theburgh wrote:
Hey guys,
I had my interview at Wharton yesterday, and I have been obsessing over it for the past few hours. I actually was hoping to get some people's thoughts on something that has been bugging me about the interview. Basically, my interview was rather odd. Rather than asking me stuff like Why MBA?, Why Now?, Why Wharton?, etc. he spent 20 minutes going through my resume and asking me about my deals and my responsibilities at each of my jobs. The only bschool type questions he asked me were "how would your colleagues describe you", "what types of activities would you like to do", and "what are your short term and long term goals". Do you think this will hurt my chances of getting in? I know that the interviewer evaluation form requires him to say whether my reasons for getting an MBA and going to Wharton make sense, so how can he possibly offer his opinions on this if he didn't ask me? Anyways, no big deal, i'm just kind of irked that I had a such a weird interview. Anyways, would appreciate some feedback or thoughts on this. Thanks!
I do not think you need to concern about what kind of questions the interviewer asked you. As many others mentioned, the interview is just another point of data collection. Adcom has known you enough from the paper - your application forms- and through interview, Adcom would like to know you in person. People could put anything on paper during the application, but they could not do that during an interview. An experienced interviewer could easily tell how the person will turn to be through 30 min conversation, not 100% accurate, but surely far above 50%.
All in all, the questions in the interview are not that important in my view, but what and how you respond to the questions are critical.