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Hi,

I applied in R2 as well.

@jay4den, mk42, alexpiers, Finjan, who did you get the email from? who was your Admission Officer? It seems at least mine (AN) is on leave until July 30th.

Thanks
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Me 5. I'm excited.

Does anyone know what "pre-selected" means? Is it different from the regular interviews



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Got an email today "..........I have the pleasure of informing you that your application has been processed for the Class of December 2013 Round 2, starting in January 2013, and I am very pleased to let you know that you have been pre-selected for interview......... "

I just got the same email!

Me too!
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to the guys/gals who have been invited. Can you tell us where you are based out of. I think the interview invites go out by geographic areas.

to mgms35: "pre-selected" just means a plain ol regular interview. but dont be disappointed. just look at it from the point of view of the people with no invites (or even dings). congratulations on the invite
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Hi

I am eagerly waiting for a response on my R2 application.

Congratulation to those who have gotten the Invites. Do you mind sharing information about your geography and when you sent in the applications.

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So the fun begins for the R2 applicants!Best wishes for all those who have got interview calls!

Interview calls are very important part of the INSEAD applications. Dont neglect them in anyway!I had two friends of mine interview along with me and I am only the lucky one among the three to have got an admit!One got dinged and the other is still waitlisted! So put in your best efforts to crack the interviews!

Congratulations on being admitted. Any tips you could share with us?

I applied for both INSEAD and HEC Paris, I did interviews with HEC and got dinged a week ago
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I have compiled the below set of questions from various portlas on the net and prepared detailed answers to each question and prepared on my own, recording the answers on my pc while talking beofre a mirror for each question and listening to my asnwers later and revising any changes if required.

Depending on how desperate you are to get into INSEAD, I leave the process of preparation to you. :) I was ultra desperate, and hence didnt leave any stone unturned! One more thing, in retrospective, to the above mode of preparation is, some interviewers are in a hurry and are not all ears to your answers and will interrupt you while you talk. So make sure you have a detailed asnwer to each of the below question and also a very brief, to the point answer to each question. Guaging the mood of the interviewer, you will need to give a detailed asnwers or to the point brief answers! Good Luck!

My first interviewer was all ears and I answered each question with a story and went extremely well, in the second interview, the alum was rushing me and I was not prepared with short brief answers and struggled to give a brief answers to questions, but could still make it, with a bit of luck I guess!

1. Walk me through your resume. Describe major events. - 70%
2. Describe your company and/or position. - 15%.
3. Why do you want to have an MBA? - 70%
4. Why did you choose INSEAD? - 75%
5. Why have an MBA now? - 45%.
6. What other schools have you applied for and why?
8. Can you not achieve your objectives without an MBA? - 15%
9. Discuss two projects/achievements/challenges at work. - 15%.
10. What are your major extra-curricular activities? - 15%.
11. State your strengths and/or weaknesses. - 15%.
12. What other languages do you speak and what is your level of proficiency? - 15%.
13. What is your capacity as a leader/manager? - 15%.
14. Discuss your teamwork experience and/or multicultural teamwork experience. - 10%.
15. Describe a time you failed. - 10%.
16. Which campus do you want to study at? - 10%.
17. What can you offer INSEAD? - 5%
18. How would your colleagues describe you? - 5%.
19. What are the cultural differences between Europe and India/Middle East? - 5%.
20. When you’re in a gathering, what attracts your attention first? - 5%.
21. What makes you extremely angry/ passionate? - 5%.
22. What is your style of negotiation? - 5%.
23. How do you deal with a person who’s determined not to listen to you even though he/she knows you are right? - 5%.
24. How do you deal with a boss who is not as smart as you? - 5%.
25. What would teammates say are 3 strengths?
26. What would teammates say is 1 weakness?
27. What makes you tick?
32. What if you don’t get into INSEAD?
33. What is your role in a team?
34. How do you adapt to new cultures.
35. What are your hobbies?
36. What strategies would you adopt for your current employer’s expansion?
37. What makes you tick and get out every day?
38. What do you hate most in people?
39. How do you manage intercultural relations?
40. Why not a MBA from a B school from your country?
41. Describe an ethical dilemma faced at work?
42. Why did you choose your undergrad major?
43. What contributions would you make to a group?
44. Name three words or phrases that you would use to describe yourself to others.
45. What is most frustrating at work?
46. How did you choose your job after college?
47. What do you do to relieve stress?
48. Its two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?
49. Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed?
50. What do you do if a team member wasn’t pulling his own weight?
51. What are the courses you want to take up at INSEAD?
52. Why do you think you would be competitive at INSEAD?
53. How are you different from any other applicant?
54. How would you lead a team with type A members?
55. What are the challenges you would face while pursuing an MBA at INSEAD.
56.If you were selected to INSEAD, would you be graduating in the top 10%, top30% top 50%?
54. Questions to the Alum:

If there was one thing you wanted to change in the INSEAD programme, what would that be.
Favourite Professor, Favourite Courses.
How was your experience with extracurricular activities?
How frequently do you keep in touch with the Alum?
How has INSEAD changed your life: Both personally and professionally.
I have one more interview to go, what would think I should be improving on.
Why France or Singapore Campus?
US exchange programme?
100 day simulation course. Excited about it.
Any clubs you were involved with?
Why consulting? Why finance?
Were you single of married when attending INSEAD.
What do you think you would like to revisit if given a chance to go back to INSEAD?
How is the support from the placement cell at INSEAD?
Curriculum?
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The above is not to scare any one!! :) I over did it a bit, but when gets dinged at 6 schools and starts loosing intrest about MBA, one does stupid things! So the above preparation! :)Desperate times call for desperate measures!! :)

Dont worry too much! I know a couple of current students who got interviewed in a pub having beer! But I had very structured & formal interviews, with almost 80% questions from the above set! So it could be either way! Its upto you to choose! :) Good Luck! Hope to see you on the other side of the road soon!
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The above is not to scare any one!! :) I over did it a bit, but when gets dinged at 6 schools and starts loosing intrest about MBA, one does stupid things! So the above preparation! :)Desperate times call for desperate measures!! :)

Dont worry too much! I know a couple of current students who got interviewed in a pub having beer! But I had very structured & formal interviews, with almost 80% questions from the above set! So it could be either way! Its upto you to choose! :) Good Luck! Hope to see you on the other side of the road soon!
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Hi Mattapraveen,

Thanks for all the information you shared with us!!!! Do you still get an email from the Add com eventhought you are not invited for an interview?


Cheers

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The above is not to scare any one!! :) I over did it a bit, but when gets dinged at 6 schools and starts loosing intrest about MBA, one does stupid things! So the above preparation! :)Desperate times call for desperate measures!! :)

Dont worry too much! I know a couple of current students who got interviewed in a pub having beer! But I had very structured & formal interviews, with almost 80% questions from the above set! So it could be either way! Its upto you to choose! :) Good Luck! Hope to see you on the other side of the road soon!

Hi Mattapraveen,

Thanks for all the information you shared with us!!!! Do you still get an email from the Add com eventhought you are not invited for an interview?


Cheers

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You do get a mail a day before the final date for interview notifications that you were not pre-selected for the INSEAD 13D class.
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So the fun begins for the R2 applicants!Best wishes for all those who have got interview calls!

Interview calls are very important part of the INSEAD applications. Dont neglect them in anyway!I had two friends of mine interview along with me and I am only the lucky one among the three to have got an admit!One got dinged and the other is still waitlisted! So put in your best efforts to crack the interviews!

Congratulations on being admitted. Any tips you could share with us?

I applied for both INSEAD and HEC Paris, I did interviews with HEC and got dinged a week ago

I have compiled the below set of questions from various portlas on the net and prepared detailed answers to each question and prepared on my own, recording the answers on my pc while talking beofre a mirror for each question and listening to my asnwers later and revising any changes if required.

Depending on how desperate you are to get into INSEAD, I leave the process of preparation to you. :) I was ultra desperate, and hence didnt leave any stone unturned! One more thing, in retrospective, to the above mode of preparation is, some interviewers are in a hurry and are not all ears to your answers and will interrupt you while you talk. So make sure you have a detailed asnwer to each of the below question and also a very brief, to the point answer to each question. Guaging the mood of the interviewer, you will need to give a detailed asnwers or to the point brief answers! Good Luck!

My first interviewer was all ears and I answered each question with a story and went extremely well, in the second interview, the alum was rushing me and I was not prepared with short brief answers and struggled to give a brief answers to questions, but could still make it, with a bit of luck I guess!

1. Walk me through your resume. Describe major events. - 70%
2. Describe your company and/or position. - 15%.
3. Why do you want to have an MBA? - 70%
4. Why did you choose INSEAD? - 75%
5. Why have an MBA now? - 45%.
6. What other schools have you applied for and why?
8. Can you not achieve your objectives without an MBA? - 15%
9. Discuss two projects/achievements/challenges at work. - 15%.
10. What are your major extra-curricular activities? - 15%.
11. State your strengths and/or weaknesses. - 15%.
12. What other languages do you speak and what is your level of proficiency? - 15%.
13. What is your capacity as a leader/manager? - 15%.
14. Discuss your teamwork experience and/or multicultural teamwork experience. - 10%.
15. Describe a time you failed. - 10%.
16. Which campus do you want to study at? - 10%.
17. What can you offer INSEAD? - 5%
18. How would your colleagues describe you? - 5%.
19. What are the cultural differences between Europe and India/Middle East? - 5%.
20. When you’re in a gathering, what attracts your attention first? - 5%.
21. What makes you extremely angry/ passionate? - 5%.
22. What is your style of negotiation? - 5%.
23. How do you deal with a person who’s determined not to listen to you even though he/she knows you are right? - 5%.
24. How do you deal with a boss who is not as smart as you? - 5%.
25. What would teammates say are 3 strengths?
26. What would teammates say is 1 weakness?
27. What makes you tick?
32. What if you don’t get into INSEAD?
33. What is your role in a team?
34. How do you adapt to new cultures.
35. What are your hobbies?
36. What strategies would you adopt for your current employer’s expansion?
37. What makes you tick and get out every day?
38. What do you hate most in people?
39. How do you manage intercultural relations?
40. Why not a MBA from a B school from your country?
41. Describe an ethical dilemma faced at work?
42. Why did you choose your undergrad major?
43. What contributions would you make to a group?
44. Name three words or phrases that you would use to describe yourself to others.
45. What is most frustrating at work?
46. How did you choose your job after college?
47. What do you do to relieve stress?
48. Its two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?
49. Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed?
50. What do you do if a team member wasn’t pulling his own weight?
51. What are the courses you want to take up at INSEAD?
52. Why do you think you would be competitive at INSEAD?
53. How are you different from any other applicant?
54. How would you lead a team with type A members?
55. What are the challenges you would face while pursuing an MBA at INSEAD.
56.If you were selected to INSEAD, would you be graduating in the top 10%, top30% top 50%?
54. Questions to the Alum:

If there was one thing you wanted to change in the INSEAD programme, what would that be.
Favourite Professor, Favourite Courses.
How was your experience with extracurricular activities?
How frequently do you keep in touch with the Alum?
How has INSEAD changed your life: Both personally and professionally.
I have one more interview to go, what would think I should be improving on.
Why France or Singapore Campus?
US exchange programme?
100 day simulation course. Excited about it.
Any clubs you were involved with?
Why consulting? Why finance?
Were you single of married when attending INSEAD.
What do you think you would like to revisit if given a chance to go back to INSEAD?
How is the support from the placement cell at INSEAD?
Curriculum?
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Great tips! Very much appreciate your help.

Anyone knows if there is data about what percentage of applicants are interviewed? And what percentage of interviewed candidates are finally admitted?
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So the fun begins for the R2 applicants!Best wishes for all those who have got interview calls!

Interview calls are very important part of the INSEAD applications. Dont neglect them in anyway!I had two friends of mine interview along with me and I am only the lucky one among the three to have got an admit!One got dinged and the other is still waitlisted! So put in your best efforts to crack the interviews!

Congratulations on being admitted. Any tips you could share with us?

I applied for both INSEAD and HEC Paris, I did interviews with HEC and got dinged a week ago

I have compiled the below set of questions from various portlas on the net and prepared detailed answers to each question and prepared on my own, recording the answers on my pc while talking beofre a mirror for each question and listening to my asnwers later and revising any changes if required.

Depending on how desperate you are to get into INSEAD, I leave the process of preparation to you. :) I was ultra desperate, and hence didnt leave any stone unturned! One more thing, in retrospective, to the above mode of preparation is, some interviewers are in a hurry and are not all ears to your answers and will interrupt you while you talk. So make sure you have a detailed asnwer to each of the below question and also a very brief, to the point answer to each question. Guaging the mood of the interviewer, you will need to give a detailed asnwers or to the point brief answers! Good Luck!

My first interviewer was all ears and I answered each question with a story and went extremely well, in the second interview, the alum was rushing me and I was not prepared with short brief answers and struggled to give a brief answers to questions, but could still make it, with a bit of luck I guess!

1. Walk me through your resume. Describe major events. - 70%
2. Describe your company and/or position. - 15%.
3. Why do you want to have an MBA? - 70%
4. Why did you choose INSEAD? - 75%
5. Why have an MBA now? - 45%.
6. What other schools have you applied for and why?
8. Can you not achieve your objectives without an MBA? - 15%
9. Discuss two projects/achievements/challenges at work. - 15%.
10. What are your major extra-curricular activities? - 15%.
11. State your strengths and/or weaknesses. - 15%.
12. What other languages do you speak and what is your level of proficiency? - 15%.
13. What is your capacity as a leader/manager? - 15%.
14. Discuss your teamwork experience and/or multicultural teamwork experience. - 10%.
15. Describe a time you failed. - 10%.
16. Which campus do you want to study at? - 10%.
17. What can you offer INSEAD? - 5%
18. How would your colleagues describe you? - 5%.
19. What are the cultural differences between Europe and India/Middle East? - 5%.
20. When you’re in a gathering, what attracts your attention first? - 5%.
21. What makes you extremely angry/ passionate? - 5%.
22. What is your style of negotiation? - 5%.
23. How do you deal with a person who’s determined not to listen to you even though he/she knows you are right? - 5%.
24. How do you deal with a boss who is not as smart as you? - 5%.
25. What would teammates say are 3 strengths?
26. What would teammates say is 1 weakness?
27. What makes you tick?
32. What if you don’t get into INSEAD?
33. What is your role in a team?
34. How do you adapt to new cultures.
35. What are your hobbies?
36. What strategies would you adopt for your current employer’s expansion?
37. What makes you tick and get out every day?
38. What do you hate most in people?
39. How do you manage intercultural relations?
40. Why not a MBA from a B school from your country?
41. Describe an ethical dilemma faced at work?
42. Why did you choose your undergrad major?
43. What contributions would you make to a group?
44. Name three words or phrases that you would use to describe yourself to others.
45. What is most frustrating at work?
46. How did you choose your job after college?
47. What do you do to relieve stress?
48. Its two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?
49. Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed?
50. What do you do if a team member wasn’t pulling his own weight?
51. What are the courses you want to take up at INSEAD?
52. Why do you think you would be competitive at INSEAD?
53. How are you different from any other applicant?
54. How would you lead a team with type A members?
55. What are the challenges you would face while pursuing an MBA at INSEAD.
56.If you were selected to INSEAD, would you be graduating in the top 10%, top30% top 50%?
54. Questions to the Alum:

If there was one thing you wanted to change in the INSEAD programme, what would that be.
Favourite Professor, Favourite Courses.
How was your experience with extracurricular activities?
How frequently do you keep in touch with the Alum?
How has INSEAD changed your life: Both personally and professionally.
I have one more interview to go, what would think I should be improving on.
Why France or Singapore Campus?
US exchange programme?
100 day simulation course. Excited about it.
Any clubs you were involved with?
Why consulting? Why finance?
Were you single of married when attending INSEAD.
What do you think you would like to revisit if given a chance to go back to INSEAD?
How is the support from the placement cell at INSEAD?
Curriculum?
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Great tips! Very much appreciate your help.

Anyone knows if there is data about what percentage of applicants are interviewed? And what percentage of interviewed candidates are finally admitted?
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Hi,

I applied in R2 as well.

@jay4den, mk42, alexpiers, Finjan, who did you get the email from? who was your Admission Officer? It seems at least mine (AN) is on leave until July 30th.

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Yes please! Could you please provide the initials of the admissions officers who sent you the invite?
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Hi,

I applied in R2 as well.

@jay4den, mk42, alexpiers, Finjan, who did you get the email from? who was your Admission Officer? It seems at least mine (AN) is on leave until July 30th.

Thanks

Yes please! Could you please provide the initials of the admissions officers who sent you the invite?
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Mine is TC
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R2 applicants who have been pre-selected for an interview, can you "please" share ur geography, profile, coordinator(not sure its a factor but nonetheless!:)) and when you recd the invite..
to be invited 2 weeks before the deadline goes to show u guys hv a very impressive app, congrats and all the best!!
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R2 applicants who have been pre-selected for an interview, can you "please" share ur geography, profile, coordinator(not sure its a factor but nonetheless!:)) and when you recd the invite..
to be invited 2 weeks before the deadline goes to show u guys hv a very impressive app, congrats and all the best!!
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Geography: Middle East (Saudi Arabia)
Profile: 2 years investment banking, last year family business/Start-up
GMAT: 650 1st and last time.

I wouldn't read too much into having received the invite this early, I wouldn't be discouraged at all if I hadn't received an invite yet. The deadline is the 27th, and you may receive the invite up until then.
I did however send my application a good 10 days before the R2 deadline, that might be the reason. When did you submit yours?
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R2 applicants who have been pre-selected for an interview, can you "please" share ur geography, profile, coordinator(not sure its a factor but nonetheless!:)) and when you recd the invite..
to be invited 2 weeks before the deadline goes to show u guys hv a very impressive app, congrats and all the best!!
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Currently in New York working on a masters in international affairs. Before that was working in China for 5+ years across many different industries - including manufacturing consumer products, starting my own company in education services, media & event planning, high level sales, ect.
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INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants 15 Jul 2012, 21:39
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R2 applicants who have been pre-selected for an interview, can you "please" share ur geography, profile, coordinator(not sure its a factor but nonetheless!:)) and when you recd the invite..
to be invited 2 weeks before the deadline goes to show u guys hv a very impressive app, congrats and all the best!!

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Also CT. I submitted my application a day before the deadline. R1 admits - do you know what % of applicants are selected for an interview and what % of those get admitted?
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INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants 16 Jul 2012, 04:01
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Hi guys, i got the mail this morning! My coordinator is IR.

Good luck to you all!!
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INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants 16 Jul 2012, 04:15
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Hi,

I applied in R2 as well.

@jay4den, mk42, alexpiers, Finjan, who did you get the email from? who was your Admission Officer? It seems at least mine (AN) is on leave until July 30th.

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Hi,
my coordinator is also AN. How do you know she's on leave until July 30th? I guess (and hope!) that we will still get the interview notification by July 27th, right?
Where are you based? I'm trying to figure out whether coordinators are in charge of a specific zone.
Thanks!
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INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants 16 Jul 2012, 05:14
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R2 Guys,

would strongly suggest not to over-prepare or atleast don't show it ;-). INSEAD is one of the schools where interview is very informal and relaxed to gauge "Real" you. So while you need to have your stories in your head (which you should have based on your application), try to be relaxed and calm.

Couple of key indicators interviewers judge you at

1) Would I like to be with this person when stuck on the airport?

2) Would I like to hire this person (professional/personal merit + personality)?

3) Can this person handle rigor of program?

Be yourself and you shall make it. Element of fun is really appreciated in interviews (if you can handle it). My interviewers appreciated my sense of humor during interview and told me they will support my candidature (this is interviewer dependent)

Expect a bouncer question :-). I was asked "What's my credo/principles"

Good Luck
Deepak
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INSEAD 2013 JAN - Calling All Applicants Updated on: 16 Jul 2012, 09:46
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R2 Guys,

would strongly suggest not to over-prepare or atleast don't show it ;-). INSEAD is one of the schools where interview is very informal and relaxed to gauge "Real" you. So while you need to have your stories in your head (which you should have based on your application), try to be relaxed and calm.

Couple of key indicators interviewers judge you at

1) Would I like to be with this person when stuck on the airport?

2) Would I like to hire this person (professional/personal merit + personality)?

3) Can this person handle rigor of program?

Be yourself and you shall make it. Element of fun is really appreciated in interviews (if you can handle it). My interviewers appreciated my sense of humor during interview and told me they will support my candidature (this is interviewer dependent)

Expect a bouncer question :-). I was asked "What's my credo/principles"

Good Luck
Deepak
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I agree with Deepak.
Someone was dinged for being too inspirational or too passionate.
You need to convey to the interviewer that INSEAD is your number 1 choice but you understand that it might be hard to get in.
You need to have your expectations right and show that you really want to get in and "think you should" be admitted.
Tell them about the school, clubs, electives that interest you. Tell them why INSEAD and not i.e. IMD.
Tell them why INSEAD and why not an online or any other MBA degree which will give you the same finance/accounting training.
As the interview goes along, you will have a sense of feeling from the interviewer that is either positive or negative. Don't let any wrong answer/negative vibes bother you, keep to your story and have an open mind. Crack some jokes if you can (Not rude or offensive).
Stay away from politics and religions, it's about business and keep it right there.
All the best guys.
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