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NYC471
Joined: 25 Feb 2014
Last visit: 26 May 2016
Posts: 44
Schools: LBS '18 (S) CBS '18 Kellogg '18 INSEAD Jan '17 Yale '18
GMAT 1: 730 Q49 V40
GPA: 3.35
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
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Anyone get an update from ao CT?
varunchand
Joined: 17 Jan 2012
Last visit: 11 Mar 2016
Posts: 36
Location: Kuwait
GMAT 1: 670 Q49 V32
GMAT 2: 700 Q47 V40
GMAT 3: 710 Q49 V38
WE:Marketing (Manufacturing)
GMAT 3: 710 Q49 V38
Posts: 36
Us R2 chaps will know our fates in 4 days.... Daresay it's going to be a rough 96 hours ahead.
puneetjain18
Joined: 14 Jul 2014
Last visit: 18 May 2017
Posts: 30
Location: United States
Concentration: Operations, Strategy
Schools: IIMA (D) Insead July'17 (D) MIT-LGO '18 (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V39
WE:Operations (Consulting)
This wait is excruciatingly long..
BRanonymous
Joined: 22 Jan 2015
Last visit: 11 Nov 2015
Posts: 34
Location: Brazil
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V41
WE:General Management (Energy)
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V41
Posts: 34
Anyone with Isabelle Ramos as AO has received interview invite?
NYC471
Joined: 25 Feb 2014
Last visit: 26 May 2016
Posts: 44
Schools: LBS '18 (S) CBS '18 Kellogg '18 INSEAD Jan '17 Yale '18
GMAT 1: 730 Q49 V40
GPA: 3.35
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
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Just got interview invite from AO CT. I'm based in NY.
My AO is Anne Nigl, and I received an invite last week FYI. Located in London.
pierre1
Joined: 01 Nov 2014
Last visit: 26 Jul 2016
Posts: 15
Schools: Insead July'17 (WL)
GMAT 1: 740 Q48 V44
I have done both interview. Both interviewer were from a very different industry.
The first one was with a European in a coffee shop and it was challenging, a lot of difficult questions were asked. With hindsight, I feel that it could have been better but I think it generally went well.
The second interview was with an Asian, carried out in his office and was very short. It lasted 15-20 minutes and the interviewer clearly had other things to do after. He asked me only my professional goals, my GMAT score and chatted about his own INSEAD experience. The talk was pleasant and relaxed.
There seems to be a lot of variability in the interviews. I hope that this is taken in account in the evaluation process. Does anyone have some inside information on what are our chances if we are already selected for interview?
I applied in R1, based in Asia.
The first one was with a European in a coffee shop and it was challenging, a lot of difficult questions were asked. With hindsight, I feel that it could have been better but I think it generally went well.
The second interview was with an Asian, carried out in his office and was very short. It lasted 15-20 minutes and the interviewer clearly had other things to do after. He asked me only my professional goals, my GMAT score and chatted about his own INSEAD experience. The talk was pleasant and relaxed.
There seems to be a lot of variability in the interviews. I hope that this is taken in account in the evaluation process. Does anyone have some inside information on what are our chances if we are already selected for interview?
I applied in R1, based in Asia.
raza.lakhani
Joined: 01 Oct 2015
Last visit: 27 Mar 2016
Posts: 7
Concentration: Finance, Strategy
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 3.11
WE:Analyst (Other)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
Posts: 7
BRanonymous
Yes, I got one yesterday. Although I haven't been given the names and contact details on my interviewers. I am told that they are in the process of selecting who will interview me. Is that common for other folks as well?
pierre1
Joined: 01 Nov 2014
Last visit: 26 Jul 2016
Posts: 15
Schools: Insead July'17 (WL)
GMAT 1: 740 Q48 V44
raza.lakhani
Yes it is. My interviewers were selected after around one week.
AmeerKhatri
Joined: 21 Jun 2015
Last visit: 10 Sep 2025
Posts: 28
Schools: Insead July'17 (D) HEC Dec '17 (A)
GMAT 1: 720 Q50 V38
mukul0611
Hi my addmission officer is also HHanny stefanie. I am also from India but havent recieved the interview invite. getting nervous here.
eh86
Joined: 10 Nov 2015
Last visit: 03 Aug 2016
Posts: 6
Location: Spain
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Schools: Insead July'17 (S)
GMAT 1: 660 Q42 V39
GMAT 2: 680 Q41 V42
GPA: 3.54
My AO is also Isabelle Ramos and haven't heard anything yet... hitting refresh on my inbox has become a compulsion!
liyuheng1219
Joined: 29 Jan 2015
Last visit: 05 May 2016
Posts: 9
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Finance
Schools: AGSM '18 (S) Kellogg PT '17 (II)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
R2 applicant. Just got a Ding from JS via email......So disappointed
Anyone heard from JS yet? Still 3 days to go but given that I am a reapplicant, cant help getting jittery (the feeling when u see a ding email from the only school u want yr mba from is not, to say the least, good)
BRanonymous
Joined: 22 Jan 2015
Last visit: 11 Nov 2015
Posts: 34
Location: Brazil
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V41
WE:General Management (Energy)
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V41
Posts: 34
raza.lakhani
OK. TKS
masudiba17
Joined: 05 Aug 2015
Last visit: 03 Aug 2019
Posts: 3
Location: Bangladesh
Concentration: Social Entrepreneurship, Marketing
GMAT 1: 720 Q48 V41
GPA: 3.06
WE:Marketing (Consumer Packaged Goods)
R2 Applicant. Received interview invite earlier today. My AO is JS. I'm based in Dhaka. Best of luck to all applicants 
puneetjain18
Joined: 14 Jul 2014
Last visit: 18 May 2017
Posts: 30
Location: United States
Concentration: Operations, Strategy
Schools: IIMA (D) Insead July'17 (D) MIT-LGO '18 (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V39
WE:Operations (Consulting)
Ameerkhatri6167
This wait is painful.. Getting worried day by day
Posts: 63
Received invite. R2 Applicant. Waiting for alum interviewer contacts.
I know this is extremely hard - but try and stay patient till 13th November, which is likely the day bulk invites go out.
I really wish schools didn't do rolling invites. Would save us all the nervous weeks (which seem like months!)
I know this is extremely hard - but try and stay patient till 13th November, which is likely the day bulk invites go out.
I really wish schools didn't do rolling invites. Would save us all the nervous weeks (which seem like months!)
eh86
Joined: 10 Nov 2015
Last visit: 03 Aug 2016
Posts: 6
Location: Spain
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Schools: Insead July'17 (S)
GMAT 1: 660 Q42 V39
GMAT 2: 680 Q41 V42
GPA: 3.54
gamesfreak
gamesfreak congrats! Who is your AO?
xyeek
Joined: 18 Jul 2015
Last visit: 21 Aug 2020
Posts: 175
Location: New Zealand
Concentration: Strategy, International Business
Schools: Insead July'17 (WA) LBS '18 (M)
GMAT 1: 740 Q50 V40
GPA: 3.88
WE:Marketing (Consumer Packaged Goods)
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raza.lakhani
Congrats! Yes, it's likely that you won't get your assigned interviewers till later, bearing in mind that they're still processing applications currently for R2. You'll get a second email when they've found interviewers for you.
xyeek
Joined: 18 Jul 2015
Last visit: 21 Aug 2020
Posts: 175
Location: New Zealand
Concentration: Strategy, International Business
Schools: Insead July'17 (WA) LBS '18 (M)
GMAT 1: 740 Q50 V40
GPA: 3.88
WE:Marketing (Consumer Packaged Goods)
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Completed my second INSEAD Interview with an alumni who was an investment banker this morning over the phone. We actually had a face to face for an hour on Monday and then ran out of time so he scheduled in a follow up phone interview. So in total we spoke for almost 2 hours and I didn't even get time to ask questions!
He was very very thorough and covered practically everything that you expect from an MBA interview and then some. Aside from the usual walk through CV, why MBA, why INSEAD, he also questioned all the steps I took in my CV. Many of the questions he asked was around thought processes and what I was feeling when I made various decisions which was a bit different. He also asked what I was feeling towards getting an MBA and what reservations I had and what my greatest fears in doing the MBA would be, which were questions that were a bit of a curve ball.
Interestingly he asked specifically for me to describe an entrepreneurial situation and clarified that it could be within the workplace. Thankfully I actually have a hobby side business, but I think I would have struggled if I didn't have an "obvious" experience. He also asked for specific examples of when I made a good judgement and when I made a bad judgement, which was a bit different from strengths and weaknesses (he asked about those too). I basically used up every single story I had pre-prepared in this interview and had to come up with some on the spot.
That being said, I'm positive he'll give me a great recommendation because at the end he summed up all my strengths and said that he thought I'd do very well at INSEAD and that he hoped I would pick INSEAD over LBS if I got accepted to both Phew!
He was very very thorough and covered practically everything that you expect from an MBA interview and then some. Aside from the usual walk through CV, why MBA, why INSEAD, he also questioned all the steps I took in my CV. Many of the questions he asked was around thought processes and what I was feeling when I made various decisions which was a bit different. He also asked what I was feeling towards getting an MBA and what reservations I had and what my greatest fears in doing the MBA would be, which were questions that were a bit of a curve ball.
Interestingly he asked specifically for me to describe an entrepreneurial situation and clarified that it could be within the workplace. Thankfully I actually have a hobby side business, but I think I would have struggled if I didn't have an "obvious" experience. He also asked for specific examples of when I made a good judgement and when I made a bad judgement, which was a bit different from strengths and weaknesses (he asked about those too). I basically used up every single story I had pre-prepared in this interview and had to come up with some on the spot.
That being said, I'm positive he'll give me a great recommendation because at the end he summed up all my strengths and said that he thought I'd do very well at INSEAD and that he hoped I would pick INSEAD over LBS if I got accepted to both
Phew!
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