USC MArshall- Admitted!

[vedkachole]

Hi,

I had an in-person interview at Mumbai. The interviewer was a lady from the adcom. It took place in a relaxed and friendly manner. About specific questions asked... well, Anurag has covered almost everything.. in addition I was asked to state my opinion about my application. What was weak in my application and still, why should they take me in? Also, in addition to the diversity question, i was asked that if the interviewer was to describe me to the adcom on the basis of this interview, how would she do it?

My two cents of advice would be - be frank about whatever you say and say it with conviction. Also, research fully about why USC?. i feel this is extremely crucial.

Hope this helps!

Best,

Originally Posted by mba_justdoit

Hi Anurag,thanks for your response. Can you please let us know who took your interview and was it a blind interview.

Ved, Sanju it would be great if you could post your interview experience.

Thanks,
mba_justdoit

[nitinb]

Anurag/Ved,

Thanks for sharing your interview questions.

Mba_justdoit,

My profile is
GMAT: 770
Acads: Good
Work Ex : 5+ in Software with 2yrs work ex in US

Nitin

[megawhiz]

Originally Posted by nitinb

Anurag/Ved,

Thanks for sharing your interview questions.

Mba_justdoit,

My profile is
GMAT: 770
Acads: Good
Work Ex : 5+ in Software with 2yrs work ex in US

Nitin

Nice profile! Surely you should try at better ranked univs. Any admits so far?

[dreaming_high]

Originally Posted by AnuragChowdhury

Hi Nitin,

I had a telephonic interview (I had to call them). I was asked the standard questions... nothing that I was not expecting. My interviewer was very cut and dry....not very friendly. I could not get a conversation going....he seemed very disinterested. Although I felt I answered the questions well, I was not very happy with the overall experience. I was very suprised when I got in with a fellowship.

There are 3 main questions that you will be asked in any interview. If you can convince them on these 3 questions, then you are more or less through -
Why MBA / Why at this point in your career?
Why USC?
What unique attributes/skill sets do you think you will be able to contribute to your team at USC?

Some of the other questions I was asked were -
Leadership Experience / what are the challenges you hae faced as a leader and how have you resloved them?
International Exposure?
Strengths / Weaknesses?
Specific Resume and Essay related questions.

Some trick questions you may want to prepare for are -
What do you think are the challenges India will face in the next 5-10 years (I was asked this in 2 different interviews)?
Who do you admire the most and why?
Tell me about an interesting book you have read recently and what did you find intersting about it?
etc. etc.

Good Luck,

Anurag

Please answer few more queries, how long was your interview? How were the results communicated to you. By email/call or you checked the online website (it says results will be posted there only)

[world_not_enuf]

Originally Posted by dreaming_high

Please answer few more queries, how long was your interview? How were the results communicated to you. By email/call or you checked the online website (it says results will be posted there only)

Hey Dreaming,

Did you apply to USC in the last round?? Any idea how the international placement have been for USC in the past??

[dreaming_high]

Originally Posted by world_not_enuf

Hey Dreaming,

Did you apply to USC in the last round?? Any idea how the international placement have been for USC in the past??

I applied for R2, had my interview recently (i am an international applicant), what about you.

[world_not_enuf]

Hi

I got 700 on GMAT last wee.Now in hurry to apply to the possible colleges in US, Europe, Singapore, Aus and Manila.
What is your profile like? and Which all colleges did you apply and any admits so far? Please also let me know the criteria besides rankings that you used to shortlist your universities. I have close to 4.5 yrs of exp in IT.

[dreaming_high]

Originally Posted by world_not_enuf

Hi

I got 700 on GMAT last wee.Now in hurry to apply to the possible colleges in US, Europe, Singapore, Aus and Manila.
What is your profile like? and Which all colleges did you apply and any admits so far? Please also let me know the criteria besides rankings that you used to shortlist your universities. I have close to 4.5 yrs of exp in IT.

Are you sure you want to apply at this point of time. I think in US almost all the good and decent universities are over with their international student rounds. NTU in Singapore has a deadline for 31 March, same I guess for NUS. You can apply to UK though... But give it a thought if you want to apply NOW or next year.

As for me no admits till now (it feels pathetic), Waitlist in Georgetown and Simon.

[world_not_enuf]

Originally Posted by dreaming_high

Are you sure you want to apply at this point of time. I think in US almost all the good and decent universities are over with their international student rounds. NTU in Singapore has a deadline for 31 March, same I guess for NUS. You can apply to UK though... But give it a thought if you want to apply NOW or next year.

As for me no admits till now (it feels pathetic), Waitlist in Georgetown and Simon.

yes you are right US deadlines are all gone. I will apply to US next year in case I don't receve any admit from other colleges.
By The Way .. could you let me know which all colleges did you apply to and where are you expecting to go? Since I am very new to this GMAT world, it will be a good pointer for me to start with my quest. I would be really grateful.

[jitendermann]

hi Guys,
I just my telephonic intw for USC Marshall 2 days back and have been told that they will start posting results from this friday, March 28th.
I applied for 2nd deadline (15th Jan).