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Invited for interview @Bangalore today over email :)
Good luck to those who are waiting as well as those preparing for interview.
Hey congrats!

When did you receive the email? And when is your interview scheduled for?

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Thank you.
I received email today morning. Interview is scheduled for 25th Feb
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Guys do they ask one word essay in the interview? If so, can you guys share your one word essay question please?
How many words should we use when we write essay?


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That one word essay is a big lol.... I think it is just a time killing exercise. Words will be like lotus, orange, perfect etc... please dont waste your time preparing for this... instead prepare for the interview and build confidence.
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Is there any Bangalore guy who has not got a call yet for the interview? Are all calls for Bangalore out? Someone please confirm
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Hi guys,
I think you could use a few tips from a re-applicant here :)

I faced the interview in Bangalore around the same time last year and was declined admission (rightly so). Below are a few things that I can share from my personal xp. May differ for other who attended

1) One-word essay: This is something that you will have to do before the face-to-face encounter (at least for me and a lot of us there it was before the interview while we were made to wait in another room). We were given a sheet of paper with one word written on it- mine was “Dream”. As you can assume from this, this doesn’t need any preps at all, in fact you ‘must not’ prepare for it at all.

As per the coordinator from ISB who was present with us in the anxious ‘waiting room’, this essay was mostly to make sure that you were the person who actually wrote the application by checking that there wasn’t any significant difference in your writing style, your thought process etc. Consequently, those who take major help from ‘essay-writing/consulting- agencies’ or end up having their initial essays completely transformed by someone other than themselves would be caught here. This, for ISB, is not cool!

As far as I remember, the topics were mostly abstract that did not need to have much real-world knowledge. So, if you ‘own’ your submitted essays, don’t worry about this section :-D

2) Interview: By the time I was called and mine was the first one in my slot, most of us were done with our essays. 3 friendly alums and a congenial environment- they were looking for a 2-way conversation.

So, as folks have already mentioned, confidence is the key. But what I would like to bring to your notice is- Overconfidence will drown you! (This is what happened with me :( ).
Here’s the best way to approach the ~20mins face-off- Be the real you!. Seriously, as clashed as it may sound, most of us falter following this. In disagreement to one of my friends’ post above, I believe, that you do not have to try to make yourself a best-fit for them at this point. You are called for the interview only because they think you already are (you have submitted a mammoth application already remember??). If you are a good-fit for ISB, it will show automatically, if you are not, you better not be admitted there (for your own good).

Instead, just be original- Do not compromise with what you believe in (because that’s the only way to be confident), what are your plans, how you expect ISB to help you, the gaps ISB will bridge for you in achieving what you believe in etc. ISB wants to know you, not the person you would try to be in that 20mins time. I believe, an original weakness that you can own is more powerful than a made-up strength.

Mostly, there is a conflict between being what one thinks they want one to be and being oneself. Interestingly, both happen to be the same and there's no need of a conflict :) . You have ‘rediscovered yourself’, figured out your goals, aspirations etc after months of introspection/retrospection, and hopefully depicted the same in your essays, please stick to this in the interview.

If, while leaving the room, you feel that “Though I faltered at a few places, I was dumbstruck by 1 question and I could not convey everything I wanted to, at the end I was myself and that was exactly who I am”, I think you have greater chance of an admit 

This is in short what I wanted to share, all the best. :)
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this is my interview. full 1 hour or more.
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M on the same boat

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For all Bangalore Interviewees, The Bootcamp Team will be organising an Interview Prepathon Session at MG Road on 23rd February, 6-8 PM.(Exact location to be emailed)

I personally have mentored 17 successful admits from Round 1, you can check some of the testimonials https://thebootcamp.biz

We have conducted a lot of pro-bono Face to Face mocks previously however this one is a Strategy and Queries session where we will be discussing how to approach your interviews, associated pitfalls, various ways it could pan out, how to handle stress and career related queries etc.

In order to register just fill this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jGiRNW ... wUX7PJ0h0/

I strongly recommend this session to all interview called candidates. Please note since we had associated costs around venue and infra, this is a paid session costing only 1000 INR.
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when will the interview results for round2 be out for isb pgp???
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Got the interview invite for Sunday.

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Got an invite for an interview on Saturday...Bangalore
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all,

Please update your decision tracker accordingly. Best of luck to those who have received invites and also to those who are awaiting.
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So Is it The End for guys like me

No communication yet
Bangalore location

Anyone have same fate as me?????
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got interview on 24th @ mohali.
Q: why mba ? why now?
Q: introduce yourself. followed by supplementary questions
Q: why u? what do u seek to learn isb
personal questions, abt family, school, hobbies etc
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Good to hear interview calls are still rolling in. For international applicants, Has anybody been scheduled for skype interview yet ?
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Guys I had my interview on 25th in Bangalore. My background, I have 4 years of experience in Product Development. Family Business in Manufacturing Sector, I have developed and sold my own product for 2 years and currently a core team member at a startup.

Questions asked:
1. Why I want to leave my current organization?
2. Discussed about my family business and my product
3. What is the model of our startup, difficulties faced and how did we solve them?
4. What according to me is leadership?
5. Talked about of my flute playing skills.
6. Talked about my interest in cricket. Even discussed the current score of India vs Aus test match while my interview was on.

Overall it went well. But I am really worried that I couldnt (and neither did the panel) take the interview in the "Why ISB" and "Post MBA goals" direction. How much this will hamper my chances?
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hey, mine lasted for more than an hour. why mba was not even in the picture.
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For Indians, I think the last interview call was till 24th. ISB come up with the final list of accepted candidates on 5th March.
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With a score of 730 and quite decent work ex, ISB rejected me twice (without interview). I hope and wish that I'll improve so much next time that ISB won't be good enough for me.

Can anyone suggest how risky is it to go for MBA in US right now, got few admits over there from top 50 schools. But a bit scared to move to US because of the current political atmosphere over there. What is the situation about placements of Indian students?
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With a score of 730 and quite decent work ex, ISB rejected me twice (without interview). I hope and wish that I'll improve so much next time that ISB won't be good enough for me.

Can anyone suggest how risky is it to go for MBA in US right now, got few admits over there from top 50 schools. But a bit scared to move to US because of the current political atmosphere over there. What is the situation about placements of Indian students?
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Can you post your detail profile? Also the schools you got admit in. I am not an expert but can provide my feedback.
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