INSEAD September 2013 - Calling All Applicants

Yeah. A few people on FB have shared positive experiences.

Singy i hope...Thanks

I've got my first interview yesterday, it was fast and very professional went only 30 minutes since the interviewer had another meeting after. just a few questions on my career, the 3 why's, what are your plans, another school? and the discussion went to him selling the school.

I hope it went well.

Em

I was awarded a scholarship in mid-March. I applied for 3 and only received 1.

What is interesting is that the number of Indians, for example, hasnt dropped one bit after the payment deadline(remained at 62). Can someone post the total number of admits on mba connect? does that remain at 462 levels or has it come down?

Still 462.

Thanks Ducksworth- isnt that a little wierd though? or is insead going to boast of a 100% yield this year?

To be honest, I am not sure how long after the deposit deadline does INSEAD assume that the person will not take the offer and hence delete him/her from the directory. I reckon the school is rather flexible with dates then. Anway, I would wait until close to the announcements of R3 (mid May) to start gauging probabilities.

Thanks for sharing your experience - I'm sure they went great. I have both of mine coming up this week.

For fellow Round 3 applicants, am I correct that you cannot start applying for scholarships until the 25th of April? I only ask because on the website it states that you should start the scholarship application process at the interview stage. Which I believe most us are at now. Let me know if you have any thoughts. Thanks.

Please disregard this, I went to register and it did not let me.

Hello All
I am having problems doing this "Prior to each interview, we ask you to please provide your interviewers with a copy of the profile section from your online PDF application. You can access the profile section by clicking on the following link and following the step-by-step instructions"

Can i just send my interviewers a copy of the INSEAD application before the scheduled interview. I would like to hear what you guys did??

Thanks

1. Open the email that your adcom member sent you informing you of your interviewer details. Save the file by clicking on the icon.
2. Go to your original application, on pg 3, i believe, there is a button that says export data. It will create a new file, save it.
3. Then go to your interview form and click import, import the file that you saved in step 2.

Thats all you need. Hope that helps.

In R1, the 1st interviewer wanted only to have my CV. The 2nd one asked me again for a CV and for complete application materials.

Had my interview at the office of my interviewer. The initial questions surrounded my essays as the interviewer asked me to send my essays to her. She drove into specific points on my essays and asked for clarification or expansion. Often these questions resorted in additional questions on my perspective on something - for example: 1) Discuss a professional situation that didn't align with my moral standing - what did I do? This led to a conversation about companies acting ethically, so she asked 2) Do you think companies are held to a higher ethical standard than individuals? Other questions included (these are the ones I can remember): Tell me about a culture shock you experienced professionally? Tell me about a time when someone refused to understand your rationalization? What have you learned about the difference between management and leadership?

The interview lasted 75 minutes and while pleasant, felt like I was being challenged on every answer provided. Occasionally the interviewer would answer her own question first and then look to me to provide my answer (bit of a bizarre interview tactic as it leads the candidate).

Has any R2 waitlisted candidate received a response yet?

Nothing yet buddy. As per last year's blogs, people start to hear from AdCom around this period (2-3 week April). But this year, things have been "Uncomfortably Numb".