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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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Asian-American
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Intended Area of Study:
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Entrepreneurship
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Name of School:
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Columbia
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Interview Date:
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9/2009
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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 - I setup the most convenient time with the first alumnus who responded to my request for an interview.
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Could you choose the interview's location?:
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Yes - Yes. However, I went to my interviewer's office to accommodate her schedule.
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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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1 hour
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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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There were no questions that came out of left field. Most of the questions were questions I had read about on this site or heard about from friends.
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What was the most interesting question?:
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Any other questions you remember?:
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1. Explain your professional progression up until now and why you need an MBA?
2. Why do you need a Columbia MBA specifically?
3. If you want to do strategy consulting and VC eventually, wouldn't it make more sense to go to Stanford or Berkeley, which are more plugged in to the VC community?
4. What will you contribute to Columbia? What makes you unique from other engineers applying to Columbia?
5. What was an ethical dilemma you've faced, and what did you do about it?
6. Tell me about a technology trend and how it will affect business. (Since I talked a lot about wanting to apply my knowledge of tech trends to my career)
7. She also noticed that it was very early for me to be interviewing, so I took that as a chance to tell her I was applying to early decision and Columbia is my first choice.
8. How do you work in teams. Have you ever been in a leadership role?
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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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Read through questions here on accepted.com and prepared answers for all unique questions. Overall, I felt prepared, and she was a nice interviewer.
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Did you receive any feedback at the end?:
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No - No there was no feedback at the end of the interview; however, after I sent her a thank you note, she responded and said she's wishing me the best on my application. I hope that means she liked me. Wish me luck!
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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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I have a few friends who are alumni, and they all are very friendly and positive about their Columbia experience.
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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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No
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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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Just relax and know your story.
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