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25 Jan 2016, 19:21

Hello friends,
today I had my on-campus interview with second year student. Lasted for 30mins

All Questions were pretty much standards..why MBA, Why Rice, Leadership experience, walk me through ur resume.

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25 Jan 2016, 19:22

Hello friends,
today I had my on-campus interview with second year student. Lasted for 30mins

All Questions were pretty much standards..why MBA, Why Rice, Leadership experience, walk me through ur resume.

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26 Jan 2016, 14:04

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27 Jan 2016, 11:38

My interview did NOT go well. I felt like I couldn't express myself at all. Interview was with a second year student who was just reading off a checklist. I felt like I was asked the same question 5 times with no follow up questions or organic flow in the conversation at all. Had I known what the trajectory of the interview would be, I'd have expanded a LOT more on the things I mentioned in the open ended questions. I was hopeful for an admit, but not so much after today

. Oh well. Houston, we have a ding

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27 Jan 2016, 11:59

Guys, My interview is scheduled within the next 24 hours. (Skype)
The Confirmation email says January 28th 2016, 2:00pm.
But it doesn't mention IST or CST! (I'm in India)?? :?:

I should assume its Central Standard time as per their convenience, but I wanna be sure.
I have also emailed them to confirm.
Anyone experienced?

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27 Jan 2016, 12:09

knk90 wrote:

Guys, My interview is scheduled within the next 24 hours. (Skype)
The Confirmation email says January 28th 2016, 2:00pm.
But it doesn't mention IST or CST! (I'm in India)?? :?:

I should assume its Central Standard time as per their convenience, but I wanna be sure.
I have also emailed them to confirm.
Anyone experienced?

Its CST. I think its mentioned somewhere on the interview calendar. But I am sure its CST.

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27 Jan 2016, 20:35

knk90 wrote:

Guys, My interview is scheduled within the next 24 hours. (Skype)
The Confirmation email says January 28th 2016, 2:00pm.
But it doesn't mention IST or CST! (I'm in India)?? :?:

I should assume its Central Standard time as per their convenience, but I wanna be sure.
I have also emailed them to confirm.
Anyone experienced?

It's CST. It is mentioned in the invitation to interview email. All the best!

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29 Jan 2016, 10:08

So it's going to be almost a month long wait now. Or does Rice give out admit calls before the decision date?

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29 Jan 2016, 12:09

How can you get the email address of the interviewer ino rder to send a thank you note?

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29 Jan 2016, 12:13

Amogh14 wrote:

So it's going to be almost a month long wait now. Or does Rice give out admit calls before the decision date?

Rice has pretty quick turn around time relative to some other programs. Some of the schools I applied to are mid-late march decision dates. End of Feb will be here soon. Good luck!

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31 Jan 2016, 10:16

Adz25 wrote:

My interview did NOT go well. I felt like I couldn't express myself at all. Interview was with a second year student who was just reading off a checklist. I felt like I was asked the same question 5 times with no follow up questions or organic flow in the conversation at all. Had I known what the trajectory of the interview would be, I'd have expanded a LOT more on the things I mentioned in the open ended questions. I was hopeful for an admit, but not so much after today

. Oh well. Houston, we have a ding

I was also interviewed by a second year student who seemed sleepy and indifferent. Frankly, I don't understand why some schools would ask students to interview. They don't have professional recruting experience at all and they might have some personal prejudice

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31 Jan 2016, 10:28

whoami0711 wrote:

Adz25 wrote:

My interview did NOT go well. I felt like I couldn't express myself at all. Interview was with a second year student who was just reading off a checklist. I felt like I was asked the same question 5 times with no follow up questions or organic flow in the conversation at all. Had I known what the trajectory of the interview would be, I'd have expanded a LOT more on the things I mentioned in the open ended questions. I was hopeful for an admit, but not so much after today

. Oh well. Houston, we have a ding

I was also interviewed by a second year student who seemed sleepy and indifferent. Frankly, I don't understand why some schools would ask students to interview. They don't have professional recruting experience at all and they might have some personal prejudice

I feel that when adcoms interview, they really try to get a bigger picture of who you are as a candidate. That's why they always have several follow up questions and engage you to tell them more. In my interview for Rice, I was honestly asked the same thing 5 times. Not a single follow up question to any of my answers. It just doesnt help to round out the application like that. I also feel like a lot of it comes down to whether the interviewer clicks with the applicant which is a crapshoot.

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31 Jan 2016, 21:36

I have received thank you mail from Rice university after my campus interview.
Has any one received the same?

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01 Feb 2016, 02:30

Hi,

How many days after the interviews do we generally receive the decision?

Thanks,
Pooja

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01 Feb 2016, 03:14

Adz25 wrote:

whoami0711 wrote:

Adz25 wrote:

My interview did NOT go well. I felt like I couldn't express myself at all. Interview was with a second year student who was just reading off a checklist. I felt like I was asked the same question 5 times with no follow up questions or organic flow in the conversation at all. Had I known what the trajectory of the interview would be, I'd have expanded a LOT more on the things I mentioned in the open ended questions. I was hopeful for an admit, but not so much after today

. Oh well. Houston, we have a ding

I was also interviewed by a second year student who seemed sleepy and indifferent. Frankly, I don't understand why some schools would ask students to interview. They don't have professional recruting experience at all and they might have some personal prejudice

I feel that when adcoms interview, they really try to get a bigger picture of who you are as a candidate. That's why they always have several follow up questions and engage you to tell them more. In my interview for Rice, I was honestly asked the same thing 5 times. Not a single follow up question to any of my answers. It just doesnt help to round out the application like that. I also feel like a lot of it comes down to whether the interviewer clicks with the applicant which is a crapshoot.

On the contrary, the current student who interviewed me was very attentive and engaging. She was noting details from my answers and really picked up on good points to follow up. It was a friendly conversation. She even extended the dialogue further in the part where I get to ask questions and was very helpful in outlining her own experience. I'd say its subjective and depends on who interviews you. Maybe I was lucky to have someone enthusiastic enough or you guys were not so lucky and encountered such situations.

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01 Feb 2016, 07:16

knk90 wrote:

On the contrary, the current student who interviewed me was very attentive and engaging. She was noting details from my answers and really picked up on good points to follow up. It was a friendly conversation. She even extended the dialogue further in the part where I get to ask questions and was very helpful in outlining her own experience. I'd say its subjective and depends on who interviews you. Maybe I was lucky to have someone enthusiastic enough or you guys were not so lucky and encountered such situations.

It definitely comes down to luck. I would easily rate this as my worst interview because I was simply unable to share positive details about myself or my work. All my interviews with adcom members were far more engaging and positive. I have a GMAT retake scheduled on the 27th of feb and am not looking forward to the Rice decision the day before :lol:

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01 Feb 2016, 07:52

Quote:

I feel that when adcoms interview, they really try to get a bigger picture of who you are as a candidate. That's why they always have several follow up questions and engage you to tell them more. In my interview for Rice, I was honestly asked the same thing 5 times. Not a single follow up question to any of my answers. It just doesnt help to round out the application like that. I also feel like a lot of it comes down to whether the interviewer clicks with the applicant which is a crapshoot.

Hey Adz25,

You said that the same question was asked about 5 times. Can you just give us an example of this?

Thanks in advance.

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01 Feb 2016, 11:23

souvilibra wrote:

Quote:

I feel that when adcoms interview, they really try to get a bigger picture of who you are as a candidate. That's why they always have several follow up questions and engage you to tell them more. In my interview for Rice, I was honestly asked the same thing 5 times. Not a single follow up question to any of my answers. It just doesnt help to round out the application like that. I also feel like a lot of it comes down to whether the interviewer clicks with the applicant which is a crapshoot.

Hey Adz25,

You said that the same question was asked about 5 times. Can you just give us an example of this?

Thanks in advance.

The focus was on conflict, conflict resolution, difficulties.

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01 Feb 2016, 12:35

Just had my skype interview. Very friendly 2nd year student.

All standard questions: (Exactly 38 mins)
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why MBA
3. Goals
4. Why Rice
5. Leadership experience-2 questions
6. Which other schools have you applied and why
7. If you were to get an admit from Rice and say university X how would you decide.

The interview was good but I forgot to switch off my alarm clock

Had a few seconds interruption because of this.

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02 Feb 2016, 08:40

poojapoddar wrote:

Hi,

How many days after the interviews do we generally receive the decision?

Thanks,
Pooja

You will receive the decision only when its due for that round. I applied in Round 2 (Jan 4 deadline) and would expect it on 26th Feb and not before that.

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02 Feb 2016, 08:40

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