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May 2110:00 AM EDT
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Most candidates submit a resume built for a recruiter. Admissions committees are reading for something else entirely. This session covers what adcoms actually evaluate, where strong candidates lose ground before a single essay is written, and why...
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This time of year I am constantly asked, "How important is the MBA admissions interview?" As a former Dean of MBA Admissions, here is my take on the MBA interview and its role.
An interview invite means you are “admissible” and the school is interested in you. An admissions reviewer, after a preliminary evaluation of your candidacy, deemed you potentially worthy of being offered a seat in their MBA class. For example, Harvard Business School describes an invitation to interview as “a positive indicator of interest but not a guarantee of admission”.
In general, 2-3 candidates get interviewed for each seat. This means that at the interview stage, your odds are generally higher than when you first entered the race.
Contrary to what some candidates are led to believe, my actual MBA admissions experience shows that a great interview can significantly improve your odds at this stage and a poor interview can do the reverse. The interview is where the adcom will assess your interpersonal and communication skills and your overall personality. If you perform poorly on the interview, your application will be denied or waitlisted. If you do well, you will move to the next stage of evaluation. Of course, very few people who make it to the interview stage at an M7 will be poorly prepared and really bad at interviewing so it doesn't take a major disaster to deem your interview performance unsatisfactory. It could be something as simple as being long-winded, unexciting and unable to demonstrate good knowledge of the school and how you are a fit.
Interview notes are frequently discussed in admissions committee and can have significant weight when a candidacy is on the fence or a decision is made between two candidates of similar caliber.
Bottom line, the interview is very important. No one should be going into it entirely cold.
Recently, I created an MBA Interview Starter Kit to guide candidates through the preparation process. It's a simple two step exercise that teaches you how to build examples and how to use them in a versatile way so you NEVER have to feel you are unprepared to answer ANY question. The tool is still a work in progress - feedback is welcome!
An interview invite means you are “admissible” and the school is interested in you. An admissions reviewer, after a preliminary evaluation of your candidacy, deemed you potentially worthy of being offered a seat in their MBA class. For example, Harvard Business School describes an invitation to interview as “a positive indicator of interest but not a guarantee of admission”.
In general, 2-3 candidates get interviewed for each seat. This means that at the interview stage, your odds are generally higher than when you first entered the race.
Contrary to what some candidates are led to believe, my actual MBA admissions experience shows that a great interview can significantly improve your odds at this stage and a poor interview can do the reverse. The interview is where the adcom will assess your interpersonal and communication skills and your overall personality. If you perform poorly on the interview, your application will be denied or waitlisted. If you do well, you will move to the next stage of evaluation. Of course, very few people who make it to the interview stage at an M7 will be poorly prepared and really bad at interviewing so it doesn't take a major disaster to deem your interview performance unsatisfactory. It could be something as simple as being long-winded, unexciting and unable to demonstrate good knowledge of the school and how you are a fit.
Interview notes are frequently discussed in admissions committee and can have significant weight when a candidacy is on the fence or a decision is made between two candidates of similar caliber.
Bottom line, the interview is very important. No one should be going into it entirely cold.
Recently, I created an MBA Interview Starter Kit to guide candidates through the preparation process. It's a simple two step exercise that teaches you how to build examples and how to use them in a versatile way so you NEVER have to feel you are unprepared to answer ANY question. The tool is still a work in progress - feedback is welcome!
