Q:你对申请者有什么特别的preference 么?
A:官方回答通常是:team player, integrity, fit the school, leadership, and community involvement. But this is a very personal question since you asked about my preference. Ok, I will tell you the truth. 我个人非常喜欢有军事经验的。例如,我曾经很支持一个有5年military service经历的申请者,可我的一个同事说不行,他只有400分的gmat。 我很激烈的与我同事辩论,我说,5年军事经验,这就是leadership,this is outstanding! 可是这只是个人的preference, 我其他同事就会有他们自己的选择。例如,有两份中国申请者的package摆在办公室里给大家讨论究竟要谁,两份都一样好,我一个同事就坚持要一个gmat 低了20分的,说他会法语,并不是由很多的中国申请者懂法语。我这个同事就是很注重diversity的。所以,其实学校有自己的喜好,每个adcom officer 也有自己的喜好。
坐下后直接进入正题。我觉得我有点背,因为刚开始回答问题时我就听见很响的,好像肚子咕咕叫的声音,停了下来,望着面试官,发现她也望着我。然后两人异口同声说 'sorry...',然后她抢着说,‘I am sorry, it's been like this all morning. I am not feeling very good today.' 才明白,哦,不是我。可接着下来她的肚子几乎每一分钟响一下,而且特别大声,让我非常分心,我在回答的时候好几次停下来问她是否ok, 所以说得有点断断续续,一开始最传统的resume, why now, why mba, why tuck 都没答好。我过了几分钟后才排除一切干扰,精神100%集中。
resume related questions (3 mins):
She didn't ask me to go through my resume, but broke down my resume piece by piece to ask me in details.
Why this undergraduate school?
What I did in my first job, second and third job?
What were the companies business except for the last one which was a Fortune 500 company?
What were my responsibilities?
What I enjoyed most at my current job?
behavioral questions (10 mins):
leadership example
example of a difficult time with a team member or client
She asked some questions based on my answers, such as:
Why did you do that?
Can you tell me more details on how you did that?
How big was the team?
Why was he difficult to deal with?
Do you think it was your problem or his problem? (This was a bit tough. I didn't prepare for this. It took me a while to come up with the answer as i didn't think it was all my fault but at the same time I didn't want to put everything onto the other person.)
Then she asked me if I wanted to add anything. I mentioned two reasons before while I actually had three, but she cut me short, so I mentioned the last point for why Tuck.
The last part was for my questions, I had three questions, but she only allowed me to ask two, and then sent me back to the waiting room.
她严格的把时间控制在30分钟,面试期间好几次提到了‘we are short of time/ we are running out of time.’。在我之前,之后她都有其他面试者。整个过程非常紧凑,但我觉得时间严重不够用。
根房间里其他人交流了一下,收集了一些其他问题:
tell me a time when you had a conflict with your team member.
do you think you are a team player? example.
do you like outdoor activities?
总的来说,我觉得我essay写的还过得去,但面试就比较烂。接下来就是漫长的等待了。我一到了就直奔amy mitson 的办公室跟她聊了了会天,她刚刚才电面了一个澳洲女生,然后还做了几个on-campus interview。amy其实是专门read asian applications, 有兴趣的同学们应该多找她聊聊,因为她很有可能会读到你的application package。不过当然,Dawna自己会read every single application at least once。