@WA@jme6127 - As a former alum interviewer and now as a mentor, what I've noticed is that many candidates are often overly self-critical of their performance.
Some interviewers (intentionally or not) adopt a devil’s advocate persona. By challenging your Why HEC/ Healthcare connection, they may have been testing your resilience and how you handle pushback. If you stood your ground with facts about the local industry and clubs, you likely did better than you feel.
Also, challenging interviews often lead to more detailed reports. If the interviewer spent the time pushing you on your Plan A/ B, it means they were actually testing the depth of your research. A disengaged interviewer would likely have stuck to generic questions and ended early.
I would advise against reporting the interviewer unless there was a clear violation of conduct e.g. being rude, discriminatory remarks, etc.
Wishing you the best!
Regards,
Arvind
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Hello, I had my interview yesterday and felt like reporting to admission for the disengagement of the alumni...
1) He was the late about 7 min to the interview. He picked the time and had no heads up for his late appearance.
2) Our conversation revolved around “Why HEC” because he didn’t see any connection between HEC, Paris itself, and the healthcare industry. Although I gave him my answers like there are medicine headquarters and active student clubs and some aluminum are indeed working in the industry. He didn’t buy it somehow and kept challenging.
Even I said I could go back to retail industry if this path doesn’t work, he still pushing me on like “What retail companies?”
Additionally, he didn’t even bother to introduce himself or ask for mine. So I feel like he’s trying to withdraw from the interview as soon as he could instead of really understanding each other.
Nothing like this happened before, making the worst interview experience so far. I would like to hear your thoughts on my next actions. Thank you.