Friday, November 23, 2007

UNC Interview

Well, its my first interview in this journey. UNC requires every applicant to interview prior to the deadline.
I had this on 26th Oct over telephone with a elder gentleman 'Buck Williams". He is a businessman in the Chapel hill region and is assisting UNC with admission interviews. I must say, this was not really an interview but an conversation. It started 10 min late because of the confusion over the phone number they were suppose to call at ( I gave them a new number in the 11th hour and interviewer wasn't aware of it !). Those 10 min really built up lot of pressure. Anyways, the interview went fine with some general questions :
1) Walk through your resume.
2) Some general questions regarding the information mentioned on the resume.
3) Why UNC ?
4) About my family.
5) Interest outside work
6) What India needs to improve in the coming decades. "This one i like the most"
7) He was interested in the share market and was enquiring about the Sensex movement the previous day. I gave a wrong answer here. I am so foolish.
8) My reading habits?
9) Enquired whether i have any questions. I ask about the STAR program, his opinion about UNC and the international student loan program.

My interview concluded in about 21 minutes. Generally it goes on for about 30 min but in my case i have lost 10 minutes in intital confusion. But at the end of it, it sounded satisfactor. Lets wait and watch for the big day 10th Dec.

I submitted my application the same day after the interview....Deadline for R1.

But i am seriously getting curious about the Cornell-Johnson application. I still haven't heard from them for interview and with each passing day my fear is rising.

3 comments:

Clear Admit said...

Hello thunder3k,

Congratulations on what sounds like a great UNC interview! This is a really thorough report, with a description of your interviewer in addition to all the questions. Would you be willing to post this report to the Clear Admit Wiki for the benefit of other applicants? You can do so by clicking here, or simply e-mailing the text to wiki@clearadmit.com (we’ll be sure to link back to your blog when we post your information).

We’d also love to hear about campus visits and the factors that influenced your decisions about where to apply.

Thanks and best of luck in the MBA admissions process!

-Lauren

nickie nick said...

Hey thunder3k,
I am or at least was in the same boat as you as far as Cornell is concerned. Did you hear from them since your last post. With 10 days left, and no interview yet, I need a miracle to get through.

http://nickienick.blogspot.com

the being said...

hey,
i remeber i got my decision on the 21st. so i don't think they notify anyone before the deadline. not hearing so far does not mean anything! don't let the nerves get to you :-)

sorry about not replying to your email about stern. Been busy times here. finals and all.