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@All who are feeling a little distressed.

There is absolutely no need to panic right now.
As rightly said by pratikac9, ISB sends interview mails in a lot on every weekends.
So we can sit back and expect a call till the 3rd of November, which is around one month away.

So sit back and relax :)

All the best!
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@All who are feeling a little distressed.

There is absolutely no need to panic right now.
As rightly said by pratikac9, ISB sends interview mails in a lot on every weekends.
So we can sit back and expect a call till the 3rd of November, which is around one month away.

So sit back and relax :)

All the best!
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Hey Ankur, Though I do understand how this works... relaxing is not an option... :wink:
Its gonna be a very long one month of waiting i guess...
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Hey Ankur, Though I do understand how this works... relaxing is not an option... :wink:
Its gonna be a very long one month of waiting i guess...

Hahaha ... true :)
I experienced the same thing last year.
I was the last person to be interviewed for the entire year. So had to wait from 30th november to 4th feb, when I got the call :)
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Hey Ankur, Though I do understand how this works... relaxing is not an option... :wink:
Its gonna be a very long one month of waiting i guess...

Hahaha ... true :)
I experienced the same thing last year.
I was the last person to be interviewed for the entire year. So had to wait from 30th november to 4th feb, when I got the call :)


Hey Ankur, How are you preparing for the interview this time? Are you participating in some mock interviews? I am thinking about getting some video conferences going in case there is nothing already planned... what do you say?
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Guys,

WE are waiting !!!

Interview guys...please post your experiences. Can't wait !!

I had my interview on 6 Oct 2013 ,
Essay question was on the word "orange"
Scheduled time: 11 50 was called in at 12 20
Interview lasted for 30 min approx
There were 3 ppl in the panel , 2 ladies and 1 guy
Questions were mostly about my job profile , career progression , challenges faced , competition
Hobbies and interests , had to do a role play .. Panel was pretty friendly.
Long wait begins now
All the best to others :)
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Applicants who got interviewed this weekend please come forth and share your experience and help the members of this wonderful community :P :)
I was interview on 6th Oct. My interview time was 11:50am which they later changed to 12:30pm. I was invited for interview around 1:00 pm. Panel had 2 ISB Alumnus. Interview revolved around my experience with only few questions on hobbies and key skills. It lasted around 25 min.

And essay topic was Orange.
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Thanks for sharing your experience.. Can you tell me more about this impromptu essay? What are they really looking for, when giving such one word topics? And how long to submit it before the interview?
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Thanks for sharing your experience.. Can you tell me more about this impromptu essay? What are they really looking for, when giving such one word topics? And how long to submit it before the interview?

They will give you one word to write essay (50-100 words) around half hour before the interview. They want to test if you yourself wrote your essays in application. It should be submitted to interviewer.
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Nice article. R2 candidates should go through this ...
how-your-essays-drive-the-mba-admissions-committee-crazy-161185.html#p1275314
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Hi,

I am a Round 1 applicant to ISB 2015 batch.

The official GMAT scorecard that i uploaded in ISB has wrong self reported GPA. (It is mentioned as 2.8/4.0, where as my GPA (in transcript) is 7.0/10.0).

Please let me know if this is an issue and the steps that I can take to rectify it, as I was not aware during the GMAT examination that 10 scale grade points cannot be converted to 4.0 gpa.
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Hi,

I am a Round 1 applicant to ISB 2015 batch.

The official GMAT scorecard that i uploaded in ISB has wrong self reported GPA. (It is mentioned as 2.8/4.0, where as my GPA (in transcript) is 7.0/10.0).

Please let me know if this is an issue and the steps that I can take to rectify it, as I was not aware during the GMAT examination that 10 scale grade points cannot be converted to 4.0 gpa.

Hey Soudatta,
just mail the adcom explaining your situation. They will help you with this,...
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Thanks for sharing your experience.. Can you tell me more about this impromptu essay? What are they really looking for, when giving such one word topics? And how long to submit it before the interview?

They will give you one word to write essay (50-100 words) around half hour before the interview. They want to test if you yourself wrote your essays in application. It should be submitted to interviewer.

Thanks tarunsengar
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Thanks tarunsengar

We should avoid such posts as much as we can :)
Use the kudos button instead.
This ways, when the next year applicants some to this thread for guidance, they will save considerable time and effort in getting the required information.

Regards,
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Applications are still being processed. So calls will take time. keep calm and listen to music :)
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Fellows,

Anyone game for some mock interviews over skype? I have a couple of guys already in and if anyone would like to join, we could plan some kind of a schedule... PM me if you are interested.

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Really amazed..so few HYD interviewees ? Only 3-4 people have written their interviews I guess !!
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How many people are called for Interview by ISB. 8:4:1 is what I read on some site but did not understand it. Can someone throw light. Is it like for every 8 people they will call 4 and then will select 1. But this means if there are 1200 applicants 600 will be called for interview. And then 150 will be selected. Whereas to fill 770 seats with this logic require 6160 applicants.

Please excuse me for such naive doubts.
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