tangzhijian
Hi folks!
I'm from China and just received the interview invitation (R2 applicant). Hope to join you guys on campus!
My interviewer is Christine Sneava. How is she? Is there any information about her?
Fingers crossed... Christine is really friendly and "bubbly" as Michael Corbett described her. When I met her for my interview, I concurred with his assessment. I'm not sure if she'll take the lead interview role or the 2nd year. (Cornell has 2nd years that they "Train", and since I interviewed so early, the 2nd year hadn't been fully trained yet, so Christine took the lead role.) Not that it's really relevant, but she should be about 6-7 months along now, so she should be in an even better mood (or if you're unlucky, a worse mood). (just mentioning it so you're not surprised).
Expect the standard why MBA/Johnson/now questions, "walk me through your resume", along with a couple of behavioral related questions (tell us about a time when you overcame conflict, what would you do if someone were being uncooperative, accomplishment you were most proud of, mistake you made, etc.). If you prep using clearadmit, etc. you should be in pretty good shape. I don't think there were any real "gotcha's" questions. I think it's most important that any answer you give to a question have good rationale behind it, and you know your story.