Here are my thoughts on the INSEAD MiM Interview Experience:
Most important questions that come to mind:
- Tell me about yourself
- Why INSEAD specifically
- Why a MiM (especially since I already have a Business undergraduate degree)
- Why a MiM right now? (Since I already have a return offer from a prestigious firm)
- What do you want to do after your MiM? Why?
Honestly, these are all pretty generic questions. If you know the answer to these and have a few stories prepared for common topics like Conflict, Leadership, Ambiguity, Teamwork, Failure, Weaknesses, you should be good. Think on the fly and adapt your stories to the question. Sometimes you'll just have to give genuine answers that you have come up with on the spot.
For what it's worth, the interviewer was more 'serious' and specific than my LBS interview. I wouldn't say he was mean, but he was definitely more serious/professional. Felt more like a job interview. This might just be due to the difference in age (INSEAD MBA alumni vs LBS recent MiM alumni).
E.g. I was asked 3 oddly specific follow-up questions to a leadership story I told. (How did the conversation with that teammate go? Did you call them on the phone? Did you text or call first?). That was a bit weird, lol.
PM me if you have any other questions about the process.