Just finished my interview. Alums from CO 2009 and CO 2012, both directors, one in a pharma company and the other in an FMCG.
It was a very behavioral interview. I had only 4 questions asked.
1. Tell us about yourself (akin to walk me through your resume/who you are as a person. I always felt this was the best approach)
2. What do you think about the way the history textbooks are being altered and the way pseudo science is creeping into textbooks and how that is going to affect the next generation? (I am from an education background working on people development and empathy programs).
3. I see you want to get into edtech product management. You can do that now too with your experience in consulting and education. Why MBA? It would have made more sense if you wanted to continue your entrepreneurial journey (subtle reference to my LT goal).
4. What is your leadership style? Provide examples from your consulting role and your startup.
I felt very odd because it progressed very quickly and I was asked at one point to get to the point and subtly told to be concise. The interview lasted 30 to 35 minutes max. More than a deep dive, it was more how I would sell myself. The initiative was on me to drive the interview and I think that made me very comfortable and helped me express myself despite the odd feeling of the super few questions. The interviewers were extremely polite and soft spoken and genuinely wanted to know who I was as a person.
I am still not sure how I should feel but it was something of a new experience for me with it being entirely a behavioral interview, akin to schools in the US.
Hope this helps. All the best guys!
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