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14 Mar 2011, 20:17
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I must also say, I had my interview and it was VERY relaxed. It kind of makes me wonder what they are actually looking for... no one normal would have had a nervous breakdown from my interview. I know Sandy had mentioned in his now-prolific "how not to blow your hbs interview" article that meltdowns accounted for a large portion of eliminations.
Sandy, I'd be curious to hear your take -- do you think they've changed their interview style and what do you think the primary factor they are looking at is now, if no longer composure under pressure?
Oh and regardless of other's comments, I appreciate your comments on this thread. I'd always rather have more insight than less.
Sandy, I'd be curious to hear your take -- do you think they've changed their interview style and what do you think the primary factor they are looking at is now, if no longer composure under pressure?
Oh and regardless of other's comments, I appreciate your comments on this thread. I'd always rather have more insight than less.
14 Mar 2011, 20:35
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Agree with theacademist on both counts.
1. More info = goodness
2. Sandy - are you getting the sense that the I/v format is changing? If so, what are they looking for?
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15 Mar 2011, 10:20
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No change in HBS interviewing style or questions (for most part) this year, you guys are just mis-modeling this in your head, it is not a job interview where you need chemistry and the ability to beat out four other guys, it is more like a medical exam, where you need to have vision w.in certain range, no super high blood pressure, no cooties, and pass general inspection, think Draft Physical (which I had, and my guess is, not many others on this thread have).
RULE OF THUMB: they inteview 10 peeps, 2 flunk the interivew, see reasons below, 8 are left, 6 out of the 8 are chosen based on whole app (gpa, gmat, pedigree, specialness, diversity, blah, blah).
How do 2 peeps 'flunk' the interview. well, .5 peeps cannot in fact speak English, or have hybrid disabilities, marginal English and recessive personalities adding up to inability to function in case enviro,at least to ear of adcom. Those are easy flunks. The other 1.5 flunks are 1.OK-ish English but English which withered under slight pressure of interview, combined w. bad substantive answers. or more common, totally fine English but 'attitude' problems, think the bottom 20 pct of kids you ever met fr. Bain, turning it ON instead of OFF. Ditto IB types who have not gone to finishing school, and say they enjoy special situations because it is opportunistic and helps create liquidity (vs. correct answer, can help preserve jobs, create jobs and save companies). BUT most common reason for interview failure among competent English speakers is just getting lost, on simple questions, talking too much, winding up w. answer that is 2 standard deviations fr. the question.
E.g. why did you attend School X,
ANSWER: I was interested in medicine growning up, and spent time working in hospital, but while doing that, discovered tht lot of stuff in hospital is doing same thing over and over, and that you dont get to do impactful exciting stuff that often. [Stand Dev 1] I mean dont get me wrong, doctors do great things, and medical research has done great things, so that wasn't it, BUT BLAH, BLAH LET ME EXPLAIN HOW WONDERFUL MEDICINE IS [Stand Dev 2] . . . . . .YOU HAVE NOW FAILED YOUR INTERVIEW.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF ADMITTED HBS KIDS HAVE REPORTS ON THEIR INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS (of course this is master composite list and your experience may vary in some ways, but this is pretty good summary):
1. It was anti-climatic
2. It was corporate friendly, but not really friendly
3. Questions jumped around and were arbitrary. Drilled down on some stuff, and not clear why, not many stress or curveball questions. Lady took lots of notes, but kept occassional and acceptable eye contact.
3. I did not get a chance to to say 1 2 3
4. Not sure how I did, but I dont think I blew it, and gave OK but not home run answers to Q's they did ask.
TRANSLATION: FINE INTERVIEW, YOU PASSED, YOU BECAME ONE OF THE 8 THEY SENT BACK FOR TOTAL CONSIDERATION, AND BASED ON YOUR WHOlE APP, RECS, DEMO, SCORES, and bit of interview mojo, ETC-- YOU GOT IN.
as to how come we are not seeing more 'bad' interview reports on this site, well, could be 1. most bad interviews are folks w. marginal English skills and not typical posters;2. folks who have bad feelings about int. performance are not too interested in posting;3. self-selection of folks on this site, etc. who are prob. better prepped than average peeps. ALL OF ABOVE MASHED UP IN SOME WAYS.
too lazy to remember all the above. just focus on this
[highlight]YOU CANNOT TALK YOUR WAY INTO HBS, BUT YOU CAN TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF HBS[/highlight]
