昨天(1/31)是HBS round 2 interview invitation release的最后一天,今天(2/1)是round 1 Admitted Student Welcome Day。上午上课时,教室里来了几个round 1录取的同学来听课,看到他们脸上兴奋、期待的表情,让楼主想起了去年自己被录取时候的心情!
这个帖子发晚了一年(楼主有拖延症-_-),但楼主还是希望能够give back(这也是HBS强调的values嘛),所以发帖分享下去年的面试心得,希望对round 2和之后申请的同学有帮助!
面试地点和面试官:
如果是on-campus,面试官就说不准了,任何一个admission officer都可能面你。
如果你在国内,选择的是Shanghai hub or Tokyo,面试官highly possibly会是Eileen Zhang,她在East Asia已经面了接近(maybe超过)10年,除了去年round 2的时候是admission director Chad亲自飞到上海面的。Eileen是个很神秘的人物,你在网上几乎搜不到她的任何信息。楼主有幸在学校里见过Eileen几次,觉得她是一个很sharp并且非常professional的中年女性。她见人无数,想要在面试中impress到她,你需要很强的selling point和communication skills。
面试内容:
HBS没有标准的面试问题(or题库),所有的面试问题都是面试官根据你的background给你tailor made的题目,目的是make sure you got something unique to contribute in the class。所以楼主个人理解,考量的最重要的是你的presentation skills。下面贴一下楼主去年被问到的几个问题供大家参考(为了防尘,内容回复可见),一般30分钟会有20-30个问题吧,给大家一点sense,但你得到的问题肯定totally different,因人而异。
- Warm-up: share of interviewee reception
- Why chose XXX as a major in University
- Why joined XXX company
- Currently a team leader. Whom in your team do you find most capable
- Example of how you treat each team member the same
- How did you transform yourself of working alone to working as a leader
- Any other industries you are interested in,apart from XXX industry
- What would you tell your CEO in your company tochange
- What do you do at your spare time
- What do you think you can learn from HBS, apartfrom the extended knowledge you want to get
面试风格:
不管是哪个面试官,overall,HBS的面试时非常Engaging and conversational的。你不会有机会用STAR model讲一个2-3分钟的story,因为面试官会打断你,问follow-up questions,问你的motive,though process, learning etc。所以楼主个人认为,HBS面试的准备方式跟其他几所学校(尤其是校友面的那些 - 校友面的会有standard question list)准备方式非常不一样。
先说这么多吧,如果有同学想继续了解,欢迎私聊~
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