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Did you interview yet? ED or J-Term?

There were some guys a few days back on this thread who received emails. I believe they had missed a phone call from the adcom so they were sent an email to call them back. I could be mistaken though.
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Interviewed oct 20th and applied ED. Hope you're right!
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Columbia 2012 - Calling All Applicants Updated on: 09 Nov 2011, 18:41
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Interviewed oct 20th and applied ED. Hope you're right!
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I wouldn't worry. A week or two ago a couple of people got a "we want to talk about your app, give us a call" email, and they were accepted when they called back.
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Check alma2404 & mengchacha's posts on Nov 3rd and Nov 4th.

They both got the emails that AmericanInAsia is referring too
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Similar to playoff beards, everyone should grow "waiting for decision mustaches"
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I'll attend whatever since I'm in NYC as well. Is there an admitted students thread where we can discuss this so we don't clog up this one more than we already have?

I haven't received any mail, though - even though they've cleared my payment..

But you can create one for sure or let bb create one like last year where they tracked users per school. We should totally set up a facebook group at this point too.


In this case, I'd rather be a follower:)
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I set up an admitted students thread, I think, I'm new to the whole forum thing.

2012-columbia-gsb-admitted-students-122947.html
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Can you guys comment on how formal/informal you were when you requested an interview?
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Can you guys comment on how formal/informal you were when you requested an interview?
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I started formal - addressed the potential interviewer as "Mr. XYZ" or "Ms. XYZ", and I threw a one-line that CBS has asked me to request an interview with an ambassador for continued evaluation of my candidacy. The response I received was very casual, so in my subsequent email I addressed the interviewer by the first name.

No set rule here. Go what you're comfortable with, but try to be more formal at first.
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Big congrats to everyone who got the interview invite! Good to see some positive movement here.
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Hey guys, having been a long-term lurker of this thread, I was interviewed by an Alumni in Asia this Monday. I had been quite nervous since I didn't receive any email from the school to confirm that the interviewer had submitted the report. But today (Thursday), I received a call from my interviewer, who asked if I could answer two follow-up questions. Of course, I said yes. The questions were pretty standard, about adversity and backup plan. Before hanging up the phone, the interviewer told me that she had submitted the report days before, but was contacted by the school to ask these two additional questions.

I was pretty curious to know if any of you guys had such experiences before? Is it a positive, negative or just a neutral sign? Pre-thanks for your comments.
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Hey guys, having been a long-term lurker of this thread, I was interviewed by an Alumni in Asia this Monday. I had been quite nervous since I didn't receive any email from the school to confirm that the interviewer had submitted the report. But today (Thursday), I received a call from my interviewer, who asked if I could answer two follow-up questions. Of course, I said yes. The questions were pretty standard, about adversity and backup plan. Before hanging up the phone, the interviewer told me that she had submitted the report days before, but was contacted by the school to ask these two additional questions.

I was pretty curious to know if any of you guys had such experiences before? Is it a positive, negative or just a neutral sign? Pre-thanks for your comments.
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From what my interviewer told me - there are 4 key questions that NEED to be asked: Why Columbia, ethics dilemma, adversity, backup plan (not accepted to columbia / economy sucks and you don't get a job / etc). Other than that, it was to the interviewers discretion to ask questions and get a good dialogue going (tell me about yourself, walk me through your resume, etc)

It sounds like he simply forgot to ask a couple of the key questions needed to complete the form the interviewers return to admissions. I wouldn't worry about this - you'll be stressing enough the next few weeks as you start to constantly checking emails and phone calls to check if you get in, haha.
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Hi,

I had my interview last night at a midtown bar/restaurant in NYC. It was a relatively casual affair. My interviewer asked the standard questions: walk me through your resume, why MBA, why now, why Columbia, what are you goals? It wasn't strictly formatted. As such we didn't touch on the other topics: ethical dilemma, strengths and weaknesses, backup plan, so I might be receiving a phone call in the next few days or so.

Seems like it went pretty well and she started giving me tips about business school life. The fact that we found out we had some common associates might have helped too.
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From what my interviewer told me - there are 4 key questions that NEED to be asked: Why Columbia, ethics dilemma, adversity, backup plan (not accepted to columbia / economy sucks and you don't get a job / etc). Other than that, it was to the interviewers discretion to ask questions and get a good dialogue going (tell me about yourself, walk me through your resume, etc)

It sounds like he simply forgot to ask a couple of the key questions needed to complete the form the interviewers return to admissions. I wouldn't worry about this - you'll be stressing enough the next few weeks as you start to constantly checking emails and phone calls to check if you get in, haha.
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Thanks for the explanation. Your interviewer told you this 4 key Qs? But when I had my interview, the interviewer had a printed question list in her hands and from my observation, I guess it contained no more than 6 questions on it. It is a little hard to believe if there were only 6 questions, the interviewer would forget to ask two of them. :)

But anyway, thanks for your answer, calmed me down a little bit. Good luck to all of us.
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Good read about the culture at CBS.

https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2011/11 ... er-school/
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From what my interviewer told me - there are 4 key questions that NEED to be asked: Why Columbia, ethics dilemma, adversity, backup plan (not accepted to columbia / economy sucks and you don't get a job / etc). Other than that, it was to the interviewers discretion to ask questions and get a good dialogue going (tell me about yourself, walk me through your resume, etc)

It sounds like he simply forgot to ask a couple of the key questions needed to complete the form the interviewers return to admissions. I wouldn't worry about this - you'll be stressing enough the next few weeks as you start to constantly checking emails and phone calls to check if you get in, haha.

Thanks for the explanation. Your interviewer told you this 4 key Qs? But when I had my interview, the interviewer had a printed question list in her hands and from my observation, I guess it contained no more than 6 questions on it. It is a little hard to believe if there were only 6 questions, the interviewer would forget to ask two of them. :)

But anyway, thanks for your answer, calmed me down a little bit. Good luck to all of us.
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yea, mine had a print out as well. He said it was a "guideline" or recommend questions to ask. The first 45 minutes was casual "walk me through your resume," etc. After that was all done - he went through two of the 4 questions that didn't pop up naturally during conversation - backup plan and ethical dilemma - for the next 10-15 minutes. Then I just asked some questions. Like Pensum, my interviewer and I ended up knowing all of the same people which helped create easier dialogue, which could have been the reason for my format.

If you read some of the old posts from months ago when people started getting interviews, most interviewers would always start the ethical question with "I don't want to ask this...but I have to..." So, chances are your conversation could have been nice enough that it just slipped his or her mind by accident. Obviously I have no idea - but that is where I would place my bet.
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From what my interviewer told me - there are 4 key questions that NEED to be asked: Why Columbia, ethics dilemma, adversity, backup plan (not accepted to columbia / economy sucks and you don't get a job / etc). Other than that, it was to the interviewers discretion to ask questions and get a good dialogue going (tell me about yourself, walk me through your resume, etc)

It sounds like he simply forgot to ask a couple of the key questions needed to complete the form the interviewers return to admissions. I wouldn't worry about this - you'll be stressing enough the next few weeks as you start to constantly checking emails and phone calls to check if you get in, haha.

Thanks for the explanation. Your interviewer told you this 4 key Qs? But when I had my interview, the interviewer had a printed question list in her hands and from my observation, I guess it contained no more than 6 questions on it. It is a little hard to believe if there were only 6 questions, the interviewer would forget to ask two of them. :)

But anyway, thanks for your answer, calmed me down a little bit. Good luck to all of us.

yea, mine had a print out as well. He said it was a "guideline" or recommend questions to ask. The first 45 minutes was casual "walk me through your resume," etc. After that was all done - he went through two of the 4 questions that didn't pop up naturally during conversation - backup plan and ethical dilemma - for the next 10-15 minutes. Then I just asked some questions. Like Pensum, my interviewer and I ended up knowing all of the same people which helped create easier dialogue, which could have been the reason for my format.

If you read some of the old posts from months ago when people started getting interviews, most interviewers would always start the ethical question with "I don't want to ask this...but I have to..." So, chances are your conversation could have been nice enough that it just slipped his or her mind by accident. Obviously I have no idea - but that is where I would place my bet.
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I was prepared for the ethical question. Having read various summaries of the CBS interview, the ethical question came up again and again. However, my interviewer didn't ask the question outright. Perhaps we touched upon ethical issues in our casual conversation (we were talking for around 2 hours so it's hard to remember now), or maybe it was that we both came from public service/government, where importance of ethical behaviour is drilled into employees from the very first day.
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Thanks Pensum and americanInAsia. I was just received an email from CBS about the status change and it indicates the interview report is complete. So now, I officially join you guys in the 'interviewed but awaiting decision' group. Good luck to us.
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Congratulations to the admits & best of luck to those still waiting!
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I was prepared for the ethical question. Having read various summaries of the CBS interview, the ethical question came up again and again. However, my interviewer didn't ask the question outright. Perhaps we touched upon ethical issues in our casual conversation (we were talking for around 2 hours so it's hard to remember now), or maybe it was that we both came from public service/government, where importance of ethical behaviour is drilled into employees from the very first day.
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Could you mention any of the summaries of the CBS interview that helped you with the ethical dilemma?

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Hi Everyone,

Anybody whose application status still shows "Under Review" ?
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