May, 09, 2014
Clients frequently ask me to assess their chances for MBA admission. They want to know how they compare with their competition. They want to know how to beat their competition. This is an extremely reasonable request. After all, admission to top MBA programs or other competitive graduate programs is a zero sum game: You get […]
May, 07, 2014
Amongst the many different types of clients I work with, applicants whose careers and/or future goals are related to their family businesses have special advantages and challenges. My family business clients have come from very diverse backgrounds. I have had applicants whose families controlled businesses that were quite small, $1 million or less in annual sales, […]
Apr, 29, 2014
One marketing gimmick, used the world over, is tell potential customers/applicants/survey test takers how easy it is to complete an application for whatever. I can’t prove that the Business School Admissions offices that I mention in this post had car insurance ads or membership card applications or “Please Take this Survey” requests in mind when […]
Feb, 16, 2014
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. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions […]
Feb, 15, 2014
This post is an interview with IMD’s Lisa Piguet, Associate Director MBA Admissions and Marketing. You can find my previous interview with Lisa here. In addition, she was kind enough to give me a tour of the IMD campus in 2012. Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD […]
Feb, 13, 2014
In this post I discuss preparing for New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA admissions interviews. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions Interviews –General Characteristics of Admissions Officers, […]
Feb, 10, 2014
This post supplements my main post on preparing for Michigan Ross MBA Admissions Interviews. It updates that list of questions found in that previous post. Like he has done with many other schools, my colleague, Steve Green has compiled the following list of questions from from all the reports submitted to accepted.com and clearadmit.com. In addition to our client […]
Feb, 10, 2014
In my experience, Duke interviews are all about fit. Frankly, I would not characterize the interviews for Team Fuqua as hard when compared to those of other top schools. As you will see from the questions, below, Fuqua interview questions are very typical MBA interview questions. If you are preparing for interviews for other schools, […]
Feb, 09, 2014
The stupidest thing any applicant invited for an MBA admissions interview can do is not prepare sufficiently for the interview! Every year, I work intensively with clients who prepare great MBA applications to top MBA programs, but regardless of what I suggest, regardless of the extensive resources of this blog or other blogs, regardless of what […]
Feb, 06, 2014
I have gone for years without writing a post on London Business School MBA Admissions Interviews. I don’t have a specific excuse for this since I have helped many applicants prepare for this interview and have no lack of information about it. My post on LBS application essays for the Class of 2016 can […]
