I applied INSEAD 2007 Sep intake and just finished 2 interviews. Share with the rest as what I can still remember. The first interview was with a consultant of a management consulting firm. she was quite busy and I was waiting in her office for over 20 minutes since she had a urgent discussion. The alumni was quite kind and friendly and she apologized for making me keep waiting. To me, it is a good chance to get familiar with the environment. Questions are pretty simple and standard, such as: - tell me something about your education, career and your current work
- why MBA and why INSEAD
- How do you work with people from different culture and background
- what are the social groups you have been involved?
- How well have you adapt to the foriegn environment? (i am abroad)
- any questions for her
we talked about her job and her own experience in INSEAD, the tough program (8am to 9pm course work) etc. and i also asked for feedback, according to her, my profile is pretty ok, except that I have fewer working experience (3 years), but it should not be a problem because of my achievement within the 3 years. The 2nd interview was with a IB associate, he was pretty serious and didnt talk much about things outside of MBA. It lasted for 45 minutes (1st one lasted around 1 hour) and he asked fewer questions, such as: - brief introduction of my education and career
- why INSEAD?
He placed a lot of weight to dicuss on this topic. It is understandable, INSEAD is kind of special compare to other schools - my career goals
- how can I compete with consultants from other firms when 4.1 I apply for INSEAD? 4.2 I graduate from INSEAD and look for consulting jobs?
- why you think your personality fit INSEAD?
- How can you make people be interested in you? in terms of experience, background and personality
- any questions for him? (as i feel the interview is a bit short, so I asked a few questions and try to reflect more about myself during those Q&As)
For these 2 interviews, I felt the personalities of the alumnus are quire different and quite consistant with INSEAD's style: diversity, direct, short and focused. quite different from interviews from the US schools as I expereinced. They are indeed busy and excellent. both of them gave me 3 days to stand by for the interview and they called me in the morning to have the interview in the evening. I would say it is really difficult to prepare and actually no need to prepare anything. Just think about 1 question" Who am I". Good luck to everyone | 
