Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT MBA Sloan)面试经验汇总（共24篇）

myice

MIT MLOG 面经
周四时收到Mark的邮件告知要给个15分钟的电话面试，作为final stage of the admissions process，让给了周五的两个时间让选一个。稀里糊涂的我啊，算了半天算出来一个晚上八点左右的时间，可回复的时候手一抖却回复成了北京时间夜里4点，后来发现已经晚了，幸亏有闹钟和咖啡。

闲话少说，言归正传。

面试人：Dr. Jarrod Goentzel，Executive Director of the program
时间：大概25分钟，超了些
主要问题：
- why MLOG
- Career plan
- work responsibilities
- research experience ( 特别值得注意的是，他听说我以前写过英文的course essay,让我挑一篇发给他看看）
- why choose current job
- 还扯了一些家常，如家乡在哪里等等

总体来说面试还是比较随意，可能主要是fitness test. 另外，由于我完全没有供应链背景，所以没问我任何关于供应链的东西，甚至没有提及论文题目，其他有供应链背景的tx可能就不一样了。

最后报下家门：国内/G780/ IELTS 7.5/4年IB+PE/GPA:本科2.3 硕士3.5

That's it. 祝大家好运！

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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.

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

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

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

Adcom, Off-campus. (Published March 2006)

My interview was in London with the assistant director of admissions. The interview was pretty short, somewhere between 30 and 45 mins. The interviewer was very professional, but not robotic.

As noted elsewhere on this page, I was asked not to use examples contained in my essay.

All questions were behaviourial type questions. Here's what I can remember being asked:

Hand over your transcript
Give an example of a time when you had to deal with someone who wasn't pulling their weight
Give an example of a time when your actions annoyed a superior or colleague
I explained, then was asked how that made me feel
How do you stand out amongst your peers
How does MIT rank against the other schools you've applied to?
Do you have any questions for me?
I haven't heard yet either way, but after being in the interview here's my advice:

This interview was professional, don't expect any weird questions
Have a swathe of examples of cool things you did professionally and personally ready and waiting. Don't be robotic in your answers - believe in what you did and the successes you've had.
The interviewer will pause to scribble - don't feel like you have to fill the gap. It's ok to pause and think of stuff, so while the interviewer writes, you can think.

myice

Adcom, Hub Interview (Published March 9, 2007)
Basically had the following questions:

What other interviews have you had?
What great experience have you had on your job within the last one year ?
What expectation have you had recently that was not met?
Why MBA?
Why Sloan?
What question do you wish that I had asked you?

myice

Adcom, Hub Interview, Round 2 (Published March 23, 2007)
I met with an assistant director of admissions at a hotel lobby in Santa Monica, CA. The interviewer was suffering from a bad cold/flu. He was friendly, affable, relaxed, and professional. It focused on the interview at hand with some smiles and laughs thrown in. He asked the following questions. My interview was short, about 25 minutes.

Do you have your transcripts? (He opened the envelopes and looked them over)
How did you like (undergrad institution)?
Describe a time when someone's input impacted your actions?
Tell me about a time when you had to sell an idea to an individual or a group.
Tell me about a time when you had to decide between many different routes or options.
What's a personal goal you've set for yourself within the last 2 years?
How does Sloan rank compared to the other schools you are applying to?
Why Sloan?
Is there anything else you would like to add?
Do you have any questions for me?
He did not grill me too much. Just asked the questions and sometimes asked me to elaborate on certain points of my response.

myice

Adcom Consultant, On-Campus, Round 1, December 2007 (Published January 15, 2008)
I interviewed on-campus with a consultant that worked with the admissions committee. She was not a full-time member of adcom, but apparently worked with them during admissions season. At first glance, she appeared like she wasn't going to be very friendly, but I pushed the small talk and we developed some good rapport early on. Like you probably know if you're reading this the MIT interview is non-blind, they have read all of your material. At the beginning of the interview, she reiterated everything MIT provides in the interview guide about the behavioral interview. She wanted specific anecdotes and she didn't want to hear the same stories I had used in my application.

Her first question was about a story I used in one of my essays. She basically asked me about the challenges in managing this project and specific difficulties.
I have an office overseas which I manage remotely, she spent a lot of the interview asking specific questions about the challenges in managing the offshore staff. She wanted specific examples of issues I've faced and how I handled them. She wanted specific examples.
Tell me about a time when you had to decide multiple options. Drilled into my answer.
What will your business do when you leave? Wanted details.
She didn't ask my Why Sloan? - Why an MBA? - Goals? or any of the other standard interview questions.
Questions for her? This really was my only opportunity to show that I've done my research on Sloan. I mentioned specific courses, professors, treks, and clubs in the context of my questions.
At the bottom of my resume, I had some "other interests" listed. She even asked me about a couple of those.
Do you have your official transcripts? I didn't have the official transcripts, so I handed her the photocopies I made.
She would drill down into every question. One question she asked multiple times because my anecdote didn't directly address her question.

Overall, be prepared to discuss stories from your app materials and have several new stories ready. They want details. I recommend using names and specifics. Story should be detailed as if you were telling a colleague.

This was very different from your standard interview. Focus your efforts on preparing some good stories. Don't worry too much about the standard interview questions like why Sloan. Also, don't save your good stories for the end. Use your best anecdotes early because you will only have the opportunity to go through a few because of the time the interviewer spends drilling down.

I think I did well, but I am certainly glad that this was one of my last interviews. If you interview on-campus, I recommend participating in "lunch with a student". Eased the tension and gave me some good information about the program.