1. The resume you submit with your application should do all of the following except:

1. Give the adcom a sense of how you present yourself professionally.
2. Provide an exhaustive delineation of your wide-ranging responsibilities.
3. Portray your key accomplishments in a way that complements the essays.
4. Clarify the scope of your responsibilities in a way that highlights business interactions, decision-making roles, and leadership.

2. In preparing your resume to accompany your application, all of the following are important to keep in mind except:

1. Include a certain amount of industry jargon to demonstrate your expertise.
2. For items such as job titles, department names, and project designations, think of your essays and keep such terminology consistent in both resume and essays.
3. Proofread very carefully to ensure consistency within the resume in how you present degrees, abbreviations, and similar items where there is discretion (e.g., if you use PhD, also use BS rather than B.S.).
4. When you have had promotions within an organization, make that point clear and visible. Do not just use the last/current job title.

3. When asked in the interview the common question, “Walk me through your resume,” it’s good to:

1. Avoid repeating every detail, but focus on decision points and note key learning or growth from the positions.
2. Start with your choice of undergraduate program.
3. Focus on titles.
4. Elaborate on the responsibilities mentioned in the resume.

4. In the resume that accompanies your application, it’s important to highlight through example all of the following except:

1. International work experience, if any.
2. The impact of your decisions and leadership.
3. Cross-functional experience.
4. Your work ethic.

5. Regarding the mix of personal and work topics you choose for your essays, which of the following statements is not true:

1. The mix of work and personal topics will depend in part on the given essay questions.
2. The mix of work and personal topics will depend in part on your strengths, weaknesses, and differentiating factors.
3. The mix of work and personal topics will depend in part on your understanding of what the school values.
4. You should always have at least one essay focused on a non-work experience to demonstrate your well-roundedness.