UCSD Rady MBA Skype interview [2014-03-13]

Betterthanme

Just got done the interview with JoAnne Starr. It was about one hour long. She was really detail and nice.  She told me she was one of the 11 original staffs when the program started back in the day. I can definitely tell she was passionate about UCSD and the direction Rady is going. We briefly chatted about the future about the program and they arecontinually looking to expand and hiring more faculties.

There was no surprises about the interview, Kudos to Topway about tips for interviewing with JoAnne Starr. She told me upfront she read my profile, and she's going to ask some things relating to my current job function. She told me that my circumstance is unique and that I got my education in the u.s and grow up in the u.s. I have been working both for u.s and foreign companies, so she was drilling me on my background for 15 minutes.

Here are the interview questions

1. Explain to me about your current jobs as the global supply chain manager? And what are some of things you like and some of the thing you don't like about your current job?
2. Please give me an example of a time where you lead a well organized team? And a time where you lead a dysfunctional team?
3. What is some of the current technology in your industry, I mention big data, she started talk to me about the course offering rady has and the current faculty who teaches big data.
4. Give me an experience where you dealt with a senior team member or surbordinate or a supervisor?
5. What are some of the books you currently read?
6. What other schools did you apply?
7. What do you like to do in your free time?
8. Talk to me about your travel experience to those less developing coutries where you had to lead projects.
9. What other things you want me to know or learn about?
10. Any questions for her?

She was pretty upfront and honest about everything, I really enjoy the 1 hour interview with her.

Hope this can be useful to others who will be interviewing in the next few weeks with UCSD.

Thanks  again everyone.

小丸子

Best wishes pal!

You can definitely make it!

Betterthanme

回复 2# 小丸子


   Haha, really love to join you guys. Still have my fingers cross. You guys are super super helpful.  One thing I ask her is that they don't have a mba tour like the other programs, and I want to setup some kind of coffee shop chat to help future students to learn more about the program in cities like Shanghai and Hong Kong if I were to admitted in the program, she told me "our Japanese student are ready discipline and really unique, they already setup for ambassador programs, welcoming new students in Tokyo, they even have a banner and have a video from the dean of Rady welcoming them"

Those Japanese ppl, JUst kidding!!!

Keunssy

thanks for sharing

Jay7933

酱油党飘过~

Jessica8905

many thanks

风信子花开

O(∩_∩)O谢谢