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Feb, 10, 2009
This is a short follow-up to my post on HBS MBA interviews. In that post I wrote:You need to know your application very completely as you will be asked by adcom about its content. Review your entire application (not just resume and essays, but everything including the transcript) very carefully and consider what your interviewer […]
Feb, 10, 2009
If you did not get an HBS 2nd round invite today, as the HBS Admissions Director makes clear on her 2/9 blog post, it is not over yet:Today we are sending emails to about 750 applicants inviting them to interview. Detailed information will be included in the email. I think there will be between 50 […]
Feb, 09, 2009
The Japanese students at Tuck are putting on their first Japan Trek this year, which I think is wonderful way for them to teach their fellow MBA students about Japan. I am very pleased to serve as an official sponsor of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth’s Japan Trek 2009 because I know such […]
Feb, 07, 2009
In this post, I have decided to simply comment on the mostly helpful advice that Wharton provides in Tips on the Wharton MBA Admissions Interview. In addition to my own knowledge of Wharton MBA interviews, I am drawing on the reports found at accepted.com and clearadmit.com. For those who might be interviewing with J.J. Cutler, […]
Feb, 07, 2009
Before reading this post on UC Berkeley Haas MBA, I suggest reviewing the Director of Admissions for the Full-time MBA Program’s excellent Tips for Acing the Admissions Interview. I also suggest that you listen to the short podcast on interviewing found at http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/podcast/audio/haas_mba_interview_tips1.mp3. The advice is very simple and clear and applicable to most schools. […]
Feb, 06, 2009
In January, Wharton announced they had had a new Director of MBA Admissions & Financial Aid, J.J. Cutler. This is what Wharton says about him: J.J. Cutler is the new Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid. Since 2007, J.J. has been President of Lindi Skin, a start-up offering skin care products specifically designed for […]
Feb, 06, 2009
Before reading the rest of this post, I strongly suggest downloading a copy of MIT’s excellent guide to behavioral interviews, The MIT Sloan Interview Guide, because reading it first will maximize the value of my comments below.The behavioral interview method is not old:“Bill Byham, CEO and founder of Development Dimensions International, originated the behavioral interviewing […]
Feb, 05, 2009
In my experience, Duke interviews are all about fit. Frankly, I would not characterize them as hard when compared to those of other top schools. For some of my clients, I think the hardest part was that their interviews were conducted in a busy hotel lobby by a student interviewer. One would hope that Duke […]
Feb, 05, 2009
My comments below are based on my experience and my review of McCombs School of Business in University of Texas at Austin MBA interview reports found at accepted.com. I think that there are five key things to consider when preparing for McCombs interviews: 1. A recent report indicated that interviewers had a two page list […]
Feb, 04, 2009
Now that the 1st round results in all their joy, pain, and annoyance have more or less emerged, some people will find themselves in that netherworld known as waitlist. For some, the wait will actually end once 2nd round results are released, but for others, the wait might very well continue, well, for months and […]
