I had my interview on 11/7/08 and was admitted on 11/24/08. Interview report:
I interviewed with a 2005 alum. We met in a casual coffee shop and the format and tone of the interview was fairly informal. She asked the following questions:
- Walk me through your resume.
- Why an MBA?
- Why now?
- Why Columbia?
- Where else did you apply? (I had the same list she had)
- What will you do if you don’t get in anywhere else?
- Example of leading a team.
- Example of contributing to a team.
- Example of a challenging team/group situation.
- Describe an ethical dilemma you have observed or experienced at work. She asked some follow up questions about how I handled the situation and if I would do anything differently.
Overall the interview was conversational and informal. Starting with the leadership question, she read the questions off of a printout she brought with her. She asked a lot of follow up questions, but they were generally soft-ball questions, in my opinion.
It took my interviewer over 2 weeks to submit feedback, which was agonizing, but I was admitted on the same day the feedback was submitted.
