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I wanted to let everyone know that some questions save changed for the January batch, as I've heard from my clients. Waiting to get the updated ones from him :-)

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Hello Farrell,

Any luck in getting some updates on the January intake Video questions?

Thanks much appreciated.

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Hello Farrell,

Any luck in getting some updates on the January intake Video questions?

Thanks much appreciated.

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Joe


Hi joealam1989 yes, I posted them a couple days ago in the INSEAD thread for January intake, where I am the threadmaster.
If you not yet subscribed, please join us there! I will post them here as well. Was only able to get the questions from 2 clients so far, hoping for a third. But far better than nothing.
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Hello Farrell,

Any luck in getting some updates on the January intake Video questions?

Thanks much appreciated.

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1. What kind of skills do you want to learn at INSEAD
2. What are the most important drivers of a successful business
3. Tell me about a time you were caught off guard in a different culture
4. How do you lead your colleagues when business priorities change?

1.How do you lead your colleagues to deal with changed business priorities?
2. If you were given unlimited resources, what services or product would your company provide?
3. How do you promote sensitivity and inclusion in the workplace?
4. Please state why INSEAD should give you a seat?
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Hello farrell,

any tips for INSEAD admission essays ? Is there any threads for the same !

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Hello farrell,

any tips for INSEAD admission essays ? Is there any threads for the same !

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Rudra


Hi RudraM, so sorry I did not see this earlier. I provided some detailed essay advice on motivation essay 1 in the Jan
18 INSEAD thread I moderate on here. If you submitted yesterday, good luck, if not, check it out!
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Couple more questions for January batch. Client forgot the other two =) He was vacationing on the Virgin Islands at the time.
1. what did you do to adapt and succeed in a culture different than you own?
2. why an MBA ?
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Hello farell,

Thanks for the amazing array of questions :)
How much weight video interviews usually have?
Are they really crucial and a deciding factor?

thanks
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Hi, admissions has said that the video questions are not to exclude but to include. So if you do well on them but not as well in other areas of the application it would be a reason for them to have you go to interviews. However based on what they have said it's not criteria they use to exclude candidates. In terms of absolute weight among all items in the application, I have no idea to be honest with you I'm not sure anyone does.

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Hi Farrell

Thank you very much for the topic, it is really useful!

Question: is there a balance between personal/professional questions or is it completely random?
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Hi Lucas, honestly I really don't know. I have not really looked at the set of questions from that standpoint but I definitely will going forward. You would probably be better off to post this in the Forum and ask the people who recently went through this. I would say the January Forum because they recently did this.

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Hi,

I wanted to check if I can mention coursera certificates in the "Academic Degrees" section of INSEAD and add the certificates in the documents section? I am targeting R2, so quick response would be highly appreciated. Thanks in adbance
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Hi All,

Another question - There are several places in the application where it asks for the last date, however, the activity or the job hasn't ended yet and hence there isn't any last date. How should i fill these dates then? Any thoughts would be helpful. I am facing this issue in multiple places. Thanks
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Hi MBAPrepCoach

I had a few questions on INSEAD's application:

1) video interviews - Thank you for sharing the detailed list of potential video interview questions. I wanted to check whether the 45 second of preparation for answering the questions is recorded?

2) Online application - There are several places in the application where it asks for the last date, however, the activity or the job hasn't ended yet and hence there isn't any last date. How should i fill these dates then? Any thoughts would be helpful. I am facing this issue in multiple places.

3) Online application - I wanted to check if I can mention coursera certificates in the "Academic Degrees" section of INSEAD and add the certificates in the documents section?

I am targeting R2, so quick response would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
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Hi MBAPrepCoach

Just a quick question, is it better to answer the video question with a personal experience or a professional one?

For example, if asked "Tell me about a time when you had to deliver bad news. What was your strategy? ", should i talk about when i had to lay off someone from work or when i told a friend that someone died?

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Also if i'm asked to talk about an achievement, should it be on a professional note or i can say my family for example?

Thanks.
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Also if i'm asked to talk about an achievement, should it be on a professional note or i can say my family for example?

Thanks.


Hey, this is answered few messages above.

It is not clear, I would say that use the one you like the most for each question unless it is specified.

In the end, it is for them to know you as a person and you combine both.

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