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Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)!

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2019, 03:59
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2019, 07:56
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2019, 10:37
hi,

anyone gave their interview yet?
I have mine tomorrow... any tips and general overview will be most appreciated.
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2019, 00:12
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hi,

anyone gave their interview yet?
I have mine tomorrow... any tips and general overview will be most appreciated.


Hi monabag !

It would be great if you could share your interview experience!

Thanks
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   13 Oct 2019, 10:50
5 days to decision... :shocked :dazed :please
My interview was very straightforward. No unexpected questions-- the whole thing only lasted 15-20 minutes. Heard a short interview is not necessarily a bad sign though...
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   13 Oct 2019, 23:33
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5 days to decision... :shocked :dazed :please
My interview was very straightforward. No unexpected questions-- the whole thing only lasted 15-20 minutes. Heard a short interview is not necessarily a bad sign though...


It's not always a bad sign. If you read prior interview debriefs you will see several cases of applicants with shorter interviews getting into their schools.

Good luck to you as well as all R1 applicants.
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2019, 06:56
Does Oxford release all decisions on the deadline day or do they release it in batches? I got the interview call before the interview decision deadline so I'm hoping that they would release the admission decision anytime before the deadline.
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2019, 08:32
Hi,

I had actually received my interview mail on 19th September. Had an online interview on 30th September on Zoom. There was some technical glitch so we had to do most of the interview on telephone. I was asked many questions on leadership. I am not sure if it was because she wasn't convinced with my answers and that's why she was asking the same question in multiple ways. It was a 30 minutes interview overall. After that I got a mail to courier my official transcripts... and I am waiting for the decision now.... :((
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2019, 09:59
Those who have submitted apps please guide for the online assessment questions.
What are the two motivation based questions?
What competency based questions can be asked?
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2019, 11:09
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Does Oxford release all decisions on the deadline day or do they release it in batches? I got the interview call before the interview decision deadline so I'm hoping that they would release the admission decision anytime before the deadline.


We all got the interview decisions one day early! But based on reading posts from
Prior years, it’s normal to get interview decisions one day early but final decisions on the stated day (Friday). So I don’t think anyone will hear back before Friday.

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2019, 11:12
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z8925 wrote:
5 days to decision... :shocked :dazed :please
My interview was very straightforward. No unexpected questions-- the whole thing only lasted 15-20 minutes. Heard a short interview is not necessarily a bad sign though...


It's not always a bad sign. If you read prior interview debriefs you will see several cases of applicants with shorter interviews getting into their schools.

Good luck to you as well as all R1 applicants.


Thanks a lot :) the next 4 days of waiting will be tough...

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 00:33
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Those who have submitted apps please guide for the online assessment questions.
What are the two motivation based questions?
What competency based questions can be asked?


The motivation questions are on their website. Basically why an MBA, why Oxford etc.
Competency question:
explain a time you had to help a colleague who had received bad feedback.
Explain a time you had conflict at work.

The interesting thing for me was the written question. It was such a random question: Explain the color red to a blind person.

I wrote absolute nonsense I think. And I couldn’t hit the word count of 200. I think I wrote 170.

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:00
How important is it to share thank-you notes with the interviewer? Is it even required, considering Said didn't even share the interviewer's name before hand?

I did not share thank-you note with my interviewer. However, I did thank him a couple of times during the interview.
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:27
I took note of my interviewer’s name, looked up her details on the school website and sent her a thank you email the following day. ??‍♀️ just out of courtesy, nothing more. She was very friendly during our conversation and if I get in, I’d look forward to speaking with her more.

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:31
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I took note of my interviewer’s name, looked up her details on the school website and sent her a thank you email the following day. ??‍♀️ just out of courtesy, nothing more. She was very friendly during our conversation and if I get in, I’d look forward to speaking with her more.

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Did she revert on the mail?
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:37
She did, and wished me all the best.

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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:39
Are thank-you notes a make it/break it ?

Anybody you know who didn't send thankyou notes but got through?

Personally, I felt my interview went pretty well.

It'll be a shame for me if thank-you notes play a very important role.
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 03:59
Does anybody know the post interview conversion rates for SBS ?
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 04:15
sohamdta wrote:
Does anybody know the post interview conversion rates for SBS ?


Yeah, you can check past year trends on gmatclub
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Re: Calling all Oxford SBS MBA Applicants: 2020 Intake (Class of 2021)! [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2019, 04:31
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She did, and wished me all the best.

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I didn’t get a response to my thank you note :/
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