MBA Interview Details

E-mail Address:	Anonymous
Age:	25-29
Gender:	Male
Ethnic Background:	White
Intended Area of Study:	Finance
Name of School:	NYU Stern
Interview Date:	3/2008
Type of Program:	MBA
Part Time Program Type:	Full Time
Were you given options as to the date of the interview?:	Yes
Could you choose the interview's location?:	No
How many interviews were scheduled?:	1
How many interviewed you?:	1
How long were the interviews?:	The interview was approximatley 30-35 minutes
Who were the interviewers?:	Administrative or admissions staff
What was the most difficult question?:	How many man-hole covers do you think there are in New York? This question stemmed from my long term goal to work within strategy consulting. It was a follow up question to the original question of whether I had ever been given a case interview.
What was the most interesting question?:	If you come back to Stern in 20 years to give a speech, how would you explain how Stern has helped your carreer?
Any other questions you remember?:	What would be your biggest weakness going into a Strategy Consulting Interview? How would Stern help to address this weakness? How do you feel about living in NY and how will it provide an advantage to you as a student? Compare Stern's culture to your company’s culture?
Did you feel prepared?:	Yes - Yes I went through the list of questions a few times and didnt experience too many suprises.
How did you prepare?:	I went through the following list of questions pulled from this and other sites: How will NYC benefit me in my long term goals? What is my long term goal? Why Stern? Why Now? What supervisory experience have you had: Tell me a time you failed. If you had to address a Stern graduating class in 20 years, how would you want to be introduced. What role would you play in a team? Compare and contrast the work you're doing in your current job to what you would be doing in a consulting firm for your internship. How would your friends describe you? What is something that people who just met you don't know about you? Are there specific emerging markets that you're interested in? How do you feel about being in New York? What would your current supervisor say is your biggest weakness. What's the last book you read? Take me through your educational/career history. How would you make your mark early on? What activities would you be involved in? What do you like to do in your spare time? What has been your biggest professional accomplishment in the last three years? Why should we pick you over everyone else? How would you evaluate multiple MBA offers? \What makes you happy? how will you convince a consulting firm to hire you What kind of research did you perform? If you had to pick 5 people for a study group, who would they be? How will the career development office help you find a job? Tell me a time in which a group you were in did not work well? Tell me of a time in which your were in a group and it worked well? 20 years after your graduation from Stern, you are back to address a floor of MBA students. What will you say to them?" Name 3 things you need to improve on? Since you are from NYC, what are 3 places you would take students from the incoming class? What is my opinion about working at Adobe What do you suggest to Adobe for their long term strategy How do you get the client managers and directors at Accenture to accept the solutions you present? Compare Stern's culture to your company’s culture? How did you choose your undergraduate school/major? How did you use it to get your first job? How do you plan on leveraging Stern's strengths to achieve your goals? Describe a team when you've been on a team that didn't work well together, and what did you do to try to fix things? Describe a typical day at work?
Did you receive any feedback at the end?:	No
What was your opinion of the Faculty?:	I sat in on one of Silber's Finance classes and was impressed with the teaching style as well as the interactive nature of the class.
What was your opinion of the Alumni?:
What was your opinion of the Students?:	All of the students I met were very friendly, seemed to be very proud of their school, and were happy to share any knowledge they had.
What was your opinion of the Office Personnel?:
Did you receive a tour?:	Yes
What was most impressive?:
What was least impressive?:
Did anything change your opinion of the school? :	No
Was there something you wish you had known ahead of time?:	No
Suggestions for travel to the school?:
What other advice can you offer future interviewees?:	Try to reach out to any current students at the school. Meet for lunch or coffee or whatever. Admissions really wants to see that you went that extra mile to learn about the school, so being able to talk about these types of experiences will help.