You scored that coveted invitation from your preferred business school and just finished an interview for admission to their MBA program. What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n
As former admissions directors who have interviewed many candidates over the years, we recommend taking a few important steps at this stage.<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0Be sure to write a short but tailored thank you note <\/strong>to your interviewer(s) within 24 hours of your interview. The note should be concise; thank them for their time, but also emphasize your continued and specific interest in the school. Additionally, if you feel that you missed an important point or didn\u2019t address a question sufficiently, you can add this to your message. Keep it brief, though!<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0If you\u2019re headed into more interviews, take some time to reflect<\/strong> upon your performance. Consider what questions you felt uncomfortable with or caught you off-guard and practice your answers, ideally with someone to give you feedback. Be sure to revisit or review Fortuna’s \u00a0interview tips and school-specific advice<\/a> tailored to the process at top schools.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0Be patient.<\/strong> As difficult as this may be, you should not chase the admissions office to check on your application status. Unless you have a genuine reason to get in contact with admissions, it\u2019s best to wait it out. We do not recommend sending in updates or additional letters of support at this stage; unless it\u2019s completely \u201cgame changing\u201d information, it\u2019s best to leave your application package alone.<\/p>\n 4. \u00a0Continue to engage<\/strong> with the school. While it may seem counterintuitive because you feel you are \u00a0done with your research, we suggest that you continue to interact with the student groups that you may be interested in joining and follow the school\u2019s developments in the media. As you continue to educate yourself about \u201cfit\u201d with the school, it can also help you to consider your future career steps. You never know what brilliant new ideas can come out of networking!<\/p>\n 5. \u00a0In the meantime, continue to work on other applications<\/strong>, as you don\u2019t want to put all your eggs in one basket. While it may seem hard to motivate yourself to do so, if you wait for decisions before beginning new work on additional applications, you won’t have a sufficient time to polish a perfect application package. \u00a0By continuing to chip away at both the creative and administrative parts of the application process<\/strong>, you will move more towards your goal.<\/p>\n 6. \u00a0Remain optimistic! <\/strong>The wait for a decision can be a period of high anxiety. Remember that if you scored an interview, your chances are good. Keep things in perspective; your whole future does not hinge upon the school’s decisions, and there are always multiple paths to achieve your goal. Finally, manage your stress while you wait by remaining active, spending time with friends, family, and colleagues, and engaging in activities you enjoy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post You’ve Been Interviewed: Now What?<\/a> appeared first on Fortuna<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You scored that coveted invitation from your preferred business school and just finished an interview for admission to their MBA program. What\u2019s next? As former admissions directors who have interviewed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1831,775,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-fortuna-admissions","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}