godswildchild
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Petcorvi First of all, Congratulations for clearing the interview and receiving an admit from the school. I received an interview invite just yesterday from the Admissions Team for the MiM program at ESCP. I would really appreciate it if you could take out some time to share your interview experience, any things that stoof out for you, or tips that you might have for fellow students appearing for the interview in Round 3.
Thanks
Thanks for your kind words and congratulations ! If I had to give you one key advice is to make sure the interview becomes a discussion rather than a proper interview. I have worked with a consultant who was a jury member for business school. She shared with me that the jury has prepared questions for you when you come for the interview but they are only guidelines. There is plenty of space to let the flow of the interview becomes a discussion and this is actually what you want, more authentic questions and a more ’human’ interview. What really helped me for my interview is to work on the story and key points I want to tell. No matter the question type, I had to make sure that I would improvise in a way that 1) sounds natural and 2) that would ultimately lead to a question I would expect so that I can further put my strengths under the spot. You are competing against hundreds of students and at this point everyone has an excellent profile. You don’t want to be that ’robot’ that knows its responses by heart because your personality won’t distinguish itself from the other candidates. I do understand it can sounds a bit difficult to grasp and sounds a bit bullshit but hearing back from jurys about this key aspect that’s ultimately what you want. Practice your improvisation skills is the second advice I would give you cause no matter how many questions you will work on, there is a high chance you will get some you are not prepared. Finally, make your story logical. Find a way whatever the experiences you have to reorientate them towards a common goal, that all the arrows point towards the same directions. I personally worked as a grapepicker, at a rollercoaster park and at a cosmetic start-up but even thought nothing is related you may want to tell that to have decided to take this X opportunity because it develops that Y skills that you did not had in the previous experience.
I am sure other people in this group that already passed the interview (whether accepted or not) may have alternative advices. Personally I would say that this is what really helped me the most, along with the final one which is practice: get a friend or a relative to ask you questions about your CV for example. you will quickly realise how fluid is your speech and if you are too long / too short and most importantly if you are boring (which you need to avoid - better to be short but efficient that makes your jury sleepy because you speak for 3-5 minutes straight to every questions)
I am sure other people in this group that already passed the interview (whether accepted or not) may have alternative advice. Personally, I would say that this is what really helped me the most, along with the final one which is practice: get a friend or a relative to ask you questions about your CV for example. you will quickly realize how fluid is your speech and if you are too long / too short and most importantly if you are boring (which you need to avoid - better to be short but efficient and not make your jury sleepy because you speak for 3-5 minutes straight to every question)