myice

Interview w/ Adcom in NYC; Round 2 - Interviewed: March 8, 2006 (Published March 2006)

My Sloan interview lasted about 30 minutes, with the last few minutes reserved for my questions. Below were the questions asked:

Do you have your official transcript?
Tell me about how/why you transitioned from your first job to your second.
Tell me about a time where you had an impact on a group.
Give me another example.
Tell me about a time where you had to make two groups come to a consensus.
What other schools are you applying to, and how does MIT rank against those schools?
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Do you have any questions for me?
My advice:

Be prepared to have at least two examples for each possible question! Alternatively, have examples that are very versatile (one that can answer both leadership questions and impact questions for example).
Be especially aware if you have a tendency to ramble on. Because the interviewer was taking copious notes, there were times of extended silence, which I initially filled by reiterating my points. I had to make a conscious effort to stop.
If you're interviewing in the NYC hub location, allow extra time to figure out the elevator system (seriously!). There are several banks of elevators and some only go to certain floors. It took me literally 10 minutes of walking around, perplexed, to get to the office.

myice

Interview w/ Adcom in Bay Area; Round 2 - Interviewed: March 2, 2006 (Published: March 4, 2006)

The MIT adcom I interviewed with was extremely friendly and loved to talk. :-) The interview lasted about 45 minutes and was very conversational.

Started off with her reading my transcripts and mentioning, "Oh, you went to [this] high school?" Didn't realize that was on my transcripts! "Why did you go to [this university] for one summer session?"

Then came the *behavioral* portion of the interview. During our chat, the bells rang loud and clear that she knew my application very well. Often when I said something about my background or experience she would reinforce it with, "Oh yes! I remember you mentioning [blah] on your app!" Of course I tried to come up with other examples for the questions asked below.

"Tell me about a project at work that you co-managed... How did you feel?... What would you say the impact was to the client?... How did they react?"
"Tell me about a project at work within the last year that you're proud of... What did you specifically learn from it?"
"What's a personal goal you've set for yourself within the last 2 years?"
"Why Sloan?"
"I read about [this] in your app and loved the story behind it. Can you tell me more about it?... How did the members feel about that?... Why did you fail at that point?... How do you feel about the outcome?"
"Why do you want to go to the east coast?... Are you sure you wouldn't mind moving east?" (I live in California.)
Remember: Be yourself. They know your app, so they want to reaffirm: 1) who you've displayed yourself to be on your app, 2) your reasons for "why Sloan," and 3) your personality and your fit for Sloan. The easiest way is to treat the adcom like your peer. Imagine you're working on a team project and the Sloan adcom is a team member. How would you interact with your team member? Show this.

myice

R1: Admit From: Business as Unusual (Published March 2006)

I was a little nervous for my 8:00 am Sloan interview in Seattle because I had flown in from Austin the day before and gone to bed at 2:00 am. Moreover, my gf had not picked up my suit from the dry-cleaners so I had no idea how I would survive the dreaded behavioral interview. Anyway, the cleaners opened at 7:00, we were there at 6:45. I changed in the dry-cleaners store and headed to my interview. Incidentally, my interviewer was a little late, which gave me a little time to catch my breath.

She started off my telling me that the person who read my file had told her that mine was an extremely strong application. Well, that kinda boosted my confidence. We did only 3 questions: Tell me of a difficult time you faced, Tell me a little about the non-profit work you do & do you have any questions for me. I think I did really well in the interview and by the end of it I could tell she was selling the school to me.

On the day of the results, my interviewer left a voice mail on my phone, telling me I had gotten in.

myice

R2 Interview in Cambridge with AdCom. (Published March 2006)

MIT sends you a 2 page guide to their "Behavioral Event-based Interview" (BEI) before you visit. The key difference is that they do NOT ask you "Why an MBA? Why now? and Why here?" They simply take your resume and application and ask two or three main questions, each with several follow up questions. Note that it is not a blind interview. The adcom is supposed to review your application thoroughly before the interview. It's hard to list the questions they'll ask, because the questions will be about your application. Expect questions on conflicts/difficulties at work and how you handled them.

It's not as unique as some people claim. It is odd, however, to have an interviewer ask you "...and how did that make you feel?" You feel a bit like you're on a psychiatrist's couch then. The interviewer is also studiously poker-faced. It's not confrontational, but it's also not as warm and congenial as other schools. I tried to make my interviewer laugh, but he just smiled patiently. I agree with others who have observed that they are also trying to get a sense of how strong your committment to attending Sloan is.

stream

谢谢分享！！！myice辛苦了！！！！！！！