My interview with Kenan-Flagler occurred on October 3, 2005. I applied in the Early Action round. The interview was preceded by sitting in on a microeconomics class. Also, I had lunch with the other prospective applicants (I believe there were about 7 other applicants there) and 4 current students, and was given a tour of the building.
I arrived at 9:20, and met Barbara Ann in the admissions office. She was very nice and introduced me to Leo, the student who was taking me to the class I was to sit in on. The classroom was crowded with about 40 students, but there were still empty seats once class started at 9:30. The professor was engaging, and asked me to introduce myself. After the introduction, he started the case study analysis the class was having that day. Leo had an extra set of the notes available so I could at least attempt to follow along. Class ended at about 10:45.
I was lead back to the admissions office and waited for my interview to begin. Barbara Ann was very nice and tried to help me stay nice and calm before the interview. Right at 11:00, Craig Heckert who is an Assistant Director of Admissions came out to greet me. He was pleasant and led me to his office where the interview occurred. There was no one else in the room besides the two of us. He was polite and firm, but was not overly personable. Most of the questions were standard, such as:
- Why Kenan Flagler?
- Why do you want to get your MBA?
- Why now?
- What are your goals?
- Couple of adjectives to describe yourself?
The only question that threw me off, and I can’t remember exactly how it was worded concerned Martha Stewart and Enron.
The interview lasted about 40 minutes. Around 12:15 we were taken to the cafeteria with 4 current students and just talked. The students were very open and candid. The cafeteria was pretty loud as it appeared everyone was there. Lunch was a box lunch provided by Panera Bread. Two current students gave us a tour of the building after lunch. They also answered any other questions we had. By that time though, there weren’t that many questions though. I was back on the road by 2:00.
