Stanford MBA 面试汇总（2009-2010）

myice

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nymphl

many  thanks !!

卮言浅夏

感谢！！！

seastage

恩？什么图片？

stream

支持！！！
cheribabe 发表于 2010-5-26 16:28

    你的图片哪？哈哈！宿舍图片

myice

回复 21# cheribabe


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cheribabe

支持！！！

myice

Round 1 / Off-Campus (Published November 2009)

I interviewed with a Stanford alumnae. We met at her office; the interview lasted about an hour. She was in business casual, but I wore a jacket and dress.

Tell me about your background/walk me through your resume
Why MBA? Why now? Why Stanford?
Tell me about a time you faced an obstacle and what did you do about it?
Tell about a time you streamlined operations/made things more efficient? What did you do? How did you measure its success? What metrics did you use?
Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult team member or manager.
Tell me about a time you faced an ethical situation.
Tell me about a time you had your beliefs challenged.
What book are you currently reading?
That's all I remember. I think those were all of the questions! Good luck everyone!

myice

Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus (Published December 3, 2009)

We met at the alum's office where we met in a conference room. He then described the structure of the interview - 35 mins of questions, followed by 10 mins for me to ask questions. He described the goal of the interview - to cover specific moments in my life/career that may not have been covered in the rest of my application. We then jumped right in to the questioning.

Tell me about a specific time when you realized you needed an MBA. Why a Stanford MBA?
Tell me about the most valuable piece of feedback you've ever received. How did it change your relationship with that individual? Why was it important?
Tell me about a time when you had to lead a team of individuals. What did you learn about yourself? What did you learn about leadership?
Tell me about a time when you failed. What did you learn from that event and how have you implemented what you learned from that failure?
Name a book that you've read recently that was not for work. We then discussed that book.
He left 10 min for me to ask questions.

myice

Round 2 / Alum / Off-campus (Published March 29th, 2010)

I interviewed with an alumnus from Stanford GSB on February 19th, 2010 at 9:30am. I applied 2nd round on the day it was due, January 6th, 2010. He suggested to meet at the Westin Hotel restaurant and implied his company will take care of breakfast. He didn't have any information about me other than the resume I sent him but he was able to find a few blogs written from a while back. It was a very informal interview, with small chit chat. I was surprised at how informal he dressed and felt I was a little overdressed with my suit. Once the chitchat ended, he started out asking me to tell him a little about myself. I went on for a bit about my background but the interview was very conversational. He didn't take any notes and each response I made elicited another question from him. The whole interview lasted an hour and a half. During the interview when I was telling him about my experience with a non-profit in Botswana, he commented that the work I was doing in Africa with mobile phones is something he would want to do in his retirement. He mentioned that Stanford is all about changing the world and leaving a mark for the better. That confirmed I applied to the right school. In the interview, here are some of the questions I remember answering:

What's your background?
Can you walk me through your resume?
Why do you want to go to Stanford?
Did you apply anywhere else? Why?
Why do you want to go into entrepreneurship? Can you show me examples?
Do you have any regrets with your experience up to now?
What do you want to ask me?
He was surprisingly candid about his background; computer science major from Minnesota State University with no intentions of going to business school. He only applied after his friends from Stanford Law urged him to apply while he was teaching skiing. He thinks he got in because he led the tennis team while in undergrad and he graduated top in his computer science class. He was surprised at how confident I was with what I wanted to do and even admitted that he at that age didn't know what he wanted to do. He admitted that he doesn't know how the admission process works and knows of candidates who he's given great reviews to get rejected while candidates he's given mediocre reviews get accepted. But he did wish me the best of luck and to keep in touch. And offered that the interview was as much for him to sell the school to me as much as it was for him to assess me.

I left fairly excited and satisfied to get such a candid interviewer. It also left me with the impression that Stanford is definitely my top choice.