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Interviewed by Duke alumni

a Fuqua class'97 guy. He used to work for P&G, PWC, McK, and VC, now an independent consultant with focus on small companies' operations strategy.

I went to his office in Santa Monica. Pretty big office and nice sea view.

He is friendly but serious. Questions are sort of tough. I have to say this is the toughest interview I have ever had in America.

why MBA and my career goal, it is simple

but he did challenge me on why not part time MBA, why not study on job, why not switch to another company...... anyway, i have considered those questions for a long time, not too tough.

then leadership example, simple too

then have you ever convinced your clients, supervisor, or colleagues to do sth and made huge success, example

have you ever been involved in office politics, what did you do, example

have you ever been angry with ur teamates? what did you do, example

have you failed in a team work, and it is u that figured out finally and brought the team back to the right track, example

If you were admission committee, how would you evaluate yourself as a candidate to fuqua. are you the best fit?

Never prepared so many stories. I had to provide him stories in the shortest time and pay much attention to teamwork and innovative spirit coz he mentioned these all through the interview.

He did not smile at all and looked straight at me. Who said fuqua guys are all friendly? hehe, just kidding

And my questions for him are:

1. How does fuqua prepare students to compete with those from schools in big cities such as nyc, chicago, LA, and SF

2. What made you choose duke

3. At what aspect, do you think fuqua helped you achieve current success?

then i was about to finish my questions, but i suddenly found there was a basketball in his office.

So I asked, by the way, is duke's basketball team still great?

Then, finally he laughed:" yeah, of course, you watch basketball?

yeah, of course. .....

then another 10 minutes talk about basketball and yao ming

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我的印度面试经历之Duke篇

今天上午11:00在印度孟买汇丰银行进行了我的MBA面试. 面试官是80年代的杜克毕业生,但是我还是能够感觉到他对工作,生活的热情, 他告诉我说今天完成面试以后他就会给学校反馈, 这样肯定不会影响到我的第二轮申请. 总的感觉他对人是非常care的, 我还没有来到印度的时候, 他就问我,到达孟买会呆在哪里, 这样他可以告诉我怎么找到我们约见的地方, 然后面试的时候我说我来印度正好可以修修我的电脑, 他问我是否知道在哪里, 言外之意如果我不清楚他可以帮我找到dell的维修点, 我也不好意思麻烦人家,就说我在这边的同事可以帮我的, 谢谢, 感觉他对人确实非常好, 会为人考虑, 面试完我立即给他发了一封邮件感谢, 刚刚已经收到他回信了.

面试经过:

10:20 到达汇丰银行, 开始等待, 10:40 左右秘书通知我已经到了, 秘书说他正在有个会议, 等他开完会议就会给我面试. 我在等候的时候,他还出来和我打了一个招呼, 说再过几分钟就可以开始了.

11:03 正式开始, 他倒是开始就宣传了一下duke, 说什么Dean每年都会去中国之类的, 我说是啊, 可惜我都不在国内,都没敢上啊. 气氛是非常友好和放松的.

1. 第一个问题是说说我的工作, 因为我在印度德里 bangalore等城市工作,所以就说了公司的业务和我在印度的工作.

2. 介绍一下我自己. 我把自己的性格特征, 工作情况等等说了一下

3. why MBA?

4. 一个team中你最希望的特性特点是什么? 我说了diversity, team work 之类的

5. 如果你要start new business你希望你的团队有哪些特点? 我说第一要collaborative, 第二要aggressive 第三要....(忘记了)

6. 问我假设刚刚来到Duke的reception cocktail酒会, 我要如何介绍自己? 我说我要用微笑建立第一印象建立"Moment of Truth" 介绍我来自中国, 在亚洲很多国家都有很多经历和经验, and i am willing to share云云.

7. 问我在工作中做了很多项目, 肯定有的项目是失败的, 我是如何对待这些失败? 如何处理? 我说对内分析原因, 对外还像往常一样和客户保持联系, 进行各种技术交流, 方案设计等等, 还是用专业高效的态度去对待客户....

8.如何motivate我的团队成员的?

9. 我能为我的classmates做什么贡献? 我说1, 我的中印全球人口最多的两个国家的经验, 国际市场拓展等等可以让我有很多可以share的. 2. 我们在全球的市场中, 除了西方列强, 还有一个处处竞争的中国竞争对手, 就像麦当劳和肯德鸡一样, 这也是我很多可以share的地方

10 问我大学最喜欢的课程? 我说市场营销, 英文和经济数量分析这三门课. 呵呵

11, 我问他的问题? 我问你为什么选择Duke? duke的课程是不是非常的challenging? 他说他的选择有三个理由: 1 top 10, 2 这个学校非常新3 学校有活力有激情, 我说我也是非常喜欢这个学校非常new 非常有dynamism 他非常认可.

林林总总好像就这么多, 好像还有一个问我的公司是不是都是在本地有JV, 我说我们其实就是推方案 卖设备,很少设立合资公司. 总的感觉这个面试官态度非常好, 非常专业, 送我出门口的时候还说"After You"让我先走. 呵呵. 先前有网友告诫我说找印度人做面试会不会对中国人另眼相看啊? 我确实多多少少有些担心的, 不过今天过后我想应该是不会的了,

呵呵 祝大家都申请顺利! 我后天还有另外一个学校的面试, 到时候再发帖和大家分享

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Duke Interview 14th Beijing Alexis

上周末面的,不过忙了好几天,今天才有时间和大家分享一下。

我是14号下午面试的第一个,1点钟开始。

Alexis 是个NYKer,2年级的healthcare concentration. 感觉她的英语有些特别。先寒暄了一会儿,开始正题。问题基本上都是很典型的essay问题,如brief intro, LT/ST goal, why MBA/now, why Duke, team work, giving hard feedback, taking hard feedback, leadership example, what are important for MBA, how do you plan to develop them at B-school, concern about Duke.

一连串问题下来我快有些招架不住,终于到了我问问题的时候,讨论了一下她在Duke的生活,为何选择Duke,MBA教育前景,眼看就要1小时,就收住了。

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Duke校友面试

1月15日,下午1点,东方君悦大酒店

对方是一个年轻的女士,2006年毕业的校友,见面先聊了聊天气。

开始发问,对方一直拿着一个question list在记录。

首先要求我简单介绍一下自己,一气说完:resume,career goal,why MBA等一般性的问题。

之后问了很多要求我举例的问题,例如:

请举例说明,如果别人对你提出有威胁的问题,你如何处理,如何反馈?

如果别人让你做你不愿意做的事,你怎么办?

请举例说明,你如何处理与teammates的矛盾?

请描述你失败的项目?

你认为leadership最重要的技能是什么?我说了一个之后,她又接着问,次重要的呢?

你在teamwork中有什么优势?又什么劣势?

你对duke有什么concern?(个人觉得这个问题挺难回答的)

大概半个多小时后就结束了

我又问了一些她问题:例如,读MBA的时间分配,有哪些activities

最后,问了问她在中国的行程,希望下次能够再来玩……

谈话在友好的气氛中结束,对方表情比较丰富,基本一直是微笑,对我的回答也没有什么反馈,所以不知道她们心理到底如何评价的。

总之,尽人事,听天命喽

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Duke面试

刚从Duke面试回来,是个二年级学生,据说手里已经好几个offer了,好消息啊

问题:

  • career progress
  • why mba
  • why duke
  • why now
  • leadership in work
  • leadership outside work
  • accomplishment, conflict, challenge, ethical dilema

问我failed project,我说作为consultant,即使一个failed process也要作成succesful outcome,然后举例

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Duke Interview-Singpore by Matt

Finally finished it just now.

First of all, thanks highflyer for the interivew hot tips yesterday. Phxmu for the inside news about this nice fellow..hehe..Matt mentioned there is one chinese guy in his team, is that you..haha?

Second sharing with the questions. Basically its the conventional questions

1) breif introduciton, work experience

2) why school? (I talked about team fuqua, he resonated most)

3) Leadership (informal or formal, example)

4) Conflict

Then its his turn to take questions.

I asked around 5 questions which covered academic and extracurriculum areas.

Basically its like chatting type.. It took 1 hour...Hope it helps.

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Duke Interview

Interviewer is second year student, very nice. Corporate strategy background.

Questions are pretty standardized.

  1. Briefly introduce yourself
  2. Why MBA now
  3. Career plan
  4. Define leadership
  5. What’s LACE>urLACE> quality of leadership
  6. One of accomplishment
  7. weakness as a leader

Question for him

Around 40 minutes

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热乎的面经,刚面的-Fuqua, Duke

今天上午和duke一个校友刚刚面试完。在北京,证监会大楼。

问题如下:

1.Introduce yourself.

2.Scan Resume-What’s your current job function? (I talked about my accomplishments at work.)

3.Why Duke? (I talked about why MBA and why Duke.)

4.Follow on question: why you are interested in corporation? Not consulting? How’s your view on your industry?

5.What else you want me know? (I talked about my part time activities.)

6.Any hobbies?

7.What other schools have you applied? What is your GMAT school?

8.Any question for me?

感觉没有一个问题list,是随心所欲提问的。Michigan 校友面试的时候是在网上一边写feedback的,这个校友告诉我时候会写一个报告。

最后的时候谈话很有意思。他告诉我: The interview can not guarantee your admission, but can definitely deny it. 我心里紧张,难道是说我不行吗?后来有用中文说:点头不算,摇头算。面试只是申请一个环节,不是决定性作用。可能他是想告诉我面试不能保证我录取,应该还算是一个positive的结果。

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Fuqua面试归来,分享一点经历

忙乱的一天,下午4点开始interview。一个女校友(PPMM,外国人)。面试完了,甚至有点庆幸最近忙着打包也没有什么心思准备,因为没有一个深入细致的准备,她80%的问题我都是准备不到。

  1. Please introduce yourself.(才说到我来自XX, people from there like spicy food。她秘书就跑进来说一个客户的电话一定要接的。原来约好早上的,但是我又没有空,而她下午就是客户电话不断的---她后来不断解释和道歉,呵呵。这个电话10分钟。)
  2. Go through your resume. (吸取了刚才的教训,我一口气从大学说到现在,把why MBA, why now, career progress,结合起来全给它说话了。果然,电话又来了,她这次没有接。)
  3. Can you tell me the challenges you ever faced in your work? (分公司说了一下,顺带把leadership development说了一下,免得又有电话。)
  4. I noticed you always work in a team. Can you tell me something about the conflicts among team members and how you deal with it? (得到同意后,我就说了自己和别人有矛盾的小故事。)
  5. What kind of class in business school in your imagination? (一时也不知道怎么说好,就告诉她希望是一个diversified team,每个人都有自己的看法,偶尔吵吵架,但是私下里可以做很好的朋友。)
  6. Why you choose Fuqua? (说了一通理由)
  7. More case study or more theory study? Which one you prefer and why? (说了说自己的想法,当时也不知道Fuqua到底什么多,就知道HBS, Dardencase多。所以Fuqua应该不是case多,而且我也不prefer case太多,就老实回答了。)
  8. Do you know any organization or club in Fuqua? (我说了几个,然后随口提了一下说据说可以建立俱乐部的。给自己找了个麻烦)
  9. Ok, then can you tell me what kind of club you want to build at Fuqua and why? (当时脑筋急转弯,名字好说,为什么就难说了。从essay里面想到了一个,应该通过了。)
  10. Any question to me? (看她手机一直在振动,就问了一个问题。你为什么选择了Fuqua。她说当时最重要的原因就是在Fuqua和另一个学校都给她offer以后,Fuqua 做了很多事情让她感觉到学校很care她。具体说了一些小故事,比如找房子等等。还提到说面试她的校友后来发信祝贺她,还请她吃饭。我笑嘻嘻说了一句:希望也能收到你的祝贺信。有点肉麻,不过心里话啦。她就说会的,客套一下总是应该的。)

除去她打电话的10分钟,一共面试了30分钟。不过感觉比上次90分钟要舒服。可能因为她不是那种跟着instruction走,而是随时根据你说的东西来问你,感觉题目比较有新意,虽然问了一些从来没有想过的问题,不过essay里面的很多topic和想法都可以用来回答的,所以大家以后遇到也不要太担心。

希望对以后要面试的XDJM有点帮助!

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刚面完duke

顶着毛毛细雨, 上了duke的战场. 整个面试过程大概2个小时, 累得偶啊. 但其实前面大半个小时才是真正面试, 后来只是我问问题和experience sharing. 自我感觉发挥不太好, interviewer是那种consultant style的, 就是不停打断你的讲话, 节奏很快的那种. 基本没问常规问题(准备的都派不上用场, 早知睡多些好了), 都是根据我的回答马上提问. 虽然感觉应该没出大错(也不知是不是), 但被不停追问下感觉我说的了好多废话, 次次没说完就被打断可能我回答的他没兴趣, 唉...反而是后来他很耐心的shared了很多experience, 并且赞了我几句(应该是客套). 就这样结束了.

也不知表现是好是坏, 等结果了.

写这个的目的是希望大家准备常规问题时也要进行发散思维, 冷不防碰上这种的也能不变应万变! Good luck!

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