INSEAD admits finance and campus life discussion

疯狗追月

以下是引用inseadsh在2007-3-24 12:17:00的发言：

Ok, in this case, I may share with you my interview experience with INSEAD.

My interviewer is a CFO from a well-known MNC. What is good of INSEAD is that the interviewer's name and his/her company name come with its interview notification, which means you may have a chance to know something about your interviewer and do some pre-work accordingly. It is funny that one of my friends happened to know my interviewer. He said my interviewer is...guess what? "a white asshole"... Faint

Anyway, the interview was conducted in a noisy starbucks in Pu dong area. The interviewer is sort of rigid and cold at the beginning. Follows the questions he asked (maybe not all): 

1. Why MBA? Why now and Why INEAD? --〉Suggest to well prepare this question as INSEAD is very different from top U.S B schools.
2. Please briefly talk about your professional experience upon graduation.
3. Tell me what your parents do? Are they supportive of your decision?
4. How will you finance your MBA study?
5. What other schools you applied and why?--> No right or wrong answer here I think. They just want to make sure that people  who get offer won't turn it down because they get better offer, hehe. The interviewer also digged deeper like why that school.
6. Tell me what is your biggest achievement in your life so far--> Could be academic or professional life. This should be in line with your essay. I think the story's better to be interesting.
7. How will you select study groups? What can you contribute to INSEAD study group? --> Should also link back to why INSEAD.
8. Okay, I've pretty much done with my qustion,  any question for me?--> Hugh, finally...

The whole interview finished within 80 mins. The interviewer did give me some good signal at the end. He said "you've done a good job. Tell your parents to stay happy for you!"

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.I prepared 51 questions and just listed down the bulletpoints I would cover. 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.  

Hmmm...That's pretty much all I can share for now. Go Go Go, OleOleOle!

Admire...could you share the 51 questions you prepared?

inseadsh

以下是引用疯狗追月在2007-5-8 17:15:00的发言：

Admire...could you share the 51 questions you prepared?

Well, I can share the questions. Just give me your email address then.

cstarstar

大家好，俺也想申请Insead 08 春季班. 偶的背景是交大的本科加硕士,然后去了LEK Consulting
工作两年半,最近刚刚辞职,搬到加州--另外一半在这里工作.
可是偶因为签证关系,没法工作,不知道申请是不是很大的劣势?请教诸位了...偶的email  cstarstar@gmail.com
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nnm, inseadsh 想向你们具体的请教一下,不知道该怎样联系你们
多谢

inseadsh

Hi, cstarstar, we are more than willing to help. Like I said in the message to you, please feel free to add my msn. i will try to answer your questions there.