[原创] Wharton on-campus 面精

abcd1234ef

Just returned from a trip to Philly and had an on-campus interview this afternoon. Overall, the interview went very smoothly, because the question set the interviewer prepared for me were very standard. No surprise or behavior questions asked.

-Walk through your resume

-Why MBA?

-Why Now?

-Why Wharton?

-Your long and short term goals

-How Wharton will prepare you for your goals

-What can you contribute to Wharton.

-What do you do outside your work?

-What other schools did you apply? (I told him I applied for 4 schools in total, but he didn't ask which other ones. It was a little strange.)

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There are a few other questions which I can't quite remember now but they were very standard questions. The conversation was very casual and informal. Because it was Friday afternoon, I felt the interviewer (a second year student) was a little tired and he yawned a couple of times - I think he probably partied too much on Thursday evening and it was definitely not because of me. :-)

There are a few tips I would like to share with my fellow comrades:

- Visiting classes will not only help you get a feel of the Wharton class settings, its students and faculties, it also provide you with some common topics with the interviewer. I signed up an elective class, Venture capital and Finance innovation. Most of the students are 2rd year students. The interviewer happened to be in that class. During the interview, I told him that I was totally lost and didn't follow the lecturer's highly quantitative analysis. He commented: I don't blame you. I didn't understand it neither. So we cracked a few jokes about the class. My point is that we should always find every opportunity to build a conversation with the interviewer - visiting class is one way to help with it.

-Before the interview (Friday afternoon 2:15pm), I got there at around 1. I checked in at the front desk, signed in, and submitted my resume to the assistant. And I asked the assistant if my interviewer has been assigned yet. She told me yes. So I asked if it is possible that she can let me know who that would be. She was nice enough to give me a business card of my interviewer. So basically I went to the second floor and used a public computer to google the interviewer's background, which helped my interview a little bit, making it  less "blind", at least for my side. I highly recommend to try this "trick" if you are going to do an on-campus interview. Every little bit help, isn't it?

Some other observations:

-Parking condition there is horrible. Try meters first ($1/hour, maximum 3 h). If no meter, there is a garage right beside the Huntsman's Hall but very expensive, $8 for the first one hour, and $2 for every extra hour. In any case, public transportation is very good in philly so next time if i need go there, I probably will take a train and go to the campus by taxi.

-Wharton students are very down-to-the-earth. I had a great time talking with some chinese students there. Thanks SH, CX, and LD. I appreciate your help.

One more thing ---- I love Wharton...........Please take me.....................

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-2-23 22:05:19编辑过]

chenyolanda

Thanks for sharing!!

zqiagp

Hi xiong, looking forward to your great news

Anna20077

谢谢分享！看了搂主的准备觉得自己真是差远了。。。

linchechin

Thanks for your share!

abcd1234ef

看到一个比较振奋人心的数据， 下面这个链接应该是wharton所有二年级学生的名字。中国人（特别是大陆的）好多呀。 大陆出来的起码有40多个。大家加油呀。 I wish I can get into the 2008 graduation list.....
 
http://spike.wharton.upenn.edu/mbaprogram/graduation/graduation_2008/gradlist_wg08.cfm

kemu8018

You will get it, Xiong!!!

wang95

Thanks for sharing!

sweetdream421

Good Job, Xiong

abcd1234ef

coollan, when are you going there? FYI - Mermaid had her interview today, and Cathy will have her interview on this Friday.

You have been awfully quiet and we lost track of where you are in your application process. :-)