HBS Q&A

clarkxu

以下是引用googleit在2005-1-8 11:23:00的发言：

Hi Clark,

My working experience is less than 2 years and it was with a bank in China. However, I am trilingual person and familiar with Japanese culture and business manner. What do you think about my disadvantage of  w/e and advantage of language skills or international experience?

Happy new year and thanks for your attention

MBA is not a decoration of degree. It's a natural extension of your self-development. At some point of your career, you'll feel the need to pursue that path, regardless of how long you have worked. Only at that moment can you make a convincing arguement about why you want to pursue MBA. It does't matter too much whether it's 2 years or 3 years. But ask yourself, are you truly ready to do so?

2 year experience can work if you have demonstrated sufficient leadership potential and are truly at the crossing road of further development. Usually, it takes 3-4 years to reach at point.

Cross-cultural background and experience will definitely help. Again, ask yourself what are the impacts of those experience on you and how those experience make you different from others in terms of what you think of yourself and what you think of the world.

Hope this helps

shingspirit

hi, Dark

what kindly of question will HBS interview?

clarkxu

以下是引用shingspirit在2005-1-9 0:18:00的发言：

hi, Dark

what kindly of question will HBS interview?

In addition to the usualy ones, they tend to drill down to the details of your profile and pick one or two aspects for your to elaborate. So be prepared for the detailed questions.

wangyu73cn

How long after the submission will the admission office make an interview with the applicant they prefer?

clarkxu

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-1-9 22:33:00的发言：

How long after the submission will the admission office make an interview with the applicant they prefer?

It ranges from 1 month to 3 month. Interview can come at any moment until the very last day before the deadline.

clarkxu

anyone got interview invitation from HBS yet? let me know and I'd be happy to help if you have any questions.

wangyu73cn

以下是引用clarkxu在2005-1-14 9:34:00的发言：
anyone got interview invitation from HBS yet? let me know and I'd be happy to help if you have any questions.

Do you have some good advice on how to spend the period before potential interview invitation? Any good website or books for fellows here?

clarkxu

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-1-14 9:42:00的发言：

Do you have some good advice on how to spend the period before potential interview invitation? Any good website or books for fellows here?

There's many discussions on the b-school forum on businessweek.com. Lots of interview stories, tips and preparation questions from applicant of top b-schools. And because of the time lag of interview invitation in the U.S. and the ones in China, you might benefit a lot from the experience of your fellow applicants in the states.

Besides, Chasedream MBA 2004 Interview contains lots of valuable personal stories of applicants, including two from HBS applicants.

Good luck!

wangyu73cn

以下是引用clarkxu在2005-1-14 14:12:00的发言：

There's many discussions on the b-school forum on businessweek.com. Lots of interview stories, tips and preparation questions from applicant of top b-schools. And because of the time lag of interview invitation in the U.S. and the ones in China, you might benefit a lot from the experience of your fellow applicants in the states.

Besides, Chasedream MBA 2004 Interview contains lots of valuable personal stories of applicants, including two from HBS applicants.

Good luck!

Thank you very much. I will follow your advice.