Wharton MBA 面试汇总（2009-2010）

myice

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面试官是TOP3consulting firm的Consultant，有近十年的工作经历，为人很热情豪爽，整个面试都聊得非常开心。由于吸取了此前YALE面试的经历，这次我尽量让整个过程象是对话，在面试中穿插了一些征询对方意见的问题，使得好几个问题都变成了一种讨论，而不仅仅是我单方面的理解。


而且由于她对我工作行业非常了解，省略了大量背景解释的环节，可以直接get to the point，这也是Wharton挺喜欢的。整个面试中我尽量表现Wharton想要的素质，well rounded, down to earth, analytical。我还开了几次玩笑，几次逗得她哈哈大笑的(这些笑话都是我平时的积累，根据经验，一般用上对方都会觉得有趣的^o^)


1. Walk me through your resume.
2. Biggest Achievement.
3. Some probing questions on resume.
4. My hobby.
5. Why MBA, Why Wharton.
6. What's my biggest challenge if I go to Wharton.
7. My carrer goal.
8. My extra-curriculum experience.
9. What make me different from other candidates.
10. What others I want to share.


正式的面试大概30分钟，后面就是闲聊了。大概一个多小时出来，感觉面试官应该挺喜欢我的，可惜最后还是没有得到offer，估计是今年竞争太激烈的，有很多牛人申请。


记得去Wharton campus visit的时候，Adcom说过一句话让我非常印象深刻：Wharton loves students who are individually competitive but collectively collaborative. 不知道有没有记错，大概意思就是个人竞争力很强，但是非常注重团队合作。而且Wharton的vigor core我也的确从内心里认同，可能和我实在的性格有关。

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lenghongmin

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waffle

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chanyeen

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myice斑竹真是辛苦了啊！

myice

Round 1 / On-campus / Second-year Student (Published November 23, 2009)

The interview atmosphere was very casual. After waiting for about ten minutes in the admissions office waiting room, I was escorted to an interview room by a second-year MBA student. The first five minutes of the interview was a casual conversation outlining the items on my resume.

The interviewer then said he had to "get through" some specific questions. After he asked a question, I would respond, and he would frequently comment on my responses, or ask follow-up questions. It was a very casual, conversational interview.

Some specific questions that were asked:

Tell me some of your weaknesses
Describe your leadership style
Tell me about a time you were involved in a confrontation, either at work or in your personal *life
Why an MBA? Why Wharton? Why now?
What are your plans post-MBA?
As a non-traditional applicant, how do you plan to ensure that you can keep up with the quantitative coursework here?
There was nothing surprising about the interview, other than how conversational and pleasant it was. I left Wharton with a great feeling about the school and its students.

myice

Round 1 / On-campus / 2nd year student (Published January 20th, 2010)

I interviewed on campus with a 2nd year student. She was friendly, and the interview was generally pretty laid back, though she packed alot of questions in. To prepare I looked over the Clear Admit wiki interview reports and prepared some answers to possible questions. Sample questions are as follows:

Walk me through your resume.
Why are you pursuing an MBA?
Tell me about a time when you lead a team.
Tell me about a time when you worked with a difficult teammate.
If you were working in Wharton learning team, what characteristics would you look for in your groupmates?
What is your biggest professional accomplishment?
What is your biggest personal or professional regret?
Is there anything you would like to talk about that you have not had the chance?
Any questions for me?
One interesting thing was that she did not ask me Why Wharton or why an MBA now. Overall, the interview was relaxed and gave me a chance to cover the points I wanted to, with a couple tougher ones mixed in (biggest regret).

myice

Round 2 / On-campus / 2nd year student (Published February 23rd, 2010)

Thank you to the Clear Admit community for helping me prepare. The interview was a straightforward 30 mins Q&A, with the interviewer sticking to the format & time.

Walk me through your resume
Why Wharton?
Why you?
Give me an example of leadership.
Give me an example of how you resolved a conflict.
What is your weakness.
Questions for the interviewer.

myice

Round 2 / Off-campus / Alumni (Published February 23rd, 2010)

The interview took place in a London hotel's cafe. Timing was 45 minutes discussion (the alumnus kept track of time all the way through the interview) + 20 minutes questions and informal discussion. The atmosphere was quite relaxed, especially after the "official" part ended.

Walk me through your resume (I kept on describing my long and short term plans, as the interviewer did not stop me)
What was the most important project you have done? (I've been working for the same consulting company since graduation)
Why entrepreneurship? Tell me two examples from your past experience
Why Wharton? He asked some follow up questions to challenge me
What are you most proud of?
If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it?
If you were an alumni interviewer what would be your two most important questions to the applicant (he then asked me to answer these questions)
What do you offer to Wharton/why you?
How would you fit in the community?
Give me two strengths and two weaknesses and provide actual examples (he then asked follow up questions on these)
How do you imagine yourself 20 years from now?
Questions to the interviewer.
We then continued the discussion. He openly answered all my questions and made a case for Wharton. After about an hour he asked me to finish the discussion, as he did not want "his opinion to be altered", and because he should not give more time to any one interviewee.

Overall, the interviewer very friendly and relaxed. He offered to remain in touch and asked me to let him know about the decision.

myice

Round 2 / Off-campus / Alumni (Published February 25rd, 2010)

The interview was pretty informal and took place at Starbucks. We talked for about an hour and seemed to click pretty well. He was very enthusiastic about Wharton and his passion for the school definitely showed. He asked me to email him my resume ahead of time and brought a list of questions with him. Some of the questions he asked were:

Tell me about yourself (he started by talking about himself and once finished asked me to do the same)
Why MBA?
Why Wharton?
Why Now?
Short term and long term career goals (he probed into this a bit).
What other schools did you apply to (he followed up by asking if I got into those schools, would I choose Wharton)?
What is an accomplishment you are proud of?
Name a time you worked with a team and had to work with a difficult teammate (some derivation of this question).
Name a time you received constructive criticism and how did you take it.
What are some of the qualities of leadership to you? He followed with 'what leadership qualities would you like to enhance?'
Questions for the interviewer.
He then described his experiences at Wharton and was very enthusiastic about them. He mentioned that one big thing about Wharton is that students do not compete with each other in a cut-throat manner and that they are big on collaboration, so make sure you hit home on this (as long as this is the truth!) I would also definitely suggest to do your homework on the school (this should be why you are even applying there) because it is good to mention specific things about the program that they can relate to. Other suggestion: be yourself! I think it is all about fit and making sure that you don't come off as a snob, or are arrogant, or are a weirdo! Relax and smile :-) If you are yourself, and are passionate, sociable, excited, and know exactly why you want to go to that school to get an MBA right now and what you expect to do with it, it's all gravy baby! Good luck to all!