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metal1106
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24 Jun 2020, 05:32
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Hi all,
I've got an invite to interview INSEAD about 10 days ago and have contacted my interviewers to arrange a meeting. Both interviewers answered me in the local language quite naturally (one by email and the other by phone). I wonder if they would interview me in the local language or in English. Have anyone has the same experience? Does INSEAD have guidelines to do the interview in English? As I've read somewhere, the goal of the interview is just to "test" if a candidate "fits" into the program, and not his/her English fluency.
By the way, I am currently living in a country which is not my home country, so the local language is already a foreign language for me.
Thanks in advance for your help
I've got an invite to interview INSEAD about 10 days ago and have contacted my interviewers to arrange a meeting. Both interviewers answered me in the local language quite naturally (one by email and the other by phone). I wonder if they would interview me in the local language or in English. Have anyone has the same experience? Does INSEAD have guidelines to do the interview in English? As I've read somewhere, the goal of the interview is just to "test" if a candidate "fits" into the program, and not his/her English fluency.
By the way, I am currently living in a country which is not my home country, so the local language is already a foreign language for me.
Thanks in advance for your help
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JL2020
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24 Jun 2020, 05:50
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Hi Metal1106
This is really weird. For me both of my interviewers replied in English.
I think even if they want to proceed in English you can ask them to do it in English, I dont think that would be an issue
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This is really weird. For me both of my interviewers replied in English.
I think even if they want to proceed in English you can ask them to do it in English, I dont think that would be an issue
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EaglesRugby
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24 Jun 2020, 05:56
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As you correctly stated, the interview is not intended to gauge your English level.
Depending on where you live it is not that strange for the interviewer to speak in the native language. I know my South American class mates said their interviews were mostly in Spanish. Many interviewers have graduated more than 10 years ago and may not have been using English so much in their professional life. However, if you are more fluent in English than the native language of your current residence, you should ask your interviewer if they are comfortable with speaking English.
Good luck!
Depending on where you live it is not that strange for the interviewer to speak in the native language. I know my South American class mates said their interviews were mostly in Spanish. Many interviewers have graduated more than 10 years ago and may not have been using English so much in their professional life. However, if you are more fluent in English than the native language of your current residence, you should ask your interviewer if they are comfortable with speaking English.
Good luck!
