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Has anyone with AO EL heard back yet?

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Has anyone with AO EL heard back yet?

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EL is my AO as well. No news so far.
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Anyone with AO as JM who heard back for R3? I'm in the Americas..
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No feedback from EL yet. Good luck to everyone still waiting, and congrats to everyone who already received the call! :)

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liaotingk, Thanks for your quick guide.
I missed the call this morning and have not received an email yet.

I just logged into mi INSEAD account and got greeted with the email creation window: does this mean that I am in?
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liaotingk, Thanks for your quick guide.
I missed the call this morning and have not received an email yet.

I just logged into mi INSEAD account and got greeted with the email creation window: does this mean that I am in?

I would believe so yes.

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liaotingk, Thanks for your quick guide.
I missed the call this morning and have not received an email yet.

I just logged into mi INSEAD account and got greeted with the email creation window: does this mean that I am in?
yup definitely. they won't ask you to select your INSEAD email address and then reject/waitlist you right? ;)
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liaotingk, Thanks for your quick guide.
I missed the call this morning and have not received an email yet.

I just logged into mi INSEAD account and got greeted with the email creation window: does this mean that I am in?

Yes, you are! Congrats!
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Has anyone with AO EL heard back yet?

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EL is my AO as well. No news so far.

Same here
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Got the call today afternoon in India
Admitted!

R3 - AO:IR
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IR is also my AO. Are there other people whose AO is IR and haven’t heard anything yet?. I am worrying about that.

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Congratulations to everyone who got in! I wonder if anybody has heard from EM yet.

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Thanks for this sharing. I wish you all the best!



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The interviewer is not working in the same industry. She is now in strategic development for retail. She is an Indian who has spent most of her life in Hong Kong but studied in an international school. Then she got her undergrad in the U.S.

I believe she was selected to interview me because INSEAD wanted to evaluate my cultural fit and international perspectives, but not so much the reasonableness of my goals. The only similarity we have is that we both studied in Hong Kong and then went to the U.S. for undergrad.

The conversation went well.

I gave her a very comprehensive walkthrough of my background with solid reasoning on each choice I made in my professional development. She appeared to be happy with my answers.

Other questions (all pretty standard) include:

1) Did you experience any culture shock when you studied in the U.S.?
2) Why do you think an MBA will help you achieve your goal?
3) Why INSEAD?
4) Biggest failure?
5) Tell me more about your experience as a mentor in the internship programs of the investment banks
6) Tell me more about your involvement in volunteering work
7) Tell me what you love and hate about Investment Banking / Finance
8) Did you apply to any other schools?

When we got into Q&A, the conversation became more natural.

We spoke about the clubs @ INSEAD and her career transition since INSEAD. Then we found our common interest: singing!

I enjoyed the good vibes we shared in this call. I hope the next one will also go well.
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Thank you man for your sharing! I wish you all the best!



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Both interviews were very chill, one more than the other.

First interviewer is in the same field as me currently. We had a bit of problem nailing the interview time due to her busy schedule. It started with some chit-chatting about working-from-home arrangement for both of us. Then I spent the next 20 minutes telling my story from birth to where I am today, touching various aspects of life. She then asked me the standard questions:
- Which other schools have I applied?
- Why only INSEAD?
- What if I didn't get in?
- How would I prepare myself and deal with the high-pace life in INSEAD?
We were left with only a couple of minutes for Q&A so i asked about her post-MBA career choice and how she has grown in INSEAD.

Second interviewer is from the industry that I want to go to post-MBA. We started more unstructured but we still cover the basic questions:
- Why MBA?
- Why INSEAD?
- Why now?
Once my story made sense, the interviewer was very supportive and shared with me his experience before, during and after MBA.

Overall, it was a very good experience. Now finger-crossed, waiting for the final result.
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Thanks for this sharing! Congrats!



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Hi

I am a female and my first interview was with a male alumni. The interview was friendly and relaxed but professional, he had read my whole application and had a list of around 15 questions. The interview lasted for 70 minutes. He asked:

-about all of my transitions in my resume
-why business from engineering?
-why insead? which campus?
-what is your day to day job?
-how do you differentiate your service from your competitor at your current company?
-how do you segment your customers?
-asked about my post mba goal
-what schools did you apply to and why?
-in a team setting what is your tendency? e.g. a leader, follower, etc
-if you dont get admitted what would you do this year?
-why do you want to leave your company given your current position? Why your manager would let you go?

At the end I asked him a few questions and when I was done he mentioned that he would recommend me to the Adcom but that would be only his feedback and doesn't guarantee my admission.

My second interview was with a female alumni, extremely casual, fun, and friendly. She only asked me one question and that was: tell me about yourself. While I was talking about my post mba goal and my extracurricular activities, we connected in one subject and the rest of the interview was about that subject. She wasn't even taking notes and it felt like a friendly chat. I truly enjoyed that conversation, I had a chance to ask all of my questions about insead, the culture and everything. This one took about 45 minutes.

The second interview was very eye opening bc I met a person who had the same goals and aspirations and mine and had achieved all of her goals after MBA.

Now I just have to wait and see what the outcome is. Fingers crossed and good luck to everyone else.
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Just received the call from AO:EL!!! :)
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