Hey all, just to update I just received an email from my AO (Anne) for interview invite (I'm R2 applicant, submission on 18th April with Kira completed on 20th April).
BG: male, Chinese, 32, bachelor in engineering (China), Master in Management (France), excluding internship in total 6y+ full time experience - mostly corporate banking in an international bank across different roles all in France (large cap relationship manager, business manager, lending portfolio manager, credit approval manager), 1y in a financial data company as sales & account manager covering IB segment (private equity, investment banks, consulting firms, corp dev team of large corp) - during 2020 then back to the bank. GMAT 700 (first try in Mar2023, but I took GMAT back in 2013 as well - 660 (no big difference but Quant section at the time didn't have DS)), low GPA 73/100 (bachelor in China) and c. 13/20 (master in France). Recommendation including from one INSEAD GEMBA 2022 grad (a previous supervisor) now MD at the bank. I speak English, French and Chinese (native). Voilà, bonne chance à mes camarades R2 ! Now heading to the long weekend (note 8th May - Victory of WWII in France so if you don't receive anything today might need to wait till next Tuesday)