[面试经验] Kellogg interview (PhD in finance)

Sorry this post came late.

The interview with Kellogg went well albeit I wasn’t
prepared at all for those questions. Mainly the coordinator asked what courses
I took in my master’s program and what textbooks we used. The only question
related to motivation was whether my interest in finance a short term or long
term thing, to which I could only answered “my major in college was finance, I
worked in Bank x, and am working in the investment field”. He then remarked “oh
right, you are working in the investment” as if he had made a discovery -
apparently didn’t read my resume before the interview. 

When it’s my turn to ask questions, I didn’t ask anything
related to his own research but their curriculum setup, programs to prepare
student for teaching, and a couple questions on the field I am interested in.
He didn’t know much about it, but was very helpful and said he could check it out for me. In the
end, he told me he would meet with the dean next week, who will tell him how
many offers he could make and the final decision will come out by next Wednesday,
Feb 28^th. According to him, my case would be either an offer or waitlist, depending on
the number of offers they will make and the interview with other candidates.

That’s pretty much about it. It lasted only 12 minutes. The
coordinator has slight Indian accent and spoke REALLY fast. I was nervous,
lost track of my mind once in a while. He was nice, didn’t press me hard.

Regardless of the outcome, I was relieved and contented. The
satisfaction of pursuing a dream does not stem from the very ending but during the
course when we fight with all our might. A glorious victory is desirable but a
defeat might just serve as well as a motivation for our next dream, and the one
after next, until the end of our life. In a word, no matter what happens, do
not lose the will to dream, the courage to pursue it, or the persistence to carry
it through.

A professor once commented that the admission process was
meritocracy but my impression was that it took luck to get in. So I wish
everyone THE luck, and a prosperous and productive year of Golden Pig!

You showed so many gifted personalities beyond academic!

Thank you very much for sharing! Best of luck to you, me, and all of the applicants here!

Hope we can meet in Kellogg!!......