4 P's - People, Personalities, Projects, Positions
Had my Cornell interview bright and early this morning.
Sitting down at a Starbucks table, the alum gave me the drill: "Here's how it works. I have a list of questions to ask you. I will write your answers as we go. At the end you can ask me questions. I send this all back to Cornell, and they'll compile all your information together. If there are 'holes' in your application, they may call you to clarify some information. Sound good?"
On you mark. Get set. Go!
1) How did you select your current/previous job(s)?
2) Why do you want an MBA?
3) Why Cornell?
4) What are your long-term and short-term goals?
5) What other schools are you applying to?
6) How would your co-workers describe you?
Me: "I'm approachable..."
Her: "That's because you're female. I work in the tech sector too. Give me another one."
7) What are three characteristics that make a great leader?
8) What drives you? What makes you get up in the morning each day?
9) Tell me a team situation where someone was hard to deal with.
10) Tell me a team situation where you faced an obstacle.
11) Tell me a time when you directly had a conflict with another team member.
12) What will you add to Johnson?
13) Name three characteristics that you will bring to your Cornell classmates.
14) Tell me about a significant accomplishment and what impact you created.
15) What are the strengths and weaknesses of your Johnson application?
To my weakness answer: "That's a weakness that can be turned into an advantage or positive. Give me another one."
16) How do you approach a problem?
17) What is an innovative solution you came up with for a problem you dealt with?
Her feedback: "I think you communicate well and have the right social skills. Your weakness is that you've only had one full-time employer. All companies are different. If Cornell calls you, try to think of more examples where you've worked with Vice President's and such to help broaden your experiences." I thanked her, and we parted ways.
posted by i_will_make_it at 1:51 PM
15 Comments:
Your interviewer sounds like an ass!
That is so crazy and cool at the same time! She didn't tell you any of this during the interview?
Where do you usually go out in SJ? I should come down one weekend!
I bet Shanghai will be a blast! Are you visiting people or just going on an adventure?
That sounds like a stress interview - but it looks like you did well. But then again, even a Park scholarship may not persuade you to go to Cornell considering all the other impressive choices that you will have waiting for you in a month's time.
On your Jell-O comment: My name is Jell-O and I will plan your wedding. And I promise I won't knock flower vases over with my behind (in case you didn't get it, that was an excerpt from the preview of 'Date Movie') ;-)
sounds like a tough interview, but sometimes the feedback from the tough interviews can be very positive!
Actually I think that was pretty cool (since you don't really need this one anyway)!
nicely done. you held your own, and that's what will get you another admit that you will just trash in the bin.
Ooh, she sounded pretty tough. But it looks like you are becoming an interviewing pro. =o)
seemed like a tough interview..but dont worry..Stanford is waiting for you...
Wow that was a long list of questions and a tough one too :)
By the end of this you sure wuld be an interview expert and we can get some great tips from you :)
I forgot what the world was like before google. If the only weakness in your application is that you've only had one employer, you should remind Cornell about the cartoon voice job.
That must have been some interview. Was she really that blunt? I found the one about 'approachable' real funny :)
Have a great trip to Shanghai.
By the time I get in a position to give some tips on interview process you would be one year down your MBA Journey :)
Thx for offering to share the tips though :)
Count yourself fortunate. By asking you to change your answers she was assisting you. She wanted to make sure she put down the strongest possible answers for you.
I have never gone to Mt View to go out! We'll have to plan an outing.
I just booked my flight for the Open House and now I am all giddy :)
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