loloswims wrote:
I had my consortium interview and it was pretty bad. However, not on my part but the interviewer. It only lasted 15 minutes, literally. She only asked why MBA, example of leadership and that was it. She didn't even ask me what my committment to the "Mission" was.
I may possibly have you beat.
There is only one Consortium interviewer where i'm based. I scheduled the interview with the person 6 weeks ahead of time because of my work travel schedule. All seemed well. I sent a followup email two weeks beforehand. No reply. I sent a reminder one week ahead of time, followed by voice mail. No reply. I called the week of (on Monday, we were scheduled to meet that Tuesday)...no reply.
At that point, I was about to set out on 3 weeks of nonstop school visits/diversity weekends, and found myself unable to schedule on-campus interviews given the late attempt. So I contacted a number of other interviewers from the list (also on Monday) in the nearest major city--Atlanta. They all agreed to meet on Friday of the same week. As I still hadn't heard from my original interviewer, I confirmed with someone in Atlanta, rented a car, and left for Atlanta Thursday morning. I was 39 miles from my destination when I received a call from an unknown number. It was my initial interviewer, calling to say that she had become "overwhelmed with personal issues" and would reschedule the interview if I wanted her to. I was very polite in thanking her for calling me back-- but there was no way that I would entrust her with my interview at that point.
It's quite fortunate for the Consortium that the person whom I ultimately interviewed with was professional and thorough, but also engaging and helpful; otherwise, I would've seriously reconsidered whether I wanted to be affiliated with the organization given my initial experience.