1.What is your relationship to, and how long have you known the applicant? Is this person still employed by your organization? If not, when did he/she depart? (How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant?)
Part 2: Strengths
2.What do you consider the applicant's primary talents or strengths?
3.Please provide a short list of adjectives describing the applicant's strengths.
4.Please compare the applicant's performance to that of his/her peers. Does the applicant have the potential to become a senior manager?
Part 3: Comparison among peers
5.Description of applicant's peer group.
6.How do the applicant’s personal or professional characteristics stand out positively or negatively from others who are in a similar capacity?
Part 4: Interpersonal skills
7.How effective are the applicant's interpersonal skills in working with peers, supervisors and subordinates?
8.Please give a representative example of how the applicant interacts with other people.
Part 5: Impacts
9.Please give an example of the applicant's impact on a person, group, or organization.
10.What (if any) legacy has this candidate left on your organization?
Part 6: Flaws
11.In what ways could the applicant improve professionally? (In what areas does the applicant need improvement or growth?)
12.If you could change one thing about the applicant, what would it be? (Which of the applicant's personal or professional characteristics would you change?)
13.If you have had the opportunity to provide the applicant with constructive feedback, please provide specific examples of the feedback and the applicant's response to it.
14.How does the applicant accept constructive criticism?
Part 7: Others
15.Comment on your observations of the applicant's ethical behavior.
16.What do you think motivates the candidate's application to MBA School?
17.What one quality of the applicant do you wish all of your staff possessed?
18.Please tell us anything else you think we should know about this applicant. (Please feel free to provide any other information you think is relevant to our evaluation.)
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1) How long have you known the applicant and describe your relationship to the applicant?
2) Provide an example of constructive feedback you have provided to the applicant. How did the applicant receive this feedback and what efforts did the applicant make to address the concern?
3) Please provide an example of a time when the applicant was particularly successful at interacting with others in a team (employees, peers, managers, etc.); how was the applicant successful? How does the applicant compare to his/her peers in this dimension?
4) Provide an example of a time when the applicant did not meet expectations. What was the outcome? How did s/he handle the setback?
5) How has the applicant’s career progressed over the time that you have known him/her? How does this growth compare to his/her peer group? Please describe the peer group that you are comparing this applicant.
6) Provide any additional comments you think would assist the Admissions Committee in making its decision.
What is your relationship to the applicant (supervisor, colleague, etc.)?
1. How long have you known the applicant and in what context? Have you served as the applicant’s supervisor? If so, please provide approximate dates. Please comment upon the frequency and nature of your interactions with the applicant.
2. What are the applicant’s three principal strengths? Please provide an example of each.
3. In which three areas can the applicant improve? Please provide an example of each. How has the applicant worked to address these areas?
4. How does the applicant respond to constructive criticism?
5. Please compare the applicant on the scale below with others in his/her peer group whom you have known during your professional career. Effectiveness of leadership Effectiveness of teamwork Ability to handle conflict Ability to cope with pressure Ability to cope with setbacks Ability to inspire and motivate others Effectiveness of communication skills Ability to see opportunity and take initiative Overall drive and motivation Organization and time-management skills Overall intelligence Analytical ability Intellectual curiosity Ability to think creatively Professional impression and poise Self-confidence Positive attitude Resilience
Please give examples in the space below to support any Top 5% or Bottom 20% ratings.
The problem with your approach is that ideally, every answer should come with an example. If unfortunately the example doesn't fit the question... that's not good for you.
If I were you I'd focus on applying instead to about half that number (4 schools) and making sure every application is perfect.
The problem with your approach is that ideally, every answer should come with an example. If unfortunately the example doesn't fit the question... that's not good for you.
If I were you I'd focus on applying instead to about half that number (4 schools) and making sure every application is perfect.