国际顶尖MBA申请交流平台--TOPWAY MBA

DUKE的interview波折重重

DUKE給我發了INTERVIEW..本來看要安排東南亞區的面試給我,無奈一下子沒有人可供面試..只好轉為電話面
叫我自己打電話去就算了˙我早早準備好按著時間打過去,打了半小時也沒人接....真是氣炸人
被放鴿子的感覺真是差勁
難道我的北美ＭＢＡ之路是難圓了嗎

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一小時後...我收到一封來自他們學校的信件,說是電話線路有問題.叫我遲點換另一個電話號碼打打..
雖然他們並沒有為了耽誤我三小時的時間而抱歉,起碼都已經補救了˙就算了˙
面試的是一個男學生(二年級),好像是個印度或中東人,講話很有一種腔調,不過大致都聽得懂..小地方誤會他會直說糾正我..
感覺面試的這位大哥挺不錯的˙問的問題都是我有準備的˙(謝謝前人的面試題庫) 也沒有太特別的challenge(我沒有感到特別熱情,是個很冷靜的大哥)
本來說面三十五分鐘,掛上電話一看乖乖不得了不知不覺面了快一小時...可能因為我的答案都挺不短的˙
他面完以後問了我還有什麼地方要補充的,我就補充講了我和其他同學不同的地方,這點滿好了˙上一個UNC 的MM因為
他時間趕(我覺得)+我根本從頭到尾很難聽到她的聲音 (超小又很不清楚) 搞砸了面試,這回我相信我倆彼此都聽得非常清楚了˙ㄏㄏ
我覺得我一開始那麼憤慨也是不對,不過今年北美申請得不順利,到現在一個OFFER都沒有,真的是心浮氣燥了˙
不過我認為學校也應該善待申請者 ,DUKE算不錯了˙還有一個統一寄發面試的時間,至少大家知道啥時沒了就算了˙但其他我申的學校隻字未提何時發面試,只是一直用各種廣告資訊來挑撥地我心癢癢的是怎樣啦˙我覺得我的確不該跟學校說我不能打電話給他們了(去旅遊的是太枝節了我沒提),但那時虛火上升真是忍無可忍...再說我說的的確是實情..
我申中國的學校,兩間面試都是一週內就知道了˙(總不能說人家的太少吧˙ㄏㄏ) 香港的頂多也是半個月...這次美國的有些讓我等了兩個月都還沒消息,去信也是淡淡地回應....唉我只是替我們中華兒女的命運多舛感到唏噓罷了

Duke MBA北京面经

今天参加Duke北京面试，Beyond my expectation. 感觉Duke真是对中国市场下了功夫的，对Duke好感顿生。Adcom的Associate Director：Davis来了中国，另外他还请了很多校友来。

每个time slot大概有3~4个人面，大部分是和校友，非常relax，而且校友的background和申请人的background是尽可能match的，这样双方能谈的更加深入。全天还不时的有Q&A session，面完可以和其他申请人一起，问Davis和校友问题。

这次R2北京有20个左右面试，估计上海也差不多。就我的面试，因为校友和我目前和未来的career goal在一个行业，所以非典型，没有why Duke, leadership, teamwork, strength&weakness等常规问题。我一开始简单介绍自己的经历，然后的1小时都在聊career goal，行业，我的business model。校友非常非常smart&willing to share。给我的career提供了很多中肯的意见，感觉像是两人一起探讨，而不是面试。捎带提了一下why mba，但并没有深究，校友自己说，他自己why mba就是要一个title，能和target business partner有chemistry and speak the same language，所以他能理解申请人因为各种原因申请MBA。

听其它和校友面试的申请人说，也很casual, relax。还有一些直接和Davis面，问题就比较常规，why Duke, leadership example之类的。

一、Duke

on-campus，二年级学生mm，45分钟，互动很好。

如果选三个team member，你希望他们具有什么个性特征
三个leadership故事（当心）

DUKE校友面经 (19th Dec.,2009 @Shanghai)

去年12月19日下午和duke校友在一个小区里的会所进行了面试。整个面试在比较轻松愉悦的状态下进行，杜克的校友果然是很nice，面试开始之前还跟我说不需要拘谨。问题基本都是常见的，都准备过了，没有遇到challenge。面试进行了40多分钟，问题如下：

1．Talk something about yourself;
2．Why MBA program? （还问了，MBA需要投入大量的金钱以及2年的时间，你是如何考量后决定的）
3．When do you know about Fuqua? What do you think you will get from Fuqua MBA program?
4．What big challenge you met in your job?
5．Tell me something about the culture shock you mentioned you met in your international work experience
6．What do you know about Durham?
7．现在的你跟工作之前的你有什么样的变化？

总结：
1．面试官在问我WHY MAB之前没有问我的career goal，但why MBA这个答案是直接跟Career goal联系的，所以可以主动跟面试官提出：Can I first talk something about my career goal? Then I will come back to the question of why MBA. 这样会更好的解释清楚why MBA(此经验要非常感谢Michael同学在面试前给我的指点)；
2．面试的常见问题需要提前准备答案，对自己准备的答案的内容进行一下思考，面试官有可能针对你的回答再进一步提出哪些可能的提问，当然不可能都预测到，只能是尽量多考虑一些；
3．结束前的提问，一般大家都会准备好问题，但可能会忽略跟面试官进行interaction, 这个其实也很重要，不要让对方感觉你是为了提问而提问，而是把这个提问当作一次双方交流的机会，所以自由提问最好找那些，你真正感兴趣想了解的，并且能就此话题展开讨论的问题；
4．还有一个小细节，包包里最好能带上笔记本和笔。用的机会不多，但以防万一。名片也带上，我是在面试结束之后跟校友闲聊时递给他的，也有可能是面试刚开始进行warm-up talk的时候递，这个看当时的情况，适时递上。

以上是我对面试总结，希望对后面将要面试的申请人有一些参考的价值。祝大家好运！

Duke Interview

Had phone interview with admco yesterday. Questions as follows,

1.why MBA
2.why now
3.Team work
4.Activities after work
5.Would you go back XX company after MBA
6.plan after MBA
7.How Duke can help you achieve your goals.

Good luck to all.

12月19号伦敦Duke面试~~~完败！

Letter上面叫9点50分到，我9点40分到的。到了，一个人都没有，大门全锁，后来看到门上贴了一张纸，说按门铃，连续按了10分钟都没反应，我汗。一个人站在外面，冷都冷死了，看着过往的行人，心理真不是滋味。

继续等，10点过5分，下来一个女人，Duke的，带了上面一个面试的下来，这个人貌似面试了一个小时（我只有30分钟。。。），然后这个女的狂和我说对不起啊什么的，唉。打了一巴掌在和你说对不起，有什么用呢？郁闷。

上去了，面试的是另外一个男的，英国人，在American Express的London工作做A&M，一听到这个，我就知道这个人很challengin，，，果然不出所料。

一开始就问，说说你这个星期听到的消息或者新闻。。。我当时真的吃了一惊。这个完全没有准备。还好平时炒股，就把我平时知道的大消息全都说出来，比如ING弄个什么资产增值的，CREDIT AGRICOLE发行债券，GDF赢了很多合同但是股价怎么都不涨。。。他马上抓住问我为什么。。。我晕。我就说做天然气的公司竞争太激烈了，而且现在经济没有完全恢复。

然后，马上这个男的说你会对6岁的小孩如何照顾！！！（我心理想：难不成他刚有小孩，问我怎么照顾？）我晕，我连女朋友都没，怎么来个小孩！我就说，我会和奶妈一样照顾小孩，毕竟6岁的不会做什么，不过我会把小孩送到学校去学，让他早点读书。然后问我你怎么向这个小孩介绍你的工作？我当时完全无语。我说我用连环画的形式介绍？他马上问怎么连环画法。。。汗。真的是做A&M的，真的是。。。我说，我现在就画给你看。然后我画了一些，他觉得还不错。

之后，就不停的challenge，什么都challenge，说到法国文化，就追根究底问有什么差别，说了后还要我举例说明，实在是问的详细的快不行了，对于CV, why MBA, why Duke, why now, contribution全没问。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。我这30分钟就在一直想如何档他的招，最郁闷的是我还得一直保持笑脸，天啊，感觉这30分钟脸上的肉已经完全没有感觉了。最后完了，他就说你有什么问题，直接去问Adcom了。。。（我当时恨不得马上飞到冰岛去shopping，这什么人啊）

他还是回答了一些我问的问题，都是1句话就回答完，不多说一个字，算了，唉。

信心脆弱点的碰见这样的面试人会受不了的。马上去Stonehenge轻松一下，不想了。。。

Duke interview

昨天下午浦东正大，咖啡厅。
很nice的校友，基本都是中文在聊天。用英文问了一个问题，测试了一下英语。感觉英语测试和3 why应该是学校要求interviewer必须问的。

duke的information session和interview都让人感觉很有亲和力。

Round 3 / On-campus / Second-year Student (Published April 10th, 2010)

While Fuqua stresses that their interviews are about finding "fit" and most interviewees reported very conversational interviews, mine felt more like an interrogation with very specific questions and little chit-chat in between.

Tell me about yourself.
What do you plan on getting out of your MBA?
What kinds of personal growth are you looking for in business school? (Apparently teamwork and leadership are personal and not professional?)
Why Duke?
Tell me about a time when you were on a team and one person wasn't pulling their weight. What did you do?
Tell me about a time when you quit something.
Tell me about a time when you changed someone's mind.
Tell me about a time when you faced conflict in a team.
Tell me about a time when you created a pivotal change in your organization. What specifically did you do?
What did you do to create cultural change?
3 strengths and 3 weaknesses
In Fuqua's defense, every other interaction I had with current students was positive. They are friendly, eager to chat about their experiences, and truly seem to love the school. I just got unlucky with my interview match.

RESULT: Wait listed April 22nd 2010

Round 2 (Published March 10th, 2010)

Walk me through your resume
Long Term/Short Term Goals
Why MBA
Why Now
Why Duke
Tell me about the type of leader you are
If you can't look for the good, what do you do in difficult situations?
What would you look for in a team (specifically learning team)?
How do you deal with conflict?

Round 2 / On-campus / 2nd Year Student (Published February 16th, 2010)

Attend the tour earlier in the day and had an interview with a second year student in the afternoon. Very straightforward.

Walk through resume.
Why MBA?
Why now?
Why Fuqua?
What does diversity mean to you?
Challenges with a team?
What is one thing you are proud of?
All in all, I thought we had great rapport, but I probably talked too much. Best of luck everyone!

Round 2 / Off-campus / Alumni (Published February 16th, 2010)

Duke interview was very straightforward -- he asked me to walk him through my resume, so i started with my decision to attend Brown and then each job and how this progression has led me to apply to b school and specifically to Duke. i guess that covered his 1-why an mba and 2-why duke

Other questions:

"how i can contribute to duke based on my college experience and work experience"
"tell me something people dont know about you"
"what would your boss say about you (or what would your friends say)"
Then i asked him two questions of my own and the hour was up.

Round 2 / Off-campus / Alumni (Published February 16th, 2010)

I met Fuqua Alum class of 95 at his offices in Bangalore. Blind alum interview. Alum only had a copy of my resume.

Tell something about your family background?
Why MBA?
Why now?
Why Fuqua?
How will you contribute at Fuqua?
What does leadership mean to you?
Examples of leadership experiences?
When did you fail as a leader?
Failure as a team?
Undergrad experiences- what motivated me to get involved in those experiences?
What is one thing you are proud of?
What other schools have you applied to? Prioritise them, give reasons.
How will you explain your job to a 6 year old?
It was a very relaxed interview. Very conversational. The alum was pretty friendly and very passionate about Fuqua. The famed 'Team Fuqua' spirit was very evident in his flexible and accommodating behavior throughout the scheduling of the interview and in the actual itnerview itself.. He was extremely nice and it made my resolve to goto Fuqua much stronger if they have people like him!

Early Action / Off-campus / Alumni (Published December 21st, 2009)

My interview was conducted at Duke’s offices in Fleet Street, London. I was told by admissions to show up at 7:30am for registration and an alumni reception. Unfortunately, no Duke staff/alums arrived until approx. 9am so I and the other applicants had to wait outside the main entrance for 1.5hrs. Apparently, the interviewers were instructed by admissions to arrive at 9am. Approx. a week after my interview I received an apology (read: letter) and gift from admissions (a Fuqua paper clip) for the mishap.

Apart from this glitch I thought the atmosphere was enjoyable once we arrived in the office. There were around 7 or so applicants and 3 alums, two of who conducted the interviews while one alum was tasked to entertain us. I got to know some of my fellow applicants and exchange contact details.

The interview was blind and conducted by a Class of 2007 alum who had read my resume the day before. He was a snr. manager working for a large US firm in London. The interview lasted for 45 minutes in total with 15 minutes set aside for me to ask questions. My interviewer made it clear at the beginning of the interview that he was not allowed to provide feedback and that he wouldn’t be able to keep eye contact because he was planning on writing lots of notes.

List of interview questions:

Tell me about a story/headline you recently read in the news that has impacted you personally or professionally
Explain your role in teams
How would you explain your job to a 6-year old?
Tell me about an important goal/accomplishment that you have achieved in life
If you were working for a consumer products company and were about to launch a spaghetti product in France who are the 5 people you would include in your team and what are the skills you would be looking for and why?
Why Duke?
Tell me about your career goals after business school
Tell me about a time when you experienced conflict at work
What would you do if you were working with a team member who didn’t cooperate
What are the three things your best friend would say about you?
If your best friend had to tell me a story about you, what would he say?
Is there anything else you would like to tell the admissions committee?
I have to admit I was caught off guard by some of the oddball questions because I had mostly prepared for situational questions (i.e. what would you do if a coworker….blabla). A friend of mine works at Fuqua and advised me that there would be lots of situational questions but there were very few of them. My advice is to prepare for a wide range of questions, but specifically pay attention to the ones listed above.

I was impressed by the alums I met and the diverse (read: international) student body that Duke attracts.

Result: Waitlisted

Round 2 / On-campus / Adcom (Published February 23rd, 2009)

I interviewed with an adcom member at Duke as a round 2 applicant. Interviews for US residents who live on the east coast are strongly recommended but are actually requested by the applicant and are not invitation only. I had a 45 minute on-campus interview, and it was my first time visiting Fuqua. I took a tour and spoke to current students during lunch and in the waiting area before my interview. Preparation for my interview was done by thoroughly reading Fuqua's website, reviewing my application, and looking through the interview database at accepted and clearadmit.com. After I had the interview, I felt this level of preparation had been more than enough.

The interview was very comfortable and conversational without being too informal, and none of the questions seemed out of the ordinary.

We started with the question, tell me about yourself (ie walk me through your resume and how it fits into your future goals), which took up a large chunk of the time.
Having never lived in the mid-Atlantic, I was then asked why I wanted to go to school in North Carolina?
What impressed me about Duke?
How would I describe my leadership style?
Give a specific example of interacting with a group I was leading.
Am I more comfortable as a leader or a follower?
Do you have any questions?
Everyone I encountered was very friendly, and there was definitely a focus on leadership potential within a team-oriented environment and on global awareness (Fuqua is very proud of both these things). Fuqua's facilities have been recently renovated and expanded, and the building reflected that and was lovely. I was told that there are frequently parking difficulties and to plan ahead for that, so I had my friend drive me in and then look for a parking space. He had no problem finding one, however, and the adcom provided us with a parking pass for the day. I would definitely recommend a trip to Duke as part of the application process, if possible.

Round 2 / AdCom / Telephonic (Published February 18th, 2009)

I interviewed with an Associate Director of Admissions who specializes in Joint Degree programs. In my application, I indicated interest in the joint MBA/MEM program (Nicholas School). I haven't yet applied to the joint program. I received an email invitation to interview by phone (I am active duty military stationed on the west coast) and was happy to have that opportunity. My interview was very much a conversation, friendly and relaxed, and I don't think I missed out by not having a face-to-face interview.

Format/Questions I called the main AdCom phone number and was connected quickly with my interviewer.

He started with some small talk about the weather and asking where my base is actually located, which later provided good material for me when asked about what appealed to me about Duke and describing my extracurricular activities.
He jumped right in to my resume, asking me to describe my job in further detail, and why I chose to pursue it/if it was the standard progression from my undergrad major (Environmental Engineering). It isn't, so that allowed me to expand on my academic/technical interests.
All his questions really flowed from my previous responses, so I never felt caught off-guard. My interviewer responded positively to all my answers and followed-up with a sentence or two about Duke, which made it much easier for me to gather my thoughts and prepare myself for the next question.

"You have listed this specific project on your resume. How did you accomplish it, and what were the challenges?" (I explained the various organizations I had to get working together and the funding/equipment/etc. issues and the successful result.)
"Your interest is in environmental issues. Can you tell me about a time that you've had to balance your personal ethic and passion for the environment with the needs of your job or mission requirements?" (Told story.)
"What does it mean to be an officer-in-charge? Who works for you, andwhat is your working relationship with them?"
"What is your role in your larger office? How do you interact with your troops and superiors?"
We then transitioned to my background/undergrad information.
He addressed the few but significant extracurriculars on my resume.
"In X, was this role the highest leadership position you could have held? What did you do in it/why did you choose it?" (It was not, and I explained that I pursued it and was quite happy with my decision because I was already in charge of another student organization. His response was positive.)
"As President of Y team, what were your responsibilities?
"I know Y has a very strong reputation, why do you think that is so?" (I talked about upholding tradition and working with fellow student leaders.)
He asked about my undergrad GPA, which is solid but not stellar, and the choice I made to spend lots of time on non-academic leadership experiences.
He asked about extracurriculars in my current life, specifically one 20hr/week activity, and how/why I chose to pursue it.
Next, we moved on to MBA/Duke-specific questions.
"Why are you pursuing an MBA now? What do you hope to gain from it?"
"Why did you decide to apply to Fuqua?" (International focus, small size, joint degree program that fits perfectly with my interests, spoke about concentrations as well.)
"What do you know about the area? What would you be interested in doing outside of class?" (I described conversations with Duke grad school friends that make me think it is a great fit for me, then mentioned the few activities/clubs I read about and would like to be a part of.)
At this point, we'd been talking for just over 30 minutes, and he asked if I had any questions. I asked about the student environment/culture and about financial aid, which took only about 5 minutes, and then we were done.
I enjoyed this interview (which was really much more of a friendly discussion) even though I hadn't had much time to prepare specifically for it due to my not seeing the email request until an hour before my scheduled time. I was expecting some more unusual questions (based on other Wiki reports) but everything was quite standard. I'm hopeful!

Round 2 / Alumni / Off-Campus / Originally shared by Choc Heaven (Published February 5th, 2009)

Had my interview with a Fuqua alumni today.. lasted about 40 mins.. overall, was pretty much what I was expecting.. no big surprise questions...

The usual stuff..

Why MBA
Why x school
Why finance (thats what i want to do)
How has your experience been working at x and x firms
how did you find a change in work culture between x and x (i switched to a new place recently)
what kind of a role do you take in teams
tell about a time when you faced a conflict
how will you contribute to Fuqua
if your friends were to describe you in 3 sentences, what would they say..
Some interesting questions i remember are..

if you had a free day to spend, how would you spend it..
outlook for financial industry in the next 12 months
what was the last book you read and what did you like about it
My advice to any prospective Fuqua applicants is to know thyself - know your strengths and weaknesses.. re-read your essays, application, resume.. read up on past interview experiences on Clear Admit and Accepted.. it really helps!

Duke Fuqua on campus interview 面经

飞去了Durham，去参加Fuqua的Campus visit 和 interview. 感觉Duke很不错，更加的喜欢了。去之前和Duke现在的学生联系上了，他们真的很热情，尤其是Timzhou，特别感谢一下：）

不多说了，抓紧时间上面经吧

面试我的是一个来自非洲的mm，英文说的很易懂，在美国呆了很多年了。人很亲切，一上来就说清楚面试的程序，并说明她会记notes，让给我不要受影响。这位mm从Finance转去做consulting，还是挺个性的。整个面试中，这个mm都很supportive, 经常点头认同并加上great之类的，虽然不晓得是不是mm对每个人都是如此，但是遇见这样面试的，还是很幸运，让我面试的比较酣畅淋漓，希望是个好征兆。

整个面试时间较长，忘了看表，不过大约应该45分钟以上了,因为问的问题挺多的，我回答的也不短，前三个问题尤其长。问的问题如下（某些问题次序可能有差）：

1. Go through your resume
2. Why MBA?
3. Why Duke?
4. What do you think about the term of “Leader of Consequence”?
5. Tell me one of your past experience that you were a leader of consequence
6. Tell me one of your team work experience
7. What will be your greatest contribution to Duke?
8. What is your weakness?
9. What is your role in a team?
10. Tell me a situation where you met with tough situation in a team experience
11. When you are in the program, in your learning team, there could be someone from IB who doesn’t care about the case study and doesn’t want to really contribute to the team. What will you do in this situation?
12. If in your learning team there is someone who is quite arrogant and never listen to others, what will you do?
13. Where did you learn your language? I mean your English.
14. What else do you want me to ask you?
15. Any question for me?

感觉Duke的问题还是非常注重team work的。Fuqua的设施很好，学生活动也很多。

想起来了，还有两个问题，比较经典的，补充一下：

Why now?

Tell me about one of your team failure experience. How did you deal with that, what have you learned？

Duke Fuqua phone interview @ 台北

The interviewer is a second year student in Fuqua, his name is Adam.

He introduces himself first.Then ask me the following questions:

Introduce yourself

Why mba, why Fuqua?(What club do you intend
to attend)

Challenging Leadership experience

If you have a ten page paper to work with a new teammate, how to start?

How do you convince me to join your team?

what personality do you seek for to work with?

How to develop your personal skill in business school?

Tell me your experience that you quit
something.

Tell me a experience that you got a constructive feedback, how do you react?

A experience that you motivate a colleague.

If you have 60 secends to speak to Adcom, what would you say?

Any questions?

部分題目非一般常見, 不太好回答, 有幾個題目甚至聽到有些傻眼^^"

面試者feedback較少, 多為直接進入下一個問題,

感覺一般, 不是很有信心, good luck to everyone and myself!