Interviewed on Nov 7, 2011. It was very conversational in nature and not stressfull at all.

Interviewer’s general approach:

Started off by explaining the process as follows:

- Interview is one of the items of your application and not make-or-break

- He would be taking notes and will move from one question to another very quickly and would be looking at his watch to keep track of time

- There was an observer in the room who wouldn’t really ask questions and was there to have a second set of eyes

Questions:

- How did you decide to move from career A to career B (I have switched careers in the past)

- Was it a tough decision to give up what you had worked so hard and so many years for?

- What is your current job like? Do you manage people? Do you have a leadership style? What is your leadership style?

- Have you had the experience to manage difficult personalities? How have you handled that?

- Have encountered a situation have your recommendations have not been accepted by the client and they just refuse to follow it?

- If your closest 5 friends where in this room without the pressure of talking to adcom, how would they describe you?

- What do you like about (specific interest on my resume)?

- You have had a lot of schooling? Why business school? Why HBS? (I have a graduate degree already)

- Will you thrive in case method?

- After business school, do you want to move back to (country of origin) immediately?

- Is there anything you wish we had asked that I did not cover? (I spoke more about my long term goal)

Good Luck everyone!