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Thanks for the reply! Doing mine in person so I would assume it won’t be held by a third party? Either way thanks for taking the time To respond How were you able to ask a question about community or culture or anything related to the school through a third party interviewer? Was the response good?

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Oh sure. I had mine Yesterday. It was held by a third party interviewer who didnt seen to know so much about the school itself so it was sort of robotic and she had a set of questions. No followups. 1. why MBA, why KF, why now 2. three things you’ll want adcom to know about you 3. TMAT constructive criticism/feedback 4. TMAT challenge at work and lessons 5. How do you prioritise work and extra curricular 6. Attributes of ideal team 7. core values important to me and why 8. example of leadership experience that stands out 9. Leadership style. About 40 mins in total and i asked her one question

Thanks for the reply! Doing mine in person so I would assume it won’t be held by a third party? Either way thanks for taking the time
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How were you able to ask a question about community or culture or anything related to the school through a third party interviewer? Was the response good?

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Thanks for the reply! Doing mine in person so I would assume it won’t be held by a third party? Either way thanks for taking the time
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How were you able to ask a question about community or culture or anything related to the school through a third party interviewer? Was the response good?

I did mine in person and it was also by a 3rd party. Pretty accurate to the story above. Cold room.. dress appropriately

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Oh damn. Thanks for the insight

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How were you able to ask a question about community or culture or anything related to the school through a third party interviewer? Was the response good?

I asked about the location instead. what she liked about the community and living there. Tips for someone moving there.

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Mine was by an adcom member and she was very warm, friendly and was grinning all through the interview. Simple and straight interview questions. Kinda liked me talking as well I think. Then I asked about how long she has been there, what she does and why she’s doing the job. She was really ecstatic to talk about it and that was all really. It was a surreal and swell conversation.

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Any recent interviews willing to share what sort of questions they received? Got an interview on Monday

Hey, how was your interview? How long was it?

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Done with my interview just now: Not a blind interview definitely. Directly started away with the questions: 1. When did you first hear about UNC and why have you kept your belief and interest in UNC KF despite getting rejected the last time? 2. Which leadership trait do you believe is necessary to succeed in life? 3. Mention one professional accomplishment you have that you achieved having worked upon your EQ. 4. How do you manage a team when there are people with different perspectives? 5. Talk about one core value in life that you preach and follow. 6. Any questions that you may have for me, do ask.

My interview was with an Adcom. I had a very similar question to this. At the end, the adcom asked what questions I was hoping she would ask and if I had anything else I would like to add. Which I thought was unique and wanted to share.

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Hey, how was your interview? How long was it?

Very similar to some of the other people in this chat’s experience. It was with a 3rd party, they were very engaged. Asked about my background and then a lot of behavioral questions (biggest accomplishment, core vaules, leadersip style, etc). Since they were not a staff member at UNC, I asked questions about what they currently do and what lead them to to that path.

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Hi guys. Much like many of you, I applied to UNC for R1. I still haven't received an interview invite. Indian applicant here btw. Basis your understanding/ last years' interview invites data, can anyone comment if I can still expect to receive an interview invite at this point, or just consider that I have been rejected?

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Hi guys. Much like many of you, I applied to UNC for R1. I still haven’t received an interview invite. Indian applicant here btw. Basis your understanding/ last years’ interview invites data, can anyone comment if I can still expect to receive an interview invite at this point, or just consider that I have been rejected?

Not to worry. They will send your invite before the end of the month

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Not to worry. They will send your invite before the end of the month

Thanks a lot, Victor! Fingers crossed, hope your words come true.

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hey guys,
Today i had interview but for me the invitation link they sent is not working ..
anyone faced similar issue today?
even unc application website is also down...

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I had a good interview I think, the interviewer was super friendly, I don’t think she was 3rd party. These were the questions asked:
1. Why mba? Why now?
2. 3 things ad com should know about you
3. TMAT you had to give a bad news to someone (I took about 30 secs to gather my thoughts here)
4. Which values are the most important to you?
5. Short term goals
6. TMAT you got a constructive feedback
She seemed pretty involved in my answers, no follow up questions but had some comments after every response like ‘yes I understand how it must have been for you etc.’
Still had around 5 mins for questions, I asked if she has had any weird/interesting interview experiences, laughed about them, spoke about life chapel hill, places she’s been to etc. very casual and informal

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I had a good interview I think, the interviewer was super friendly, I don’t think she was 3rd party. These were the questions asked: 1. Why mba? Why now? 2. 3 things ad com should know about you 3. TMAT you had to give a bad news to someone (I took about 30 secs to gather my thoughts here) 4. Which values are the most important to you? 5. Short term goals 6. TMAT you got a constructive feedback She seemed pretty involved in my answers, no follow up questions but had some comments after every response like ‘yes I understand how it must have been for you etc.’ Still had around 5 mins for questions, I asked if she has had any weird/interesting interview experiences, laughed about them, spoke about life chapel hill, places she’s been to etc. very casual and informal

this is exactly how my interview went

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My interview was with an external interviewer, but still very friendly and conversational. My questions:

1. Why MBA/Why UNC
2. What qualities will you bring to the MBA class
3. What are the values you live by that are most important to you
4. Biggest personal or professional accomplishment
5. What are you most looking forward to learning at UNC

Basic follow up questions for some answers, but generally just spoke about his own experiences which related to mine. Had 10 minutes left for questions after. Almost felt like a chat with someone I was meeting casually for the first time

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I had my interview last night. The interviewer was someone called Joshua who definitely was not an adcom member but was somehow associated with KF.

- Why UNC?
- ST, LT Goals
- In your experience you would've collaborated with a lot of teams. How would you bring your collaborative and leadership prowess to KF?
- TMAT when you had to address someone coming late to work. How did you deal with that?
- Personal accomplishment
- What motivates you?
- What Qs do you have for me?

Interview lasted for exactly 20 minutes.
5-7 minutes for "What Qs do you have for me?".

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exact same experience with Joshua IsseMoyer. he told me he has seen my resume, essays and knows about me - so was taken a bit by suprise but overall a pleasant expereince

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Did anyone receive an interview invite recently (R1)? I still haven't and I am just losing hope day by day :/

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I also applied like a month ago and yet haven’t received any update over interview selection or rejection....can somebody comment on this and process in general?