Dates – Submitted 11/13/2010, Interview Invite 12/20/2010, Interview Date 1/6/2011, Report Completed 1/7/2011, Accepted 1/11/2011
I emailed out to all 9 of my alum choices and went with the one who responded first. He told me to schedule the meeting with his secretary for after the holidays as I was invited to interview around Xmas time. I met him at his office, was asked to wait a few min by his secretary. I know a lot of people experienced casual interviews, but mine was definitely on the more formal side. He was pleasant though.
Questions:
- Tell me about yourself (resume walkthru)
- Why MBA?
- Why Columbia
- Ethical dilemma question (he prefaced it with “they make me ask this)
- What is your backup plan?
- A time you faced adversity?
- Any questions for me?
It was quite straightforward. He was polite but terse, did not provide too much feedback which made me a little nervous. But after it was done he shook my hand, said he will submit feedback in the next few days (he did it the next day!), and that I should expect to hear back in a week. I heard back 2 days after! 🙂
