[面试经验] Chicago GSB interview sharing-Round 2

Hi all,

Time for me to give something back to chasedream...

I just finished the interview yesterday, right before CNY （good for me...I can have a peaceful CNY vacation then). The interview was conducted in a nice, quiet hotel.

I had the interview with a very nice alumni, Mike. I found all the Chicago GSB alumni I know are gentle, decent and willing to share. This is one of the reasons why GSB attracts me more than other b schools I think.

Questions he asked include:

1. Please walk me through your resume-->he sometimes interrupted me to ask for more details, and what was good is that along the discussion, he also shared with me his experience. This was really helpful to smoothen the interview).
   
   
2. Why MBA? Why now and Why Chicago? -->very typical question, nothing new here. but when I finished my answer about why now, he said he did agree with me that if you want to get an MBA degree, better kick-off everything early. That was encouraging.
   
   
3. Tell me something that is not in your resume--> We should think seriously what answer to give to reflect who we are in a different way.
   
   
4. Within your professional experience, share with me one example that you found out there was a problem and what did you do to solve the problem?
   
   
5. What other schools you applied and why?--> No right or wrong answer here I think. Chicago GSB may just want to make sure that people  who get offer won't turn it down because they get better offer, hehe. The interviewer shared his advice here again. I was really touched.
   
   
6. Among all the elements: Good faculty, good location, customized program, strong networking and good students, which two you think matter the most to you and why?-->Fun question.. Not sure why they want to know this. I think these are all GSB's strengths.
   
   
7. If I want you to describe yourself with 3 words, what they are? --> Summary to who you are obviously
   
   
8. How will you select study groups in XX courses?
   
   
9. Okay, I've pretty much done with my qustion,  any question for me?--> Hugh, finally...

The whole interview finished within 80 mins. He had to stop it there because the next girl was waiting right outside, hehe. At the end, he said "you have done a good job and I will send the report to GSB by tomorrow".... How can I interpret this? God knows.

In summary, my personal experience to share with you is:

1. Dont get overridden or intimidated by interviewers. Show your confidence. If you think you need to adjust the pace, make a joke and laugh or ask the interviewer a question for him/her to stop and answer! Of course I'm not telling you to be aggressive here...
   
   
2. Dont be a copy machine. It's necessary to prepare but just dont try to remember everything. Interviewers can clearly tell when you are being a machine and when you're you!
   
   
3. Dont look at other places. Focus on interviewer's eyes. Eye contact can reinforce your points and show to interviewer how firm you are. Also, from interviewer's eyes, you will know when to stop and when to resume.
   
   
4. Dont really be a Niu Niu even if you really are. Interviewers have seen tons of people like you and Strong people really dont have high chances to win empathy.

Okay, that's pretty much what I know and how I feel. Hope it's gonna be helpful to you guys. Good luck to everyone and myself!

Happy CNY!

恭喜,看上去离CHICAGO很近了.

楼主果然是面试杀手啊

新年快乐!万事顺意

也祝LS的面试顺利,新年快乐!!!

congrats, and thanks for the sharing

anything about your background?