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Whitefoord

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19 May 2011, 05:24

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Anyone still waiting to hear back on interview details? Have not heard anything yet so just wondering.....when should i start hurrying them on?

does it matter if your interviews are earlier or later do you think?

Also do results come out all in the last week, or is there precedents of people being told earlier?

I'm still waiting to get my interviewer details from A-M B. Haven't heard anything since the pre-selection email.

I'd personally prefer to do the interviews closer rather than further away from the June 24th deadline. Having to wait for more than a month for a response would just be too excruciating!

Some people have mentioned on this thread that responses could arrive well in advance of the deadline, however from reading previous intake threads, it appears as though they follow a very similar pattern to the interview invitations - ie. significantly weighted towards the last couple of days.

Does anyone have a better/ more insight into this?

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19 May 2011, 05:56

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I got details for one interviewer today.
From the Jan 2011 posts it looks like most get the decision notification in the last 2 days before the deadline

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19 May 2011, 06:41

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Hi Everyone. I'm applying for R2.

Had a stupid question - how exactly do I attach my picture to the Adobe application file?

I think you attach it as part of the browser based process of the submission. I don't recall attaching anything to the pdf itself...

Yip there is no requirement to attach the photo to the pdf document. Once you submit the pdf you'll gain access to the application portal. There is a section on this site that enables you to upload a photo. Hope that helps

Ah, thanks!

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19 May 2011, 07:22

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Also my coordinator has asked me to schedule the interviews before June 6th. I believe that the admissions committee goes through your whole application again after the interview and hence they need time between the interview and the decision deadline.

I can't wait for all this to be over. I had two dreams about my interviews last night!

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19 May 2011, 08:31

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I got details for one interviewer today.
From the Jan 2011 posts it looks like most get the decision notification in the last 2 days before the deadline

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Got the details for the second interviewer as well. both in Chicago.

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19 May 2011, 21:43

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Scheduled both my interviews for this week. Wish me luck guys! I'll check in once they are done to post how it all went down.

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19 May 2011, 23:13

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All the best to all those who have scheduled their interviews. Still waiting for AMB to give me the interview details. Wonder if I should call her today or wait till next week ...

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20 May 2011, 00:54

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Done with both interviews.

They told me I should hear from the Adcom within the next 2 weeks

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20 May 2011, 02:12

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Anyone from London still waiting to hear back regarding the Interviewer details?

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20 May 2011, 03:44

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Anyone from London still waiting to hear back regarding the Interviewer details?

I'm based in London and am yet to receive any details from AM B. Not letting it stress me out too much though. I can imagine it's probably quite an undertaking for them to arrange these alumni for so many people, so happy to wait for the time being.

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20 May 2011, 04:33

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mitsloanguy

Done with both interviews.

They told me I should hear from the Adcom within the next 2 weeks

Mitsloanguy, can you share your interview experience and questions?

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20 May 2011, 05:40

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mitsloanguy

Done with both interviews.

They told me I should hear from the Adcom within the next 2 weeks

Done with both my interviews as well.....both alums told me that the adcom will let me know as soon as they make a decision. Time to wait and chew my nails! :lol:

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20 May 2011, 06:16

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Done with both interviews.

They told me I should hear from the Adcom within the next 2 weeks

Mitsloanguy, can you share your interview experience and questions?

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I think the adcoms try as much as possible to find interviewers that are somehow related to or know about your experience and/or post-mba goals.
My interviews were very unformal; they however digged pretty deep in the understanding of my job and my post-mba goals.
So apart from the usual, why MBA, why now, why INSEAD, where else did you apply, the challenge was to convince them I knew how I would takle my post mba career. (not so easy when it's just a plan and you hope to get more insights from your MBA). They also asked about my current job (what I do etc etc ...); this part was quite easy.

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21 May 2011, 08:32

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Hey Guys

Does anyone knows how strict is INSEAD in their 70 percentile in each section of GMAT ?
I just retook my GMAT yesterday and got a 690 (Q50-93%, V34-68%), overall percentile 88%. I also have a Masters in Engineering from US with a pretty high GPA. And yeah, I am one of the most represented profile i.e. Indian/Male/Engineering but have a diverse experience (NON-IT) in Aerospace domain ....

Any comments as to how flexible INSEAD is on the percentile requirement ?

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21 May 2011, 19:06

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folks,

quick question. how many % of interviewees get accepted? is it more of a data point along with your application or "if you don't screw up" you are in?

also, not many dings reported yet - isn't that a bit strange? i assume either people have been invited to interviewed or dinged?

thoughts?

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23 May 2011, 13:14

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Spoke to AMB today and she said that the interview details will be going out shortly this week.

Has anyone who has AMB as the co-ordinator received their interview details yet ?

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Updated on: 21 Nov 2011, 16:20

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Whitefoord

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24 May 2011, 03:48

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Spoke to AMB today and she said that the interview details will be going out shortly this week.

Has anyone who has AMB as the co-ordinator received their interview details yet ?

Still waiting to hear back from AMB - more time to prepare

Whitefoord

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24 May 2011, 04:02

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I asked a similar question a while ago but didn't get many responses. From speaking to alumni and reading other threads, I get the impression that around 50% of interviewees are accepted. However, that's across a wide distribution and I'm not sure it's worthwhile saying 'I therefore have a 50/50 chance'. It will vary significantly from candidate to candidate based on the strength of their applications.

I think that there's definitely a selection bias regarding the population on this thread for the following reasons:

- I would guess that people who join this thread, in the first place, are more involved in their application processes and spend more time researching both themselves and their chosen schools - perhaps this makes them slightly stronger candidates - or perhaps they've done all of the research because they're stronger candidates...? (that's the initial population)

- Secondly, look at the number of people who have only joined the thread subsequent to receiving an invite (I think there are quite a few).

- Finally, only a small proportion of people are likely to report their dings on the thread (most probably because they've moved on to other schools/ threads)

I reckon there are a few other factors too, but those above are likely to result in a selection of candidates on this thread that aren't representative of the original applicant pool. Just my two cents worth of speculation, but there might be a bit of truth to it... especially when you look at the acceptance rates on prior INSEAD threads (really high - 70-80%)

Again, interested to hear anyone else's thoughts...

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thanks, whitefoord for your inputs - i agree that lesser people would try to report dings, but here it has been even < 5. but yes - would love for people to chime in with their thoughts on this. re: % of invitees accepted - i have heard 50/50 too!

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