塔克中国人---0. 塔克介绍 1. 万里来相逢(录取背景） 2.寻他千百度（就业情况）

chriszhang

2005年的第一场雪

--走进华尔街系列（一）

        10月25日中午12点半，结束了痛苦万分的Decision Science期末考试，匆匆拎上头天准备好的行李，在滂沱的大雨中登上了开往纽约的大巴。

        或许是还没从期末考的完败心情中缓过劲来，大伙开始都有些消沉。大巴离汉诺威渐行渐远，无情的雨却没有停的迹象。忽然不知谁大声叫着，下雪啦下雪啦！于是大家纷纷扭头往窗外看去。可不是，大片大片的雪花，和着雨，在茫茫的崇山峻岭中纷纷扬扬地落下。这是来到塔克以后下的第一场雪，可是主人公却了无赏雪的心情，学业和就业的双重压力直叫人心烦意乱。情急之下只好睡着了。

        一觉醒来车已到波士顿。关于这个城市，除了哈佛和MIT，我所知的就是塔克的另一支找活小分队（也有约70人吧）明天将开赴这里，逐一寻访BCG、McKinsey这样的公司。穿过波士顿，大巴继续南下，来到了“新避难所”——纽黑文。当然不能不提在路边看到了“耶鲁大学路”的牌子。时针指向6点半的时候，终于，在沉沉的暮色中，我们的大巴开进了纽约华尔街（白天的时候才知道这条街不是华尔街），停在鳞次栉比的写字楼前。我们的首站—瑞银集团UBS终于到了。

        放好行李，整理好西装和领带，满脸的微笑，走进宴会大厅。瑞银的新老板是塔克的校友，去年一下招了十来个塔克毕业生，大家兴致勃勃，端着酒杯和校友们畅叙投行的酸甜苦辣和学校生活的多姿多彩。高兴啊，见到了这么多事业有成的前辈，知心的话说也说不完。当然群众也没忘了抽空填饱肚子。就这样，晚上快9点半的时候，第一场networking 曲终人散。

mianzhu

多谢CHRIS! 顶一下

dreamland

Great job, Chris!

I am a second year student at Tuck, hope to bring some help to those interested in Tuck.

To answer your question about interview, some tips for Chinese students as reflected by second year interviewers:

1. Answer the question FIRST. Do not give three minutes context first (my company is xxx, the largest in China.. my role is xxxx.) Whatever he/she ask, give an answer first. I take this as a key lesson even for my job interviews.

2. Try to have a conversation rather than Q&A with the interviewer. For example, 'tell me about your leadership style". You could give an answer and then explain why. "I am a xxx leader. during the process of applying to bschool, I thought about leadership. What kind of leader I want to be, what leader I am and what I need to improve. Here is my understanding.....'So that you show who you are, what you know about leadership and what you know about how to improve.

3. Do research into Tuck. Deep!

Attaced one picture taken this weekend. Hanover is beautiful!

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mianzhu

以下是引用dreamland在2005-10-31 8:42:00的发言：

Great job, Chris!

I am a second year student at Tuck, hope to bring some help to those interested in Tuck.

To answer your question about interview, some tips for Chinese students as reflected by second year interviewers:

1. Answer the question FIRST. Do not give three minutes context first (my company is xxx, the largest in China.. my role is xxxx.) Whatever he/she ask, give an answer first. I take this as a key lesson even for my job interviews.

2. Try to have a conversation rather than Q&A with the interviewer. For example, 'tell me about your leadership style". You could give an answer and then explain why. "I am a xxx leader. during the process of applying to bschool, I thought about leadership. What kind of leader I want to be, what leader I am and what I need to improve. Here is my understanding.....'So that you show who you are, what you know about leadership and what you know about how to improve.

3. Do research into Tuck. Deep!

Attaced one picture taken this weekend. Hanover is beautiful!

[upload=jpg]UploadFile/2005-10/20051031902540212.jpg[/upload]

Thanks a lot for the tips. I am trying to google Tuck MBA one more time.

jkmbe

请问CHRIS大哥, TUCK第一轮录取是准时在12月16日那天通知, 还是有可能提前分批发出.

pengstone

以下是引用dreamland在2005-10-31 8:42:00的发言：

Great job, Chris!

I am a second year student at Tuck, hope to bring some help to those interested in Tuck.

To answer your question about interview, some tips for Chinese students as reflected by second year interviewers:

1. Answer the question FIRST. Do not give three minutes context first (my company is xxx, the largest in China.. my role is xxxx.) Whatever he/she ask, give an answer first. I take this as a key lesson even for my job interviews.

2. Try to have a conversation rather than Q&A with the interviewer. For example, 'tell me about your leadership style". You could give an answer and then explain why. "I am a xxx leader. during the process of applying to bschool, I thought about leadership. What kind of leader I want to be, what leader I am and what I need to improve. Here is my understanding.....'So that you show who you are, what you know about leadership and what you know about how to improve.

3. Do research into Tuck. Deep!

Attaced one picture taken this weekend. Hanover is beautiful!

[upload=jpg]UploadFile/2005-10/20051031902540212.jpg[/upload]

  

Hi, Dreamland, thank you so much for the tips. They are very helpful.

I will have my phone interview in a week, and the interviewer is Jonathan Michaels, a second year student. Any specific advice for me?

dreamland

Phone interview is tough because they cannot see you smile. In addition to the three above, I'll suggest the following:

1. Find a quiet 30 minutes, no interruption. Nothing but your resume and a piece of paper

2. On that piece of paper, list 5 key selling points you want Jon to remember you about. Whatever the question and challenge, remind yourself to go back to them.

3. Smile to the telephone

4. Practice, practice, practice. For example "walk me through your resume" "tell me a leadership story"."why tuck" "why MBA" know yourself cold. and keep your answer no longer than 3 minutes

5. Prepare wise questions to show that you've done your research

Good luck!

pengstone

以下是引用dreamland在2005-11-1 22:46:00的发言：

Phone interview is tough because they cannot see you smile. In addition to the three above, I'll suggest the following:

1. Find a quiet 30 minutes, no interruption. Nothing but your resume and a piece of paper

2. On that piece of paper, list 5 key selling points you want Jon to remember you about. Whatever the question and challenge, remind yourself to go back to them.

3. Smile to the telephone

4. Practice, practice, practice. For example "walk me through your resume" "tell me a leadership story"."why tuck" "why MBA" know yourself cold. and keep your answer no longer than 3 minutes

5. Prepare wise questions to show that you've done your research

Good luck!

mianzhu

Had on-campus interview today. The interview foused on resume, why MBA,career goals, why Tuck, how to contribute to Tuck, and why job change, how to handle team work problems in study groups. Audited one class and saw top professor students. Had lunch with 1st year students, tour with second year student. It is surprising to notice how these students have expressed the pride of the school and the strong loyalty of the alumni, and even the newly admitted 1st year students have had quite a few chances so far to experience the true loyalty from the alumni. Looks there are endless information sessions, chats/ lunches/dinners with visiting companies, alumni, and executives. It's a great place for networking, and during the first year, about 60 students take several courses together first, then it is broken down to form another 60 students to take the rest of courses, which means students will have different peers in the study groups in the first year. It's no wonder why one can know every else in the two years time. Quite a few native students prefered Tuck for they want to get out of city life for two years and to experience in a rural area as Hanover. Besides participating clubs, sports, and community services, students get nothing else to do except to study and network. It's a small place, one can hardly find excuses not to attend meetings in study groups. :-)

Asked about the decision making process, and I was told that two admission officers will review a package independently, and then the director will go through it, after that, it will be brought to the admission committee for discussion. Personally I think ranking will be done among different international groups (eg. Chinese, Japanese, Indians etc.)then for shortlisting candidates. The results will not be released until the deadline (16 Dec for ED).  

Good luck to all.

jkmbe

very informative review, thanks for sharing and good luck to you too.