此前一直在论坛上获益太多太多,希望这些经验小结能给后来人一些帮助。今年申请有点仓促,共申请了6所,有3所获得了面试,最后只拿到了一个offer。比起很多一同申请的朋友,我的准备和努力都显得渺小,但是我个人比较满意的是每次失败都会促使我进行很大的反思和总结。本来打算如果今年申请不成功,就明年再来。我还算年轻,have nothing to loss,而且自己也不是什么牛人,不会有"输不起"的心态。正如Olivia告诉我的,"咱们没有MBA也可以活的很好"。申请里面有太多的运气因素,可能我们能做的,就是尽人事,至于结果,老天会帮我做决定的。
1. Your undergraduate experience;
2. Why your undergraduate school and major;
3. Why current job;
4. Biggest achievement in your current job;
5. Biggest challenge in your curreng job;
6. Career goal;
7. WHY MBA, Why Yale;
8. Hobby;
9. Three words to describe yourself;
10. Strenth & Weakness.
可能有一些问题忘记了,总体感觉就是面试官很看重FIT。她提到了很多她对于YALE的感觉,包括small & close community,Yale整体学校和商学院的帮助,她对同学的感觉,两年MBA她自己最大的收获。YALE真的是非常好的学校,校友给我的感觉就是很有"贵族气息", 儒雅中带着一丝自豪。
而且由于她对我工作行业非常了解,省略了大量背景解释的环节,可以直接get to the point,这也是Wharton挺喜欢的。整个面试中我尽量表现Wharton想要的素质,well rounded, down to earth, analytical。我还开了几次玩笑,几次逗得她哈哈大笑的(这些笑话都是我平时的积累,根据经验,一般用上对方都会觉得有趣的^o^)
1. Walk me through your resume.
2. Biggest Achievement.
3. Some probing questions on resume.
4. My hobby.
5. Why MBA, Why Wharton.
6. What's my biggest challenge if I go to Wharton.
7. My carrer goal.
8. My extra-curriculum experience.
9. What make me different from other candidates.
10. What others I want to share.
记得去Wharton campus visit的时候,Adcom说过一句话让我非常印象深刻:Wharton loves students who are individually competitive but collectively collaborative. 不知道有没有记错,大概意思就是个人竞争力很强,但是非常注重团队合作。而且Wharton的vigor core我也的确从内心里认同,可能和我实在的性格有关。
1. Tell me more about your job.
2. Talk more about your global collaboration experience.
3. What's the difference between NA and Asia market?
4. How did I learn English?
5. What did I learn from current job?
6. What disappointed me in my job?
7. Why MBA?
8. Why HBS?
9. Career goal?
10. What skill set I plan to develop in MBA?
11. What she didn't ask but I want to cover?
12. What do I feel most proud of?
13. How do I want my future classmates to view me?
14. How is my quantitative and finance skills?
15. What's the biggest competitor of my company and why?
顺序可能有些调整,而且里面有非常多的probing questions。30分钟很快就过去了,有几个感觉,也是此前准备面试很多朋友多次提醒我需要注意的地方,供大家参考:
1. Make it a conversation.
2. Get the hints.
3. Don't be a jerk.
4. Be honest, be yourself.
在面试HBS前,我对自己做了很多的梳理,真正去思考自己是什么样的人,是什么造就了今天的我,而未来目标是什么?其实MBA面试都是挺固定的,但是对每个问题是否有自己独到的见解,这可能需要不停的challenge和push自己。例如,她问到why hbs,我还是提到了case study, campus visit, leadership,同时我也提供了一点个人见解,HBS students都是在ideal and practical之间取得了很好的平衡,例如我在网站上看到的portrait project (这是我最喜欢的部分,里面那个问题what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life让我有了很多的思考),我感觉当时提到这点的时候她还是挺喜欢的。