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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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Other
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Intended Area of Study:
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Entrepreneurship
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Name of School:
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Cornell Johnson
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Interview Date:
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5/2009
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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 - My interview was held off-campus in New Delhi. Subsequently, I was given the contact details of 4 alumni and asked to schedule an interview with any one
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Could you choose the interview's location?:
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No - Suggested by interviewer; possibly could have changed it
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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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1
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How long were the interviews?:
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105 min total for 1 interview
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Who were the interviewers?:
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Alumni
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What was the most difficult question?:
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What are you going to learn at Johnson?
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What was the most interesting question?:
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Situational qs - have you worked with a team member who was not upto the tasks given to him and managed to get the best out of him?
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Any other questions you remember?:
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1. Why Cornell?
2. Why clubs at Cornell? Are you interested in leading any clubs?
3. Which other schools did you apply to?
4. How has your job role changed over the years?
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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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Going through the interview feedback provided by other applicants.
I took Princeton Review's (Delhi) Interview package for 3 hours
Spoke to lots of current students/ alumni
Got mentored by an alum of HBS
Consolidated all possible questions - prepared answers for each
Video recorded by responses for each qs
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Did you receive any feedback at the end?:
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No - Not really. But the interview was conversational at best. We spent alot of time speaking about the interviewer and his interests/ venture
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What was your opinion of the Faculty?:
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Very open/ very encouraging
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What was your opinion of the Alumni?:
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Well connected within the Cornell community - always willing to help
Seems to be a very entrepreneury school - all my potential interviewers (4 in all) were doing something in entrepreneurship or VC
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What was your opinion of the Students?:
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Maybe not H/S/W level - but still, smart as hell
They are not at Johnson to get their ticket stamped. They have an interest that they wish to pursue by using Cornell's resources
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What was your opinion of the Office Personnel?:
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Okay but not as friendly as the students/ alumni
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Did you receive a tour?:
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No - Off campus interview in Delhi
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What was most impressive?:
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Truly amazing profile of the interviewer
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What was least impressive?:
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Came 10 mins late
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Did anything change your opinion of the school? :
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No
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Was there something you wish you had known ahead of time?:
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No
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Suggestions for travel to the school?:
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not applicable
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What other advice can you offer future interviewees?:
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