Posted by Pupstar78
My Kellogg interview was held at McKinsey’s offices in the SF’s Bank of America building. I had a 10:00 a.m. slot — Kellogg alumni ran the 1:1 interviews — 12 applicants per hour starting with the 9 a.m. slot and ending with the 1 p.m. slot.
I was matched up with a recent Kellogg alumn (’01) who had pursued brand management (my intended post-MBA field) following Kellogg. There was an added bonus — following her consumer products stint, she went to work for a bay area consumer tech company, and had a good sense / grasp of what I do for a living (agency PR focused on technology clients).
After some initial chit-chat, we got down to business. The flow went something like this, with lots of follow-up q’s and back-and-forth conversation:
- Walk me through your resume?
- What are your short-term career goals?
- What are your long-term career goals?
- Why Kellogg?
- What is it about Kellogg that attracts you to the school?
- Describe a time when you were a leader.
- What do you do for fun?
- What do you want to get involved in when if you are accepted at Kellogg?
- Q&A
The conversation lasted an hour. There was also some discussion about how I had improved my candidacy — as I felt it was in my best interest to communicate that I was a reapplicant this year. Following career goals, it seemed that most important part of the conversation was ‘why Kellogg’ and what would I contribute while I am at Kellogg.
