标题: In @ HBS MBA 附面经及背景 [2012-12-12]~转 [打印本页] 作者: tinachen 时间: 2012-12-13 17:15 标题: In @ HBS MBA 附面经及背景 [2012-12-12]~转
凌晨3点突然惊醒刷邮箱看到的，"Your application decision is now available online" 以及点开后信的首启"On behalf of Harvard Business School, it is a pleasure and a privilege to offer you a place in the MBA Class of 2015"
收到信后的30s内非常激动。不过现在已经不激动了。贴出我的背景和面经大家参照。希望今天的瑞雪开启今年的好运程，HBS算是很早的，大家的offer都在路上！ 本人背景：
以下便是2012-11-21的面经：
2012-11-21 Wed
IFC HSBC Bld 5th floor, HSC
最专业的面试就是HBS这样的面试——表面随和，实际原则。因为提前几分钟开始因此到点便结束，半个钟头。我没参加过info session所以不认识这个AO。开场small talk我问了她Thanksgiving 不能和家人团聚，她说很多年她都这样了，而且和她丈夫故意这么安排，因为他老公也出差很多，但Thanksgiving他保证不出差可以留在家里陪孩子。过节老人也过来一起过。桌上一支印有Harvard Business School地笔说给candidates的礼物。我心想如果真去了这样的东西我要买一箩筐回来！然后一句”OK are you ready to start?”便是在正式的面试！
总体上AO很专业，很随和的同时又不失原则（从守时、礼貌等方面都体现出来）。问题方面，明显感觉HBS最关注的核心就是Who You Are。没有什么Why MBA, Why HBS之类的，而是把所有时间都用来从不同侧面了解你的想法、经历，并从中推测出一种匹配度吧。因此没什么捷径，你是谁就是谁，我也不知道她是怎么评判我是否合适。
问题：
You have an interesting job! Tell me why do you choose Mars
Let’s go through your rotations one by one. What’s your first rotation role in chocolate R&D?
Did you experience any change during your first rotation?
Your second rotation as marketing which requires less of your technical background but more business, is it a challenge for you?
Do you think China chocolate market is greatly different than other markets, like US/Europe? \
Why (do you say ) Chinese people’s consumption of chocolate was not very high in the past?
Why do you think people want to buy chocolate?
Who are Mars major competitors?
What’s your favorite chocolate? (我说definitely Dove她笑，这是在考验我的忠诚度吗?)
What’s your biggest lesson from your professional experience?
Your long term career goal? It sounds pretty challenging. (我说走着瞧着学着嘛所以才需要HBS…)
What topic we haven’t talked about but you want to make sure to touch on (me: two personal dreams- South Pole wedding; donate scholarship funding to THU/HBS). Why South Pole?
Tsinghua is a great school, what impressed you most?
Did you go to Harvard when you were in Boston for exchange?
What do you do for fun? (Me: extreme sport; play flute&violin at Church choir) What extreme sport do you practice? Which do you like better, flute or violin, why?
最后送了Adcom手工巧克力做礼物，她说她喜欢chocolate. 然后是good luck to the post interview reflection. 这一句让我突然觉得这个PIR很重要。
上海一直下雨，返京的飞机上一直在想PIR怎么写，回到家12点又到2点才写出一稿，还不敢交，早晨起来继续改。注意了，这完全就不仅是一个casual的小短文（尽管它刻意营造一中casual的气氛，如”just imaging it’s a letter to your colleague after a meeting”），而是一个在24小时之内即兴完成且根本没时间polish的essay! HBS估计深知大家的application essay都是百般雕琢，因此才来了这么一出。其阴险毒辣狡诈恶毒可见一般咯。
每日在微信group里看到大家各种party, 大家都说一期同学low key，其实是因为在这煎熬的等待期中，着实难受如同便秘...high不起来，也哭不出来，麻麻木木，浑然不觉的数着日子过。加班让心情更差。我只记得在等待的煎熬中，生病过、喝醉过、找好友吐槽发泄，后海的酒吧我挨个坐着听歌。我的基督信仰让我比任何时候都更相信，渺小的自我在浩瀚的世界面前何其脆弱的可笑，但也让我笃信——如同他叫我坚持、也在最合适的时间呼唤我起来得这无数辛酸付出后的欢愉。
现在的感觉就是——畅通了(晕)，真爽 。虔诚的祝大家好运，一如我每次祷告时都不忘了这里奋斗血拼的所有人一样！作者: howie0420 时间: 2012-12-19 06:55
thanks作者: reaming 时间: 2012-12-20 17:54
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欢迎光临 国际顶尖MBA申请交流平台--TOPWAY MBA (http://forum.topway.org/forum/)
。虔诚的祝大家好运，一如我每次祷告时都不忘了这里奋斗血拼的所有人一样！