I had my Chicago GSB interview in the morning today with an alum in his office. He is an entrepreneur and heads his own company. I reached his office 20 minutes early. We started the interview 10 minutes before the stipulated time. He didn’t have a copy of my resume. I had brought 3-4 copies so i gave him one. The interview was ok. The inetrviewer was passionate and enthusiastic. It was more of a discussion than interview. The alum had some 20 years of total experience, so he handled the interview quite maturely. Some of the questions i remember were:-
- Tell me about yourself.
- How do you find if a person is a team player or not while interviewing the candidate?
- Why MBA? What are you career goals…and why Chicago?
- Then he asked me how do i plan to repay my loans and when do i think would be the right time to start working on my long-term goals.
- Then he asked me about some of my community service experiences.
- Then he asked which other schools i am applying to…and then he explained the interview process and beyond 🙂
Then it was my turn to ask questions, I asked 3-4 questions which provided me an opportunity to learn more about the communal culture and experiential learning approach. He also talked about one of his club experience. Then it was the time to go..he gave me his visiting card and said i can mail him if i have any further questions.
All in all it was ok. Lets see what happens 🙂
