Helpful For MBA And EMBA Mock Interviews [Ep 6] (Tips for 2020)

John A. Byrne, Poets&Quants Editor-in-Chief, and HBS Guru Sandy Kreisberg practice a mock interview with Melissa, a potential MBA or EMBA candidate who has a PhD in the Humanities. Does this poet have what it takes to get in? This is one of our most helpful videos, useful both for MBA interviews and for EMBA interviews. Watch through the end for some valuable business school interview tips from Sandy.
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[@nomsachirwa1226]

Every university admission seeker should see these episodes.Great!

[@derekdavis5992]

I’m curious to find out where she got in

[@nycbbyy]

She ended up not getting an MBA

[@nycbbyy]

Odd how she’s struggling in this interview when she’s a professor at an Ivy

[@ericd9538]

I guess a PhD in Music doesn’t really teach much about self-confidence or any useful practical life skills. Melissa acted as if she just graduated from her undergrad during the interview. Choose the type of degree that you’re pursuing, people, especially if it’s a post-graduate level degree.

[@bingqinglou8451]

are consulting firms really turning applicants down just because of age?

[@siletotsiras]

No

[@searchrankoptimize]

Yes

[@AA-no8tm]

She's super nervous

[@TheGeminancer]

Oh no...she has not done her homework. :(she needs to throw away all the buzzwords and think of more compelling reasons for doing an MBA

[@eagillum]

I would cite a male leader that I admire if I actually admired them. Why constrain her choices of heroes to women? Should Asians only have Asian heroes?

[@TheGeminancer]

my take is the person you cite should have similarities with you in some way so that they can envision you becoming that person or close enough - it's not about nationality or gender. could be the fact he/ she went to the same school/ company/ overcame the same challenges growing up.