Finished my Columbia interview yesterday afternoon with a very nice alumni. It was a very enjoyable process, as we had a really pleasant talk. I was pretty relaxed, and even joked a little bit. Guess I am being myself. Only that I was a little bit too relaxed to mention some strong points I have. Anyway, I have done my part, and wish my experience would be helpful for other CDers.
He asked quite a few standard questions, some of them I didn't prepare for.
1. Why MBA?
2. If not MBA what else would you do to achieve your goal?
3. Why now?
4. What other schools?
5. Team work.
6. Leadership.
7. What is the most challenging thing you have faced in work?
8. If you were to start a business now, what kind of business would you do? (I never mentioned that I want to be an entrepreneur, wondering why he asked me this question)
9. If you didn't get in this year, what would you do, will you apply next year?
10. Since you have two years working experience, why would columiba choose you over the other applicants who have 5+ years working experience?
We also talked about my current job, and he asked some specific quesitons about my work.
He shared with me his experience with CBS, and really sold the school with passion!
All the CBS Alums I met in BJ are nice and proud of their schools. I do like the CBS people!
Good luck to Cders who will do their interview soon!
