lin

hi,gail, look at my case: last year applied with 640 gamt and 10 years working experience, 7 in world 500 and 3 yrs as entrepreneur, was dinged by all the schools.so as a chinese applicant, the work experience cannot compensate your academic weakness, because the admission committee said they have not transferable evaluating system to assess your working performance. you should at least have the average test score, otherwise your documents have no chance to be reviewed and will be just thrown into the bin.

lin

hi,gail, yes I retook gmat this year and got 700+, I submitted my application before Nov., now the result is that I have received two early offers from top 20 and had several interviews. so I think with full conviction that gamt counts at least 70% to chinese applicants. regarding UK schools, sorry I have no ideas.
good luck

lin

To kinson: everthing is the same except the gmat score. although a couple of schools require the update essays because of the new questions, which had the same writing style since I wrote all of them.
To gail: there are three basic elements in the admission interview,
1. asses your english speaking fluency.
2. know in depth for the stuff in your resume.
3. standard questions like: why, leadership, teamwork