Okay! I have got a few PMs regarding my interview experience and my plans of joining Mendoza. I am a Female...just to clarify
My interview was with Kristin and it was definitely a VERY pleasant experience. Though it has been a while, I will try and remember as many questions as I can and share with you guys here:
1) Walk me through your profile:
A: Mostly professional history...explained all my job switches...I've worked for 5 companies in 4 years.
2) Why Mendoza? Why MBA?
A: Mendoza is somewhat of a catholic institute and someone had raised this as a concern while shortlisting the BSchool. I told Kristin how I was a graduate from a Jesuit institution and which in fact had reservations for Catholics but I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Mendoza lays a lot of stress on ethics and that is another reason that drives me towards the school. Why MBA, I told her about my long term and short term plans. The long term plan is to set-up a thought-leadership marketing consulting firm.
3) The firm you want to set-up, will it be founded in US or will it be in India?
A: I feel that we are becoming global locals. It could be either one and the location is not a hindrance in today's scenario.
4) Is there any situation where I was in a ethical dilemma and what steps did I take?
A: I had somewhat touched upon this already, because due to ethical disagreements with one of my CEOs (who was my reporting manger in that job), I had walked out of a job without having any other offer at hand.
Also, after a year of this incidence, when I was on a break post wedding, I was offered a job by the same CEO to join his company. I was kinda desperate by that time to go back to the corporate world but turned down the offer.
5) Anything interesting about you:
A: I have adapted a book into a play which I also acted in. She asked me about how it felt to portray my own work etc..
6) She gave me a case study of a New York Opera which is witnessing a drop in ticket sales. What information points will you need to decide how to tackle this? She turned off her camera at this point and had told me that #i can take 5 minutes to think this through. I could grab a paper and a pen and she said that they won't exactly encourage internet surfing.
A: I gave about 7-8 scenarios due to which this could be the case and that we need to check for these. Also, consciously decided to keep my camera on, so that there is absolutely no doubt!
7) Do you have any questions for me?
A: What is the weather usually like? where do students live..on campus/ off campus/ how far etc.
She also somewhere asked me about how I will add to the cohort, why not an executive MBA etc.
told her about my experience with large MNCs to boutique consulting to internet start-up along with Sales experience etc. etc.