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Had my interview Last week.
My interview went on for around 45 mins. Is it a good sign or a bad one?
Also, I was kinda happy about the interview so after I left the interview and now after a week after the reflection, I feel I didnt give out the most structured answers.... I feel I could have done much better and have given out much more information and insights.

Is this normal?

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This is SO normal. Almost every client I work with second guesses some of their answers, especially in the HBS interview. 45 minutes is somewhat longer than average - hard to say if it's a good sign, but it's likely not a bad one (if they really didn't like you, they would have ended on time). There's nothing more you can do at this point, so try to distract yourself and wait for the decision

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All very normal!

And remember the reason they started doing the reflection in the first place -- because they KNOW they have a bunch of Type A worriers applying and they simply wanted to let them hav "the last word." The reflection is supposed to be like an email sent off to a friend -NOT formal or extremely essay-like. So I am positive that whatever you wrote is just fine and was what they were looking for AND showed that you actually followed their directions of not overthinking it.

45 minutes is definitely not the norm, but it is not a good or bad sign either way -- it's just what happened. (And most certainly not a bad sign!)

Best of luck!

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Guys, which IELTS have you provided, general or academic?

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Hey all! Have your recommenders received an email asking them to confirm their reference in the past week?

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Hey all! Have your recommenders received an email asking them to confirm their reference in the past week?

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There was a similar post on clearadmit asking whether any recommender of HBS applicants received the email.
One person answered no.

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Thank you! It seems pretty random and both my recommenders were contacted. I’m international so that could be why (same as the other person on Clearadmit).

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Hey all! Have your recommenders received an email asking them to confirm their reference in the past week?

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There was a similar post on clearadmit asking whether any recommender of HBS applicants received the email.
One person answered no.

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Thank you! It seems pretty random and both my recommenders were contacted. I’m international so that could be why (same as the other person on Clearadmit).

MartRob

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Hey all! Have your recommenders received an email asking them to confirm their reference in the past week?

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There was a similar post on clearadmit asking whether any recommender of HBS applicants received the email.
One person answered no.

One of my friends who was admitted in R1 is international too, but none of his recommender received any email.
Seems like random ...

Has anyone else, international or US based, received that kind of email?

Cheers!

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Best of luck to everyone in Round 2 who is waiting to hear back on Tuesday, March 31.

For those who get in, congratulations! Harvard Business School is a once-in a lifetime experience that has the power to alter the arcs of the lives of those who attend. Even if COVID pushes classes online for a period of time, HBS is world class in its technology and little of the experience will be lost in translation. I've been taking the new alumni-only online class "COVID-19 as a Novel Event and Risk Management Framework" and though there have been thousands of participants on each session, each has gone without a hitch.
For those who get the ding, don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good. Business school attendance is counter cyclical and an MBA program is a great place to hunker-down career-wise as the effects of COVID19 ripple through the economy. In times like this, the advice we are giving our clients is "any port in a storm." If you get another M7 offer, congratulate yourself, take it, and don't look back.
For those who end up on the waitlist, fret not. If you mount an effective waitlist campaign there is still a very good chance you can be admitted to HBS! Check out the following posts we've written to help you mount an effective waitlist campaign and turn that waitlist notice into an offer of admission.

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HBS DECISION TRACKER

Updates for the last hour:

Waitlisted, 4 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:720, Industry: Consulting, WE 46, heard via: portal_update
Admitted, 13 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:710 (Q47 V41), GPA: 3.74, Industry: Consumer Electronics, WE 85, heard via: portal_update
Waitlisted, 19 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:780 (Q49 V51), GPA: 3.94, Industry: Venture Capital, WE 60, heard via: portal_update

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HBS DECISION TRACKER

Updates for the last hour:

Admitted, 41 minutes ago, from United States, heard via: portal_update
Denied, 43 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:760 (Q49 V46), heard via: portal_update
Admitted, 47 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:710 (Q45 V41), GPA: 3.52, Industry: Consulting, WE 48, heard via: portal_update

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HBS DECISION TRACKER

Updates for the last hour:

Denied, 27 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:780 (Q51 V46), Industry: Consumer Electronics, WE 72, heard via: portal_update
Admitted, 28 minutes ago, from China, GMAT:710 (Q49 V38), GPA: 3.71, heard via: email
Admitted, 51 minutes ago, from United States, GMAT:700 (Q46 V39), GPA: 3.77, Industry: Entertainment and Sports, WE 90, heard via: portal_update
Admitted, 51 minutes ago, from Ukraine, GMAT:720 (Q49 V40), GPA: 3.96, heard via: portal_update

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The current students at Harvard have made a change.org petition asking the Dean Nohria for a partial refund of the tuition fee. You can find the petition here https://www.change.org/p/dean-nitin-noh ... ere-online

More such petitions from other schools are here https://gmatclub.com/forum/mba-students ... 21086.html

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Feel free to join the chat who got dinged post interview to discuss re application strategy.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/mchat.php?ro ... uRxLMlP9HK

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Here we go folks. Feel free to ask me anything in PM.

A new Harvard Interview Debrief has just been posted: https://gmatclub.com/forum/harvard-184/interview_debrief.html#debrief-1477

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A new Harvard Interview Debrief has just been posted: https://gmatclub.com/forum/harvard-184/interview_debrief.html#debrief-1486

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Hi there! Thank you for sharing your interview experience.

Would you mind also sharing how you did mock interviews? I realize there are consulting services that provide 1 to 3 sessions but those can be very expensive. I'm looking for an alternative

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Thank you!

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I interviewed last week in New York. Similar to what others have said the interviewer was friendly, but he definitely came at me from the beginning. We did not touch my resume, or any of the traditional leadership questions that I had anticipated, instead he asked mainly curve ball questions really from every direction. I feel like I did well, I made a point to be articulate and conversational in my responses. To echo what others have said though, it was very apparent that his purpose was to get me off of my script and then push me around to see how I reacted. I think I reacted well, and he definitely had me off of my script from the first to the last question.

My interview was 44 minutes long though, not sure if that is a good or bad sign! In the beginning he said there wouldn't be time for questions, and as we were wrapping up I knew we were already past time so I was very surprised when he said, "Do you have any questions?", and then after I asked one and he responded, he asked me, "What is another question?"!

Whether I get in or not I know I did my best and there is no way I could have been more prepared for the interview. I am grateful that I did plenty of mock interviews and personal preparation beforehand though, had I not there is no way I would not have been a deer in the headlights 5 minutes into the conversation.