Calling all Yale SOM Applicants: (2017 Intake) Class of 2019!!

I had a great off campus interview today as well with a member of the adcom. She said the questions were pretty standard across all interviewers.

All of my questions, with the exception of the discussion of my quote and the specific behavioral questions were asked in prior years. I prepared by looking up questions people were asked last year on clearadmit and made sure I read the blog posts from the Yale Dean of Admissions from 2016 and 2015. I though that the blind interview made the 30 minutes go by very quickly since my story was new to her. Pretty Simple!

Given that interviews in India have already been conducted, can we assume that no more invites coming out for Indian candidates?

Sounds great! Thank you for sharing. Was wondering, did you guys talk about the quote you shared before the interview?

I'm sorry, but I don't think any shared professional experience is required to conduct an effective MBA admissions interview. In fact it would be better for the interviewer to have very little in common with you, because it forces you to communicate clearly and effectively.


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I agree that it's better to have little in common. A lot of my friends had interviewers with similar backgrounds who asked tough industry-related questions.


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100% agree with this- sometimes, though, when the interests are too disparate it can make the conversation tougher. Commonality can be a great ice breaker and ease the stress of the interview. Good luck everyone!


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Just quickly chiming in as the leader of the 'still waiting' bandwagon.


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I was asked to, yes.

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Can someone evaluate my chances to be interviewed at yale?[Silver Scholar Program]

Hello, everyone. I appreciate you taking out the time to read this. I am really new to the application process and yale & HBS[[2+2] are the only available options i am considering.

I am applying to Master's in Finance majorly but trying my hand at yale mba...because I ultimately want to pursue it. Here's my profile that I'll be going in with for R2. Pls let me know if it's a waste of time applying or there is a slight possibility of me being interviewed.

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I am an international student in my final year majoring in Computer science. Studying in a well-reputed university in my country.

GPA : 8.76/10 GRE : 327 Toefl : 116

2 finance related internships at Reliance Capital- 6months(Largest MF in the country ~45b$ AUM) & IDFC AMC - 2months(~10b$ AUM)

Finance Market professional certificate from the National Stock Exchange

Finance, Accounting Corp Finance courses on coursera

Extra Curricular :
1) Created an application that was adopted by the civic body(largest in Asia) received media coverage in top newspapers and tv interviews for the same.

2)run a youtube channel to teach mathematical and computer science concepts(~500k views)

3) Represented University as head delegate for Harvard World MUN ( Belgium)

4)Vice chair person of a student organisation. Raised INR150k+ money for the organisation through sponsorship. During my tenure organisation won the best student chapter award.

I'm going to totally disagree with you. Like others have said, when your experiences are so disparate, it's hard to ask meaningful questions and get a real sense of the applicants work experience. What might be a huge accomplishment in your industry may seem minor to them. Of course, it is your job to communicate and describe what you do as clearly as possible. But that can be very difficult when they already have a set number of questions they need to ask you in 30 minutes.

Personally, I'd much prefer being interviewed by someone who's not too familiar with my background. This definitely makes explaining your accomplishments more challenging, but allows you to focus more on the behavioural aspects of your successes and failures without getting carried away and spending too much time elaborating on the technical details.

I think the Admissions Committee (particularly at Yale) is looking to better understand your motivations and the rationale behind your decision making more than simply your accolades. And I don't think industry or background really factors in that much there. It's also more fulfilling in a way: if you can convince someone who comes from a very different place that you're a great fit for the school, you probably are. Your résumé, essays, and the rest of your file already provide enough insights into your accomplishments; so I think the interview is a great opportunity to focus on the reasoning more than on the facts already known to members of the school.

For the reasons mentioned above, I'd personally pick being interviewed by someone from the admissions committee over someone who's shared a similar industry/career trajectory with me.

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Interesting debate. I think the best situation here is to get interviewed at least.


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Haha @Souvik101990, want to chime in?
Don't worry man, your invite might well be on its way...

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I'm guessing I bumped into a few of you last Friday

Feel free to reach out to me if you're coming down to campus to visit or interview.

I also just came back from the interview on Friday. It was a great experience. The interview was pretty typical outside of discussing the quote that we had to submit.

Did everyone else enjoy the "class" led by Professor Bach on non-market strategy? Most class visits I've been in have been with current students at the school where we were only allowed to observe and not participate. So I thought it was neat that Yale SOM conducted a class experience with just interviewees, i.e. your potential classmates! It was fun to participate in the discussion and listen to others share their thoughts. I thought it was a nice touch.

Do you guys that anymore invites to Indian candidates will come now that the interviews have already been conducted here?

[quote="Hormazd91"][quote="souvik101990"]Interesting debate. I think the best situation here is to get interviewed at least.



Haha souvik101990, want to chime in?
Don't worry man, your invite might well be on its way...

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How have they not released dings yet... It's just pure cruelty at this point.

Give us closure!!!