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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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Female
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Ethnic Background:
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Refuse To Say
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Intended Area of Study:
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International Business
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Name of School:
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Yale SOM
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Interview Date:
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10/2009
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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 applied Early Action and was offered an interview a week after the application deadline. There were many options for on-campus interview times and days (Tue-Thur) available on the easy-to-use online scheduler.
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Could you choose the interview's location?:
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Yes - The invitation email assumed I would interview on-campus but indicated that I should contact Admissions to make other arrangements if this was not possible.
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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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Scheduled for 30 min; took 45 min.
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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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What was the biggest lesson you learned from your freshman year of college?
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What was the most interesting question?:
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If you had a free day to do whatever you wanted, what would you do?
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Any other questions you remember?:
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Describe your high school activities.
What was the most important thing you learned from high school?
Go through your resume. (Asked questions about each experience and honors thesis)
What was your most meaningful experience at [job] and why?
Why Yale/MBA now?
What are your short and long-term career goals?
What do you do for fun now (currently)?
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Did you feel prepared?:
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Yes - Although I felt prepared, I was a little nervous about being interviewed by an Admissions Officer instead of a 2nd yr student.
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How did you prepare?:
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Accepted.com interview database, Yale SOM website, talking to current Yale students and friends who had interviewed there before, on-campus visit and asking questions to Admissions staff at Q&A
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Did you receive any feedback at the end?:
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No - My interviewer was very disciplined in her questioning style and we went through everything about me very quickly and thoroughly. Every question I had prepared for, she asked. Then I asked her questions about Yale and she provided extremely comprehensive answers - which was both helpful and a little terrifying, because they revealed her deep perspective and experience at SOM. She wasn't unfriendly but held a poker face the entire time.
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What was your opinion of the Faculty?:
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Extremely engaging, smart, and genuinely interested in the topics as well as students' questions and well-being
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What was your opinion of the Alumni?:
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N/A
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What was your opinion of the Students?:
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Very smart, driven, international, and friendly. Admissions ambassadors were more talkative and outgoing than other students on campus. Students were less "fratty" or social than at other campuses I'd visited. They came from very diverse backgrounds - I only met one person who had been a consultant. Others had backgrounds in education, medicine, art, technology, etc.
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What was your opinion of the Office Personnel?:
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Extremely friendly and helpful. I was on campus twice and remembered the kind staff well.
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Did you receive a tour?:
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Yes - Beautiful though tiny campus (~2 buildings total). Classrooms were very modern and technically equipped. Lots of construction going on but otherwise beautiful campus.
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What was most impressive?:
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Faculty were very impressive - both the famous faculty and the profs who taught the classes I sat in on. Everything at the school seemed extremely accessible, since it is so small.
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What was least impressive?:
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Culture of the school seemed a little more academic and less social than other schools.
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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 - Most interview reports indicate their interviewer was a student - and mine wasn't! Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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Suggestions for travel to the school?:
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Very easy.
From NYC: Metro-North train to New Haven. Then take cab (10 min, $10) to Yale SOM. For your return trip, call the cab co. AT LEAST 30 min ahead (I missed two trains because the cab was late on my first visit).
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What other advice can you offer future interviewees?:
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Prepare as much as possible and know your "story" cold. Also know why Yale's unique b school model fits your career needs. Lastly, know how you would contribute to Yale's legacy of grooming (business) leaders for society.
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