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Calling all Columbia MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2022)! 23 Jun 2020, 13:30
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  • Invited to interview, 47 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:760, heard via: email
  • Denied, 52 minutes ago, from United States, heard via: email

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Thank you so much for sharing this. This was really helpful. Was this interview with a 2nd year from the Hermes Society?

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Timeline :
Applied - 08/31
Interview invite - 09/21
Interviewed - 09/26
Feedback submitted - Within 30 mins
Admitted - 09/30

Was interviewed by a current student through CBS' online portal. The interview started off horribly as the interviewer could not hear me for the first 2 mins. But post that it was all smooth sailing. The questions were more or less related to my goals and plan and were as follows.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Leadership experience where I have taken initiative.
3. Why MBA? Why now?
4. Why Columbia?
5. What leadership roles will I take at Columbia?
6. Plan B
7. Some questions about my future plans.

Questions I asked him -

1. I paid attention to details he told me about himself and asked him specific questions about his background and journey through Columbia and future plans.

2. What are the dynamics of the learning teams?

3. How has COVID impacted his MBA experience and what does he think will happen to our class?

It was a light and smooth conversation. An acquaintance of mine is on his learning team and helped break the ice initially.

Overall I felt confident post the interview. For fellow candidates I'd suggest to thoroughly understand Why Columbia is the best fit for you and articulate that clearly in your interview.
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These have been known to drag on for months and I have never had anyone experience an issue. If you don't hear from them, consider no news good news! But I wouldn't expect anything soon.

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Has any one received confirmation of completion of Re Vera background check? Coming up on 6 weeks today, wondering if anyone had any insights into the timeframe for completion.
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hi I am wondering how does Re Vera contact our recommenders? By phone or email? How about for international applicants?
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They will likely not contact your recommenders. What they do is confirm you worked where you said you worked (there are other ways of doing that besides calling people), made general what you said you made in salary, graduated from where you said you did, etc. In general, NO news about your background check is good news. You will never know when it's completed. You will only hear if there is an issue, which there rarely is.

I hope that helps!

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These have been known to drag on for months and I have never had anyone experience an issue. If you don't hear from them, consider no news good news! But I wouldn't expect anything soon.

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Hi all,

Has any one received confirmation of completion of Re Vera background check? Coming up on 6 weeks today, wondering if anyone had any insights into the timeframe for completion.

hi I am wondering how does Re Vera contact our recommenders? By phone or email? How about for international applicants?
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