I got my interview assignment on 23rd of Oct and I finally contacted the alumni on 1st Nov. The alumni, despite his high post (he is the vice president) in a large company, was quick to respond and his secretary booked an appointment for me on 6th Nov @ 11 am.
Preparation for interview – Did not get much time to prepare though I kept aside two hours before the interview and tried to jot down some points and verbally rehearsed my answer, so as to clear my line of thought.
Interview Day – Fortunately, his office was the building in front of my office, and I had to just cross the roads to get there. It took around 10 minutes to get past security and I was led to his cabin.
Interview – After a brief greetings he started the interview and asked me to walk him through my life. I kept the answer brief, just highlighted the important points – one line statements about various phases starting from undergraduate school to my professional experience. The following questions were pretty straightforward and sometimes derived from the earlier questions
Most of the questions were for 5 mins duration
1. The usual Why MBA?
2. You had been working in IT for past 5 years, why switch to marketing (that’s what I want to do) now?
3. How do you find it beneficial working in a team
4. like about working in a team
5. dislike about working in a team
6. One situation where I made a difference as a leader
7. one thing I would like to change the way I did
8. one decision that I am proud of
9. Why chose Kellogg
10. A soft question about other schools that I am applying
11. I finished with a question about how his product marketing (googled for this info) approach was influenced from his Kellogg education. also discussed with him his idea about one of my venture plans(a small experimental website idea)
The interviewer impressed me with his clear line of thought and his structured explanations.
Definitely a good ambassador for Kellogg.
Total ~ 50 mins
Good luck for everyone.
