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Re: Calling all HBS Fall 2009 Applicants
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05 Mar 2009, 00:31
Hey Guys,
Finished my HBS on campus Interview, and I wish I could say I felt good coming out of it, but it was definitely a daunting experience.
Like a lot of other people have reported, it was 30 minutes on the dot. Very few pleasantries, the interviewer explained the process, reiterated that if she interrupted it wasn't because she was trying to be rude, and that she had read my file.
Most of the questions were very specific to my application - we jumped around a lot. She threw random questions at me that weren't specific such as:
Why my undergrad institution
What book i've recently read
What I think of the current financial markets
All in all, it reminded me of an I-bank interview - keeping me off balance and asking digging questions. The questions I had prepared, didn't come up at all (resources: Montauk, clearadmit.com, etc.), and I definitely felt as if I fumbled through a few of the answers.
The best advice I can give, is to really take a second before answering questions, it definitely would have made my thoughts that much clearer.
Good Luck to Everyone