gablaze23 wrote:
krzt wrote:
Minor bump (and first post...)!
Applied for R2 and my interview is this afternoon! Butterflies are having a party in my stomach. Has anyone in R2 already had their interview? How'd it go for you?
Tell us about your interview!
My interview lasted exactly 30 minutes (as I'm sure other people have already mentioned in previous app rounds) in the MBA Full-Time office on campus. It was easy enough to find other people's posts on what the interview questions would be, so I wasn't really surprised by any of the questions my interviewer (an adcom member) asked. These are the questions she asked me (in no particular order):
-Why an MBA? Why now?
-Have you considered pursuing a policy degree? (due to my nonprofit leanings and interests, but I've applied for dual degree)
-How did you become interested in (area of interest)?
-How have you stayed involved in (area of interest)?
-Tell me about a time you faced a difficult interpersonal conflict.
-Can you remember a time that you had to apply a specific skill to work that you hadn't used in a while? How did you do it?
-Tell me about a time that you had to give someone unfortunate or difficult news.
-Do you have any questions for me?
My interviewer was incredibly nice and friendly, which put me at ease, but was pretty hard to read. At the end of the interview, she went on to describe what happens next:
-Interviewer does a write up of the interview summarizing important points
-Write up goes to application file and app is fully reviewed by a member of adcom
-Adcom convenes to "debate" on merits of each application and the member that read your file and your interviewer have opportunities to defend your app
Overall, was a pretty painless process. Now it's time to play the waiting game for the next 2 months!