面试时间:Feb.21 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
面试准备:18,19号将从ChaseDream上COPY下来的一些Wharton面试曾问过的问题都在心里理了一遍头绪,大致将回答问题的范围和逻辑理顺。20号晚上我挑了其中三个问题(walk through your resume, why MBA & Wharton,teamwork failure),自己对着镜子回答了一遍,并将答案写了下来,用文字的方式再确认一下自己在回答的严谨性和完整性上还有无遗漏。21号早晨7:00起床,再用一个半小时的时间在心里将所有问题都快速过一遍。我共用了三天时间准备面试,但去除中间从芝加哥飞费城的折腾,再加上跟wharton的朋友一起出去腐败,大概也就两天多点吧。我个人认为时间有点紧张,因为面试前的两个晚上我都是到2点多才睡觉,大家可以在安排时间上更宽裕点。
面试人:WHARTON二年级学生,一个挺漂亮的美国MM,一来就告诉我她要去芝加哥的BCG工作(我从芝加哥飞去WHARTON的),估计此套磁行为是想让我觉得亲切不要紧张吧。
面试经过:我9:25到达Wharton的Huntsman Hall Room 420 (专门面试的一个房间)。交了Resume注册好之后一看还有20分钟,就下二楼买了杯黑咖啡提神。然后再进420室跟学校特地派来的一个一年级学生及一个纽约来面试的MM,一个东京来面试的GG(日本人真下血本啊,就为一个面试就越洋飞)交换名片,瞎侃了一阵。
然后跟着我的面试官进了一个非常小的房间(之前做过Duke的On Campus Interview,房间巨大,呵呵),面试开始。
问题都很Standard:
- Tell me something about yourself after your university graduation.
- Why MBA
- Why Wharton
- Long-term goal & Short term goal (感觉这位JJ搞错顺序了,害得我在前面Why MBA时不得不讲了一大通我职业目标的问题)
- Why you chose your first industry after your gradution
- Why you changed your career path several years later
- Tell me a time that you feel frustrated and how you react to it, and what you learn from this experience?
- What is teamwork spirit in your mind? Give me an example.
- If you are a learning team member at Wharton, what contribution do you think you will bring to the team?
- What is your definition of leadership, have you ever demosrated charismatic leadership in your work?
- What do you do outside of work? hobby? extracurriculum?
- What extracurriculum or club you would like to join after you get into Wharton?
- Do you have anything else outside of your application material you want me to show to the Wharton Admissions?
- Any questions to ask me?
大致就这么多吧,我想到了再补充。其中几乎每个问题她都挑细节部份challenge我一下,兵来将挡水来土淹,偶bala bala都给挡回去了。估计最后这个MM都怕了,因为变成我揪着她问个没完了,偶问了她5个问题,咔咔
面试完在等电梯时,研究了一下贴在墙上的admission staff里二年级学生学生的照片,发现帅哥一位,美女两位。
对Huntsman Hall的感觉:象迷宫,又暗又曲折,全是走廊,我都是跟着exit标志才能找到大门的。还有一点,Wharton的Undergraduate也在这里上课,所以下课时简直太拥挤了,Teamwork Meeting Rooms全都有人占着,大厅里也满是人。Cafe不错,瞄了一眼东西不算太贵又很新鲜的样子。下午去听了半节课,感觉很好,课堂参与度很高,氛围很活跃。宾夕法尼亚大学环境不错,有好几栋building都很charming,killed my many films. 学校的生活也很方便,超市餐馆咖啡厅都散布在校园里。在校园甚至还看到了治安巡逻车,心头一热。(呵呵,没办法,我这个人机警度特高,胆小的紧)
BTW:谢谢某人慷慨地收留了我两宿,谢谢某人给我半个面包当早餐果腹。
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