I got my invitation to interview on March 2nd, and had 2 weeks to schedule the interview. I scheduled it for the week after, because of work obligations. They offered lunch with a current student on interview days, but then there were no interview timeslots around lunchtime, so i chose a morning slot to minimize the amount of time out of the office (i’m local). ALSO — YOU HAVE TO BRING TRANSCRIPT COPIES. nowhere on their website did they mention that, at all, before you get invited to interview (and i looked, because i was ordering them for another school weeks earlier) and i wasnt sure from this site since there werent 2012 reviews up yet. so that was something that was a bit short-notice, so might as well plan in advance.
i interviewed with a member of the adcom – we started early because i got there early. interview was maybe 40 minutes.
contrary to what a lot of other people mentioned, my interviewer didn’t ask me anything about my essays or the rest of my application. he said MIT likes data so he wanted more, new examples of things, and i guess the readers didn’t have any questions.
- why business school instead of staying in consulting, and what really made me want to switch
- transitioned to talking more specifically about a recent case i was on that i had used as an example of the type of industry i wanted to move into, and what was it like working with that company, and what did they do well vs. not well?
- talk about a time when i was managing someone and they didn’t meet my expectations
- how do i solve conflicts
- what would my recent team members say about me, if they were asked what its like to work with me
- we did talk a bit about what i wanted to do in the future, as it related to some questions i had about MIT recruiting power and career services in my chosen industry (pharma/biotech)
- what do i want to make sure he gets across to the admissions committee, about me?
all in all it went okay, interviewer was very friendly. so now i guess i’m just waiting for the decision!
