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--  发布时间：2004-1-31 22:07:00

--  Top business interview tips 2
Georgetown :

An excerpt from the Q&A:

Q: How have you changed the admissions process at Georgetown since you last visited with BusinessWeek Online in 2000?
A: Now, we really emphasize interviews. We have more alumni involved, and have second year students plus our staff interviewing.

Q: Yet only 50% of your applicants, and 60% of your admitted students, completed an interview in 2001.
A: That was last year. We\'ll come close to two-thirds this year, and that\'s beginning to stretch our resources. Most interviews are done on campus, but we do telephone interviews as well.

Q: How does Georgetown value and evaluate an interview in the application process?
A: Our interviews are straightforward. We don\'t have a [predetermined] question [that we ask everyone]. Interviews are an opportunity for applicants to address issues they didn\'t cover in their essays.... Sometimes we get a better sense of their goals from the interview.

Q: What is it that those people who don\'t interview but who are nonetheless admitted show on paper that makes you accept them anyway?
A: They\'ll have shown a strong interest in Georgetown in their essays. They\'ll have more than a generic interest in the MBA program. Generic essays are a turnoff.

For the full version of this Q&A

Comments from Student 1:

I interviewed with a second-year student in a hotel lounge in New York. The second-year student did not appear to have a pre-set list of questions. I am not certain if he had access to my application or resume prior to the interview. I came to learn later that my interviewer was one of the top "catches" at Georgetown and many students would conduct mock interviews with him to get a feel for any and every type of question. Interesting questions included: What was the best team you\'ve worked with? What made this team so great? What was your role?

Comments from Student 2:

Interviewer: Admissions Officer
Location: In my hometown after an MBA Consortium Presentation
When: December 2002
Questions asked:
Overall, [the questions were] pretty basic. They wanted to get a feel for you.
1. Why an MBA?
2. Why Georgetown?
3. What do you see yourself doing after the MBA?
4. What would your ideal job be?
5. Resume specific questions

Comments from Student 3:

I applied to a total of six schools -- NYU, Columbia, Wharton, Harvard, Duke, and Georgetown -- and got interviews with four out of these six (NYU, Wharton, Duke, and Georgetown). I was eventually accepted to three out of four of these schools, NYU, Duke, and Georgetown -- so hopefully I\'ll be able to provide some helpful insights to prospective students.

In terms of questions asked, some general ones that all four schools asked included:

1) "Walk me through your resume...and why do you feel like an MBA is right for you given your experience to date?" (All schools)

2) "If your friends were sitting in this room with us, what would they tell me [interviewer] about you?" (Duke)

3) "Given your experience/background/personality, what do you think you can contribute to [the school]?" (All schools)

4) "If you had 24 hours to do anything that you wanted, what would it be and why?" (a little strange, but I got this question from both Wharton and Duke).

5) "What are your long and short-term goals post MBA?" (All schools) 6) "Describe a time when you failed -- either a project or personal goal, etc." (Duke)

7) "Describe a time that you had to work with others on a project and what the outcome was. What did you learn from it?" (Duke)

8) "Picture yourself in 20 years, as an alumni of our school. If you were at a reunion function and we were to introduce you, what would you want to be noted for?" (What personal or professional or community achievement?) (NYU)

9) "What are the specific qualities about this school that makes it attractive to you?" (All schools)

The locations and types of interviewers were as follows: Georgetown: During the annual World MBA Forum in New York at the Grand Hyatt with a recent MBA graduate (Class of 2002)
Duke: On-campus at the Admissions Office with a second-year student (Class of 2003)
Wharton: On-campus at the Admissions Office with a second-year student (Class of 2003)
NYU: On-campus at the Admissions Office with the Associate Director of Admissions