Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus (Published March 29th, 2010)

My interviewer was extremely upbeat, friendly, and had loved her Anderson experience. We met at a coffee shop and the conversation was very relaxed.

List of interview questions:

Tell me about yourself.
Why Anderson?
Can you describe a difficult/challenging interaction you had at work?
Which personal accomplishment and which professional accomplishment are you most proud of?
Would you consider moving to California after graduation [from NYC]?
What do you think are your application’s greatest strengths? Weaknesses?
What do you like to do for fun?
Is there anything else you’d like the admissions committee to know that wasn’t in your application/that you wish Adcom would have asked?
The interview lasted for over an hour, since the alumnus very much enjoyed chatting about Anderson, what she gained from it, and the alumni network.

Decision: Admitted!

Round 2 / 2nd Year Student / On-Campus (Published February 26th, 2010)

The interview was almost exactly 30 min, done inside an admission officer's office. I didn't get too much feedback from my interviewer, as she was firing off questions to fit within the interview time slot. The questions were fairly standard:

Walk me through your resume
Why MBA, why Anderson, why now?
Tell me a time where you showed leadership
Tell me a time where you worked in a team
Tell me about a time when you received constructive criticism
What will you contribute to the Anderson community?
The interview then concluded with 5 minutes for me to ask her questions about Anderson.

Round 1 / Alum / Off-campus / Originally Shared by The Parisian MBA (Published April 9th, 2009)

My UCLA interview took place at the end of 2008 in a hotel bar with a french UCLA alumnus and lasted for 1h15, 30min in english and the rest in french.

Here is how it went:

When I received the notification I got preselected for an interview, I contacted the selected alumnus and we agreed to make the interview in a place convenient for both of us. As he let me decide the place, I chose a hotel bar in my street where I often saw business people having discussions. When I arrived at the bar, my interviewer was already there, we greeted each other and I ordered some drinks.

It started bad as the bar was only for the hotel residents but I tried to do my most sympathetic smile and the waitress agreed to serve us our drinks. (it's obvious but really make sure what kind of place you choose if you are asked for )

Then my interviewer introduced himself. He was a strategy consultant and was handling a business in parallel. He was very friendly and very open to discussion and therefore I relaxed a bit. He then asked me to introduce myself in english and describe my career to date.

Afterwards he asked me the traditional MBA applicants questions:

Why MBA?
Why now?
What are your goals post-MBA?
Why UCLA?
As it was my first interview, even though I had prepared these questions thoroughly, I felt a bit hesitant at first but then retook the lead and found myself explaining my background, goals and reasons well enough.

He then asked me about challenges I encountered at work. He had prepared the interview well because he asked me some very specific questions and then came a funny anecdote when he mentioned that one of his neighbours was my former CEO .

Then he asked about what other schools I applied to and thought it was a coherent set of applications regarding my goals.

Then he asked me whether I had any questions. I had a lot actually as I had quite similar post-MBA goals to his. Therefore I could ask a lot about Entrepreneurship at Anderson, the AMR program, Visa issues for Internationals and life at LA.

One thing was that my interviewer loved to talk and I felt at that moment I was loosing control over the interview. He was so thrilled about his experience at Anderson that I felt he could have talked about it for days!

The interview finally ended and we said goodbye.

After that I had quite a good feeling but a bit later I wondered whether the laid back style of the interview was not intended to put off my guard. Ok it was laid back but I made sure to be coherent regarding my application file and honest about my goals and potential schools' choices.

I guess it went well as I finally got in for September 2009!

The Parisian MBA

Round 3 / Student / On-campus (Published April 4th, 2009)

I interviewed today with a FEMBA student at UCLA campus. The only question I was not ready for was:

Describe a situation where you had to make an ethical decision.
Also, when you check in for the interview, they give you a pink card. On the front side of the card, you fill out your information. The back of the card is to be filled by the person who interviews you and contains detailed questions on what they liked about you. If you have time, you may want to review the evaluation questions. It may help you take better control of the interview.

Hope this helps the next applicant! =)

Round 2 / Alum / Off-campus (Published February 16th, 2009)

I met my interviewer in his office. Our chat was reasonably short -- less than an hour, I would say. The interview itself was light and extremely conversational. At the end my interviewer talked about his experiences at Anderson for about 10 minutes.

Among the questions he asked me were:

Walk me through your resume.
What do you like about your current job?
What do you do for fun?
Why an MBA?
Why go to business school now?
Why Anderson? What first got you interested in Anderson?
Which other schools did you apply to?
Are you applying to other California schools?
How will you involve yourself in the Anderson community?
Tell me about a book you have read recently.
Any questions for me?

Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus (Published February 12th, 2009)

The interview lasted approximately 40 minutes. It was conducted on campus by a member of the adcom, Jessica Luchenta. She was very nice and the interview went quite well.

The following questions were addressed:

Walk me through your resume.
Why an MBA?
Why Anderson?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
Give me an example of a time you displayed leadership?
Has anyone ever been critical of you in a work setting? How so? What do you now do to avoid doing it again?
Give me an example of when you failed to accomplish an objective?
What types of clubs or organizations would you join at Anderson?
How would you add to the community at Anderson?
This was basically our entire conversation -- with some questions at the end.

Good luck to everyone with interviews!

Round 2 / On-campus / Second-year Student (Published February 11th, 2009)

List of Interview Questions:

Walk me through your resume
Why did you switch jobs? (in reference to my resume)
What are your career goals?
Why do you want an MBA?
Why Anderson?
Tell me about a team experience that didn't go well and what did you learn.
Describe your entrepreneurial ideas? (Relevant to my career goals)
How will you contribute to Anderson?
Commentary: My interviewer was very relaxed and friendly. I enjoyed my visit and was quite impressed with the Anderson campus and facilities, as well as with the students and faculty.

Round 1 / On-campus (Published December 16th, 2008)

Why did you choose your undergraduate position?
Tell me about what you do now?
Why did you choose your current position?
Tell me about your leadership experiences
Elaborate on your career goals.
How will Anderson help you get to your career goals?
What publications have you been following to stay abreast of your career goals?
Do you have any questions for me?

Round 1 / Alum / Off-campus (Published November 23rd, 2008)

Had an interview with an alum off campus at starbucks. Very friendly and relaxed. Questions asked were:

Walk me through your resume
Why Anderson?
Clubs at Anderson?
Questions for the alum
Overall, a good experience. As it was a blind interview ,the interviewer had no idea abt my application. Gave her a copy of my resume at the end of it.

Round 3 / Adcom / On-campus (Published April 28th, 2008)

Had my interview yesterday on campus with Jessica Luchenta. Fairly standard format - it was conversational but not too relaxed. The usual suspects - "Why MBA, why now, why Anderson, teamwork example, challenge you overcame, how has that shaped you, clubs you'd participate in, what would you do for fun etc. outside classwork..." and one that threw me for a minute, "Tell me about a disappointment in your life." She seemed to relate to what I was saying, at least a bit, and clearly appreciated that I had flown out from NY for the interview. She also noted the students that I'd spoken with - I set up an informal chat/lunch for myself w/the current president of the Entertainment Management Association, and obviously she knew the guy quite well. Took a TON of notes.

After lunch, I wandered about the campus taking pictures and sticking my nose into buildings. Students were all very warm and friendly, and the facilities were astonishing. Top of the line stuff. Anderson students I met were a nice combination of ambitious gunners and well-balanced folk.

Round 3 / Alumnus (Published April 28th, 2008)

I interviewed with an Alumnus for 30 mins.He was a recent grad and had no interviewing experience. Since my interview was blind, he was wondering why he did not get my resume beforehand. The interview was fairly straightforward with no curveballs. Anyway, here are the questions:

Give me a 30 second overview of your resume.
Why MBA, Why Anderson?
What was your biggest setback in life?
What was your greatest achievement in your profession?
Tell me about your extracurricular activities, then some follow up questions on my extracurriculars.
He asked me to explain one of the achievements I had mentioned on my resume.
Do you have any questions for me?

Round 2 / On-campus / Adcom / Admitted! (Published April 1st, 2008)

I am a R2 admit to UCLA Anderson, as of 28 March. I interviewed on-campus for Anderson back on 14 February with Jessica Luchenta, an Associate Director of MBA Admissions, and a 1st-year student that was sitting in to learn about giving interviews, as Jessica said this student was going to be assisting Admissions next year with interview prospective students.

The email notifying me of my interview said to bring my resume…I brought three copies with me, and was able to provide the 1st-year a copy (I think this went over well when I offered a copy to the 1st year).

The tone was conversational and started off with the standard "Why an MBA? Why Anderson?" I was able to talk for a while about all my reasons for choosing Anderson, which worked well for me. I have a military background, and used the time to fully relate my military background to my reasons for desiring an Anderson MBA. The interviewer also followed up some more about my military background, and I think I was able to connect with my answers…even though it took some time to explain some things without using military jargon. The interviewers gave me the time to explain myself, and this really helped me communicate my accomplishments and goals.

Other questions they asked included:

What companies are you going to look for internships with?
What area of your management skills do you feel you could most improve upon? (I had a good answer for this because Tuck asked a similar question in this year's essays).
The total interview time was about 35 minutes, along with follow-on time for me to ask questions. I had a few prepped, so I believe I was able to communicate my interest in Anderson this way also, along with getting some more info for my ultimate decision.

Round 2 / On-campus / Second-year Student (Published March 10th, 2008)

I was interviewed by both the associate director of admissions and a 2nd year student, but the whole thing lasted only for half hour. I felt a little rushed overall, but I think I did ok because the questions weren't anything difficult to answer. The questions that I remember:

Describe everything you did that has brought you here
Your career goals
Your extracurricular activities while in college
Briefly describe your extracurricular activities out of college
Why Anderson?
What will you contribute at Anderson?
Describe a challenge that you have overcome.
What do you see as a potential weakness/concern when you study at Anderson?
I remember doing very well in the 2nd half of the interview (why Anderson type questions). I could have been a little more concise with my answers. I too asked a lot of questions about Anderson's AMR program, ability to take courses in other departments, internship opportunities, student clubs, etc. I won't say the interview was 100% conversational. It was a little more formal than that.

Alum, Super Saturday November 2006 (Published November 21, 2006)

My interviewer was an alumni and was very, very nice. She went through most of the basic questions and didn't throw me anything difficult.

take me through your resume

why do you want to do marketing

what do you like about working in teams

why mba, why not just work

what are your extracurriculars

she turned out to be a marketer herself so i had a lot of questions for her. overall the interview was relatively easy--nothing too bad. i imagine most super saturday interviews are this way as it's more of an informational day in general...they don't want you to walk away with a bad experience, it seems...

On campus, Second Year Student. (Published Feb 14, 2006)

I interviewed on campus with a second year student. I had my resume for her and following are her questions for me:

Take me through your resume.
What are your likes and dislikes for your current job?
Tell me about a challenging group situation.
What are your goals?
Why do you want an MBA?
Why now?
Why Anderson?
What are your passions outside of work/business?
Anything else you want to tell me or want to ask me?
I think the interview went well - I don't have a feeling that I bombed it. But, you can't tell because they don't necessarily "bond" with you. But she did react favorably to a couple things I said and seemed interested. I don't think you are supposed to know how it went. The interview was 30 minutes and we actually went slightly over, so that was good. Time flew by - 30 minutes is not much time, so be prepared and get to the point.

Alum, Super Saturday Interview - (Published Jan 28, 2006)

I interviewed on Jan 28th, 2006, a Super Saturday. I interviewed with a recent alum. As others have mentioned, it was a blind interview; I gave my interviewer my resume when I got there. Some questions:

Walk me through your resume (starting with college). This included sub questions like why did you choose your major, why did you make that job transition, what made you interested in that, etc
What are your post-MBA career goals?
What are your two weaknesses? Can you give me examples?
What do you do outside of work?
My interviewer also focused a lot on the “why” questions – why I chose to do X, what made me interested in Y. I thought the interview generally went well, but of course, it’s hard to tell.

My advice would be to: #Know your resume inside and out

Understand your goals clearly
Understand specifically why you need an MBA to achieve your goals (as opposed to going into consulting or staying at your current job, for example)
Understand why you have made the choices you have – be able to weave the story between the pieces on your resume
Good luck!

Alum, Super Saturday (Published Jan 28, 2006)

I interviewed at UCLA as part of Super Saturday before end of Round 2 interview deadline. The day started off with a Information session from 9am - 10am. The adcom mentioned that there were a lot of people interviewing on the day and all the interviews will be conducted by either alumni or students. After the information session, we were asked to hang around the admissions office where first year students were available to mingle with us and answer any questions. I think this was a nice touch by the school to help the applicants to learn more about the program and also relax before the interview. The students also offered impromptu school tours. I have visited the campus before and highly recommend sitting in a class and talking to students to get a better idea of the program and students.

My interviewer was an alum and was very friendly. I was asked to go over my Resume and cover the "why's" behind some important decisions I took. Then came the "Why MBA/now" followed by "Why Anderson and how it fits into my goals". Next, I was asked a couple of questions on team situations and how I handled it. Then, I was asked about outside interests before wrapping up with Questions for the interviewer. Since there are a series of interviews, staying on schedule was important and I think mine was right around 30 mts. I didn't get any feedback or clues on how I did (maybe I didn't do well), but it was very casual and straight forward questions with no curveballs. My interactions with the students, alumni and the adcom have been wonderful and I think Anderson is a great place. Waiting for good news

Interview with Adcom, R2 (Published January 2006)

The following is a brief summary of my interview and visit experience: The UCLA campus is beautiful and Anderson in particular has a very new, and beautiful facility. The class I sat in on focused on was excellent and the students seemed more knowledgeable and accomplished than those at schools with higher rankings that i visited. I was very impressed. The interview is a 1/2 hour interview with one of four associate admissions directors. The main focus of the interview covered the following two questions:

Please explain your resume and work history to me.
Why is Anderson so appealing to you?
Defintely attend a class, the quality of teaching appears to be excellent. The students are all remarkably friendly. The environment seems very collaborative.

Anderson On-Campus Super Saturday Interview - R1 - November 2005

My interview was scheduled for 10:30 and after getting a little lost on campus I finally found the Anderson buildings. I loved that there were a few first year students greeting the applicants and answering questions. It made me feel more at ease and connected to the current students. I am not sure how much I should write about my actual interview because I honestly cannot figure out how it went. It was one of those not great, but not bad either experiences. I didn't really get the sense that my interviewer (a second year) was thrilled with me, nor did she seem to hate me. Having never seen my resume before she asked me to go through it - which I did pretty fast, though touching on all the points I wanted to make. She asked me why I left my first job for the current one, why MBA now, why Anderson, and how did I get to be fluent in French. That was it pretty much. I didn't look at the time when we were done, but I doubt I was in there for more then 30 minutes, possibly even less.

Anderson on-campus interview, Monday October 9, 2005

My interview was originally scheduled with Wesley Hawk, but I ended up interviewing with Craig Hubble instead. He was very laid-back and friendly, and although I was very nervous walking into the interview (this was my first one), I felt at ease once we started talking. He asked about my professional background and number of years of work experience. He also asked about my extra-curricular activities while in college, and what sort of community service work I've done since school. He seemed to steer the conversation frequently towards "Why Anderson?" types of information, which I was more than happy to answer. He also asked the standard "why do you want an MBA?" question. About thirty minutes passed before he asked "ok do you have any questions?" and I asked him if he was an alum and about his experiences at Anderson, and also got in a few more points about why I wanted to attend the school. Overall the interview was very straight-forward and he didn't try to throw any curveballs at me. The entire interview lasted 45 minutes.

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我是跟UCLA面试。面试官也是校友，也是在台湾创业界的先进。我们聊的还满愉快的。后来还讨论到他的公司在台湾的经验。

我觉得面试中有两种问题很有难度。

第一种是负面问题：例如，你认为你的缺点是什么、你认为你做过最错的事是什么，为什么。针对这种问题，我觉得最好的答案是有实际的例子，然后叙述你如何矫 正这个错误。在面试前，你最好做好心理准备来回答这种问题。因为这西方的学校教育出来的人，会完全不视你的尴尬，打破砂锅问到底。我发现越好的学校，越爱 问你这种问题。

第二种是文化冲突的问题，也就是华人不喜欢回答的问题：例如，你认为你自己最大的优点为何、请用三个字来形容你自己。面对这种状况，你最好是从这些人的观 点来想，你要客观并别太谦虚的叙述自己的优点。

在与Stanford与Harvard的面试中，他们都问到你如何处理与下属的冲突。我觉得这一题需要有实例准备，你得先想好这个状况，在面试时才能好好 回答。记得，在冲突下，最坏的状况就是离开，你可以把你不合作的队友剔除，也可以将你不合作的下属革职。

现在网路很发达，你通常可以在面试前调查你面试官的背景。我在我面试的过程中，我都有成功调查到几位面试官的背景。但是面试当天，我发现不容易拍他们的马 屁，甚至拉关系都很困难。我觉得要保持个人的尊严，不要太低声下气，让他们觉得你是一个跟他们一样有背脊的人，这样才不会被看扁。另外，通常（除了哈佛 外）面试官会给你机会问问题。你要想好一些具有挑战性的问题，但是别给他们觉得你有攻击性。这么做的目的在于，让对方觉得你是跟他们的同侪，可以在与他们 相同的level进行问题讨论。

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UCLA
在校友的办公室面试。他在citigroup的global commodities部门。人一看上去就很干练那种
1，go through resume
2, why MBA, why anderson
3, career plan
4, leadership experience
5, Strength
6, most hard decison
7，Q for him
预约的时候告诉我面试30分钟，结果正好30分钟结束。但感觉这30分钟交流了不少内容。结束后，他带我参观了Citi的commodities交易室。一排排电脑。。。挺有气势。面试官很坦诚也很乐于分享他对MBA和Anderson的看法。对UCLA感觉大好！

凌晨两点半，今天晚上我在买醉，老大请我喝酒，平时不胜酒量的我，今天老板喝半杯，我喝一杯，烧酒没事的，两瓶下肚，头晕，想让自己忘记今天的日子。今天是什么日子，最后的希望，最后的稻草，错了！今天是明天的开始，是希望的起跑线。

买醉完毕，走在韩国的大街上，陌生的街，陌生的人，还有陌生的城市。才十一点，我不想独自一人在酒店等消息，去剪头发。MD，咱就找最贵的减，生平第一次花了100RMB减了个20分钟的短发，爽。不行才12点，我还得去酒吧坐会。为什么电话在韩国就不通呢，啥破地方，也好没人打扰，包括我那UCLA的offer电话，就不去想他吧。1点了，该回去了。还是不想打开电脑，不是对自己没信心，而是觉得打击无所谓，就让挫折来的更猛烈些吧这算啥，不就是准备申请了5年，托福考了4次，连续申请了2年，没有十一，没有五一，没有元旦，没有春节吗？我认了！没有我也认了，不就是蹉跎了青春吗，这算个啥，我还有很多时间可以蹉跎！

还记得爸妈每晚怕影响我复习，说话都不肯大声，还记得把朋友丢在一边，还记得大年初二就踏上了美国，为了那个梦想，为了那个信念，去了！不行？不后悔，Wharton的WL,拒信，已经是多少次了，我想想:数不清...刚刚打开电脑的一瞬间：我是平和的，激动的，想给你，你，你，所有我的兄弟姐妹们打电话，手机完全不work, 韩国人的鸟语我也听不懂，我说啥他们也听不懂，MD，忍了。

想来UCLA为什么能够录我呢，因为我真真正正动了感情,真诚是最有力量的！

最后拥抱我的爸爸，妈妈，我的QJ，ZJ,Linyong,GGe,JJer,XD,Yuanyuan,十五骏社，还有一直关心我的你，你，你，你，所有亲爱的们。

拍拍自己，重新上路...

UCLA的面经：

很早就起来到UCLA去面试，这次面试应该是二年级的在校生，叫adam,一看就是个abc, 问题其实也都非常typical,
上来先一大通的介绍自己，说自己以前是一个engineer,觉得挺无聊的，想转行就来anderson读mba, 希望转到entertainment做marketing. 我说很cool 佩服他这种follow heart的精神，
他又问我你从哪dirve来的，我说我是从北京打了个飞的来的，他说really?你们location有almnui吗？我说有，但是我觉得face to face is the best way to learn whether we are the best fit. 他非常appreciated
1, could you introduce yourself?
这里说的比较起电是“说自己是个小胖，以前不爱运动，Balalalal,”他禁不住笑。
2, why US？
3, tell me a teamwork experience?
4, Why mba and why Anderson?
我开始自己的一个一个说原因，但是他马上打断我，想直接捞干的，我稍有点乱，就是几个大point说了，然后就加上Anderson, 现在回忆不起说的怎么样了？可能这个的火候还是不够,以后无论怎么被人打乱，还是要保持自己的pace。.
5，tell me about your failure?
这个应该我回答的最好的，主要还是比较frankly，说了自己那个不被新环境认可的例子，最后learning 升华的比较到位，他一直点头认可说 wonderful
6，你想和anderson有怎样的involvement?
我说了自己想参加的Investment finance association: 想get 。。。。。后来又说了说自己的contribtution,我想怎么做
又说自己想参加C4C,顺道夸了一下anderson 去年打败stanford拿到了第一名，再说who I　am 举了自己在东莞给worker培训英语的例子，说了说learning
7，any questions for me?
现在中国对全球经济的影响越来越大了，你们没考虑多招点中国学生？
他说有啊，比如…..我们有很多的台湾人啊，他说道这，我立刻回应I mean mainland China applicant, they are the future for China.他说这个他还真不知道有很大差别，我说definitely!

临走他问我，你这就回去吗？不打算在LA玩玩，我说先不回去呢，下周去wharton面试，他说Woo！Wharton is great school 我说true，并说hope he can come back to China to see what happen now。

UCLA Anderson MBA 2010面经

之所以一直没写过面经是因为被问得都是一些耳熟能详的问题，之前很多人都写过了。
why MBA？
short term long term goal？
why Anderson？
challenge？
面试我的是个很nice的alum，所以谈话气氛很轻松。面试我也没怎么准备，因为问题都是写essay时想过很多遍的了。就像朋友聊天一样，大概半个小时吧。我觉得大家只要想清楚为什么要读MBA，为什么选择这间学校，让别人觉得你是经过深思熟虑过的。

UCLA R2

面试是由学校指定的校友面的。那个校友特别严肃，因为是第一所学校，准备很不充分，个人觉得面得很一般。

问题：

introduce myself, discuss my career path, why MBA, future plan
how do I like my job, what responsibility
desired work after MBA, which companies do I know are in this area, how do they work, why do you like the work, what disadvantage do you have in applying a job there, why do you think you can do well there........
why quit the current company?  
leadership story
strengths
how will I spend the two years in UCLA?
how do I like the school?
why the school should admit me?
hobbies
anything I want to say / ask?
用了45分钟，整个过程他一直在记录。

之后回复我的感谢信，但是他告诉我说他只是做了该做的，他不理解我为什么要感谢他。。。我写的信可能太失败了。。。

UCLA Anderson MBA off-campus interview (3/15)

我申請R2，基本上是三月初才接到interview invitation，因為面試官這星期才有空，本來應該在12號前完成的面試就延到今天晚上。

基本上問題都很基本，但是也有很多的細節部分：
1) Briefly go through your resume.
2) Why MBA? why now?
3) why Anderson?
4) Leadership style?
5) Failure experience?
6) Q and A

校友人很nice，我覺得學校可能真的有特別在注意背景，所以我被分配到的校友是在投行工作的老闆，而且背景實力堅強，所以問的問題也相當專業，細節我有點忘了(因為真的很細節) 有點像工作面試，但是我在美資投行工作兩年多的工作經歷全部被掃了一次，當然校友給的意見也相當中肯，他覺得我可能太年輕，沒經歷過太大的挫折，所以有特別審問了我一番，比方說已經進了投行為什麼還要唸書之類的. 即使他說我background不錯,但其實感覺對我要求很嚴格...

不過整體來說，我覺得我已經盡力了. 畢竟女孩子永遠不會覺得自己太年輕，年紀..當然是越小越好囉

總之，希望有好結果 bless me~

UCLA MBA off-campus interview (3-6)

一、相关时程:

我是申请R2的，在2/27收到邀请，3/2学校通知"配对成功"的校友，3/6进行面试(3/12是学校方面给的面试期限)，
3/31是公告的R2 decision release date

二、面试前的程序:
(1) 学校发出面试邀请后，需回复选择on-campus或off-campus，若是on-campus需进入一个系统登记时间，若是off-campus也另外要告知偏好面试的国家/ 城市，学校会在两个工作天内告知"配对成功"的校友姓名、联络方式(email)与完成面试的期限。
(2) 通知"配对成功"后，申请者需自行联系校友并约定面试时间地点。
(3) 面试我的校友在面试之前有请我把履历表与所有essay(含影片那题!)寄给他，事后也证明这位校友的确都有看过相关材料，相当用心! 而面试前我也对对方的相关背景做了功课，所以大概可以先想好当天想问校友的问题。
(4) 个人猜测UCLA在配对校友与申请人的时候，多少有考虑背景的相关性，所以针对这个部分可以先做准备。
例如我的履历表中有提到企业内部财务分析与供应链的相关经验，面试我的校友同样也有类似背景，甚至也是NTU校友; 而另外一位收到面试邀请的朋友，她的背景偏向金融，学校配给她的面试校友也正好是银行业。

三、面试当天:
约在星期六下午的台北某家星巴克，根据经验这个时段通常各分店都很多人，所以我提早到了一些，除了暖身之外，也确保坐的位子比较舒适安静、适合谈话。
以下是我被问到的题目，真的相当详细又节奏明快，整个过程大约一个小时，不过校友并没有抄笔记，因此是否有固定题目清单就不得而知了:
(1) Why MBA? Why now?
(2) Why Anderson? Why CA and why LA?
(3) What's your career goal? (short-term and long-term)
(4) What club do you want to attend?
(5) How do you see the role of 'networking' in the two years of MBA life?
(6) How would people describe you?
(7) What's your personal strength and uniqueness that could contribute to the student body?
(8) What's your weakness?
(9) What's your leadership style? Give me a story.
(10) In a group, do you tend to be a leader or a follower? Why?
(11) What are your hobbies?
(12) Have you ever discussed your MBA plan with your supervisor? How did they respond?
(13) Talk about your internship experience at college.
(14) Talk about your career switch. What's the difference between the role in job A and job B and which one do you like better?
(15) Other programs you apply to?
(16) Some detail follow-up and specific questions in my essays (around 5-6 questions)
(17) Questions for the alum.

面试后校友首先称赞了一下我的口说(猜测这可能也是校方要求校友评量的一部分)，并针对我的career goal给了我一些中肯的建议。整体来说，这位校友人就跟加州的天气一样好、和蔼可亲，问题虽然相当犀利，有些甚至超过准备的范围，不过大部分时间都是有说有笑，并以快问快答的方式进行。我在回答的过程中有顺带讲了一两则笑话，他也都相当捧场的哈哈大笑XD

整个面试在轻松愉快的气氛下结束，结束前试探了一下校友的口风，想知道结果如何，不过这方面校友倒是说得很保守，只说会如学校公告的时间，预计在三月底通知结果。

个人觉得UCLA的面试流程还算有效率，让我对他们家的印象大好~以上面经供大家参考!

UCLA MBA Alum 面经 (2-21)

刚刚面完，校友很nice，大约40分钟，问题也是很standard。

1）tell me about yourself
2) why MBA/why now/why Anderson
3) what student clubs you would like to join and to what extend?
4) tell me a leadership experience and what challenges you have faced?
5) what's your leadership style?
6) Any point that hasn't been asked?
7) Any question for her

我问了不少问题，校友也很耐心，仔细回答了。

cross my finger now.

12/10 UCLA Anderson MBA面经

争取能比较完整的把今天的面试过程给大家做一个分享。

和alum取得联系，约在一个咖啡厅见面。

等到校友来，各自点了饮料，面试很快就开始了。感觉校友一定是在之前仔细看过我的简历，因为我有在不同地方生活的经历，校友的第一个问题就是就这个方面展开的。问我每段经历的特别之处，有什么收获，同时也问道了我在美国的教育给与我最重要的是什么。

然后，校友开始就简历上的每个阶段开始问一些细节的问题，我也一一介绍。因为刚刚有一个职业上的转变，校友也就此处提出问题，why the change and why MBA so soon after the change.

后来，在一个比较宽松的聊天环境下，也谈到了why mba, why ucla, why now. what's the most significant accomplishment in your career so far. 没有程式化的问题，而都是在聊天过程中谈及的。最后我问了两个问题后面试愉快结束。

整体感觉UCLA的校友人都很好，很open, 也很愿意和申请人分享自己的经历。让我更加喜欢UCLA的风格。现在就是等结果了，但愿一切都能如愿。也希望各位兄弟姐妹一切顺利。

P.S. 很巧合的是，我和校友都曾经在一个公司工作过，虽然职能不同。另外，校友现在做的事情和我marketing的经验也有相关处，所以帮助打开了不少话题。

UCLA面经

11月27日 11点 星巴克
面试官：一位2007年回国在做investment的校友
不得不说这次面试和我想象中的非常不一样，除了介绍自己的履历，介绍为什么选择UCLA，其他的时间都是interviewer在和我探讨MBA到底能够带给我们什么？
而在这个过程当中，面试官作为过来人显然很了解我们为了能够让申请资料看起来更consistent所建造起来的“讲自己故事”的逻辑，所以他根本不care这些程式化的“外交辞令”。
他care的是我选择学校的背后动机到底是什么，随之他也会给出很中肯的建议，有哪些是确实可以从商学院获得的，而有哪些是商学院根本无法给的(比如你的特质，你内在的成就动机）。
另外他提醒：对于履历比较跳跃的人，当然我们可以用essay来解释自己职业发展的脉络和不同阶段的选择的理由，但是真正需要当心的是，毕业后面临的现实问题是：找工作过程中如何应对用人单位的挑战（谁都喜欢在一个领域比较专注有比较多经验的人）
虽然面试很不程式化，但是面试官给的建议很中肯。


而由于时间有限，也没有聊太多其他的内容。
总的来说，这不是一个typical的面试，所以仅供大家参考了。
而从这个面试的过程中，我也在想，或许面试的表现没有我们想象得那么重要（希望不要混淆视听啊）。
但大家在面试前一定要真正清楚自己为什么要申请，MBA和你选择的那个学校到底能给你什么还是很重要。


祝大家好运。

3/10 UCLA Alumni Interview 上海

2/20 收到面试通知，安排alumni面试，结果写信过去没有回音。跟adcom沟通，换了一个，几番沟通后换到今天，地点在alumnus的办公室。

问题比较传统，总共45分钟

1.go through your resume

2.what's your long term career goal and short term career and why MBA?

3. Why UCLA?

4. compare with other candidate, what's your weakness?

5. leadership story and leadership style

6. what will your biggest challeng to do a MBA in the united states?

7. what are the three words your family or your friends describe about you?

8. what do you think your biggest strength among all the quality you have mentioned?

9. 因为我有很多community service，所以她问我，what do you learn from the community service experience?

10.Q&A

熬到今天，才第一个面试，还是比较紧张的。幸好很多问题都有准备，才能说出来。有些即兴的问题，就有点头脑空白了。攒人品，上来发了贴。

cross my fingers.......

R2 Interview @ UCLA, Feb 25

上周三去了UCLA interview, 是个2年级的学生来interview的，时间很短，只有半小时，都不够时间把想说的都说完，更没时间问问题了。问题都很standard：
tell me about yourself
why MBA? why now? why Anderson?
no tricky question at all.
就等着学校决定了。。

不过美国学费实在是贵，现在没有US co-signer还可能拿不到贷款，很是头疼。就算拿到了贷款，出来还债也够恐怖的。哎。。就算给了offer都还不知道是不是会去，是不是能去。想想都头大。。

还申请了中欧的R2（还在等消息）， 算算ROI，觉得中欧还划算点。回国发展好像也不错，还得再好好琢磨琢磨。

[分享]UCLA 面經@ 台北by alumnus

1. Go through resume

2. Why did you choose your undergraduate major

3. Why did you choose your first job after undergraduate

4. Why did you decide to go back to Taiwan after undergrad (I completed my undergraduate in the United States)

5. Why did you make the career change from insurance industry to the current job (Here I brought out my short-term and long-term career goals, and he continued following more questions on my switch in short-term goal and long-term goal.)

6. Why MBA

7. Why Anderson

8. What is your strengths and weaknesses

9. What can you contribute to your MBA class

10. What clubs are you interested in?

11. Do you apply any east-coast MBA?

12. Q&A.

整體下來，面試歷經將近1.5個小時，氣氛融洽，感覺很輕鬆，比較不像在INTERVIEW....沒有任何刁難的問題

希望可以有好消息! 哈哈哈哈...
還有一題:

Describe your leadership and management experience at work prior to your current position (because my current position is manager).

UCLA电话面试

本来是约校友当面面试的，但是好像比较背，先是联系不上指定的校友，联系上后人家要出差，12月中才回，换了个校友本以为在上海，后来发现居然不在同城。接下来就感恩节了，假期后学校说只能给你电面了，所以上周五一早接受了adcom的电面。

8点整，对方如约打来电话。先是verify一下接电话是我本人：

1. what's your date of birth?

2. what's your phone number?

3. what's your home address?

然后就正式开始（问题前后可能记得不清楚了）：

1.Please go over your resume and describe your career path

2. What's your career goal?

3. What do you want to do after getting your MBA degree?

4. Why MBA? Why Anderson?

5. I noticed you have xxx experience in your resume. I find that very interesting. Can you tell me some more? What's your role?

6. How do you work in teams?

7. Q&A

面试人是adcom的coordinator，好像很年轻，挺nice的，可惜我比较紧张，没有大聊特聊。只知道她本科是UCLA学Education的，后来MBA不在Anderson读的。她说今年financial aid比较紧张，让我自己想想办法找sponsor。。。祝大家都好运！

UCLA面经

这周一面的.我的背景:gmat 750  ibt 103  四大工作三年.careergoal是fiannce.妈的,感觉今年finance的不是很受欢迎啊.

面试我的是个做广告的校友,年级有30+了,是06年毕业的.

上来问我career goal,问的很仔细,问我金融危机中自己的规划会不会受影响.然后就是why mba,问的非常细.不断的问我是不是申请mba太年轻了.

然后问我目前的工作和我的career goal有什么关联.为什么选这份工作.

再接下来问题有绕道why mba,和why this career goal了

最后就是提问环节,我问了学校帮助就业的问题.临走他问我要了我写的房产泡沫分析的论文,要我mail给他看看.

反正,面试下来感觉很不好.一直在被challenge.一直在向他解释为什么.第一次面,说话感觉还是有点乱糟糟的,听天由命吧.

UCLA 面试小记

申请UCLA Full Time MBA, 第一轮交的材料，上个星期收到电子邮件通知面试，约了昨天的面试。因为人在洛杉矶，就在校园里面试。

网站预约的时候说的是学生面试，到达的时候发现招生委员会的人也在那里。一问才知，原来学生也需要见习一下面试过程，所以我就成了小白鼠。没办法，只能一个对两个了。

面试的问题还不算偏僻，有以下这些：

1. What's your experience so far?

2. What's your most challenging project?

3. What are your goals in 5 or 10 years?

4. Why do you want to pursue an MBA at Anderson now?

5. Any questions to them?

面试进行了半个小时，自己也说不上发挥的好不好。就给大家提供一些信息，希望能有用。