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Joined: 10 Jun 2020
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GMAT 1: 610 Q41 V33 (Online)
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06 Jan 2023, 08:02
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The interview start exactly in the time given.
I was greeted by two PhD who were going to conduct my interview.
We exchanged greetings and I confirmed with them whether they could see and hear me properly.
They introduced themselves and briefed me about how the interview will be conducted and when will I get the results.
Questions they asked:
1. Tell us about yourself (A good tip is to mention some of your personality traits, why and what you did in the past, why and what you do now, and why and what you want to do in the future)
2. What did you learn from traveling?
3. What are the cultural similarities between India and Spain (This was a throw off, they had asked me this because I mentioned that I had talked to people of different cultures such as people from Spain and Greece to understand their cultures)
4. Why not business schools in London, and why France? (They asked me this because I have spent a large amount of time in London)
5. After a business degree you could have chosen any field, why marketing?
6. Where do you envision yourself in 10 years and in which country?
7. Isn't it inefficient to do so many activities during college? (They are going to be asking questions from your Resume so be prepared for that)
8. Is there any current topic you're interested in and want to talk about? (It's really important that you are aware of the major events happening across the world especially Europe around the time of your interview)
9. What did you do in Placement cell?
10. What did other members of Placement cell like and dislike about you?
Finally they asked me whether I had any questions for them.
This part of the interview was a little awkward because they couldn't understand my question properly.
However, it turned into a discussion about what's the environment of the classroom like and what's the relation between the professors and students like.
My Advice:
1. Know your resume thoroughly. You should know clearly why and what you did and what did you learn from each experience.
2. Know yourself clearly i.e. What are you good at? What do you lack? What is the logic behind your decisions? What is your purpose in life?
3. Practice your interview skills: Have clarity in your speech, appear confident even if you're not and be honest in your answers, do a mock interview with a friend and record yourself, acknowledge the interviewer, for example if you find a question interesting tell them that it's a good question.
4. There are going to be questions of which you might not know the answer, for instance when they asked me about the cultural similarities between Spain and India, I was caught off-guard. I did something important. I took a few seconds and proceeded to build my answer, that extra time helped me form connections with the facts I knew, and I could give a satisfactory answer. And in case, you can't come up with anything, let them know that you don't have adequate information at the moment and that you are willing to learn more about it.
I was greeted by two PhD who were going to conduct my interview.
We exchanged greetings and I confirmed with them whether they could see and hear me properly.
They introduced themselves and briefed me about how the interview will be conducted and when will I get the results.
Questions they asked:
1. Tell us about yourself (A good tip is to mention some of your personality traits, why and what you did in the past, why and what you do now, and why and what you want to do in the future)
2. What did you learn from traveling?
3. What are the cultural similarities between India and Spain (This was a throw off, they had asked me this because I mentioned that I had talked to people of different cultures such as people from Spain and Greece to understand their cultures)
4. Why not business schools in London, and why France? (They asked me this because I have spent a large amount of time in London)
5. After a business degree you could have chosen any field, why marketing?
6. Where do you envision yourself in 10 years and in which country?
7. Isn't it inefficient to do so many activities during college? (They are going to be asking questions from your Resume so be prepared for that)
8. Is there any current topic you're interested in and want to talk about? (It's really important that you are aware of the major events happening across the world especially Europe around the time of your interview)
9. What did you do in Placement cell?
10. What did other members of Placement cell like and dislike about you?
Finally they asked me whether I had any questions for them.
This part of the interview was a little awkward because they couldn't understand my question properly.
However, it turned into a discussion about what's the environment of the classroom like and what's the relation between the professors and students like.
My Advice:
1. Know your resume thoroughly. You should know clearly why and what you did and what did you learn from each experience.
2. Know yourself clearly i.e. What are you good at? What do you lack? What is the logic behind your decisions? What is your purpose in life?
3. Practice your interview skills: Have clarity in your speech, appear confident even if you're not and be honest in your answers, do a mock interview with a friend and record yourself, acknowledge the interviewer, for example if you find a question interesting tell them that it's a good question.
4. There are going to be questions of which you might not know the answer, for instance when they asked me about the cultural similarities between Spain and India, I was caught off-guard. I did something important. I took a few seconds and proceeded to build my answer, that extra time helped me form connections with the facts I knew, and I could give a satisfactory answer. And in case, you can't come up with anything, let them know that you don't have adequate information at the moment and that you are willing to learn more about it.
22 Jan 2025, 09:54
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