During the next few weeks, we will be publishing the discussions that we had with some of our interviewers about the interviewing process at their business schools to help the prospective applicants. Here is the interview of one of our Wharton interviewers:
InterviewBay: A brief background about yourself.
I graduated from Wharton in 2008 and served on the Adcom during my second year. Prior to Wharton, I spent 4.5 years at Deloitte Consulting in New York and post business school moved to London to work with Goldman Sachs.
InterviewBay: How has been your experience at Wharton? Has Wharton met all your career and personal aspirations? What do you like the most at Wharton?
My Wharton experience was amazing – I learnt a lot, met some amazing people, traveled a lot and at the same time, I also got the chance to get involved with a variety of organizations at Wharton and make an impact
While it is too early to say if Wharton has met all my career aspirations, having moved to London, I can already see how helpful it is to be a part of the Wharton family and it really does give you an instant network just about anywhere you go
What I like most of Wharton really was the diversity of the student background – and by this I don’t only mean where people are from but rather the intellectual diversity we had. Everyone was internationally curious and very easy to get along with.
InterviewBay: What is the importance of interviews in the overall selection process at Wharton? Is it a make or break after the interview? Or, does it form a parameter in the applicant's candidature?
A good interview wont get you in if everything else is just average but a bad interview can keep you out
The interview is another data point in the entire process – in addition the interview at Wharton is blind so the interviewer has not read your application so it provides the adcom with a consistency check between your application and your interview
The interview also gives you another avenue to bring your personality and your application to life. Use it as well to mention things that the essays or the application did not allow you to talk about too much (or at all)
While in theory there is no difference between on campus and off-campus interview, see what you are most comfortable with
Alum interviews can run longer than the 30 mins and are often more conversational and less structured
On campus interviews are very structured and 30 mins in length so sometimes tend to feel less conversational and can be a little more intimidating depending on your personal preferences
InterviewBay: How should a potential candidate prepare for the Wharton interviews?
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