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29 Jul 2012, 23:04
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Congrats to all the R2 who have been invited to interview. I also pored over the Clear Admit guide (and bought it, which was stupid as it's just a copy & paste of what's on the free wiki). My advice: don't overprepare. Focus on the 4 main questions:
1. Why MBA?
2. Why INSEAD?
3. Why now?
4. Be able to defend your long term goal.
Also good to be able to mention what you'd like to do outside of class at INSEAD and how you plan to leverage the network (not good enough just to say you want the network - what are you going to do with it?). I mentioned specifics (e.g. The Dash).
I think it's also very important to find common ground with the interviewers. In my case both of them were expats in their mid-30s living in Singapore for many years, so I used this to find some common themes outside the typical interview questions.
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1. Why MBA?
2. Why INSEAD?
3. Why now?
4. Be able to defend your long term goal.
Also good to be able to mention what you'd like to do outside of class at INSEAD and how you plan to leverage the network (not good enough just to say you want the network - what are you going to do with it?). I mentioned specifics (e.g. The Dash).
I think it's also very important to find common ground with the interviewers. In my case both of them were expats in their mid-30s living in Singapore for many years, so I used this to find some common themes outside the typical interview questions.
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31 Jul 2012, 16:13
Kudos
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Hi,
I got done with my both the interviews today (R2 applicant) and I also agree with rest of the people that it is a good cop, bad cop structure. Also, all that matters is your story and Why INSEAD. If there are any questions I can answer, please feel free to ask me. I will be more than happy to answer.
- P
I got done with my both the interviews today (R2 applicant) and I also agree with rest of the people that it is a good cop, bad cop structure. Also, all that matters is your story and Why INSEAD. If there are any questions I can answer, please feel free to ask me. I will be more than happy to answer.
- P
31 Jul 2012, 16:51
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pg01
I just finished both of my interviews today as well. However, I didnt experience the "good cop/bad cop" experience. For me, the important limiting factors were 1. the personality of the interviewer and 2. if they had read my essays (which I provided as a reference in addition to the interview form provided on my initial introductory email). If the interviewer took the time to read the essay, then he was a "tougher" interviewer whereas if he did not, more time was spent on my background and my reasoning. Similarly, the interviewer's personality determined if he gave tougher questions or not.
I agree with the previous posters that the main things to prepare for are 1.why mba/insead? 2. defend your long term goals and vision (from a variety of angles). It's definitely true that you should not over prepare. Also prepare an answer for "if you dont get into business school/insead, then whats the plan?"
gl everyone!
