请教 Wharton essay （2011入学）的理解

413pyt

1. Discuss a time when you navigated a challenging experience in either a personal or professional relationship. (600 words)  

此题是让申请者描述如何掌控一次具有挑战性的经历，人际关系方面或者职业关系方面？对后者不是很理解。这是指成功解决和上司、同事或者客户之间的矛盾么？如果只是描述个人如何解决一个工作上的难题，然后布置下属去做，是不是就跑题了？

谢谢指教。

summit

黄色的部分，表示你可以写工作方面的，也可以写非工作方面的内容。
但是，必须是面临一个有挑战性的人际关系方面的问题。

ladyjb0607

这个题目俺也看到了，头疼ing……

summit

很多啊，跟上司的矛盾，跟朋友的误解，跟下属的不协调。。很多可以写。

JonFrank

The point here is that the admissions committee is trying to figure out how you relate to people.  It doesnt matter if it is a personal relationship (something in your home life) or a professional relationship (something at work).  What they are looking to see is that you have the skills to relate to people, to communicate, to help them through problems, etc. You absolutely can talk about the time when you had your staff solve a problem at work--but you need to focus in the essay on the interactions you had with the staff.  HOW did you speak with them?  How did you inspire them? What was that interaction like?  That is the key--the personal interaction.  What was the nature of that interaction--whether personal, or professional.  Hope this helps!  

Jon Frank
HBS 2005

grimmy

这篇文章好难，我今天打算推倒重写，写一个税审项目，我怎么夹在客户跟上级之间协调他们的关系
可是没什么learning啊，怎么升华这类题目呢？

taiwaneseg

今天重寫怎麼來得及阿?
離deadline只剩36小時了

grimmy

没办法啊，我上一篇被批太平淡
想了半天还是决定换一个story
不睡觉也要写出来啊，冥思苦想learning中

bigjoe

deadline当前觉得不好就应该大胆推倒重写。

grimmy

ls这句话前后没有因果关系啊
我现在发愁这类题目能有什么learning呢？
比如说我写一个故事，我的senior让我去问客户要很多资料，客户觉得我的senior做事太婆妈，很多东西根本没必要，不肯配合。我一方面说服我的senior减少资料，同客户老板沟通，一方面跟客户沟通，让她配合我们，因为误了deadline对她也没好处。结果两方面终于各让一步，完成了项目。
感觉还是太boring啊啊啊，我疯了