四、学校面试面经
我一共申请了7家学校。University of Texas at Austin(UTA), University of Southern California(USC), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Michigan State University (MSU), Bentley University , George Wshington University (GWU), Indiana University.
截止到目前为止,收到了5个AD,(USC, UIUC, MSU, Bentley, GWU),一封拒信,(UTA)一所暂时没有消息。(Indiana) 在7所学校之中,我参加了三种形式的interview: USC是face to face interview, MSU是telephone interview, Indiana U是voicemail interview. 三种形式各有特色,所以也区分对待。
1. Face to Face Interview
由于最后选择去USC,相对face to face interview 也最正规,所以先谈谈这个。国外的面试官即使有点tough(面我的那个就是),也表现的很尊重。这点比国内要“文明”很多。面试时先讨论了一番我的中文名和英文名,以及怎么来上海的,上海和广州远不远。然后正文,比较正常的问题有:
1.Tell me more about yourself.
2.Why Accounting?
3.Do you apply jobs?
4.Do you have other admissions from other universities?
5.Why is a good candidate? How can you stand out from so many excellent candidates?
6.In your friends' eyes, what kind of person you are?
比较诡异的有:
1. Which moment has changed your life?
2. Which moment of your life has changed your belief?
3. Which animal characterizes you most?
2.Telephone Interview
这是MSU的面试形式。约了半夜四点.......当时我已经觉得很累了。之前睡也睡不着,干脆看电视看到夜里4点。非常严格地按照简历上一点一点来面。
1.Why MSU?
2.Tell me a little bit about your research experience.
3.Tell me a little bit about your internship experience in local accounting firm and PwC.
4. Tell me a little bit about your leadership experience.
3. Indiana University
这个是voicemail interview.就是你自己打电话过去当场回答它的三个问题。
1. Why Indiana?
2.Why is a good candidate?
3.What is the biggest challenge of accounting profession in the global environment?
都说出国是个很艰难的过程。而这种艰难,不外乎都是对心的磨砺。战胜自己的恐惧,自己的担忧,战胜自己的浮躁等等等等。在此过程中,我深尝个中种种滋味。很多次,我都深深感到无能为力,心里的紧张和不安也只能让我心中暗自祈祷,此外别无他法;那种茫然无措的等待,那种深入到骨子里的期盼和担心,每每都敲击着我。但是每每这个时候,我都告诉自己要经得起等待,要沉住气,要隐忍,要冷静。而这些对心的磨砺,才是申请之中最大的收获。一个人开始能够承担以前所不能承担的,是成长的开始。
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