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Does anyone know if the on-campus interviewers specifically follow the 30 minute time-frame. What if the your examples are a little longer? Pls advise.

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don't stress over that, the interviewer will guide you and keep you on track, i think mine ran like 35 minutes, it will not be exact but they give you a little brief before you start and let you know the breakdown and stuff

you will be awesome, no worries, try to practice following the breakdown i posted with 1 min set up 3 min tactical exchange 1 min outcome / lesson i know its hard

practicing i think will help, i know i did not get in yet, but i did a mock interview with a vet there, if you know anyone there def try to knock one of those out

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Does anyone know if the on-campus interviewers specifically follow the 30 minute time-frame. What if the your examples are a little longer? Pls advise.

They do, but you will have plenty of time. You should probably take about 5 minutes to tell each story; any longer than that, you risk boring them! Mine was about 35 minutes, and I actually had to (politely) end the conversation so I could make it to my class visit in time.

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01 Mar 2011, 08:18

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Had my interview last week. In terms of questions, my experience in line with what's been reported here: three of the six questions (one in each of the 'team building', 'facilitative leadership' and 'persuasive communication' categories), followed by why an MBA? / why Wharton? and 5 minutes of questions for the interviewer.

My interviewer remained pretty poker-faced throughout and didn't ask any follow-up questions during the behavioral portion of the interview. I found this a little disconcerting, as it was impossible to gauge whether the interviewer thought my answers were interesting, relevant, etc. All in all, it was a very one-sided experience - I did the talking, the interviewer did the writing. Did anyone have a similar experience?

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I had a similar experience. Poker face throughout the interview, then when I asked my questions about that student's personal experiences, she responded as if I knew nothing about the particular club or organization and I had to respond that I was interested in her particular experiences. I hope she didn't get the impression that I knew nothing of Wharton!! The poker face was really killing me and I think my interview was the last of the day for her and she seemed a little rushed. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it all turns out.

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Although I didn't get poker face, I did feel like I was just talking to a tape recorder. The interviewer did tell me not to get annoyed by his notes scribbling in the very beginning though. The only real interaction I had with him was in the beginning when he introduced himself and at the end when I had questions for him. I heard both parts didn't matter in their evaluation anyways since you're only getting 1 score for each of the 3 questions. I think mine went well, but it was quite a weird interview experience that was hard to gauge indeed.

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01 Mar 2011, 11:16

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Gents,

How blind is the interview?

Do I have to bring my Resume to the interviewer or not?

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You are required to bring a copy of your resume to the interview. I was asked to provide it when I arrived.

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Should take the resume in a proper padfolio sorts, won't hurt to be on the safer side!I was interviewed by an adcom member at a hub location, but my resume wasn't even asked for..

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how much weight does wharrton put into interview?

given that most applicants knew the interview questions, I think it should not be a that critical decision making criteria?

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01 Mar 2011, 18:15

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how much weight does wharrton put into interview?

given that most applicants knew the interview questions, I think it should not be a that critical decision making criteria?

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I was a bit concerned because my interviewer appeared to be just polite with the person they interviewed before me as they were leaving but it was a different story when I was up at bat. I got some great feedback ("wow" "impressive") and I asked a bunch of questions and my interviewer's responses were great, very helpful and at times funny. At the end, I even got a suggestion for a place to go to dinner. I did lose my phone though so and my interviewer found out but tried to help me find it, very nice--hopefully I don't come off as a mess for losing it in the waiting room haha. I think my interviewer might have discussed my session with another interviewer in the waiting room briefly after I left because as the other interviewer walked by me down the hall I got a cheery "good luck!" I have my fingers crossed but I surprisingly feel really good about my interview and the fact that I was a young applicant and non traditional didn't even appear to be an issue.

Also, I did this strategically but I think scheduling your interview at the end of the day but not on a Monday or Thursday (ppl hate Mondays and no classes on Fridays, Thursdays start the weekend) you fare well because the time limit is less strict since you're the last interview. Plus people tend to remember the first and last person they interview and it gave me the entire day visit classes and tour and such.

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how much weight does wharrton put into interview?

given that most applicants knew the interview questions, I think it should not be a that critical decision making criteria?

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Just thought I'd post my interview summary. Typical 'tell me about yourself', followed by the three typical questions (teamwork, leadership, persuasion). Nothing unexpected. Good luck to everyone!

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Gents,

How blind is the interview?

Do I have to bring my Resume to the interviewer or not?

Blind as a bat, I had to give a copy of my resume at check-in and my interviewer saw it for maybe 3 minutes prior to my interview and was still doing a quick scan when I sat down.

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I'm not so sure about that. I get the feeling that adcom didn't really care that the questions leaked. If they had they could have taken measures to switch questions up. I don't know about everyone else, but for me, even though i knew the questions and had several days to prepare, Wharton was by far my most difficult interview to prepare for. I felt like it was less of preparing for an interview, and more of preparing 6 new essays. Rehearsing them so that they sounded natural took a lot of work as well. I gotta think they're going to weight this interview pretty heavily...[/quote]

I thought this was actually the easiest interview by far. Knowing the questions ahead of time makes it so there are almost no surprises and it does not require much thinking or quick reaction. It seems like the interview would probably have little weight in the overall scheme, especially since some of the first rounders didn't have the same advantage.[/quote]

I agree. Knowing behavioral questions ahead of time and knowing what the interviewers (or rather taperecorders) are looking to hear, just kills the utility of such interviews. Without the element of surprise (3/6!!!!!), i find these almost useless.

But what do i know.....[/quote]

I don't think it impacts the utility of the interview but it can give someone an advantage by having the best stories on the tip of your tongue. You can know the Qs in advance but it doesn't mean you'll have an experience solid enough to suffice. You have to remember that they're scoring your behavior in the situation and your impact. If you had lack luster work experience your best prepped answer might only get you a 3 out of 5. At this point the Qs are everywhere so there's no reason for anyone to be unprepared unless they didn't bother to google "Wharton interview" and in that case, maybe they aren't as serious about going to Wharton anyways.

Also, according to Stacy Blackman (mba consulting) Wharton admits 25% of the interviewed applicants as unlike other schools, they decide to interview 30-50% of all applicants so I guess the interview counts for a lot. Good luck everyone!

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I thought this was actually the easiest interview by far. Knowing the questions ahead of time makes it so there are almost no surprises and it does not require much thinking or quick reaction. It seems like the interview would probably have little weight in the overall scheme, especially since some of the first rounders didn't have the same advantage.[/quote]

I agree. Knowing behavioral questions ahead of time and knowing what the interviewers (or rather taperecorders) are looking to hear, just kills the utility of such interviews. Without the element of surprise (3/6!!!!!), i find these almost useless.

But what do i know.....[/quote]

I don't think it impacts the utility of the interview but it can give someone an advantage by having the best stories on the tip of your tongue. You can know the Qs in advance but it doesn't mean you'll have an experience solid enough to suffice. You have to remember that they're scoring your behavior in the situation and your impact. If you had lack luster work experience your best prepped answer might only get you a 3 out of 5. At this point the Qs are everywhere so there's no reason for anyone to be unprepared unless they didn't bother to google "Wharton interview" and in that case, maybe they aren't as serious about going to Wharton anyways.

Also, according to Stacy Blackman (mba consulting) Wharton admits 25% of the interviewed applicants as unlike other schools, they decide to interview 30-50% of all applicants so I guess the interview counts for a lot. Good luck everyone![/quote]

I thought it was more like 40% of those interviewed were accepted.

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I agree. Knowing behavioral questions ahead of time and knowing what the interviewers (or rather taperecorders) are looking to hear, just kills the utility of such interviews. Without the element of surprise (3/6!!!!!), i find these almost useless.

But what do i know.....[/quote]

I don't think it impacts the utility of the interview but it can give someone an advantage by having the best stories on the tip of your tongue. You can know the Qs in advance but it doesn't mean you'll have an experience solid enough to suffice. You have to remember that they're scoring your behavior in the situation and your impact. If you had lack luster work experience your best prepped answer might only get you a 3 out of 5. At this point the Qs are everywhere so there's no reason for anyone to be unprepared unless they didn't bother to google "Wharton interview" and in that case, maybe they aren't as serious about going to Wharton anyways.

Also, according to Stacy Blackman (mba consulting) Wharton admits 25% of the interviewed applicants as unlike other schools, they decide to interview 30-50% of all applicants so I guess the interview counts for a lot. Good luck everyone![/quote]

I thought it was more like 40% of those interviewed were accepted.[/quote]

I thought so too but that's what their guide said and it was updated to include the six Qs with examples responses and everything so who knows until Wharton publishes the stats following the implementation of the new system.

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I thought it was more like 40% of those interviewed were accepted.

I think you're right. It used to be that a higher percentage received interviews and a lower percentage were accepted post interview. From what I can tell now (mostly from sources cited in this thread and last year's thread) the breakdown last year was about 40/40. I don't have a reason to think it would be different this year.