May 1st 收到的email，2nd才看到。收到Decision Email的时候在一脸淡定的定机票思考怎么从NYC去Cornell方便，sign in后一个大大的Congratulations Video加上迷之喜感的音乐吓得我直接关了网页（捂脸。冷静过来后就开始跟Cornell写信revoke然后转去CMU了。
这两天终于把很多事情settle了，想一想自己在CD上潜水了这么久，与Gwen的interview也在CD的帮助下非常顺利，所以写个总结帖，希望r2的小伙伴一切顺利！

背景总结

美本LAC，Math&Econ double，毕业一年，CFA II candidate。Internship零零散散做了不少，没有BB banks。LAC finance roots不深，有大牛，但connection还是偏弱。之前的前辈也基本很少MFE这个route，所以现在进了MSCF也算是终于进了target pool。
GRE：V: 162 Q: 169 W: 5
GPA： 3.7
Other ADs：Cornell MFE


Interview with Gwen

具体问题参照之前的精华帖，完全没有区别。顺序都完全一样。。  https://forum.chasedream.com/thread-1241049-1-1.html

以下讲一些想法。纯个人经验总结，大家挑拣着有用的就好，one thing never fits all。

**Overall Suggestions **

Know your stuff, 明确简历上的highlight，知道如何修饰你的weakness 

You need a story. An interview is a sales process, during which you sell your story to your interviewer/recruiter. 这个story可以是a person with strong devotion to quant trading, 或者是a person considering a change in his life, from science to the world of finance. 围绕这个story的核心构建你的回答。3. Principle Structure of "tell me about a situation" "tell about a time when you..." questions -- 3S理论：situation – solution – success (reference：自一个大牛学姐的整理）

Situation: 讲清楚目标或者项目和问题是什么

Solution: 你怎么解决的这个问题

Success: 得到什么样的效果，策略有效吗etc


Walk me through your resume

强烈推荐Mergers & Inquisitions 的帖子。这个问题sets the tone of your entire interview。核心在于flow与highlight。

For example，我的flow是how I explored through the world of finance from sell-side to buy-side （highlight: multiple internships), and eventually located my interest in quantitative finance (highlight: key internships）

围绕这个flow建立两点

What I have done to pursue my goal (quantitative finance)? 围绕MSCF的三点：Math，CS，Finance
What I want to become in the future (don't have to talk too much, since you will be given this question anyway). Point: Show your research and prove your understanding about quantitative finance. Things to know: Where do people go after MSCF? What is a quant? sell-side vs. buyside? pricing vs. investing?


Reference

http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/how-to-tell-your-story-investment-banking-interviews/

http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/walk-me-through-your-resume-top-mistakes/

http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/walk-through-resume/

Interactions

Practice is key. 语气坚定，速度不能太快，保持微笑。我曾经喜欢在句尾吞音（声音变小），其实会显得很不自信，现在也在不断提醒自己改掉毛病。
Raise your voice (be natural) when talking about your highlights。
Pause between each minor parts. 跟中文的断句一样，同时allow for interviewer to make minor comments。Gwen在resume期间跟我聊了聊我的Leadership experience，