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Interview this past weekend with a second year student. Extremely conversational as expected. Beautiful building, student panel and faculty lecturer. Team exercise was pleasant as well. Ann Arbor was beyond impressive.

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thanks for feedback! any unexpected or oddball questions? after looking at multiple interview reports and feedbacks from R1 people i get the impression that there is no standardized agenda / question set for the interview..all reports are so different, even amount of questions varies from like 3 to over 10 :oops: having already interviewed with 4 other schools i can say that all interviews were very standardized and 90% of questions totally matched reports of other people...just an observation.
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I conducted an off-campus alumni interview in NYC and had a great experience. The interview was very conversational in nature and more so just going through your resume, why Ross, why MBA, a behavioral question on how I work in teams etc. (no surprises, he actually went through what we were going to be talking about and how he was going to evaluate me before the interview even began). After the usual questions , he maybe spent half the interview selling me on why Ross is a great program and the culture of Michigan. Overall, he definitely succeeded in selling me on Ross (a tough pill for me to swallow as I went to a rival Big 10 school undergrad).
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thanks for feedback! any unexpected or oddball questions? after looking at multiple interview reports and feedbacks from R1 people i get the impression that there is no standardized agenda / question set for the interview..all reports are so different, even amount of questions varies from like 3 to over 10 :oops: having already interviewed with 4 other schools i can say that all interviews were very standardized and 90% of questions totally matched reports of other people...just an observation.
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I'm not going into detailed specifics because that's not the point of the interview. The interview isn't meant to "be beat" not that I think you're insinuating that. Nothing out of the ordinary from a question perspective, and I feel the interviewer has some discretion regarding questions asked. Truly felt fit. You will be more than fine in any interview setting if you are candid, genuine and know your story.
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On that note, my interviewer was candid enough to tell me about his own application experience!

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I'm not going into detailed specifics because that's not the point of the interview. The interview isn't meant to "be beat" not that I think you're insinuating that. Nothing out of the ordinary from a question perspective, and I feel the interviewer has some discretion regarding questions asked. Truly felt fit. You will be more than fine in any interview setting if you are candid, genuine and know your story.
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I get what you are saying, and overall i agree. However, some interviews do include questions that are sort of shocking and its not about knowing your story..for example, in my Olin interview i was asked how i will contribute to the community of the city of St Louis ( NOT the school community ). This is the kind of question which is really hard to answer in a non-generic way if you didn't prepare. Just to be fair, i honestly said that i did not research this subject but of course i will try to be active and look for opportunities to contribute once i arrive. And that generic answer got me an admit and full scholarship, so maybe they just wanted to test my reaction to the unexpected. But i can't say i was really happy getting questions like that because its too far from the topic of the interview. Another question which just pisses me off is what kind of famous leader to you try to imitate in your work (don't remember exact wording). I didn't get this question myself, but i read that in some interview reports. thats kind of what i meant by oddball questions.
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I get what you are saying, and overall i agree. However, some interviews do include questions that are sort of shocking and its not about knowing your story..for example, in my Olin interview i was asked how i will contribute to the community of the city of St Louis ( NOT the school community ). This is the kind of question which is really hard to answer in a non-generic way if you didn't prepare. Just to be fair, i honestly said that i did not research this subject but of course i will try to be active and look for opportunities to contribute once i arrive. And that generic answer got me an admit and full scholarship, so maybe they just wanted to test my reaction to the unexpected. But i can't say i was really happy getting questions like that because its too far from the topic of the interview. Another question which just pisses me off is what kind of famous leader to you try to imitate in your work (don't remember exact wording). I didn't get this question myself, but i read that in some interview reports. thats kind of what i meant by oddball questions.
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Wow, that would've caught me off guard as well. No need to worry with Ross!
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ok, so i am not the only one who thinks it was a weird question, good to know :-D even the easiest question like this may really cause a brainfreeze just because you might be overthinking it and trying to guess whats the hidden question behind the question. and the truth might be simpler - all they probably want is to tease you a little bit and see how you handle unexpected situations. i also read about a frequent HBS question "what is something you will never be good at". people who did not prepare for this question often tend to overthink and say things that are damaging to them. while in reality a simple answer like "sing" works well.
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ok, so i am not the only one who thinks it was a weird question, good to know :-D even the easiest question like this may really cause a brainfreeze just because you might be overthinking it and trying to guess whats the hidden question behind the question. and the truth might be simpler - all they probably want is to tease you a little bit and see how you handle unexpected situations. i also read about a frequent HBS question "what is something you will never be good at". people who did not prepare for this question often tend to overthink and say things that are damaging to them. while in reality a simple answer like "sing" works well.
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And to that point, being able to joke that one is a terrible singer is more revealing to the interviewer as such a response provides a snap shot of your humor and demeanor.
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My application portal still just says "submitted."
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