Interviewed in the US mid february with an alumni, a partner at a big consulting firm. It was hard to get a time set up with him, which foreshadowed pretty well the time crunch I experienced during the interview itself.
The interview started late and he didn’t have much time to give me. It went like this: he ate (lunch), I spoke. He hadn’t read about me (I provided him my resume) so I essentially had to sell myself from scratch, telling him about my most recent work experiences and the things I did at my company, as well as my passions/hobbies in life.
It felt like a monologue on my part, but I certainly was a little affected by absence of true conversation. I essentially went through the typical questions myself: Why I wanted an MBA, why now and why INSEAD. He then asked me what other schools I had applied to. It was a good opportunity for me to explain why INSEAD was my top choice (international experience) as well as my desire to be on the Singaporean campus.
All in all I felt that my interview went poorly although I highlighted “why INSEAD” fairly well and why I was a great fit for it. It was a little less than 30 minutes and not the friendly more casual type other people have experienced. An interview, nothing more, nothing less.
