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I saw your follow up before you deleted it. Glad that you are still being considered. My advice is to go enjoy your weekend. It's Friday and no news is gonna come until at least Tuesday. Deadlines aren't always deadlines you know :-)
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Well, I just had a really good chat with a friend of mine who graduated from Insead two years ago. He did not have much insight on the interview. But the things he told me about the program and the school sound great. I'm really pumped about it now, which is kind of bad because I don't want to get disappointed. Oh well!

He said the GMAT wasn't that important but of course he got a 760 'cause he's really smart. If I got a 760, I'd be happy to tell people with a score that's 100 points lower than mine that the "GMAT doesn't matter" too.

How are you guys doing at curbing your excitement?


excitement knows no bounds!!!
but i m clueless bout the interviews
what will these guys ask???
do i hafta make a resume n mail it to them??
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

anyone else hrd anythin in this respect??
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

anyone else hrd anythin in this respect??


Nope. Eagerly awaiting a response from HS.

Although I don't think I would have that issue as I am based out of Bombay.
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

anyone else hrd anythin in this respect??
Haven't heard anything either but since im from delhi, shouldn't be a problem either :)what alternative did they offer you ? another city ?
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

anyone else hrd anythin in this respect??
Haven't heard anything either but since im from delhi, shouldn't be a problem either :)what alternative did they offer you ? another city ?

how r u preparing fr the interview??
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

anyone else hrd anythin in this respect??
Haven't heard anything either but since im from delhi, shouldn't be a problem either :)what alternative did they offer you ? another city ?

offered me hyderabad..the closest 'big' city:):)
how r u preparing fr the interview??
any resources???

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r the interviewers blind or do they get a copy of our applications/LoRs???
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r the interviewers blind or do they get a copy of our applications/LoRs???
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We're asked to send the interviewers the profile section of our application (a special PDF is generated containing only that section). That includes every page from the application with "Profile" in the top right corner. One of my interviewers also asked for additional info so I sent him my career essays. As far as I know they don't get anything else directly from INSEAD.
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r the interviewers blind or do they get a copy of our applications/LoRs???
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We're asked to send the interviewers the profile section of our application (a special PDF is generated containing only that section). That includes every page from the application with "Profile" in the top right corner. One of my interviewers also asked for additional info so I sent him my career essays. As far as I know they don't get anything else directly from INSEAD.


thnks a ton man...whn is ur interview scheduled??
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r the interviewers blind or do they get a copy of our applications/LoRs???
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We're asked to send the interviewers the profile section of our application (a special PDF is generated containing only that section). That includes every page from the application with "Profile" in the top right corner. One of my interviewers also asked for additional info so I sent him my career essays. As far as I know they don't get anything else directly from INSEAD.


thnks a ton man...whn is ur interview scheduled??

That's interesting. I would prefer not to have my interviewers read some of my essays, particularly the one having to do with culture shock, as they may not appreciate my candor about their home country.

Also, there are certainly aspects of my business that I would not want to discuss with a competitor and also many where I am also bound by confidentiality. From what I understand one of the people interviewing will be someone in my industry. I can just imagine all the intrusive questions they are likely to ask. Have you guys had any thoughts on this?
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likewise i dont want to divulge certain material..but i suppose we have given away that right when v submitted the application
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likewise i dont want to divulge certain defence related material..but i suppose we have given away that right when v submitted the application

Have we? If I were you I wouldn't say anything classified. Pakistan could be listening.

I have legal reasons to keep all sorts of things secret. For example on the application it asked for the revenue of my business. I wrote down zero as that's definitely not something about supposed to be disclosing to anyone outside of insiders. Furthermore the names, locations, and amounts of investment from my investors.

So far I haven't had any prying questions about this sort of thing. But so far I've only interviewed on campus. I am certain that if I am interviewing with a competitor in India they are gonna ask me all sorts of stuff that I don't want to disclose. The other thing is I don't want word spreading that I'm going to business school. Obviously, it's really hard to keep a secret here. Everyone gossips. In any case, hopefully the alums they select for me won't be directly involved in my industry.
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@ChickenTikka

likewise i dont want to divulge certain defence related material..but i suppose we have given away that right when v submitted the application

I work in a an international public company. I am not allowed to disclose country specific details. So I put the global revenue, which is publicly available. so it appeared even better - Fortune 50 company, revenue close to 100 billion $.
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i got a mail frm HS regarding scheduling of interviews cos they dont hv any alumni where i m based..she offered me an alternative...

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Haven't heard anything either but since im from delhi, shouldn't be a problem either :)what alternative did they offer you ? another city ?

offered me hyderabad..the closest 'big' city:):)
how r u preparing fr the interview??
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@ChickenTikka

likewise i dont want to divulge certain defence related material..but i suppose we have given away that right when v submitted the application

I work in a an international public company. I am not allowed to disclose country specific details. So I put the global revenue, which is publicly available. so it appeared even better - Fortune 50 company, revenue close to 100 billion $.


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@ChickenTikka

likewise i dont want to divulge certain defence related material..but i suppose we have given away that right when v submitted the application

Have we? If I were you I wouldn't say anything classified. Pakistan could be listening.

I have legal reasons to keep all sorts of things secret. For example on the application it asked for the revenue of my business. I wrote down zero as that's definitely not something about supposed to be disclosing to anyone outside of insiders. Furthermore the names, locations, and amounts of investment from my investors.

So far I haven't had any prying questions about this sort of thing. But so far I've only interviewed on campus. I am certain that if I am interviewing with a competitor in India they are gonna ask me all sorts of stuff that I don't want to disclose. The other thing is I don't want word spreading that I'm going to business school. Obviously, it's really hard to keep a secret here. Everyone gossips. In any case, hopefully the alums they select for me won't be directly involved in my industry.

''i m afraid its confidential''....''if i tell u this i might have to kill u'''....my responses to sensitive or disconcerting questions:):)
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