I went to Shanghai for the interview. The first part was a group discussion lasting about 35min. The second part was one-on-one interview with the Adcom. My teammates were very nice, and we had a pretty nice team discussion. Everybody had a chance to talk, but there was one guy who was quite outspoken, taking the role as a leader. He tried to summarize what others had said and gave a 1min presentation at the end. I think the Adcom was quite impressed, and he was admitted.
The one-on-one interview was very short. The Adcom asked:
1) What did I think about the group discussion?
2) Did the discussion reflect my usual role on a team?
3) Go through my resume
4) Any question I’d like to ask?
My advice would be to speak up more during the team discussion and try to be a team facilitator.
