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11.1.2011 / 3.31.2012 |
Applicant Data
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Email: |
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Anonymous |
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Age / Gender: |
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25-29
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Female |
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Ethnic Background: |
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Area of Study: |
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Marketing |
Interview Data
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School Name: |
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London Business School |
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Date of Interview: |
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11/1/2011
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Type of Program: |
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MBA |
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Part Time Program Type: |
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How long were the interviews?: |
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3 hours |
Interview Logistics
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Were you given options for the date of the
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Yes - I was asked if I could meet my interviewer on an specific date because he would be on a work trip, but if my agenda did not fit I was offered to rescheduel the meeting. |
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Could you choose the interview's location?: |
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No - It was in his office
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How many interviews were scheduled?: |
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1 - |
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Who were the interviewers?: |
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Did you receive a tour?: |
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No - |
Interview Content
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What was the most difficult question?: |
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Name all the differences between Kellogg (the other business school I was applying for)and LBS? |
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What was the most interesting question?: |
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Do you think that Kraft's take over Cadbury was a good decission, considering that the company will now split again into two different companies?
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Did you receive any feedback at the end?: |
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No - |
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Any other questions you remember?: |
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My company's strategy, everything about my background, which other schools was I applying for?, what makes me different and special?, name a multicultural experience. |
Applicant Reaction
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Did you feel prepared?: |
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How did you prepare?: |
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What was your opinion of the Faculty?: |
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What was your opinion of the Alumni?: |
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My interviewer was a really nice man, around 32 years old, who had exactly the same background as I have and who went to study to LBS exactly for the same reasons as mine's. |
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What was your opinion of the Students?: |
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What was your opinion of the Office Personnel?: |
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What was most impressive?: |
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What was least impressive?: |
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Did anything change your opinion of the school?: |
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Yes - If anything, meeting my interviewer made me have a greater opinion on LBS. |
Applicant Suggestions
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Was there something you wish you had known ahead of
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Yes - I had all my answers clear as I was also preparing my applications for other b-schools but I didn't expect to be interviewed by a Marketing director with exactly the same background as mine. |
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Suggestions for travel to the school?: |
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Traveling to different b-schools, even to those I was not interested on, gave me a clearer vision on why I wanted to study on my b-school. |
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What other advice can you offer future intervewees?: |
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