rainfall wrote:
Hello guys, this is the first time I write in this sub-section of this forum.
I just had an interview for Kellogg and I am curious about others' opinion on my chances.
Background:
- 680 GMAT (48/35) / 101 TOEFL
- 5-year experience as a quant in an investment bank (derivatives quantitative modeling). I also have leadership experiences
- Latin american
- 29 years
- Engineering (2006) from top latin-american school
- M.Sc. with honors in economics (in 2012) from top latin-american school while working full-time
- No GPA
- Excellent community experiences (3 different experiences, 3.5 years total). For example: teacher of martial arts for poor children (1.5 years)
- Target: Kellogg in Finance (also applying to Cornell, Yale and Michigan)
- Already applied for Round 2 for the 2013 intake
--> Main objective: M&A
The talk:
The interviewer is an alumnus and is the president of Kellogg's Alumni Club of my country and has a recommendation from Phillip Kotler. He is native in my language, but 100% of the interview was in English
He said in the e-mail that the talk should take 60-90 minutes, but it took 150 minutes (yes, 2.5 hours).
The interviewer mostly didn't ask much about the usual questions (walk me through your resume, blablabla).
He did ask why kellogg and what was my main objective.
The chat was awesome and he did say that he hoped to see me next month (when the admitted students meet themselves). To be honest, I think he said this from his heart (not just an elevator talk)
To my luck, we had a lot of things in common (for example, we both came from a poor family of immigrants).
As he didn't arrive by car, I drove him home and we continued to talk along the way. He said informally that my English skill is well above the average of people he usually interviews.
So, what do you guys think?
Sounds to me that you had a great interview and he's going to recommend you. Obviously they were interested or they wouldn't have invited you to interview. I would be very optimistic. The one cloud on the horizon is your GMAT, which is well below the school's average. Hopefully they will continue to overlook it. You have impressive experience, come from South America, and strong academics. I think you have reason to be optimistic, but time will tell.
Best,
Linda
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