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Hi mbagal2010
I received an email with both interviewers asking me to organise both and inform my coordinator of the dates.

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Hi mbagal2010
I received an email with both interviewers asking me to organise both and inform my coordinator of the dates.


ah nice, good luck!! you are based in australia right?
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Just recieved my 2 interviewers too... maybe they'll provide you with the other interviewer in a day or 2?
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I got my first interviewer details last night. per the email, there is a possibility that they may do just one interview due to time constraints/alum availability. did anyone get just one interviewer details? I dunno if that's a bad thing. :-([/quote]

Haha I feel the same!
I got the same message last night for one interviewer.

There are two things you'd have to consider:

1. We think you're OK and since we lack more interviewers, you just need one.
2. We think you're crap, and we don't wanna waste the time of another interviewer for you.

LOL

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Hi,

I think its clearly an issue with availability of alum in your area... i received a similar mail intially with the details of my first interviewer... however a week later i received the details of the second interviewer...

I guess its a question of INSEAD getting an ok from alumni to conduct an interview... so i think its best to stay patient...

All the best.

Regards,
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Hi,

I think its clearly an issue with availability of alum in your area... i received a similar mail intially with the details of my first interviewer... however a week later i received the details of the second interviewer...

I guess its a question of INSEAD getting an ok from alumni to conduct an interview... so i think its best to stay patient...

All the best.

Regards,

LOL at your analysis vodkacran :) either ways, less waiting time for results.. more time for preps ;)

thanks for the info satyr2k.. gotta be patient now!!
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I received an email with both interviewers asking me to organise both and inform my coordinator of the dates.


ah nice, good luck!! you are based in australia right?

Yes I am.

I wouldn't look too much into the whole 1 vs 2 interviews. For most schools (INSEAD included) admissions is a black box that we'll never have insight into so thinking about it will only stress you out. Just nail the one interview you have and worry about a second one if it happens :) All the best
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I have just completed my second interview for INSEAD.

This was with the MD for Strategic affairs for a local govt entity , and was earlier a partner with a leading consulting firm. The interviewer was extremely quick and skimmed through his questions immediately as he had a meeting in 25 minutes.

Almost all questions were from the last time. I was more relaxed this time. He wanted to know how I know about INSEAD, and why I want to go there. He asked me if I had already arranged a loan for my education etc , and was again quite focused on my current role and responsibilties and what I do currently.

I believe this one went well. Lets hope for the best. Feel relieved now.

Best of luck to all the others.
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Hi All,
I had my first interview 30 minutes ago :)
He is VP in an international company. I liked him very much, positive tone and very relaxed.. We didn't do any formal and structured interview.
Started with "talk about yourself" and asked about some details of my resume. He didn't directly asked Why MBA, Why now, Why INSEAD, however I metioned my reasons during the interview. (Because I practiced those questions :-D )
During the interview he added his experience about INSEAD and gave me useful advices for best experience.
I think he was the good cop, next interviewer will be the bad cop. I have seen the picture of him he is definetely a baad cop :?
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Hi,

I think its clearly an issue with availability of alum in your area... i received a similar mail intially with the details of my first interviewer... however a week later i received the details of the second interviewer...

I guess its a question of INSEAD getting an ok from alumni to conduct an interview... so i think its best to stay patient...

All the best.

Regards,

hehe chill, i did get that :-D
but then again, it's more fun thinking about my two scenarios.
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I had my first interview on last Tuesday and the second one today. Both the interviewers asked similar questions but their approaches were different. The 'Good cop bad cop' theory probably holds true in many cases. The good one gave a positive feedback. However, the other interviewer did not say anything (he also arrived around 20 mins late).

The questions that I faced have been summarized below:
1. Introduce yourself
2. Career progression
3. Leadership example
4. Why MBA? Why INSEAD? Why now?
5. Hobbies & EC

I asked a few questions to them. Overall I'm happy with my performance, hoping for the best.

Now have to go thru the agonizing wait! Good luck to all!

Cheers, SH
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Just finished my first interview yesterday afternoon. I was dressed in a suit and he was in sandels.

Our conversation pretty much covered the whole scenario of why mba, why insead, (no real why now). However there weren't really anything technical or deep about it. I got a guy that's liberal arts college and non-profit so he did not know anything I did. He basicly said at the end that he thinks he hopes I choose insead, it will be a great experience and I have good reasons to go to Insead :D
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Hi,

I think its clearly an issue with availability of alum in your area... i received a similar mail intially with the details of my first interviewer... however a week later i received the details of the second interviewer...

I guess its a question of INSEAD getting an ok from alumni to conduct an interview... so i think its best to stay patient...

All the best.

Regards,

hehe chill, i did get that :-D
but then again, it's more fun thinking about my two scenarios.

Hi vodkacran,
so have you received your 2 interviewers' contacts? Anyone else in Singapore received only 1 contact? I'm a bit confused.. thought Singapore should have a pretty large alumni group.
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Hi,

I think its clearly an issue with availability of alum in your area... i received a similar mail intially with the details of my first interviewer... however a week later i received the details of the second interviewer...

I guess its a question of INSEAD getting an ok from alumni to conduct an interview... so i think its best to stay patient...

All the best.

Regards,

hehe chill, i did get that :-D
but then again, it's more fun thinking about my two scenarios.

Hi vodkacran,
so have you received your 2 interviewers' contacts? Anyone else in Singapore received only 1 contact? I'm a bit confused.. thought Singapore should have a pretty large alumni group.
I'm from Singapore and have only one invite.. it looks like they have sent only one invite to folks here. Even I would've thought that there would be a large alum base here..
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Had my interviews on 1st and 2nd of May respectively. Both went fine.. must acknowledge the fact that INSEAD graduates are accomplished iindividuals nursing a sharp gobal perspective.

The common undrlying of qns:

Walk me through you profile.

You already have an MBA? Then why another one? Why now?

Why INSEAD?

How was your entrepreneurial exp? Key lessons?

short and long term career goals?

Which are the other progs u have applied to?

How will you contribute to INSEAD?

any qns?

Overall the iv went for approx 45 mns. Then anotrher 30 mins of general chat.

Hope for the best. Wish everyone good luck for the Ivs.
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Recently I received a call from INSEAD admission office. They asked my feedback about the first interview.

Did anybody call you after interviews?
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No Didnt get any calls from INSEAD, after any of my interviews
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