Had my interview with Benjamin Austin - Adcom member, yesterday. We connected on a lot of aspects, be it sports, travel or our motivations to pursue an MBA. The interview was very conversational and focused on EQ aspect. There were a lot of follow-up questions based on my answers which I really liked.
My conversations with current students and coffee chat before my interview really helped me with a lot of insights which I was able to utilize during my interview and I think even Ben sort of acknowledged a lot of these aspects.
Listing down a few typical questions which I can remember from my conversation with Ben:
1. Brief introduction
2. Choice of undergrad degree and how it helped me in my career
3. Questions related to professional certifications like CA, CFA etc.
4. Most tricky project that I worked on and what were the learnings.
5. Leadership - What is my leadership style, what are my strength and the areas where I can make improvements
6. Experience of managing a team, resolving conflicts and situations where I relied on inputs/ideas of my team members
7. Why NYU? What would be my recruitment strategy for internship and a job later on?
8. My preferred choice of industry sectors to work for after 3-4 years of my MBA.
I was told that they will revert with a decision on my application within 2-3 weeks.