myice

STANFORD R2 面试情况

上周五面试的. 在校友办公室. 他是投行做TRADING的. 最近压力该不小. 来的时候晚了10分钟.

是个很STIFF的人. 从头到尾没有笑过. 握手坐下后第一句话就是说他会花20-30分钟问我问题. 甚至没OFFER介绍他自己的情况.

问题都很平常. 他有个SHEET, 上面有问题, 整个过程他也在做记录. 问题introduce yourself, why mba why stanford, leadership examples, personal traits examples, value ranking, hobbit

感觉他的时间很赶, 我说话也搞得很急. 不是一个很ENJOY的过程, 但感觉跟他的PERSONALITY有关, 毕竟他从头到尾都很STIFF, 而不是我把他给搞郁闷了.

都结束了, 就是等消息了.

大家好运.  

myice

Stanford上海校友面

昨天早上在星巴克接受了Stanford的校友面试。过程很轻松，聊天的模式，当然核心问题不会漏。非常喜欢stanford的风格，严谨，体贴，周到，注重intellectual curiosity，这些在校友身上和面试过程中都有体现。具体就不列问题啦。祝大家好运！

myice

收到stanford的interview
The Stanford MBA Admissions Office would like to extend an invitation for you to interview with one of our alumni. In coordinating these meetings, we do our very best to match you with a GSB alumni in your local area. Unfortunately, we have had difficulty locating someone in your area. Please let us know to what extent you would be willing to travel for an interview (you can list either cities or a reasonable distance you would be willing to travel). Alternatively, your interview can be conducted over the telephone. Your admission decision is not affected by the method by which your interview is conducted.
Please respond to this message at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your continued interest in the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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谢谢分享！

myice

Round 3 / Alumna / Off-campus (published May 5th, 2010)

My interview was held during the workday in my interviewer's office. The tone was very conversational, comfortable, and friendly with questions tailored to my experiences.

Why MBA?
Why Stanford?
Why did you join ROTC in undergrad? (seemed to want to understand my motivations and thought processes)
What skills have you learned in your current job? (was military, now private sector)
What frustrations have you had with the corporate world?
Ended with a discussion based on my questions - her experiences, culture at the school, etc.

myice

Round 2 / Alumna / Off-campus (published April 5th, 2010)

I used this to prepare for my interviews, so definitely wanted to return the favor to others. I interviewed with an alumna in her office. She introduced herself very briefly and then she asked the following questions (more or less in this order):

Why MBA, Why Stanford? Have you thought of pursuing your career goals without getting an MBA
Defining moment in your life
Time you received constructive criticism and how you reacted, what did you learn
Anything about yourself you wished you could change?
Biggest accomplishment - both work and outside work?
What is your leadership style?
What drives you?
A time you faced a disappointment
Anything you wished I had asked or you think I should know about you?
All in all, I thought the interview was neutral/ok and of course I agonized afterwards about all the ways my answers could have been stronger. I was still luckily admitted in R2!!

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.

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 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!