what was challenging/ what did you learn from the experience?
4.) Describe a time when you worked with someone who didn't pull their weight, how did you handle it?
- For this question I told the truth which was that I picked up the slack and didn't confront the coworker. I admitted that this was a weakness and they asked how I would handle it in retrospect. I said I would have asked the person to take on a task without directly calling them out on their laziness. I think if you admit a weakness but can back it up with either A.) How you've improved or B.) How you WOULD improve, it shows self awareness and they seemed to like that.
5.) Describe a time when you had to rely on others?
6.) Why an MBA?
7.) Why Tepper?
Then time to ask a few questions of your own. Interview lasted almost exactly 30 minutes.
Hope that helps. I was very pleased with the overall interview experience. I think I was the first in-person interview they gave, which is pretty cool.
Would love to hear from others who've interviewed! I guess all we can do is wait now.
BTW, the interviewer mentioned that she hadn't seen my application, other than my resume. They do this so the interview is judged independently of the rest of the application.
Good luck everyone! I can't wait to hear all the good news come December 15th!