Background:

现已毕业在一家Big 4 Accounting Firm做税务咨询。

Timeline:

• 1.5 -- submitted application
• 2.13 -- received interview invitation
• 2.16 9:00am -- interview with Andrew
• 2.16 11:00am -- admission offer with 30% merit-based scholarship, invited to the annual Scholarship Weekend

Interview Questions:

1. Brief catchup: how's everything going in Texas?
2. Self introduction (hometown, undergrad, major, current employment).
3. Why BA?
4. Short-term & long-term career plans.
5. Criteria I looked at when searching for schools.
6. Contribution I could bring to Simon.
7. Q&A.

问题问的不多，基本就是围绕着这些在闲聊。

面试时间40分钟，整个过程非常放松。我个人的感觉是面试有时不应该循规蹈矩，应该在开始和对方寒暄的时候就用非常interactive的形式，这样也比较有利于展开叙述自己的故事。

一个小时后在载着爸妈开往Austin度假的路上接到admission的电话，很棒的新年礼物！

祝大家申请季好运！