balgeary wrote:
I had an incredibly atypical interview with one of the people Sandy mentioned earlier. All of my questions were oddball questions that had nothing to do with my application/resume, background/experience, why bschool/MBA. They were not behavioral questions either. I had visited clear admit in advance and only one of my 12/13 questions had been previously asked. It didn't feel conversational even though he had asked me to relax prior to beginning. It felt rapid fire, and questions bounced around with no real direction or connection to one another. Before my current job in clean tech, I had worked in investment banking and have gone through many investment banking, consulting, and other oddball type interviews (e.g. Google). I have to say that I left this interview feeling the worst out of any interview I've ever had. Reading through others' experiences here, I'm envious that most others received a job-like or conversational-style interview based on experiences and career. At least my interviewer was incredibly warm and friendly, which certainly helped calm my nerves. But alas, it's over now! Time to wait...
This sums up my experience, though I interviewed on campus. I reviewed the clearadmit wiki and unofficial HBS interview guide and also had a few mock interviews with current students - none of which prepared me for the majority of the questions I was asked. The interviewers were very nice, but some of the questions bordered on case interview style and required significant thinking on my feet beyond just knowing my application and transition story.
An interesting similarity: we both are in cleantech.