Interviews

So in the last few weeks .... I'm been a busy bee. Interviewed for Ross and Kellogg.

ROSS
There are a lot of posts online with the interview questions and such. I read up but was surprised to have a conversation with my interviewer. It was more like a chat than a formal interview but I think it was actually better. I feel the person got a good sense of me as a person both professionally and personally. Now if they don't accept me then it's because they didn't feel that I was a good fit. I can live with that...

KELLOGG
Again very impressive interviewer with a different background but very smart and understood my work surprisingly well. This was more a question and answer format. The usual questions and no real surprises. I could have said more about a couple of things but again I feel the interviewer got 'me' ... also, on the whole I though I sounded pretty put together.

Now the waiting game begins....

On a more personal note, my long term girlfriend who has been very understanding and supportive of my unstable career so far is getting a little tired of all this uncertainty. Usually I always chase the biggest and best plan (read unrealistic dreams) and have a plan B handy. In reality I sometimes get more than I deserve but am very content with where Plan B usually nets out. The whole thing with B school is that Plan A is so big and life changing that there is really no lesser version or smaller magnitude plan B. My plan B is totally different than plan A and I can't pursue both in parallel.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that even with all the tension and stress of waiting for the application decisions and pacifying things at home... I feel very luck to be able to straddle both my career and a supportive spouse....

Where I'm netting out

As I'd composed myself to accept a ding from Wharton


Wharton.. Wharton.. Wharton... I would have been great there !!

but not even making the first cut (interviews) has brought me to the realization that I was dramatically less competitive a candidate than I believed ... more motivation to improve..


But good news followed the Ding, an invitation to interview at ROSS... I'm excited, this is great news.. huh?

I could sport the maize and blue and grow in the hands on program,

Any interview advice and prep resources would be most welcome...

failing hope.....

I thought I did a pretty good job on my essays, a decent GMAT (700) and good workEx and extraCirr. But so far I've got no interview invites..... the reality is setting in
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I'd thought that I would make it to 4-5 interviews and then into 1-3 schools. My applications must have had a major weakness, that all the schools picked up on. I'm intrigued and would really like to know what it was....