I got in Stanford, 3:-)

Got voicemail from D. Bolton. I want to thank CD and CDers for all the information and inspiration and fun I had going through this journey.

For those who are interested in stats: 770/5, 293/6, ugpa 2.7, ggpa 3.4, 3 yrs w/e at matriculation, manufacturing industry, currently working in US, MSEE from a small US school, BSEE from Tsinghua.

附第30楼面经：

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=13&ID=150840&replyID=1410937&skin=1

Above is a previous post. She asked the typical questions:

1. Tell me about your current job

2. How will your team members evaluate you?

3. What is your strength/weakness?
(I told her about my weakness and how I worked on it to improve, she asked me how I knew I was effective. I think that was probably the most difficult question because it was unexpected.)

4. Give me an example in which you or your team failed

5. Why MBA, why Stanford

My biggest surprise was that she asked quite a few follow up questions (I didn't list here) based on what I answered to the previous question. It got difficult real quick, because I had to think about how to respond and what to say. My English broke down after a while, although I believe my language skills are pretty good and I wasn't nervous at all. But I guess there is no way to prepare for that kind of questions, which is probably why she did that. What I would recommend you do is:

1. Think of a couple of really powerful leadership examples (easy to understand, multi-faceted, and can be easily adapted to answer different questions)
2. Contemplate on the why and how (you were effective), and what you learned. You need to go into the intricate details here, so try to examine it from other people's perspective and try to link it with your own strength, values, principles, etc. You don't necessarily need to talk about those things, but they should help you analyze the issue.
3. Relax. Relax by believing in yourself, your ability, and your qualification. I think if I had anything going for me from the interview, it was my composure. I was very relaxed even when my English was falling apart. Personally, I think how you handle a question is way more important than what you answer.

Here is something else interesting but may not be useful. I used my "passion" basketball in the failure example. She smiled after I finished, then she said, "My husband is a basketball coach, so I know a lot about b-ball." I thought, "Uh-oh, are you implying that I can't fool you with a phony example?" Then she said, "I think that was a very good example and what you said is very true." That's probably the only highlight in my interview. Anyway, I still don't think Stanford interview holds much weight (that's the main reason why I was so relaxed;-).

con!

粘个喜气先！

恭喜牛牛!

以下是引用cicilla在2006-1-18 22:17:00的发言：
Congratulation!

cicilla还没学会怎么加精吗？