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E-mail Address:
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Anonymous
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Age:
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25-29
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Gender:
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Male
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Ethnic Background:
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White
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Intended Area of Study:
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General Management
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Name of School:
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NYU Stern
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Interview Date:
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2/2009
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Type of Program:
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MBA
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Part Time Program Type:
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Full Time
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Were you given options as to the date of the interview?:
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Yes
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Could you choose the interview's location?:
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No - Interviews were available in London, but not until late march and weren't guaranteed.
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How many interviews were scheduled?:
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1
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How many interviewed you?:
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2
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How long were the interviews?:
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30-40 minutes
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Who were the interviewers?:
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Administrative or admissions staff
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What was the most difficult question?:
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If you had to address a Stern graduating class in 20 years, how would you want to be introduced?
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What was the most interesting question?:
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How is your personality at work different from your personality at home?
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Any other questions you remember?:
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Did you feel prepared?:
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Yes
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How did you prepare?:
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Worked off a list of questions from this site and others.
Personal
What matters most to you?
Name 3 things you need to improve on?
What makes you happy?
What do you like to do in your spare time?
How would your friends describe you?
What is something that people who just met you don't know about you?
What's the last book you read?
Tell me a time you failed.
How did you choose your undergraduate school/major? How did you use it to get your first job?
How is your personality at work different from your personality at home?
What did you takeaway most from your undergraduate experience?
Teams
Tell me a time in which a group you were in did not work well?
Tell me of a time in which you were in a group and it worked well?
What difficulties did you encounter while working in teams?
What role would you play in a team?
If you had to pick 5 people for a study group, who would they be?
Stern
Why Stern?
Why Now?
Compare Stern's culture to your companys culture?
How would you make use of the career services department and how would it relate to any independent career searches?
What kind of research did you perform?
How do you think you can contribute to the program, specifically with the long-term goal you have set for yourself?
What skills will you bring to Stern?
How would you make your mark early on?
What activities would you be involved in?
How do you plan on leveraging Stern's strengths to achieve your goals?
What are three things you will leverage from Stern?
How do you feel about being in New York?
How would you evaluate multiple MBA offers?
20 years after your graduation from Stern, you are back to address a floor of MBA students. What will you say to them?"
If you had to address a Stern graduating class in 20 years, how would you want to be introduced?
Why should we pick you over everyone else?
Professional
Take me through your educational/career history.
What supervisory experience have you had?
Are there specific emerging markets that you're interested in?
How do you get your business partners to accept the solutions you present?
Describe a typical day at work?
What would your current supervisor say is your biggest strength/weakness?
What has been your biggest professional accomplishment in the last three years?
Imagine youre interviewing for your dream job. Whats the most difficult question they could ask?
What is a current project that youre working on?
Goals
How will NYC benefit me in my long term goals?
What is my long term goal?
What is your Plan B if you short-term goals do not pan out?
What is your ideal job/summer internship? How will you leverage Sterns resources to get there?
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Did you receive any feedback at the end?:
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Yes - Just that I would hear within 3 weeks
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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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What was your opinion of the Students?:
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What was your opinion of the Office Personnel?:
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Did you receive a tour?:
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Yes
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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
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Was there something you wish you had known ahead of time?:
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Yes
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Suggestions for travel to the school?:
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What other advice can you offer future interviewees?:
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