myice

深夜2:15 UNC MBA面经 (3-2)

预约晚了，所以找了个这么不好的时间。大家以后一定要早约！！

面试前小睡了一会儿，等到admission office 准时打来电话。面试官是Julie Wiley，给人的感觉很好。在我说话的时候，会及时给出一些回应，不过感觉是出于专业的面试训练的结果。让我比较郁闷的一点是，她直接告诉我没有看过我的essay(essay是另外一位adm officer看得)，只有简历在手。

问题都很常规：

1、介绍一下在学校的生活，这个有点小意外
2、介绍每一段工作经历，为什么换，工作中都有哪些亮点。我工作过4家公司，在说到第三家的时候，可能说得有点多，被打断了，让我直接说下一家。郁闷。。。
3、short/long term goal
4、 why mba, why now
5.、对KFBS的了解
6、what can you share with others in international group study?
7、what's your question about UNC, KFBS, consulting.....

面试一共进行了40分钟左右。我说得很流利，但是介绍学校生活的时候，条理性差一些。

另外， 从Julie那里得到一写消息，最近 KFBS网站上会有一个关于consulting career 的chat，到时候consulting 大牛prof. Paul Friga也会参加，申请KFBS并且对consulting有兴趣的同学，可以关注一下，具体日期记不清了，就这两天吧。问了julie关于consulting找工作的问题，她说consulting工作情况还是不错的，比较乐观。再有就是hi-tech工作在research triangle好不好找，她说之前经济不好，确实有些困难，但是现在好转了，而且学校也很努力帮忙。他还提到lenovo在找marketing职位，不知道对中国同学是不是个good sign.

就这些吧。 这是我今年唯一的学校。而且也真得很喜欢，希望能被录取！

Krokus

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myice

Round 2, Adcom (Published January 17, 2005)

My interview at Kenan-Flagler occurred in mid-November on campus. I visited a core marketing class with a current student. Following class, I went to lunch with current and prospective students and took a tour of the school.

I arrived at 10:30 a.m. and met a student for an 11 a.m. class. The office was very attentive and all the student guides showed up on time. The marketing class was full (around 70 students) and the professor kept the discussion on pricing engaging and fast-paced. After class, I returned to the admissions office and met up with a group heading to lunch. At lunch, I had the chance to ask current students all about life at KF and the culture of the school. I also learned about some specific student experiences that helped me in the interview. A campus tour followed lunch with yet another volunteer student who provided another perspective of campus life and was very informative. I returned to admissions office shortly before my scheduled interview. Right on time, Donna Bauman fetched me from the waiting area for the interview in her office. The interview lasted about 60 minutes and was very comfortable. I stressed how important it had been for me to visit campus and get a good sense of the student body and culture. The interview was basic and covered the following areas:

Background and walking through my resume
Why KF and why now
Examples of leadership
Any questions I had about KF
Retrieved from "http://www.clearadmit.com/wiki/index.php?title=NorthCarolinaInterview"

myice

October 3, 2005 / Early Action / Adcom (Published October 2005)

My interview with Kenan-Flagler occurred on October 3, 2005. I applied in the Early Action round. The interview was preceded by sitting in on a microeconomics class. Also, I had lunch with the other prospective applicants (I believe there were about 7 other applicants there) and 4 current students, and was given a tour of the building.

I arrived at 9:20, and met Barbara Ann in the admissions office. She was very nice and introduced me to Leo, the student who was taking me to the class I was to sit in on. The classroom was crowded with about 40 students, but there were still empty seats once class started at 9:30. The professor was engaging, and asked me to introduce myself. After the introduction, he started the case study analysis the class was having that day. Leo had an extra set of the notes available so I could at least attempt to follow along. Class ended at about 10:45.

I was lead back to the admissions office and waited for my interview to begin. Barbara Ann was very nice and tried to help me stay nice and calm before the interview. Right at 11:00, Craig Heckert who is an Assistant Director of Admissions came out to greet me. He was pleasant and led me to his office where the interview occurred. There was no one else in the room besides the two of us. He was polite and firm, but was not overly personable. Most of the questions were standard, such as:

Why Kenan Flagler?
Why do you want to get your MBA?
Why now?
What are your goals?
Couple of adjectives to describe yourself?
The only question that threw me off, and I can’t remember exactly how it was worded concerned Martha Stewart and Enron.

The interview lasted about 40 minutes. Around 12:15 we were taken to the cafeteria with 4 current students and just talked. The students were very open and candid. The cafeteria was pretty loud as it appeared everyone was there. Lunch was a box lunch provided by Panera Bread. Two current students gave us a tour of the building after lunch. They also answered any other questions we had. By that time though, there weren’t that many questions though. I was back on the road by 2:00.

myice

Interview with Adcom member (Published Fall 2005)

I had an interview with Buck William, a member of Adcom team of UNC, the interview was extremely friendly and relaxing. He really made a lots of efforts to put me at easy and make me comfortable, which I think a bit more than needed!

He started by talking to me about Philippines because 46 years ago, he had a great time in Mindanao (the south of the Philippines) and Manila. So we chatted and we shared a lot about Philippines. Then he asked me how my life is in Philippines and how I grew up in Vietnam. A bit also about my family.

Next question is about my education. Why I held two BA degrees from two universities and how I managed to obtain both at the same time. What extra-curricular activities I did when I was in university as well as I performed academically.

Going to my experience. He also shared that he used to work in agency that served my company now, a multinational FMCG company, he served my brand actually. So it was really a friendly chat. However he did ask me about my work nature. and one specific question relating to market research and distribution.

The last question was that Who am I? this is the question sounding "interviewed" the most. and then I asked him a couple of questions about UNC. That is all.

It is really a nice chat with him and I feel so relaxed talking to him. Admitted.

myice

UNC Interview (Published January 4, 2008)

Walk me through your Resume?
Describe Yourself?
What do you think about Reliance Industries and its owner Mukesh Ambani? I have read in the news paper that he gave a $60m jet as a gift to his wife and is also building a $1B house in India. If given an opportunity would you join that company?
Why UNC?
Do you read novels?
What concentration you want to pursue at UNC?
Are you happy with the companies you have worked with?
What companies you are targeting after your MBA?
What is the biggest challenge in front of India in its growth?

myice

Round 4 / Adcom (Published March 11th, 2008)

I had an admissions interview with Craig Heckert in February 2008. It was a standard interview with the normal MBA question:

Walk me through your resume
Why do you want to get an MBA
What are your career goals
Why UNC
How will you contribute
He did ask me one question that threw me a bit "why do we need another CPA?"

Other questions:

Who is responsible for the current credit crisis
What is the most creative thing you have ever done
Tell me something about yourself that is not on your resume
After Craig asked all the prepared question he asked if I had any questions. We talked for several minutes about some topics I had prepared through my research. Overall, Craig was nice and friendly and made the interview feel relaxed.

myice

Round 2 / Adcom / Phone Interview (Published November 12th, 2008)

I had an interview with Ed Davis on November 11th.

Ed began by giving me a run down of his background and how he came to work with Kenan Flagler

Questions

Walk me through your resume?
Why do you want to get an MBA?
Why an MBA from Kenan Flagler?
What qualities do you hope to develop during your MBA?
What do you plan to do after your MBA?
The only other question outside the standard interview questions was specifically about my membership in Slow Food USA, an organization that I am a member of. He actually started off the interview asking me about my interest in this group and how my background (being raised on a farm) applied to this.

myice

Round 2 / Ed Davis, Admissions Committee / Phone Interview, Jan 9, 2009 (Published January 14th, 2009)

First off, the interviewer had my resume, but nothing else from my complete application package. This way, he was blind to my GMAT scores, GPA, and essays, for better or worse. I appreciated that this prevented us from making assumptions when we spoke (I was able to use talking points brought up in my essays).

The interview began with Ed introducing himself while I mentally prepared for his questions. He discussed how he and many other KF staff came from successful business careers to be a part of the program. Then, rather than the standard, "walk me through your resume," he simply asked me about my current job and company. I am from an atypical industry (wildlife biologist with an environmental consulting firm) and it made sense to give some details about it.

Then:

Why do you want an MBA and why Kenan-Flagler?
What are you interested in focusing on while in b-school?
What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?
Any questions?
The interview was very conversational and relaxed. I don't know if it was that Ed is a great interviewer or if the interview just went well, but it certainly did not feel like the Q&A session I was expecting.

myice

Round 2 / Phone Interview (Published February 11th, 2009)

Interview was very conversational. It started off with the interviewer introducing himself. It was more like the interviewer was going through my resume and asking me for clarifications/elaborations.

One question he stressed upon was:

What would you do at UNC? and
What do you want to do post-MBA?
We then discussed a lot of light topics (including Slumdog Millionaire).
Overall, it was a good experience though I feel I could have done better.