Essay 1 (Maximum 300 words) Describe a defining moment in your life. How has it shaped you professionally? Essay 2 (Maximum 300 words) Based on your research and interactions, describe how your strengths contribute to the Tepper School community. How will you benefit from being a member of the Tepper School MBA program?

Anyone had interview with Emily Archambeault?

Yup ... I interviewed with her on the 9th of Nov.

How was your experience.. Please share

I have already done so. It is a few posts above. Here is the link: calling-all-tepper-cmu-applicants-2016-intake-class-of-198488-240.html#p1600890

Any news on when and if a wave of invites is due?

I just had my Skype interview with Nicole Chambati yesterday. It was pretty similar to all the previous interviews listed here. She mentioned that she had only seen my résumé so I could re-use stories from my application for this interview. The questions went in the following order: 1. Walk me through your professional experience and why MBA now? 2. Why Tepper? 3. Short term goals and Plan B? 4. Describe an incident when someone rubbed you the wrong way or when you had to deal with conflict? 5. How do people leverage you as a resource? 6. Describe a time when you overcame a professional problem through a personal experience? 7. Describe a time when you used the above mentioned resources in your personal experience to help someone else overcome a similar professional difficulty? (Took me some thinking for this one) 8. Any additional information that was not covered in this interview or your application. 9. Any questions for me? It was fairly casual and she was very sympathetic towards the fact that it was almost 2 AM here in India. It lasted for only about 24 mins, which is why I feel I may have rushed through it .

Had my interview on campus on November 16th. Was lucky to avoid the cold weather that came in this week. No real trick questions and the interview was very conversational. For those wondering about the area, Pittsburgh is separated into different sections. The 'college town' portion (U of Pitt and CMU) is nice. Tepper is right at the corner of CMU, right across from a large park. Most commuting is done via walk/bus/subway. You probably wouldn't need a car. Admissions was helpful and the students were very open about engaging with others (unfortunately, I had to catch a flight for work so I couldn't stay for the full tour). If you get a chance to visit, I'd recommend it.

Its great to hear that you liked the campus. I personally love the campus. Let me know if you require any help to get around the campus, let me know. And winter is coming !!