My first INSEAD interview was conducted today. My interviewer of was an old pass-out of INSEAD and current was the Managing Director of a Private Equity firm in India. I called her a day before the interview and she suggested that we meet the following day at her office. As usual, I left home late and reached her office on the exact time. INSEAD did not have her updated contacts so it actually had taken me a good amount of time to get in touch with her to set up the meeting. Anyways, here is a sample list of questions that she asked during the interview (not in any particular order):
- Tell me something about yourself
- What are your major achievements
- Aren’t you a bit too young to do your MBA? May be you should wait a few more years before doing your MBA.
- What do you do in your leisure time
- Why INSEAD?
- Why didn’t you apply to US B-schools (Harvard/ Wharton) since you are interest in Finance?
- How will an MBA help you?
- Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
- Why did you choose to do engineering when your current line of work is different from what you studied in school?
- Have you had a culture shock?
- Do you socialize? How? Do you manager to find time for it?
The interview went on for almost 2 hours. We discussed a vast range of topics including philosophy and literature. She did not give me any feedback on the interview. She said that she will provide her review to INSEAD and that INSEAD will get in touch with me. Let’s hope for the best!
