CBS面经: 学校 1. Why do you want an MBA?/Why Columbia?/ Why Now? 2. What types of clubs do you plan to join at Columbia? 3. Columbia MBA students come from diverse backgrounds, and you’ll be in situations where you need to lead teams of people from many different places. How do you lead diverse teams? 4. Have you done any research into the process for getting into [a specific program at Columbia]? 5. What would you do if you weren’t offered admission to Columbia?/ What will you do if you don’t get in anywhere else? 6. How will you contribute to Columbia? 7. What are your criteria for an MBA program? 职业规划 1. What are your post-MBA goals? What is your short-term goal?/long-term goal? (Why) 2. What is your career plan B if you don’t get the role you want post-MBA? 3. What if your plan to achieve your career goals doesn’t work out? What are your back-up plans? 4. Do you know of any firms you would be targeting [in your long-term goal]? 5. What is your plan for finding [X industry] internships and careers while you’re at Columbia? 6. In addition to applying for an MBA, what other steps have you taken toward your goal? 7. How would you juggle your start-up and the MBA at the same time? 工作 1. Give me a summary of your career path to date./Tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume. 2. Can you talk about why you chose to work full time at [X company]?/Can you talk about your time at [your internship]?/Tell me about your experience in [X internship]./Why not return to [your internship company]? 3. Why did you leave your first job? 4. Why did you join your second company? 5. Tell me about your background and what you did before your current job. 6. How do you deal with conflict at work? 7. Why an MBA—for credibility or for the network? 8. Tell me about a professional achievement (usually picked off of your CV). 9. What impact / achievement have you had in your current job? 个性/经历 1. What is your leadership/management style?/ What sort of leader are you? 2. Tell me about a time when you took the lead on something. 3. Have you ever been in a leadership role? Can you give me an example of a time you were a leader? 4. Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult team. 5. Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult person. 6. Tell me about a time when you worked with someone you didn’t get along with, whether professionally or outside of work. 7. How did you handle a situation at work where you didn’t agree with existing policies, processes, or procedures? 8. What role do you usually play on teams? 9. Can you tell me about a time you contributed to a team? 10. Can you tell me about a team failure you were a part of? 11. What is unique about you? / What makes you unique from other (financiers/salesmen/IT specialists, etc.) applying to Columbia? 12. You mentioned that you volunteered for [X nonprofit]. Is that something you will continue doing when you graduate and move to NYC? 13. You mentioned that you’re an avid reader. What have you read recently? 14. Why did you transfer schools during your undergraduate studies? 15. Tell me about a time when you faced adversity. 16. Tell me about a time when you made a major mistake. How did you handle the issue? 17. Tell me about an ethical dilemma you’ve faced and what you did about it. 18. Describe a time when you witnessed others behaving unethically. What did you do about it? 19. How would you describe your interpersonal skills and communication style? 20. What are you most proud of? 行业: 1. What are the major hubs for [X industry]? 2. Topical questions about regional (your region) and major global headlines. 3. Tell me about a technology trend and how it will affect your business. 4. What is the impact of the financial crisis on your industry? 5. Tell me about what specific [areas in X field] interest you and how you follow these trends. 兴趣 1. What do you like to do for fun? 2. What do you do in your free time? 3. What you passionate about? 其他 1. Do you have any questions for me? 2. What other schools are you applying to? / Where else did you apply? How will you decide where to go if you pass in all these programs? 3. Is there anything we haven’t talked about that you would like to share? / Are there any problems you think the adcom will find in your application?
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