由 filoli » 2008-03-12 17:18
It took me about twenty minutes to take the phone interview with two professors and a woman, maybe a adcom officer.
Question list:
1. career history and career goal?
Actually, I went through my personal introduction, from university, military service and work experience in FPC.
2. Why MBA? What MBA can benefit you?
3. What kind of problems may I face when I start up my own business?
It seems that I did not do a good job so that a professor ask the fifth question.
4. The adcom ask me whether I got a job after resigning from FPC? What did I do during this period.
5. What factors are important in the first year when I start up my company?
This question is a little tricky because it is regarding to the first year. My answer is Money and Technology. I truely regard these two factors are the most important at the beginning. But this answer seems to weaken my reasons to pursue a MBA degree. I will explain this question with details and link it to why MBA is important to me.
6.leadership experience (in the work)? and what kind of leadership to be?
For the first question, I went through all of my leadership experiences.
Based on my experience, interviewers pay more attention on my career history and career goals. They did not ask me "Why CEIBS" and "contributions", but I got well-prepared for these questions. a pity!
I think they have to interview the next candidate so that they need to control the time to progress the process. That means they will not ask too many questions but the most important questions--your career, and goals. On the other hand, an interviewee need to express himself well in a limited time. My strategy is to go through my prepared materials to the subject. Maybe it will not that fit in the question they provide. But I think I can answer the question more well-organized in this way.
I am not sure whether it is good or not. Would any master give me any suggestion?
ps. I found that it will keep silent for a while after my statement. I think the interviewers need to take notes. I think it is more understanding if you can lower the speed of speaking and 同一個問題各點間隔多一點點時間. 讓面試官有時間作筆記! This is only my personal opinion and I found this two cents after interview.
After interview, I can only cross my fingers.