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Hello everyone,
I just got an update that I have been converted from waitlist to full time at vandy. With scholarship. Best luck to everyone who was on their waitlist journey and who has applied in r2

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Oh wow! congrats! How much is the $ amount?

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hi guys
can you help with possible interview questions?

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*raghavb98 writes:*
Oh wow! congrats! How much is the $ amount?

please Dm for that

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Tell me about yourself ?
why owen ?
Your short and long term goals?

If your colleague were to say your weakness what will it be?
What can you contribute to the owen community?

my questions were follow ups from the answers I gave.

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How are these questions being answered can u tell us in brief the approach (apart from what is written in the essay and application)

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I used the star method to answer my questions. It was a conversational interview. Try to tell them about your interest to because we bonded on that . My interview lasted 45 to 50 mins . Draw emphasis on why Owen relating it to your goals. He also ask me what can I gain from owen

Try and make your answers not generic to . One the current students I reached out to said it also helps when you refer a current student you spoke to and if you attended an info session to try and add that it. That was the advice she gave me

Try not to make your answers to generic as well . One the current students I reached out to said it also helps when you refer a current student you spoke to and if you attended an info session to try and add that it. That was the advice she gave me

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*There should be questions posted on Poets and Quants or ClearAdmit. Check them out. Pretty standard questions - why and MBA and why Owen? Your contribution to the class, plans after, etc.
just make sure not to use a lot of AI in your responses. The AdCom values authenticity especially in this age of AI. Be direct too. * this is copied from the message I received from a current student.

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Hi does anyone have the contact number to reach out to school ? Have some query regarding evaluation

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[email protected]

Or [email protected]

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contact number - they are not picking on the number given on website

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I did my interview recently for round 2. There was only one true STAR question about a time I learned a new skill. They also seem to care about diversity- they asked what I would contribute to the community and then what I would gain from the diverse community. Also followed up with what I’ve learned the past from experiences where I’ve been around people different than me. Overall, it was not nearly as bad as I was expecting! I was nervous but the student was so nice and personable. Most of the questions were pretty standard.

One thing to note- the platform they used was different than just plain old Zoom and I couldn’t figure out how to blur my background when I logged on. It might have been an option, but I couldn’t sit there and mess with it. I would try to keep that in mind and have a clean background in case you can’t get it to blur!

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i also had mine yesterday. I felt the interviewer was very warming. At some point, it was surprising and very delightful. Basic ques mostly conversational bonding re goals hobbies why mba why owen. Interviewer also asked me to connect on linkedin and keep him posted of the results.

Its more of a natural building of conversation (though you have to prep for sure) rather a typical interview

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Hello I sincerely request everyone who has had their vabdy interviews done post about the interview details on decision-tracker/debriefs.html?school=35&status=0

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Hi guys. Can we know if the interviewer will be current student or adcom? I did not see the interviewer name. Thank you!

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I think they’re all current students. They sent me the name of my interviewer 2 hours before the interview started, so you should have some time to look them up.

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thank you!

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Yes, can confirm its a 2nd year student. I had my interview at 7:30 IST and was told 2 hrs before who my interviewer is. Beware, the link is not for zoom or teams, but rather on the Vandi website itself. And the interview is only 30 mins, and they want to take you thr all the questions. Keep your introduction very limited/ brief. I didnt realize this and messed up my interview here