The London Business School 2011 Thread

Intreviewers feedback was filed before 6th of march. I had my interview on 5th. So I guess if there had been no exceptions all interviews were done by 6th.

I had my interview on March 7th, so there may be exceptions to the March 6th time-frame. Hence, my guess is that by last Friday all interview reports would have had to be submitted. Good luck all!

I wanted to thank everyone for the helpful feedback I got on this board. I have decided not to apply to LBS but wish everyone all the best of luck with the remainder of the process.

What program are you going to attend?

If Wharton works out, I will go there. If not, I have a harder decision but am leaning towards Columbia because I'm in finance and also want to be in an more urban area. Love the culture at Kellogg though so definitely a tough choice.

drinking wine, smoking hookah and watching Californication... there is a solution to the waiting game =)

Any of you guys have a view of how strong LBS is in industry these days? Some of what I heard from the alumna in my interview made me believe that industry is weaker when compared to consulting and finance.

Does anybody have a view on how helpful their career service and alumni are?

Reason why I am asking is that I am between Insead and LBS. Not sure how much of a positive impact an internship can have if you are switching from IB to business development in industry.

Thanks,

m

My interviewer is the CTO of an internet company but she graduated 9 years ago I believe. I personally believe that in industry it's more about the person's qualities and less about what school you graduated from. But that's just me

According to LBS's career report, it is now an even 1/3 split between finance, consulting and industry. A shift from dominating finance to industry, possibly a result of the credit crunch. Firms from industry are not the largest recruiters. The usual firms are on the list (CPG, Pharma, FT100). Both schools are good at strategy.

Question: What does it mean when a firm hires 4 summer interns, but does not offer jobs after graduation?

I suspect its more about student preferences than about school strength. Industry is usually the last bastion (they also come to campus last to recruit); people who are unsure of what they want to do try consulting or finance first.
After the financial crisis however, industry has appeared to be better bet, both in terms of recruitment needs and in terms of a relatively stabler career path.

Firms hiring four interns and zero full time could mean anything - for instance the firm may have hired four interns without any full time needs or maybe its headcount needs changed during the year or maybe the students just found something they liked more for full time due to improved job-market conditions. There is never usually one straight explanation.

To all the speculators out there...here's something to keep the energy levels going...

Are the references usually contacted for ppl who are given an admit on decision day...???

not sure about others but I applied in R1 and got admitted. One of my recommenders told me they contacted him. He wasn't one of the two recommenders; he was a alumni recommender - they have some alumni referral program or something.

After 3 consecutive dings..am eagerly waiting for something positive from LBS

not to my knowledge... they didn't contact mine!

mms- Personally, I feel it is much easier to move from Financial Services to Industry. But the transition the other way around is extremely TOUGH. Simply put, there are more candidates who want to move to IB /Finance etc. Also, not to say you haven't thought about your decision or it is not the right one, but I would really put a lot of thought in moving into Business Development and Industry. I have a lot of friends who moved from Consulting to Industry, and their thoughts were that in Consulting or any Financial services, you are dealing with multiple clients, the pace is fast, and you are generally on the cutting edge of information, simply because you are exposed to an array of clients/ industries etc. But when you go the other route, you are making a conscious decision, to be an "expert in certain industry and not to say that isn't good. Again, it all depends on what kind of a career you are looking for , and ofcourse personal situations also influence those decisions. All the best!

Does anyone have an idea about what the percentage of interviewed applicants is? It seems to pretty high...

t-6 and counting ..