ChilledBeer89
Hi guys,
Had my iterview in Mumbai this weekend.
Apart from the regular ones, a question that stumped me a little was "Tell me about an article that you've recently read regarding the industry that you want to transition to post MBA."
Overall the tone was pretty conversational.
Good luck to the rest!
This question has shown up a lot on this thread, with only a few slight variations! How did you answer it?
Because I'd seen this question posted so many times, I read like a dozen industry articles leading up to my interview date. And I didn't get asked this one. All of my questions were pretty standard, actually. I think I would have preferred a few more outside-of-the-box questions. Everyone asks the "Why MBA" question, so in my interview it kind of felt like, oh gosh, here I go again with the same story, tailored for this school now. I was cool with that, but I had so many unique reasons for applying to the program, that I couldn't organically insert into the conversation of generic interview questions.
I had that question, but it didn't include the part about the industry I want to transition into. It was tough to answer because I totally blanked on the WSJ articles I had read specifically for the off chance that I got that question, so I ended up talking about an Op-Ed on the paid vacation/paid maternity leave proposed by the president. Not sure how it went, but it is a tough question to answer.