Some schools have apps that keep on giving. You get all those opportunities to present yourself through the essays — opportunities you struggled and sweated through, and decided in the end that you’re not so fond of “opportunities” like that at all! You pressed that final “submit” button on your last app for Round 1 […]
Continue reading...($) What should you wear to a Zoom interview?
Besides PANTS, of course? This cautionary tale came from the very early days of our pandemic times, circa March 2020: You will be wearing PANTS to your Zoom interview. Just in case you have to get up for something! What should you be wearing in the visible frame? Premium content starts here… ———– ———– […]
Continue reading...Practical interviewing tips, courtesy of Darden!
Hopefully all of you are or will be interviewing soon! We have plenty of interview tips here on the EssaySnark blahg and heck, there’s a whole MBA Interviewing Guide available to help you. And, today we’ll point you towards this great post from the folks at the University of Virginia Darden: They’ve offered a list […]
Continue reading...($) MBA interviewing is going to be different this year
Everything about everything has changed – even the advice we offer for how to prepare for an interview. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. For more on prepping for the interviews that we just know are headed your way very soon… There’s also a whole category on interviewing here on […]
Continue reading...What Harvard says to you on Tuesday is near-meaningless
Well, unless of course, if Harvard says they want to meet you to interview. For the loads of other candidates who are going to be told, “sorry” and given the so-called Early Release from Harvard’s Round 1, next Tuesday is going to massively suck. A very large percentage of those people are actually TOTALLY QUALIFIED […]
Continue reading...($) Timing of interview invitations
Welp, it’s officially Fall, or Autumn, or whatever you call the Pumpkin Spice season. We’ve made it through a Lockdown Spring, a Just-Wear-Your-Mask-Please Summer*, and now we’re teetering into Apparently-It’s-Not-Going-Away Fall, which also means we’re firmly in MBA Admissions Interview Season. Since many of you have many of your apps already submitted, that also coincides […]
Continue reading...Tuck sucks. (Not totally. But yeah kind of.)
A generation of BSers ago, EssaySnark had done an informal ranking of “the best” schools — “best” being a term that’s sooooo subjective as to be practically useless, but in this case we were trying to recognize schools that were particularly applicant-friendly. It may sound odd, but traditionally, like for years and years all the […]
Continue reading...($) How to do a Zoom or Skype interview for your MBA
Ha. You think you’re a Zoom expert now? We beg to differ. Even if you’re now spending 7 hours a day in Zoom meetings, there’s still more to be learned on the best etiquette for a Zoom interview for admission to your MBA program. Zooming with a second-year student or an admissions officer at a […]
Continue reading...($) Should you contact admissions about a bad interviewer?
Your MBA admissions interview was awful. It was not just bad; it was horrible. The reason? BECAUSE YOUR INTERVIEWER WAS LOUSY. What do you do????? Before deciding to complain about an MBA interview experience, make sure to evaluate as much as you possibly can from the other side of the table. You need to get...
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($) Do you change tactics if you’re interviewing with a student?
Our MBA Interviewing Guide breaks down the types of interviews (blind vs open) and who is conducting them (students, alumni, adcom) in greater detail, and of course you’re likely stalking the admissions forums and hearing about others’ experiences. So you probably already know the common setup at your target school. Despite our title today, we’ll […]
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