Onsite interview with Smith, Maryland

elaineQ

Thanks for this website, I couldn't prepare myself better without it. So here I am, sharing me experience and I hope it could help others at needs.

There is no small talks in the beginning either, the first question: what do you like and dislike about your job? ( I was prepared for some small talk first, I guess I was too relaxed about things. )

Standard questions:

• Why Smith?
  
• What do you see yourself in 10 years?
  
• If you has to pick one strength that makes Smith accept you, what is going to be?
  

Almost 90% of the question are team or leadership based. I ran out of examples after two questions, so I recommendated everyone try to prepare teamwork questions as many as possble.

• How do you solve conflict in teams?  
  
• Example about how you influence a team?
  
• What is your leadership style?
  
• what do you consider your biggest accomplishment?
  
• Tough questions: an example when you ask feedback from someone
  
• If you have to fire someone, would you do it? How would you make that decision?
  

Overall, I think I did a 6 of out 10. I showed him that I did a lot of research about the school, but I felt that I did pretty aweful in some of the team questions because running out of examples. There is really no suprised question, so my advice to everyone is: know your story and practise, practise, practise!

Eventually I got the offer from the school and one year scholarship just a couple of days ago.

just_tonight

thanks for sharing.    r1 right?

elaineQ

round 2 actually

just_tonight

呵呵 刚拿到面试邀请，下次也要onsite了。多谢lz

summerraining

Congratulations. I am the first year MBA in Smith. If you have been invited, please join our admitted students weekends on March 6th.

花开四季

Sigh!March 6? I missed that! I was told it was March 5, then it is said that it has not been finalized...

Congratulations. I am the first year MBA in Smith. If you have been invited, please join our admitted students weekends on March 6th.

-- by 会员 summerraining (2010/3/4 12:43:16)

花开四季

Thanks a lot!I will have an on-site interview next week, too!Can you tell me who you were interviewed with? Will you attend UMD? I think we may be classmates!

elaineQ

Upstairs, I hope it is not too late to answer your question. I interviewed with Sam, who are you interviewing with?
Good Luck!!!
Summerraining, sorry that I missed the admit student weekend.  I just did my deposit last week, so I guess that is one of the reasons I didn't get the invite.

just_tonight

onsite 不是3.23以后才有嘛？

Thanks a lot!I will have an on-site interview next week, too!Can you tell me who you were interviewed with? Will you attend UMD? I think we may be classmates!

-- by 会员 花开四季 (2010/3/7 13:18:03)