一直在CD潜水,刚刚拿到Ivey 2019年春季MBA offer+半奖,发帖回馈CD。
先介绍下本人背景:
新西兰商科本科,英国LSE历史+政治硕士,大型制药国企(呃就是人多,待遇不提了T_T)6年+工作经验,头5年做国际市场开发,这两年主管药政注册,兼任两家子公司董事。
GPA: 3.8
IELTS: 8
GMAT: 750
Daughter:3 years old
因在美国工作过半年,对美国政治和社会环境无好感,因此未考虑美国大学,只申了英国两家Oxbridge,加拿大两家Ivey和McGill。本来还想申请Rotman,但和advisor联系后被告知第三轮就是国际学生申请的最后一轮了,遗憾放弃。如果Ivey和McGill都没录则考虑再申下Shulich。
对Ivey本来未作为重点考虑,但和advisor Julia聊了之后被Ivey的Case Method吸引(其实是被新盖的大楼和安静的小城吸引),和校友沟通后也了解了加拿大雇主对Ivey MBA的认可度,所以在申请材料上还是下了些功夫的。
特别感谢老婆大人帮我做mock interview!
面试日期是4月30日,面试官Giselle人很和善,整体感觉聊得比较轻松,她也会不时讲一些自己的理解和经历。下面是具体问题(没做笔记所以顺序记不太清了)
- Walk me through your resume
- Why MBA? Why Ivey?
- Why Canada?
- About the companies you arewilling to enter upon graduation, why do they align with your interest/personality? (这里主要问了问是否了解目标公司的企业文化)What research have you done on the Canadian pharma industry? (这个问题LZ有准备但是不太充分,面试官多说了几句应该更多了解行业情况和雇主特点,以及Ivey的Career Development会帮助学生更好地定位和展示自己)
- Explain your long-term career goal
- Why do you wish to stay in the pharmaceutical industry?
- What is your leadership style? Are there occasions when your instructions get pushed back by your staff?
- Have the dynamics of personality been obstacles to project progress? How to manage?
- A decision made with insufficient knowledge
- Three things your colleagues would describe you. Has any of the three been a liability at times?
- Has there been anything that demotivates you?
- If you are admitted, how would you know, upon graduation, that your investment in the Ivey MBA was worthwhile?
- Tell me one thing people often misunderstand about you.
- How do you plan to spend your year at Ivey?
- If admitted, will you stay at your current company until the program begins?
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Any question for me?
比起Oxbridge来Ivey的面试更具挑战,面试官明显对LZ的申请材料研究的很透,问的问题也很有针对性,比如社科背景为什么要做药业,为什么不申请美国等等。Behaviour的问题也很多,幸好看了前辈们的帖子都有所准备,而且也都是LZ工作中的真实案例(建议大家尽量不要编故事,深挖起来很难自圆其说,适度美化即可)。
一些体会:
1. 强烈建议申请前和admission advisor联系并搞好关系,LZ是4月7日(二轮)递的申请材料,4月10日就给了面试通知,面试后也只用了三天就收到offer,感觉和前期的沟通有很大关系。另外多接触校友也对于了解学校特色和就业情况有很大帮助。
2. Ivey对于毕业生就业率非常看重,因此要仔细考虑自己的short term goal。为什么选择这个行业?行业有什么特点?目标企业是哪些?为什么自己适合做这个?
Oxford的offer也刚刚拿到,考虑中,有时间另开一贴讲讲英国的申请经历。
祝大家都能拿到理想的offer!
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