[面试经验] IN@USC + 电话面经（ad com）

A friend of mine with GMAT 730 was granted half tuition scholarship by USC last year. You definitely have the chance. But full tuition will be difficult.

Just got email from USC - as expected. Hopefully there will be scholarships. Below is my original post about my interview experiences. Good luck to everyone!

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刚刚跟USC ad com电话面试完 - 我是EA，提交材料后，在去年11月份的World MBA Tour上见到过Ad Com，聊了几句，没过几天（大概是11月中下旬）就收到了interview。School希望我去LA面试，但是工作原因实在安排不开。学校说，09年春天会来中国面试（当时说不提供校友面试和电话面试）。春节后跟学校联系后，学校说，你是EA，拖得太久了，还是电话面试吧。几经周折后，有了今天凌晨的38分钟对话。

言归正传，USC的面试有点不太一样，感觉不是blind interview：

1 - (roles & responsibilities) why not we start from your recent role in xxx? what are your responsibilities?

2 - (follow-up questions regarding my responsibilities) please tell me more about xxxx.

3 - (drilling down to more details regarding my answers to question 2) what sort of specific involvement you have done?

4 - (career transition) please tell me why you switch from xx to xx?

5 - (still current responsibilities in resume) you mentioned that you initiated xxxx with people from 5 countries. can you tell me more about that?

6 - (why school) why Marshall?

7 - (career goal) you said you wanna do xx. tell me what motivated you to do that? and how you see your business will be developing?

8 - (follow-up question regarding my answers to question 7) do you want to start your business in Beijing? I explained why to her. 

9 - (hobbies) what you like to do outside of work? I talked about foods, and we chatted a lot here

10 - (Q&A) do you have any questions for me?

总体来说，没有预料到开始的时候被追问的这么深入。但是因为看不到人，也不紧张，所以还好。对方人非常nice，我想如果能面对面的话，会更好。教训：对自己的简历一定要吃透，吃透意味着你对每一件事情，每一句话，都要想清楚，而且能表达清楚（challenges, actions, results, impacts, learning）

之前看到USC没有太多的面试分享，希望今天的分享，能够帮助申请USC的各位XDJM。加油！