I just finished my Kellogg interview around 40 mins back. And I really dont know what I should take away from it. The phone call came in 20 mins late, and then we spoke for not more than 20 mins (maybe even less), and that’s it – adcom said “Sayonara”, I said “Good bye” and it ended right there. As I picked up the phone, the adcom apologised for being late. She cited that since I had given my cell phone number, it was difficult to get through. Infact, the first time I picked up the phone, niether of us could hear each other.
The interview was blind. Interviewer said that she had not read my file.
She began by asking me where you grew up and all – but I think the lack of visual feedback meant that I didnt quite understand that she wanted to know about my childhood etc, so I just ended up saying that I was born in such and such place, grew up there, and that’s it. As soon as I finished saying that, I realised that most probably, this was not what she was expecting.
Neeways, over to the next question – the phone line went a little cranky, and I just heard the words career progression ( this – after she repeated the question on my request, and I didnt have the heart to ask her repeat the question again ). So I recited my career progression history. I think I did ok, but as is the case with me always, I am quite sure I could have done a better job.
Next came a tough question. She asked me to sell the services of my company to her(as if she was from a client company). This was a tough one, because although I work for a good company, I really dont know how to sell its services. I said what I could, but I think I got a tad repititive somewhere in the middle. So far, not so good.
Then, she asked me to tell me about my career goals, long term, short term ? I guess I answered this ok.
Next – why Kellogg, the big one. I tried to be as enthusiastic as possible, and managed to cover a good deal of information about what I knew about Kellogg. I had a prepared answer, and I think I managed to speak out 80% of that, I forgot the rest 20% 🙂
For my next question, she asked me about what I do outside of work, which I again had kind of a prepared answer – so quick and swift, I delivered my rant.
And that’s all – when she said , do you have any questions for me ? I was surprised. No “tell me about a conflict situation”, no “what is your leadership style”, no “how do you work in teams”….nothing of that sort. Dispelling thoughts that “does this mean a ding?”, I asked my set of 2 questions, and then we thanked each other, bid good byes, and the line dropped off.
http://run-forrest.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-have-no-words.html
