We got a Plea for Help! from a distressed BSer in December, asking for some guidance on what may have gone wrong in their Round 1 applications, and they ended up going for the Post-Mortem Review (rejected app analysis) — and through that process, it was determined that they didn’t really do anything wrong in […]
Continue reading...($) “How do I convince my interviewer that I want to go there?”
We got a question from a Brave Supplicant who was knee-deep in their interview prep process, trying to figure out how to answer the “Why this school?” questions. Premium content starts here… ———– ———– Premium content ends. We’ve got some real advice in our MBA Interviewing Guide which may be useful as well! […]
Continue reading...($) “I’m interviewing! Can I update my resume?”
We’re getting news right and left these days about interview invites from Brave Supplicants and it’s an exciting time indeed! Some of you intrepid types may even be looking at ways to optimize the process by using a new-and-improved resume for the interview. What, it didn’t occur to you to update the resume for the […]
Continue reading...($) Where can you get help prepping for your MBA interview?
EssaySnark wants to be there for you on all aspects of your MBA admissions journey, though notably, we don’t do much in the interview prep department (actually, these days, almost zilch). We’ll offer thanks to a current BSer who posed a question about this to us as they were starting to think through the strategy […]
Continue reading...($) You’re invited to interview at Harvard. Huzzah!! Now, what questions are you going to ask your interviewer?
There’s a real art to figuring out what to ask your MBA interviewer. We go into this in greater depth in our MBA Interviewing Guide, and it’s also worth talking about here today. The questions-to-interviewer certainly aren’t the most important part of the interview. But check it out: Premium content starts here… ———– ———– […]
Continue reading...($) Did your interview invite come with another essay to write?
Some schools have apps that keep on giving. You get all those opportunities to present yourself through the essays — opportunities you struggled and sweated through, and decided in the end that you’re not so fond of “opportunities” like that at all! You pressed that final “submit” button on your last app for Round 1 […]
Continue reading...What Harvard says to you on Tuesday is near-meaningless
Well, unless of course, if Harvard says they want to meet you to interview!! For the loads of other candidates who are going to be told, “sorry” and given the so-called Early Release from Harvard’s Round 1, next Tuesday is going to massively suck. A very large percentage of those people are actually TOTALLY QUALIFIED […]
Continue reading...($) Timing of interview invitations
Welp, it’s officially Fall, or Autumn, or whatever you call the Pumpkin Spice season. Since many of you have many of your apps already submitted, that also coincides with the Too-Much-Time-On-Your-Hands Phase of the MBA application process, which tends to predictably be followed by the Oh-Crap-How-Come-I-Haven’t-Been-Invited-to-Interview-Yet Stage. Particularly at Columbia Business School, but also relevant […]
Continue reading...($) “I want to go to your school because of the network.”
Yeah we know. The network. The network. The network. If you’re saying in your MBA essays or the interview that a reason you’re choosing this school is because of “the network” then we’re going to push back on you. What exactly does that even mean? This has come up quite a bit in essays for […]
Continue reading...($) So you got that application in. What happens next?
What happens next… besides writing more essays for more applications?? 😉 Whether you’ve now got 2 or even 3 apps done — HBS, maybe you also took advantage of the super early Tuck opportunity for submitting and getting a guaranteed interview (which is a policy we’re truly not crazy about) or you’ve managed to also […]
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