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Just got invite 15 min ago. They are still searing an alumni close by to interview me. Waiting to hear more from them.

My AO is CT. Thanks!
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Haven't heard anything back yet. Looks like a ding.
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Just got an invite!
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INSEAD Calling all Applicants(SEPT 2015 Intake)Class of 2016 11 Feb 2015, 04:58
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Congrats! who is your AO?
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Just got an invite!
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Congrats! who is your AO?
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AO-EM. I am based in Russia
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Finally Just got the invite :)
AO - HS
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Congrats! I have the same AO. Where are you from?
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Got the invite. From SG. AO-JS.
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where is miiiiine? lost in the interwebs?
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for R3 folk - tomorrow might be the last day. went through R2 and nothing went out on th edeadline day.. handful of invites on the day before it though.
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Hey MZAK,

I see 2 Iranians so far.
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INSEAD Calling all Applicants(SEPT 2015 Intake)Class of 2016 11 Feb 2015, 13:25
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Received my invite last Thursday and scheduled interviews for early next week. I'm German, living in Ireland. Good luck everyone!
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just got an email for CT. selected for interview. I am located in Montreal. :)
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Bonne chance! We'll wait for the end of round 3 for the welcome drinks ;)
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just got an email for CT. selected for interview. I am located in Montreal. :)

Bonne chance! We'll wait for the end of round 3 for the welcome drinks ;)
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Merci! "TomYD" :)

first interview scheduled for early next week. My second interviewer hasn't responded yet.
any tips for the interview preparation?
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just got an email for CT. selected for interview. I am located in Montreal. :)

Bonne chance! We'll wait for the end of round 3 for the welcome drinks ;)


Merci! "TomYD" :)

first interview scheduled for early next week. My second interviewer hasn't responded yet.
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Know your application inside out and be yourself!

I think people gave extensive reports about their interviews earlier in the thread. Mine (in Montreal) were short and sweet, and both interviewers were very friendly..
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just got an email for CT. selected for interview. I am located in Montreal. :)

Bonne chance! We'll wait for the end of round 3 for the welcome drinks ;)


Merci! "TomYD" :)

first interview scheduled for early next week. My second interviewer hasn't responded yet.
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Can the applicant pick the dates or will the interviewer pick the dates?
What happens after we get an invite?
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I am a Round 2 admit. Here is my interview experience… Hope it helps people in R3 and R4….

My first interviewer was from a business family. The interview was it his residence. I gave him my CV at the start of the interview. The meeting started with him explaining me how the process will work. He would ask me questions for first 25 minutes and then I will have 15 minutes to ask questions about the school and his experience. The questions were all very straight forward… Why MBA, Why INSEAD, Why now… Then we discussed about my job and leadership experience. I don’t have too much of experience outside India, so one of the questions was how will I adapt with so many different nationalities/cultures at INSEAD… This took me some time convincing him but it was a good discussion… I gave examples from both my experience with different cultures in India and abroad and how I had adapted….. I felt this was a critical question for me because after this he said I am done with my questions now your turn….. He kept writing in a notebook till this point. I was aware that till this point I was the one who had done all the talking so I really wanted the interviewer to share his experience, his motivations… Slowly the atmosphere became more informal and we discussed pubs culture in India, travel in Europe for students from INSEAD… Discussion was around 40-45 minutes…Overall it was a very pleasant interaction….

The second interviewer was an entrepreneur running an Entertainment firm. This interview was at his office. I must say it was the most free-flowing discussion I have ever had. He didn’t want a CV or any document. It just started off as a discussion about my life and I felt the guy was genuinely interested in understanding my motivations. I really felt free and completely opened up about my strengths, weaknesses, successes and failures. It could have been risky but I just didn’t want the flow to be broken by me thinking and speaking. Later the interviewer talked about his experience at INSEAD and how he had really gained from the experience. He said he had gone into the program completely convinced that he wants to be into Investment Banking, had an offer in hand but finally ended up deciding to do his own thing and it was all because of the confidence and exposure he got at INSEAD. We ended up discussing family, entertainment business and growth of e-commerce in India. All together the discussion went for 1.5 hours and I was very happy that I was able to experience it….

Apart from what all the other interview experiences say I believe the key is that the interviewer is able to see you as a classmate….I think that is one thing they try to judge… That doesn’t mean getting too friendly with them initially…Rather be professional and formal... Tell your story but look for opportunities to subtly make the interaction informal…

Apologies for the post being lengthy but hope it helps….:)

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got my ding today - had to get one sometime. To be fair, they said my GMAT (quant, not total score) wasn't high enough and told me to retake and reapply - if i don't get in anywhere else, i'll apply for Jan intake.

Just fyi for anyone coming back to read this - there's an admissions person that does list a hard cutoff for gMAT -so i guess Insead is not one of those that say it's holistic.

Good luck to everyone else. A bit bittersweet as this is one of the schools that launched my interest in the mBA but as i've gone through the process, i've realized career switchers need that internship so was feeling ambiguous about it. Anyway, if i get into kellogg - i can always do an exchange :)
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Got the interview invite 30 min ago.

Good luck!
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i don't think there's a hard cutoff for the gmat, i applied with an overall 650 score Q45 V34 and still got an invite.They also look at other aspects of your profile. My job is highly quantitative so it probably helped.I have a really different personal background and strong international experience, and I made sure to highlight them in my essays. So anyone out there with a low GMAT, don’t be discouraged to apply!
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