Had the Wharton Hub interview yesterday, so another quick recap :
WHO: I interviewed with Jackie Zavitz – yes, the adcom’s face on s2s, she’s conducting all interviews for the India Hubs
WHAT: Again, a ‘typical’ admissions interview, with the usual suspects
- Walk me through your resume (ok… press the ‘play’ button)
- Career goals – this was explored a bit with some followup queries, but nothing tangential
- Why MBA? Why Wharton? (yes, this was again a single question, great!)
- What do you do in your after-work spare time? (Spare time? didn’t she know I was in consulting? we just travel! and learn to see that as an ECA)
- Any questions for me?
- Any changes / Anything else you have added to your profile post the submission of your application? (Err no…. I’m still into the same job routine)
Very tight 30 min interview – about 25 min to answer her questions, and another 5 for mine – I hardly had any, because bw their website and s2s and my alumni friends, I think I knew enough; and I didnt want to ask just any question to score some marks.
BOTTOMLINE: I am pleased with my performance, though I wish I had some more time. I probably remembered only about 15 points I wanted to say, once I got back home 
But then, the interview was conducted in a very ‘to-the-point’ and under tremendous time-limitations that I couldn’t really afford to digress much!
PARTING SHOT: “You’ll hear from us on March 21st now” (read as – “pls dont keep asking us when the decisions are coming out, can they be released earlier, etc” – makes sense!)
congrats on the invites… which consulting are you into exactly – tech or biz? I am a 2009 prospect..
Hey Oops, I think you did better than I did.
great job!
oops,
i interviewed with andrea too. could’v been on the same day. i think it looks unlikely that gsb will announce the results earlier, because she was so sure abt the date, but the earlier the better. all the best with W, glad you had a good interview with W.
Sounds like things went well! I’m crossing my fingers for you.
hope u crack the big W!
been following your blog for a while now..
i am a columbia’10 admit from delhi and im hoping more indians join me there!
good luck!
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Hey oops,
Just lying low. Interview was decent I would say. But am not able to objectively evaluate it…the more I think…the more my peace of mind gets disturbed
Standard questions were asked..Resume Walkthorugh, Why MBA, Why Yale, Interests..Any Questions for me….
1 month to go for the results and for the first time in the last year I am really anxious and worried! Lets see how it goes….
You are definitely gonna make it man- one place or the other!! Best of Luck.
WoW, I surprised that they asked ‘why wharton?’ isn’t that obvious
Thanks so much for the GMAT tip. I think for the next few days I’m going to be giving SC a final crack. 