Wednesday, December 19, 2007

ISB interview preparation..

I can write down my interview experience, however, i feel that what is needed for this interview is self exploration and confidence about everything you put on paper and talk about. So, experiences will differ from person to person, but there can be a general framework for preparation. Giving enough thought to factors about yourself is important. I will try to list down some points which i generalized from my interview in R1 -
a) You need to carry your interview call email.Absolutely anything other than that is optional.
b) Go dressed comfortably in formals.
c) Read your application properly. You will know the gaps where you can be questioned.
d) Prepare for some basic questions- Why MBA? Why ISB?What after ISB? Which career path? Why that career path? How will you link your current work profile to that career path? How do your qualities as stated in essay make you suitable for the chosen B school and career path?
e)Read about the b school and its offerings. Also see what are the things you would want to improve in a bschool to suit for your career stream. You can ask last question in interview based on this research.
f) Examples to quantify qualities that you have written in your essays. Leadership, team work could be some commom ones of them. Some insight into how will you handle certain mentioned situations.
g) Ask people around you to read your essays and take mocks. You will get a lot of idea on how they read your essays and what are the gaps they question you at.
h) Be humble to learn from every feedback and every situation.
i) You can be judged on one of your strong factors in depth. So, please do identify some major parts of your profile and question yourself.I

I feel that they see your thought process, your attitude towards work and life. You might not be know all, but you might be willing to know all.
All The Best!!

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