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28 Mar 2007, 20:57
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So, I've been denied at all three schools (NYU, Chi, and Col) that I applied to. I interviewed at all the schools, so I think my applications were decent if not spectacular. I will ask for deny feedback if its available. However, as most schools don't offer deny feedback until the summer months, I think its best to start improving my application in case I decide to purse and MBA next year.
I'm trying to figure out what went wrong with my apps. I believe my essays were very good, I have a decent GPA and GMAT (3.4/760). I'm somewhat young @ 24, and I don't have a lot of extracurriculars, but I don't think that should affect me too negatively. I can only assume that I bombed all three of the interviews. The interviews didn't feel terribly bad at the time, but I guess I didn't do much to impress. But I do feel that my communication skills could be greatly improved. Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve communication skills? A few people have suggested Toastmasters to me. I've looked through there website, and it seems to mostly teach public speaking. While that is a great skill to have, I don't know how useful it will be in an interview. To me, public speaking is all about delivery, with the material being prepared ahead of time. In the dynamic atmosphere of an interview, I find myself lacking material, ie, I struggle with "what to say" rather than "how to say it". Do you think Toastmasters would help anyway?
I'm also trying to figure out what I should do with my career. Currently, I'm employed in the financial industry as a software developer. I wanted to purse an MBA to transition to a financial role, specifically, some kind of trading. Should I attempt to make this transition by myself, or should I try to focus on enhancing my current career? I was thinking I would try to find a new position, and if successful, I would go for a part-time MBA, otherwise, I would re-apply to full-time programs.
Any suggestion or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm trying to figure out what went wrong with my apps. I believe my essays were very good, I have a decent GPA and GMAT (3.4/760). I'm somewhat young @ 24, and I don't have a lot of extracurriculars, but I don't think that should affect me too negatively. I can only assume that I bombed all three of the interviews. The interviews didn't feel terribly bad at the time, but I guess I didn't do much to impress. But I do feel that my communication skills could be greatly improved. Anyone have any suggestions on how to improve communication skills? A few people have suggested Toastmasters to me. I've looked through there website, and it seems to mostly teach public speaking. While that is a great skill to have, I don't know how useful it will be in an interview. To me, public speaking is all about delivery, with the material being prepared ahead of time. In the dynamic atmosphere of an interview, I find myself lacking material, ie, I struggle with "what to say" rather than "how to say it". Do you think Toastmasters would help anyway?
I'm also trying to figure out what I should do with my career. Currently, I'm employed in the financial industry as a software developer. I wanted to purse an MBA to transition to a financial role, specifically, some kind of trading. Should I attempt to make this transition by myself, or should I try to focus on enhancing my current career? I was thinking I would try to find a new position, and if successful, I would go for a part-time MBA, otherwise, I would re-apply to full-time programs.
Any suggestion or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
28 Mar 2007, 21:32
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If the problem in an interview is the lack of material to speak of, then IMO it seems lack of preparedness. Like every other data point in the applications, interviews also need ample amount of preparation. Another thing that comes to my mind is that you are young and may be with less years of experience hence don't have some compelling stories to tell from your workplace.
There are many different ways to prepare for an interview. I personally took out a list of all the possible questions and prepared my response to it. Obviously you don't memorize all the answers but having a structure to possible questions gives you the room to play around with your responses.
Another method I liked most (used by a fellow GMATClubber), was to record his responses on a CD and listen to it when free. Rhyme can explain better if you are more interested.
28 Mar 2007, 21:33
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I somehow doubt it was the interview. Unless you truly bungled it and said something completely insane. Interviews are just data points - usually not that major because its a second year student conducting most of the stuff - and some schools, including Chicago, actually come out and say that the interview is "rarely make or break."
In other words, its probably something else. You said you worked in IT but want to move to some kind of trading. Were you this vague in your essays? Were you passionate? Were you absolutely specific as to why school X? And I mean truly specific, referencing key items by name not just generic poop flinging statements like "world famous faculty" or "diverse students". Age may have played a factor. Have you had enough experiences to write good leadership essays or were your examples a little contrived?
Moreover, if you dont have stuff to talk about in an interview, then I'd question how well you prepared, and more importantly, since the questions are often mirror images of your essays, how strong your essays really were. Interviews should be easy - other than for nerves -- because by then, you've gone through the "why gsb" thing 10,000 times in your head and edited 200 versions of it in your essays. Drawing a blank shouldn't be happening..
And there's always the plumb crappy reality that, sometimes, there is no reason. It's subjective and somewhat random, and the dealer flopped a high card three times.
In other words, its probably something else. You said you worked in IT but want to move to some kind of trading. Were you this vague in your essays? Were you passionate? Were you absolutely specific as to why school X? And I mean truly specific, referencing key items by name not just generic poop flinging statements like "world famous faculty" or "diverse students". Age may have played a factor. Have you had enough experiences to write good leadership essays or were your examples a little contrived?
Moreover, if you dont have stuff to talk about in an interview, then I'd question how well you prepared, and more importantly, since the questions are often mirror images of your essays, how strong your essays really were. Interviews should be easy - other than for nerves -- because by then, you've gone through the "why gsb" thing 10,000 times in your head and edited 200 versions of it in your essays. Drawing a blank shouldn't be happening..
And there's always the plumb crappy reality that, sometimes, there is no reason. It's subjective and somewhat random, and the dealer flopped a high card three times.
