Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus (Published January 21st, 2010)

I interviewed with a member of the Adcom and it was pretty straightforward. I was told by the interviewer directly that the only information he had on me was my resume (blind interview):

Walk me through your resume
Why MBA / why UNC
Talk me through your collegiate experience
If I left my current job today, greatest legacy from my work
Short and long-term goals career-wise
The interview was about 40 minutes long and the team at the Adcom office was very nice. The interview had a very conversational feel. Hopefully he thought it went as well as I thought it did! Good luck to everyone.

Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus (Published January 1st, 2010)

My UNC-KF interview was a blind interview with an alumnus in Mumbai on December 12, 2009. I was given an option to choose my interview date and location. The interview was on a weekend at a coffee shop. The alumnus was a little more casual than I expected and so I kind of felt a little over dressed, even when I was not wearing a full suit but only business formals with a tie.

There were no questions related to my professional background stated in my resume. He started with asking about my personal background and some questions on my undergraduate years. Like where did I finish my engineering, which stream and how was my academic record.

Then came:

Why UNC-KF?
Which other business schools are on my list and Why?
How will you fund your education at UNC-KF (as it is very expensive for someone like me)? There was a good discussion on this one.
Questions on some of my personal interests/activities listed in my resume. I guess, one of my activity is a little uncommon as I have always and always faced questions on it. And more specifically Why this activity?
In between, while I was answering his questions, he talked about his similar experiences and reasons. Like the fee structure in his time was just 1/4th of what I will be paying, how he found it difficult to get a job or internship as he passed out during the dot com bubble and how he managed to get a job in India directly after his MBA. I asked him about two questions and he answered to the best of his knowledge.

All in all, it was more of a conversation that lasted for about 30 mins and I feel I could have said a lot more about myself that I actually did. But I guess I need more practice

Round 3 / Adcom / On-campus (Published February 16th, 2009)

I interviewed on campus on January 27, 2009.

The interview was conducted with, Donna, a member of the Admissions Committee in their offices. We spoke for a little longer than the stated 30 minutes, and it was very conversational. Some questions included:

Walk me through your resume.
Your GPA seems low. Are there any extenuating circumstances or explanations for that?
Why are you interested in getting your MBA?
She seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me as a person and finding common ground, and often something I would say would spark her interest and we would discuss some aspect of my background or the opportunities at Kenan Flagler. The rest of our time was spent discussing issues that we were both passionate about and discussing the trajectory of change and opportunities at Kenan Flagler.

Following the interview, I was met with students in the Admissions Office waiting area, and given a tour, lunch, and hosted class visit. Everything was taken care of and went smoothly. I got to speak one-on-one with about 6 students and learn about their experiences at Kenan Flagler. A resounding theme is leadership development, and overwhelming opportunities to learn at all times of the day, every day.

Round 2 / Phone Interview (Published February 11th, 2009)

Interview was very conversational. It started off with the interviewer introducing himself. It was more like the interviewer was going through my resume and asking me for clarifications/elaborations.

One question he stressed upon was:

What would you do at UNC? and
What do you want to do post-MBA?
We then discussed a lot of light topics (including Slumdog Millionaire).
Overall, it was a good experience though I feel I could have done better.

Round 2 / Ed Davis, Admissions Committee / Phone Interview, Jan 9, 2009 (Published January 14th, 2009)

First off, the interviewer had my resume, but nothing else from my complete application package. This way, he was blind to my GMAT scores, GPA, and essays, for better or worse. I appreciated that this prevented us from making assumptions when we spoke (I was able to use talking points brought up in my essays).

The interview began with Ed introducing himself while I mentally prepared for his questions. He discussed how he and many other KF staff came from successful business careers to be a part of the program. Then, rather than the standard, "walk me through your resume," he simply asked me about my current job and company. I am from an atypical industry (wildlife biologist with an environmental consulting firm) and it made sense to give some details about it.

Then:

Why do you want an MBA and why Kenan-Flagler?
What are you interested in focusing on while in b-school?
What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?
Any questions?
The interview was very conversational and relaxed. I don't know if it was that Ed is a great interviewer or if the interview just went well, but it certainly did not feel like the Q&A session I was expecting.

Round 2 / Adcom / Phone Interview (Published November 12th, 2008)

I had an interview with Ed Davis on November 11th.

Ed began by giving me a run down of his background and how he came to work with Kenan Flagler

Questions

Walk me through your resume?
Why do you want to get an MBA?
Why an MBA from Kenan Flagler?
What qualities do you hope to develop during your MBA?
What do you plan to do after your MBA?
The only other question outside the standard interview questions was specifically about my membership in Slow Food USA, an organization that I am a member of. He actually started off the interview asking me about my interest in this group and how my background (being raised on a farm) applied to this.

Round 4 / Adcom (Published March 11th, 2008)

I had an admissions interview with Craig Heckert in February 2008. It was a standard interview with the normal MBA question:

Walk me through your resume
Why do you want to get an MBA
What are your career goals
Why UNC
How will you contribute
He did ask me one question that threw me a bit "why do we need another CPA?"

Other questions:

Who is responsible for the current credit crisis
What is the most creative thing you have ever done
Tell me something about yourself that is not on your resume
After Craig asked all the prepared question he asked if I had any questions. We talked for several minutes about some topics I had prepared through my research. Overall, Craig was nice and friendly and made the interview feel relaxed.

UNC Interview (Published January 4, 2008)

Walk me through your Resume?
Describe Yourself?
What do you think about Reliance Industries and its owner Mukesh Ambani? I have read in the news paper that he gave a $60m jet as a gift to his wife and is also building a $1B house in India. If given an opportunity would you join that company?
Why UNC?
Do you read novels?
What concentration you want to pursue at UNC?
Are you happy with the companies you have worked with?
What companies you are targeting after your MBA?
What is the biggest challenge in front of India in its growth?

Interview with Adcom member (Published Fall 2005)

I had an interview with Buck William, a member of Adcom team of UNC, the interview was extremely friendly and relaxing. He really made a lots of efforts to put me at easy and make me comfortable, which I think a bit more than needed!

He started by talking to me about Philippines because 46 years ago, he had a great time in Mindanao (the south of the Philippines) and Manila. So we chatted and we shared a lot about Philippines. Then he asked me how my life is in Philippines and how I grew up in Vietnam. A bit also about my family.

Next question is about my education. Why I held two BA degrees from two universities and how I managed to obtain both at the same time. What extra-curricular activities I did when I was in university as well as I performed academically.

Going to my experience. He also shared that he used to work in agency that served my company now, a multinational FMCG company, he served my brand actually. So it was really a friendly chat. However he did ask me about my work nature. and one specific question relating to market research and distribution.

The last question was that Who am I? this is the question sounding "interviewed" the most. and then I asked him a couple of questions about UNC. That is all.

It is really a nice chat with him and I feel so relaxed talking to him. Admitted.

October 3, 2005 / Early Action / Adcom (Published October 2005)

My interview with Kenan-Flagler occurred on October 3, 2005. I applied in the Early Action round. The interview was preceded by sitting in on a microeconomics class. Also, I had lunch with the other prospective applicants (I believe there were about 7 other applicants there) and 4 current students, and was given a tour of the building.

I arrived at 9:20, and met Barbara Ann in the admissions office. She was very nice and introduced me to Leo, the student who was taking me to the class I was to sit in on. The classroom was crowded with about 40 students, but there were still empty seats once class started at 9:30. The professor was engaging, and asked me to introduce myself. After the introduction, he started the case study analysis the class was having that day. Leo had an extra set of the notes available so I could at least attempt to follow along. Class ended at about 10:45.

I was lead back to the admissions office and waited for my interview to begin. Barbara Ann was very nice and tried to help me stay nice and calm before the interview. Right at 11:00, Craig Heckert who is an Assistant Director of Admissions came out to greet me. He was pleasant and led me to his office where the interview occurred. There was no one else in the room besides the two of us. He was polite and firm, but was not overly personable. Most of the questions were standard, such as:

Why Kenan Flagler?
Why do you want to get your MBA?
Why now?
What are your goals?
Couple of adjectives to describe yourself?
The only question that threw me off, and I can’t remember exactly how it was worded concerned Martha Stewart and Enron.

The interview lasted about 40 minutes. Around 12:15 we were taken to the cafeteria with 4 current students and just talked. The students were very open and candid. The cafeteria was pretty loud as it appeared everyone was there. Lunch was a box lunch provided by Panera Bread. Two current students gave us a tour of the building after lunch. They also answered any other questions we had. By that time though, there weren’t that many questions though. I was back on the road by 2:00.

Round 2, Adcom (Published January 17, 2005)

My interview at Kenan-Flagler occurred in mid-November on campus. I visited a core marketing class with a current student. Following class, I went to lunch with current and prospective students and took a tour of the school.

I arrived at 10:30 a.m. and met a student for an 11 a.m. class. The office was very attentive and all the student guides showed up on time. The marketing class was full (around 70 students) and the professor kept the discussion on pricing engaging and fast-paced. After class, I returned to the admissions office and met up with a group heading to lunch. At lunch, I had the chance to ask current students all about life at KF and the culture of the school. I also learned about some specific student experiences that helped me in the interview. A campus tour followed lunch with yet another volunteer student who provided another perspective of campus life and was very informative. I returned to admissions office shortly before my scheduled interview. Right on time, Donna Bauman fetched me from the waiting area for the interview in her office. The interview lasted about 60 minutes and was very comfortable. I stressed how important it had been for me to visit campus and get a good sense of the student body and culture. The interview was basic and covered the following areas:

Background and walking through my resume
Why KF and why now
Examples of leadership
Any questions I had about KF
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深夜2:15 UNC MBA面经 (3-2)

预约晚了，所以找了个这么不好的时间。大家以后一定要早约！！

面试前小睡了一会儿，等到admission office 准时打来电话。面试官是Julie Wiley，给人的感觉很好。在我说话的时候，会及时给出一些回应，不过感觉是出于专业的面试训练的结果。让我比较郁闷的一点是，她直接告诉我没有看过我的essay(essay是另外一位adm officer看得)，只有简历在手。

问题都很常规：

1、介绍一下在学校的生活，这个有点小意外
2、介绍每一段工作经历，为什么换，工作中都有哪些亮点。我工作过4家公司，在说到第三家的时候，可能说得有点多，被打断了，让我直接说下一家。郁闷。。。
3、short/long term goal
4、 why mba, why now
5.、对KFBS的了解
6、what can you share with others in international group study?
7、what's your question about UNC, KFBS, consulting.....

面试一共进行了40分钟左右。我说得很流利，但是介绍学校生活的时候，条理性差一些。

另外， 从Julie那里得到一写消息，最近 KFBS网站上会有一个关于consulting career 的chat，到时候consulting 大牛prof. Paul Friga也会参加，申请KFBS并且对consulting有兴趣的同学，可以关注一下，具体日期记不清了，就这两天吧。问了julie关于consulting找工作的问题，她说consulting工作情况还是不错的，比较乐观。再有就是hi-tech工作在research triangle好不好找，她说之前经济不好，确实有些困难，但是现在好转了，而且学校也很努力帮忙。他还提到lenovo在找marketing职位，不知道对中国同学是不是个good sign.

就这些吧。 这是我今年唯一的学校。而且也真得很喜欢，希望能被录取！

2月26日上海UNC面经

土包子进城的感觉一直延续到面试时，有些紧张，第一次面对面的面试，感觉还不如电话面的。
约得一点，11点飞机了后，直奔面试地点，有个MM在面，谈的那个chemistry非常之好，弄得我面的时候有意无意试图和她比比让面试官笑的次数，完败啊。
simon觉得是个好的面试官，但是今天我面得实在是太完蛋了，面完了差点都哭出来了，能不能重新面啊？
问题很不典型
1. 现在的工作内容
2，为啥申请第三轮，不申请早些的轮次
3，career goal
4，mba能给你的careergoal添点什么柴？
5，问题？
时间不到50分钟，Simon说了大概一半。哦，中间还问了为什么北京校友那么多，不在北京面？我回答了那list上就上海的，他又问为啥没和adcom联系，要求北京面啊，我无语了。他绝对是善意的，我实在是没找到理由。
面完了，准备逛逛7年没来的，曾经毕业时暧昧的准备在这里工作的上海。

UNC- Alumni@ SH (我选的是Joe，30多岁的一个帅哥)
面试是blind interview, 只是现场看我的简历，再提问。他说面试很看重的是personality 和career goal. 人很nice，略有些serious。问题也是比较常规的，在career goal上会有点challenge. 不过面试结束还主动和我用中文聊了一会儿，给了很多关于学校的info，赞一个。

UNC Phone Interview - 2.9
1. Walk me thru your resume, highlight ur achievements and potential contribution to UNC
2. Why MBA
3. Why UNC (I talked about my experience corresponding with a school amdassador, and the interviewer got very excited...  She spent the next 3-5 mins sharing with me how nice and open-minded people at UNC are)
4. A frustrating leadership experience
5. Questions

小弟今天在UNC campus interview 見了Peggy，assistant director of admission.  Interview集中在resume。所以如果你有UNC interview的話，你必需要清楚你的resume內容。

1) Tell me something about yourself? (很多問題從這裡問)

2) Tell me an accomplishment in one of your positions?

3) What is most important to you outside of work?

4) Why Kenan Flagler?

5) Anything that's not on resume that you want to let me know?

6) Any question for Kenan Flagler?

7) Your goal post MBA (She asked indirectly.)

8) Why did you study this major in college? (She asked indirectly.)

學校非常大，我需要租一輛車去學校，附近的環境都beautiful。

小弟今天在UNC campus interview 見了Peggy，assistant director of admission.  Interview集中在resume。所以如果你有UNC interview的話，你必需要清楚你的resume內容。

1) Tell me something about yourself? (很多問題從這裡問)

2) Tell me an accomplishment in one of your positions?

3) What is most important to you outside of work?

4) Why Kenan Flagler?

5) Anything that's not on resume that you want to let me know?

6) Any question for Kenan Flagler?

7) Your goal post MBA (She asked indirectly.)

8) Why did you study this major in college? (She asked indirectly.)

學校非常大，我需要租一輛車去學校，附近的環境都beautiful。

UNC

on-campus，Adcom阿姨，45分钟，互动很好

评价一下你的团队，你是否对于你的队员工作满意，why
几乎没有常规问题，全唠嗑了。主要问我住哪里，平时吃东西习惯不。还说了她小儿子也在我那个城市，最后说了句希望今后尝尝你做的中餐啊。。。

UNC 校园面经-有详细面试申请人描写

R1申请，12月底收到面试邀请，约了1月21日校园面试。（有另一个后备学校的面试在上周，计划攒点经验，事实证明，这两个学校面试风格太不同了，题目也不同，没什么经验好循）。

上午到了校园，因为上次校园参观已经上过课和参观过校园了， 所以这次就没有除了吃顿免费的中饭，就计划在那儿静静的等。

出租车司机是个新手，刚从罗利失业，辗转在DURHAM找到叉头司机的工作，所以不熟悉路况，绕了好久才到。等到的时候，那个小会议室已经坐满了，只能站着。快速扫瞄了一下，10个人，全都西装毕挺，黑压压一片（所幸听了老公的建议，买的全黑的西装，买的时候还嫌保守单调），估计全是来面试的(估计正确，这个时间，已经很少仅仅参观学校的了）。3个女的（连我在内），2个非白人（我和另外一个黑人女生）。其他都是身材姣好，面容姣好，还不乏金发碧眼男性，实在养眼。

等到下午2点半左右，会议室只剩5个还未面试的了。气氛好象挺紧张的， 大家有一阵都失语，看得出脑子里都在想着什么。后来在老生的带领下，也开聊了。5个人，我和另外一女生都是商科毕业，3个男的都是工科出生（看来工科生申请商学院都成大势所趋了）。

面试准时2：45开始，面试我的是一个ASSISTANT DIRECTOR。 UNC用了不少这样的 PART TIME的ASSISTANT DIRECTOR。中年男子，有17年电信商业背景。见面后就问我是不是从中国来，开始聊旅游。神侃了一阵后，把我的简历拿出来（只看到我的简历，我其他什么也没看到）。人生大盘问开始了。。。

我的经历挺丰富的，商科背景，公关行业，自己开过公司，科技通讯美国硕士，干过高等教育。这位大哥一项项问过去，怎么了，为什么，又怎么样。从第一个问题：我看到你是投资经济专业，为什么从事公关开始，我就知道拷问开始了。20分钟以后了，还在我的前面的人生里打转。期间他瞄了一眼钟，然后速度加快。为什么要读MBA？如果我给你的推荐人打电话，他会如何谈论你的两个优点，然后你的一个缺点？如果你有一天的假期，你会干什么？你有什么问题要问我？30分钟准时结束。

在面试前，我通过以往交情问过两个在校生，他们讲到UNC非常在乎LEADERSHIP，所以快速过完简历后会问很多这样的问题。我准备了很多，但是人算不如天算。

看吧，他们家2月8日发信通知结果。

UNC Alumni interview

昨天晚上在Coffee Bean进行的校友面，气氛很好，校友的态度也非常好。

1. talk about yourself    我在这里基本上就go through resume了。

2.相比与你的第一份工作和现在的工作有什么区别，然后详细的问了一下在现在公司做什么，整个公司是做什么的，并聊了一下现在公司的竞争对手。

3。在现在公司所遇到的challenge的事情是什么，怎样解决的。

4。Why UNC

在整个聊的过程中，我自己就将Why MBA, Why Now说出来了，所以面试官也没有特别的问到。然后他介绍了一下学校周边优美的环境。然后又问了学费怎样解决。同时他还分享了他自己的经验并给我了一些建议。最后问了提交的时间，说会尽快写报告提交给学校的。

持续时间大概45分钟。

热气腾腾的UNC phone interview

今天早上接到Julie电面，她人很好，开始因为电话连线不好的缘故耽误了几分钟，还互相寒暄了一阵。
面试的问题都很常规，她就是根据resume在提问。我的resume第一页是professional experience，第二页才是学历。结果她还是从学历开始问，问我为什么选择***major.
很快就进入到professional background的部分。我只在一个公司工作过，所以比较直接。她先问我是什么时候决定选择这个公司，做过的几个职位有什么不同。我大概讲了一下main responsibility和achievement.  接下来就谈到why MBA, why now, why KFBS. 然后是strengths 和community activities. 最后问我有没有其他问题。
总的来说比较紧凑，气氛也很融洽。整好30分钟。

新鲜的UNC 电话面经～

一直在潜水，一直在吸取先辈的经验，也是时候给点FEEDBACK了～

我比较年轻，去年刚毕业，今年就报MBA了～也不是抱着很大希望，但也想尝试一下，也好为以后积累点经验～·

UNC面试是我第三个，前面几个面的一般而且其实也和大大们分享的没啥大区别～～

这次面试我的叫PEGGY～～不是那个JULIE~~很奇怪，后来到网上一看，这个人是做过亚太地区DFS的VP~~对香港和新加坡很了解～～而我是在香港读书新加坡工作的～

果然和很常规的不一样～开始是寒暄，说不好意思那么晚还要面试，我说不客气的，我请好明天的假现在就在等她～～她笑了～

整个面试完全是基于我的经历在问的～～先问为什么去香港读大学，为什么读全球供应链管理，（因为我发现UNC有GLOBAL SCM 的CONCENTRATION，而且写PS时也重点强调我继续向在GSCM方面发展，我的经历又吻合了，所以被问了），然后又和我侃我的实习经历～～我在大学里有三个实习经历，一个物流公司，一个石油公司，一个银行～然后她就一个一个问～问好后，就继续问我现在的公司和职位～～然后为什么又从上海工作到了新加坡～～公司为什么派我去新加坡

问好后说，那如果让你读MBA,从现在到7月的6个月中你在新加坡具体干什么～～接着继续问读好MBA，我想干什么～

20分钟就这么过去了，最后他问了些关于我性格还有HOBBY～～

然后我少许问了点问题后，就结束了·～

主要和大家传递一个信息，UNC不一定死板的问WHY MBA WHY UNC或者叫你举LEADERSHIP例子～～申请的大大们如果快要面试了，要租好准备哦～尤其是对自己的经历

好啦，睡觉啦～明天其实没有请假，只是和ADCOM开个玩笑而已～

UNC Phone Interview面经

刚刚结束，31分钟...对方貌似很赶时间....非常Straight forward, 程序化，没啥特别的感觉，在这里积攒人品啦
1. Education
2. Professional Backgrounds
3. Why MBA
4. Why UNC
5. How do you peers describe you?
6. Community Contribution
7. Team Experience
8. How do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years
就这么多了...感觉一般...几次想变成神侃，都给ADCOM拽回去了....

刚面完UNC的MAC，从stacie得到的一些信息

1.面经大家只要搜过去的就好，全部覆盖，一半问题关于我简历和essay，因为我在美国有过半年的交换经历，所以她一直追着这个问题不放。。。一共15，6分钟，不长，stacie也如面经上般非常冷淡，完全不知道她有没有在听我说话。。。最后给我来了句take care，让我冷的要死，还不如电话里直接据了我算了。。。所以大家还是go through your resume才是王道阿～
2.还在发愁没收到通知的同学们要耐心，stacie说她才刚开始interview,仍然处于early阶段，还有好多面试在一月份处理（邮件里她说过他们从12月18号放假一直到1月5号归来），所以还没拿到面试的XDJM们不要急，一个原因是可能你提交的晚，所以如果你这周没有被安排电面，就要等到一月了。。。另一个原因是可能没赶上第一轮
3.stacie说他们的项目每年招的人数有浮动，前年招了15个国际学生，但是去年只招了6个（如果我没听错的话，她说的太快，而且最后我有点走神），因为项目缩小了，而且这6个也并不都是中国学生。。。今年的人数应该还没确定，不过照个招法，lz我估计要杯具了。。。
4.round 1最迟1月底可以拿到录取结果

还没面的XDJM们加油！呵呵～

interview tips for UNC (from Jay)

下周六要在香港面UNC-CH，很不安，遂邮件给很有名很热心的UNC学生Jay，他很快就回了我邮件，我还没仔细看，先把它贴出来共享之，再端个小板凳慢慢看。


这是我的问题，很傻...省却客套话若干.
I received the early round interview invitation and will have an interview with Ariel Navarro 28th this month in HK.  it will be much better if I know more about KFBS program before the interview.  do you mind my asking you several questions to get some insider information?

1. I know that KFBS has the Leadership Initiatives after new Dean came.  can you share with me some events / new concept about the leadership development program currently undertaken?

2. KFBS has renowned International program such as the Global Immersion Electives, what's your feeling about the international aspect of your MBA experience in KFBS? are there any other international course setting appealing to you?

3. as a KFBS MBA students, what do you (and your schoolmates) feel the most proud of?



这是Jay的回复...

Glad to know you’ll be interviewing for the full time MBA program at Kenan-Flagler.  I put my answers to your questions below.

1. I know that KFBS has the Leadership Initiatives after new Dean came.  can you share with me some events / new concept about the leadership development program currently undertaken?

There are lots of things going on related to leadership initiatives at Kenan-Flagler, including presentations by senior execs from well known companies talking about their lessons throughout their careers, managerial simulations, mentoring with leadership coaches, etc.  You earn points from different sessions and 10 points earn you a leadership credit which is required for your graduation.  Also, during your second year, you have the option to take a leadership immersion course when you’ll have the opportunity to practice your leadership skills in some real world settings.

2. KFBS has renowned International program such as the Global Immersion Electives, what's your feeling about the international aspect of your MBA experience in KFBS? are there any other international course setting appealing to you?

There are lots of international programs offered at Kenan-Flagler, including Global Immersion Electives (GIE), Global Business Projects (GBP), Working Languages, Doing Business in (Country), etc., in additional to short term and long term exchange programs to partner schools around the world.  I did a GBP to China during my first year and it was a great experience for me.  Not only did I have the chance to apply what I learned in classes to a real world consulting project, I also had a better understanding of the business environment in China through working on this project since I’ve been virtually away from China for quite a long time.

3. as a KFBS MBA students, what do you (and your schoolmates) feel the most proud of?

UNC Kenan-Flagler has a relatively small student body, which means each student gets more attention from faculty members and other students.  All the faculty members are really great, and they are accessible to students when students need them for whatever topics they are interested in.  The cutting-edge learning facilities here are also among the best in the country.  In short, I think it’s the people and culture here that really make a difference.

In terms of general advice for your upcoming interview, I would say be very familiar with what you wrote in your essays (such as why MBA, why Kenan-Flagler, what you can contribute to the school, what your short term and long term career goals are, etc.).  Also think of your experience so far, where you showed your leadership, what were some of the challenges for you and how you addressed them.  I think these are all common questions, nothing really special.  So be relaxed, and be yourself.  Hope this helps, and feel free to let me know if you have any other specific questions.

Good luck,

Jay

Jay Ye ▪ MBA Class of 2010 ▪ UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School
看到很多Jay的共享贴，人很热心超赞的；希望大家和我一起祝福他在UNC过的一切顺利；也祝大家都能好运！

迟来的UNC电面

Buck Williams是个和蔼又有幽默感的好老头
电话持续了40分钟 事前也没怎么准备 完全随便说的


他基本没问"正经"的问题...


问了好多这样的:  
中国有多少人? 答: 约14亿
哪个国家人最多? 答: 中国
你认为50年后哪个国家人最多? 答: 印度...
WHY?   because they do not apply "one child policy"...


也简单问了些 why KF, what will you do 之类的问题,但提到的都不多
很多比较personal 的话题  基本是闲聊....


感觉发挥的还不错  估计我的面试已经是最晚的了吧...刚过了R3  也给我算在是R3了

UNC面经


   
1月21日晚上面的UNC。跟大家分享一下偶的面经。希望大家做的比我好！

        

约的时间是10点15，不过adcom貌似10点12就打过来了。整个interview持续了40分钟。对方应该是个大姐，风格比较严谨。上来就brief一下面试的安排，作用啥的。完全不给我机会跟伊寒暄或者开个玩笑啥的。她手里只有我的简历，所以问的问题基本是围绕我的简历来问。

1. tell me about your working experience with every company you have been with and the achievements or the most proud parts.估计这个问题是由于本人的工作经历比较丰富，才这么问的。我blah blah的讲了一堆。她问的很detail，涉及到很对细节。俺给她一一解释，告诉她背景和中国的环境等等。然后她追问每次换工作的原因。

2. career
        goal and why MBA

3. why UNC

4. strength& weakness

5. any questions（偶问了2个问题）

        

总之，第一次电面下来我的感觉是——太远了。看不到对方的表情，不知道她对你说的东东是不是感兴趣。还有，对方说话很快。另外，时间太短了，貌似我还有很多准备了的东东没有说。所以我觉得准备电面还是要多提炼总结自己的观点。

        

Good luck to you all with your interviews!

UNC Kennan Flagler 电话面试

上来先自报家门,然后说只有resume,没有essay,这样可以更加公正的有2方面的评价,比较公平.

1. Brief introduce your intern and work experience.
2. why you go to us for an MBA study?
3. what are the aspects you will consider when you choose MBA program? How kennan Flagler fit your choice?
4. I saw xxx in your resume, what kind of achievement you made? What kind of leadership skills you obtained?
5. Any questions for me?

人很nice的, 蛮热情的. 大概说了35分钟左右. 她晚了4-5min 打电话给我.
但是后来想问啥时候出结果的时候,人家说人家已经有其他的schedule没时间再聊了, 我就祝她新年快乐就结束了.
UNC是申请就可以自己预约面试的. 希望大家好运.

UNC 电面

晚了几分钟，面试官是个老头，自我介绍的时候说你可以把我当成你的grandpa，倒是减少我的几分紧张，也于是就放松了警惕。。。。


主要的问题还是很常规的：

1）go through resume, 每一次换工作的原因是什么，问得很细

2）对学校的了解。你从哪里了解到学校的信息，有哪些concentrations，你对学校的哪些方面最感兴趣

3）毕业之后打算做什么工作，在哪里工作，是不是首选在美国工作，是否将来一定会回中国工作

4）业余时间的爱好

5）问了一些学校里参加的社团活动，以及毕业之后有没有继续此类的活动

6）你在工作中的优势是什么。

7）你的哪些方面让你对自己最为满意。

8）还问了一些关于中国经济和房地市场趋势的话题（因为我是做房地产的）

9) 对他提问。我问了关于经济危机对于Internship的影响，他说未来两年形势都不乐观，但是他们也在尽可能的努力为学生创造机会；还问了关于Loan，他说是可以解决的，给了我一个负责loan的人的email; 此外我还向他要了北京的校友的联系方式，他也很痛快地给了。

主要问题就是这些，觉得自己回答的还算清楚，但是有些细节问题自己很stupid......

比如他冷不丁问我北京上海有多少人口，因为我是做房地产的，一下没想起来（学艺不精阿），但是至少知道是1000多万，但是当时太紧张，说成了1000......他很惊，说你是想说million么。。。。然后他就胡说了两个数误导我，还装作很肯定地样子，北京的附和了他结果错了，但是上海实在太不靠谱，纠正了他，老头太阴险了。。。接下去他还问你知道世界上人口最多的国家是哪里么。。我说是中国，他很兴奋的说：不，是印度。。。。再次觉得很崩溃，只好扯了一下计划生育政策掩饰了一下

这个问题觉得很不好，可能会觉得我不够professional......也太stupid......郁闷阿。。。对了，我还情急之下把GDP说成了GPA。。。。也没有纠正，他也没有纠正我。。。。

不过最后他说了句: If you have a journey to school, remember to say Hi to me........不知道是有些机会还是彻底把我给否了（journey...貌似只有观光的份了）

听天由命了~~~~泪奔

[分享]UNC电面

go through the cv

each career change, main responsibilities, what achievements, what enjoy the most

overseas experience, cultural awareness

why mba, why now, why this school

career plan (very detailed, gave me three companies to choose and asked why)

what will you do if give you one free day

PART I 和 interview 都结束了, essay 只写了一篇...还有3天时间.... 郁闷飘走.  

UNC面经

废话

偶系懒人一个，从去年准备到今年，考了一个巨烂无比的GMAT, 然后折腾到现在就交了这么一个学校。一直在Topway上潜水，因为GMAT太烂，想发jj怕误导人家，总算逮到今天。。面试我的问题我总记下没错吧。。。嗯。。所以发一篇积攒人品。。。

面试准备了一个晚上，下班回来看了一遍交出去的essay，后两篇都不敢读下去了。。。真是烂。。anyway。硬着头皮上了。

开始

面试在11点，准时，绝对的准时，电话就来了。

面试官是peggy。后来查到背景是HR的。。难怪非常professional。。一直可着劲的夸。。我自己都觉得自己磕磕巴巴的，最后还画蛇添足的说自己太紧张了不好意思，还夸我说，感觉不到你紧张啊。。很好。。一句俗话说什么“A good interviewer will make you go home with a feeling that you have done well”。虽然表现很烂，但是面完了就是这个感觉。。对方很仔细的听，很主动的给你反馈“en ah good”，其中俺们关于工作内容讲的不清楚，人还帮我总结了一遍。。惭愧惭愧

又开始废话了：（

好了，面试问题 -》 她手里只会有你的简历。感觉之前也没怎么读。就是想哪问哪。问题很常规，也不会sharp.. 有逻辑就行。

(1) 你大学在中国读的啊，然后到新加坡读Phd. 为啥大学选**major啊？ 为啥后面去新加坡读phd 啊？

(2) 读完PHD为啥去***啊。 （后悔没把公司吹一下，人家不知道）

(3) 那你工作是干嘛的？工作中最让你骄傲的项目？

(4) 课余活动很多嘛。。课余活动最让你骄傲的是？

(5) 这都是工作，之外我想更加了解你，讲一下你的性格啊，人啊，爱好啊

(6) 创业的方向是什么？

(7) 为什么选KFBS?

(8）有什么问题么？我问了奖学金和loan，她说现在为止还没问题。。。

(9) 有什么我没有问到，你想让我知道的？

就这些吧。。27分钟。。我倒后来还扯了点闲话，天气啊什么的。。挺nice的一个人。还到过新加坡，中途告诉我去过bird park，raffles place.

反正自己挺兴奋的，打了鸡血一般。。。本来英文就七颠八倒的，更是了。。。

sigh, 等结果吧。。。这一写完，兴奋劲没了，发现很多地方还是答的不好。cross my finger and wait~~~

***********

最后想说，不管我能不能被UNC录取。。

这个学校我真的很推荐。虽然排名不是最top的，但是人真的很nice。你可以感受到招生的人对你的重视和关心。所有的email都是很快的回复。而且不光这个面试官，所有的人都是很helpful 和nice 态度。....很好的customer service 的典范啊。。

我联系了他们的校友sidney, 也很nice和patient，对我无聊弱智的问题也耐心解答。

我相信，这种culture 会是一个很好的team work 的环境。在这里生活2年，也会是一个快乐的经历：）

汇报完毕。。。大家都好运。。。保佑我拿到这个offer吧。。第一轮里的唯一一个啊~~~

刚面试完UNC

由于在外出差，手机电话面试，话音还可以。就是中途断线了两次，感觉发挥的一般


常规问题，

go through resume

为什么MBA，

为什么kenan-flagler

career goal

你哪来的钱一起创业啊

喜欢读书吗

去国外旅行吗

你的强项

有什么爱好

目前中国的经济你有什么看法

期间聊起他1961年的时候还去过香港，然后很喜欢烤鸭

毕业之后留在美国吗？

用简单的话，总结一下自己的特点

我问了两个问题，

what sets kenan flagler apparts from other school

student job search

该老头非常悲观的说今年形势不好，很多公司都减少了招聘计划，intern的情况也不妙。不过consulting的情况稍微好一点。

我安慰说，3年之后机会会回来的，他说谁知道将来怎么样呢。

[分享] UNC电话面经

1．    为什么选择这份工作？
2．    针对简历中工作的一些细节问了些问题。
3．    问了一下学习的问题，为什么硕士还是学这个专业？
4．    我的公司合并了另外一家，谈谈有什么变化？
5．    海外工作的经历，有没有出去旅游，和老外同事共事最要紧是什么？
6．    Why MBA, Why now?
7．    Why UNC?
8．    再强调一下今后目标和发展方向。
9．    个人兴趣，家庭背景等。
10．    提问题。

基本就这样，差不多45分钟的样子。

UNC phone interview experience

Just finished the phone interview with UNC adcom. Not a typical style from 'why MBA'...... Went through your resume and asked questions

1. Where were you born and why chose undergraduate major?

2. First job experiences sharing after graduation

3. Current job experiences sharing.

4. Leardership experiences in current job

5. Teamwork in current job

6. Who you wanna be in 5 years? 30 years?

7. Why KFBS?

8. Questions about KFBS

UNC on-campus interview

Just finished the interveiew with Buck Williams, a very nice old man. The interview lasted for half an hour, all conversational, no hard questions.

Here are some that I can remember: How do you describe yourself? How many people are in your company? How is your company doing with the economy slowing down? Tell me your main responsibilities at work. What do you like to do on weekend?

He said good things about Chinese student here. He even showed me a "MBA Year Book", which he circled out every students he interviewed and made to UNC.

I'm going to the Corporate Finance class now. Hope I don't fall asleep this time.  

今天还是什么也没听懂, 不过好歹没睡着. 课堂气氛很不错. 上课的是个德国教授, 很喜剧性的一个人.   

In @ UNC （补上之前不起眼的面筋）

费了好大力气打开UNC的网页，看到decision，点进去，读了一下，发现确实是in不是ding

没提奖学金，只说了deposit

好了，Elynn，你又要share background的啦

我的:G770/T109 5年工作经验，4年四大，1年在。。恩。。国家机关。。

我的第一个interview，第一个offer

本来应该蛮兴奋的，可是被破网络折磨的一点心情都没有了～

谢谢爹妈

我的推荐人：你们写推荐信辛苦了。

论坛:没有这个论坛，一切不是没有可能，但是会辛苦很多的。

UNC的wenzhang：虽然你不认识我，不过你的帖子帮忙好大，那个帖子部分决定了我申请UNC。

我的interviewer Buck Williams：太渊博了，哪里是面试，根本就是听爷爷讲故事。还推荐那么多好书。可惜我真的没找到有卖的。希望有机会找您借来看。

UNC adcom的Sherry：你说如果我们需要什么跟你说，我大言不惭立刻回复说：offer。结果你真的给了我一个。真是好人呀～

UNC adcom的Shanon：不好意思，我的消费者维权email希望不要给你添麻烦～

Shao Jia：谢谢师叔请大家喝咖啡，解答大家的问题

Elynn：thank you for being there~

嘿嘿，有机会跟乔丹当校友感觉还不错



－－－－－－－－－－－－我是面筋分割线－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

之前在UNC的校友答疑贴发的，不知道是不是有人看到过，现在再贴一下吧。希望有些帮助。

以下是引用oliviafuwei在2007-11-15 0:48:00的发言：

面完了。。。是个72岁的老爷爷。。。上来先聊家常

适应他的口音费了一点点功夫

问了常规问题，why UNC，why MBA，career plan，how would you describe yourself

非常规问题，跟我讨论中国未来5-10年最大的问题是什么，我业余喜欢读什么书，然后还给我推荐了三本书读。我说中国能买到么？他说去amazon呀

老爷爷很了解中国，说着说着就问我，你是“year of monkey”出生的是么？还说北卡跟中国的贸易量巨大，还说他60年代来过香港

基本是海阔天空的聊，感觉不到紧张

最后就是让我问问题

总共持续了40多分钟的样子

不过我觉得表现不好拉，由于他打到客厅的座机（他说手机老打不通，邪门儿），那里没有暖气，温度比卧室低，说着说着我觉得我牙齿都在打颤。。。

算了，第一个interview，总计准备时间2小时。。。我对不起我的申请费

下回努力吧

发面经-刚电话面试的UNC

打电话过来的那哥们语速很快，基本不考虑你是Foreign applicant，所以也没听清他叫什么。

上来后简单寒暄了几句就直入正题，他手里只有我的Resume。

1. Why MBA

2. Why UNC

3. What can bring to UNC

3. Leadership and teamwork experience

4. Use 3 words to discribe yourself

5. Most challenging thing

6. extra-activity

7. My clearest choice.

8. What do you think the most problem of China. 这个问题很突然，我答的是self-confidence

9. Something I want to illustrate but not listed in Resume. 我说的是weakness

10. Question to him. 我问了sub-prime crisis对就业的影响，是否要参加Pre-term等。

整个面试用了不到半个小时，觉得面试官在赶时间的样子，有几个问题回答的很快像背课文一样。可能跟UNC不是invitation only所以要面太多人有关吧。

总的来说面的还行，不过发现电话面试确实很challenging，不能像face-to-face那样用肢体语言、表情什么的，所以对英文表达能力是个考验。

这是我今年申请的第一个面试，当然不希望是最后一个。R2还有很多Essay要写，继续奋斗……