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shreyans_jain · 2020-04-20T00:28:38-07:00

Hi Everyone I want to understand the pre requisites of this course. Is it a mandate to have a tech background in graduation. I did my bachelor's from an IIT in a non tech background and have 4 years of strong work ex in business development, new product launch and strategy in a construction equipment MNC (non tech again). Although, since last 6 months, I've been working as an associate PM in an early stage tech startup and been doing a few courses online. I want to get into the PM domain, because I'm enthusiastic to work in tech, understand customer pain points and have the creative approach to problem solving. I had taken the GMAT and scored a 700, but planning to retake it. Do I stand a chance to apply to this course? Any help would be appreciated.

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09 Oct 2020, 22:09

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Selected people can DM me. I will create a W.h.a.t.s.A.p.p group. (Sorry for the name with dots. They change it to gmat link if i don't do so)

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10 Oct 2020, 10:02

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Selected people can DM me. I will create a W.h.a.t.s.A.p.p group. (Sorry for the name with dots. They change it to gmat link if i don't do so)

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I am not sure if a group already exists with the R1 admits. I also saw somewhere that there is an official discussion forum on the MSPM countdown portal.

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11 Oct 2020, 21:20

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Selected people can DM me. I will create a W.h.a.t.s.A.p.p group. (Sorry for the name with dots. They change it to gmat link if i don't do so)

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I am not sure if a group already exists with the R1 admits. I also saw somewhere that there is an official discussion forum on the MSPM countdown portal.

We have a slack channel that I am sure you will be added to eventually.

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22 Oct 2020, 11:03

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Did anyone applied in Round 3? Anyone got interview call?

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24 Oct 2020, 03:54

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Got an invite to interview for R3 admissions. I am going through the forum for general interview format. They are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Thursday slots filled up quickly.

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24 Oct 2020, 09:23

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R3 applicant here - just scheduled mine for next week

From what I’ve seen so far on this thread the interview format has straightforward questions: why CMU, why mspm, walk me through your resume / tell me about yourself, what curriculum did you like, what’s your plan after graduation

Curious if there will be a mix of behavioral in there as well: tell me about a time where ___ (the mba program questions seem a lot more intense)

I also think all R3 applicants should be prepared for the “why did you wait until R3 to apply?”

Any insights on how else to prepare would be sincerely appreciated - thanks and good luck to everyone!

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25 Oct 2020, 05:23

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Are they done rolling out all interview invites for R3? Or is there still hope?

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25 Oct 2020, 06:03

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Anyone from R1 or R2, can you explain the interview mails procedure, what was it? Is it rolling or one time and does the application status even changes on the website?

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28 Oct 2020, 05:08

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Guys any idea how many got interview calls for R3? Also, from R1/R2 do they abide by the decision deadline or it can extend by a couple of days to accommodate all the interviews? Just trying to gauge my chance since its 28th and i don't have an interview call

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28 Oct 2020, 05:12

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Guys any idea how many got interview calls for R3? Also, from R1/R2 do they abide by the decision deadline or it can extend by a couple of days to accommodate all the interviews? Just trying to gauge my chance since its 28th and i don't have an interview call

Hi, they do abide by the deadline for final decision.

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Anyone from R1 or R2, can you explain the interview mails procedure, what was it? Is it rolling or one time and does the application status even changes on the website?

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hey, from what I know, it was one time call.

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Hi,

My tepper's interview just got over. It was scheduled for 30 minutes, however when the meeting was over I found that interview went on only for 20 minutes. I felt I answered the questions well and took my time. Does this thing that interview went on for only 20 minutes mean I was bad?

If anybody could share their interview experience, it would be great!

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Hi,

My tepper's interview just got over. It was scheduled for 30 minutes, however when the meeting was over I found that interview went on only for 20 minutes. I felt I answered the questions well and took my time. Does this thing that interview went on for only 20 minutes mean I was bad?

If anybody could share their interview experience, it would be great!

Don't worry, mine was 20 minutes too, but the interviewer told me I would get the offer at the end of the conversation.

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02 Nov 2020, 10:15

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Hi,

Are the results for R3 out?

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02 Nov 2020, 12:14

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Hey,
I got the admit. Can somebody please add me to the W.h.a.t.s.a.p.p group if there's any?

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I too got admit. Please add me as well.

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