My interview was in London with the assistant director of admissions. The interview was pretty short, somewhere between 30 and 45 mins. The interviewer was very professional, but not robotic.
As noted elsewhere on this page, I was asked not to use examples contained in my essay.
All questions were behaviourial type questions. Here’s what I can remember being asked:
- Hand over your transcript
- Give an example of a time when you had to deal with someone who wasn’t pulling their weight
- Give an example of a time when your actions annoyed a superior or colleague
- I explained, then was asked how that made me feel
- How do you stand out amongst your peers
- How does MIT rank against the other schools you’ve applied to?
- Do you have any questions for me?
I haven’t heard yet either way, but after being in the interview here’s my advice:
- This interview was professional, don’t expect any weird questions
- Have a swathe of examples of cool things you did professionally and personally ready and waiting. Don’t be robotic in your answers – believe in what you did and the successes you’ve had.
- The interviewer will pause to scribble – don’t feel like you have to fill the gap. It’s ok to pause and think of stuff, so while the interviewer writes, you can think.
