Kellogg 2007 interviews & beyond

Hello Puys Could not find any thread for Kellogg…so starting a new one… Anyone here who has applied in R2 I aplied in R2…my interview was waived a couple of days back…harangued the office to give me an alumni interview…

Hello Puys

Could not find any thread for Kellogg....so starting a new one...

Anyone here who has applied in R2

I aplied in R2....my interview was waived a couple of days back.....harangued the office to give me an alumni interview....but inspite of repeated requests cdnt get any...

Received a mail from kellogg today for a telephonic interview...i havent had a good exp with the telephonic interviews....any pointers for telephonic interview for Kellogg....anyone else in the same boat??

Hey

Congrats and good for you! Yeah ,it kinda sucks having to deal with a telephonic interview but you shouldn't stress yourself out over this. I believe there are some excerpts of previous interviews on the admit.com blog

KelloggInterview - ClearAdmitWiki

I have applied in R2 and am still waiting for my call. Recived a mail on the 29th waiving my alumni interview but no followup mail since. I heard a lot of people have received interview mails today.I'm afraid I'm sorta heading towards a ding...Profile 720/2.5yrs/HR

I am surprised that there is no dedicated thread on Kellogg. I am also an R2 applicant. All applicants are interviewed at Kellogg (unless it is waived) and not too worried about the interview call. Just want to get done with it sooner.
Incarnation and Madonna - lets share our interview insights once we are done.

I received my Kellogg Alumni Interview invite yesterday. The interview is with an alumni right here in Chennai.

manuiyer Says
I received my Kellogg Alumni Interview invite yesterday. The interview is with an alumni right here in Chennai.


Are you quiting on me brother?

Whatz ur profile anyways

Nah ... but need to give it a shot anyway :)

My profile ... Hmm ...

GMAT 730
Ex : 18 months software industry
UG : IITM
International internships
Have a few extra cur strong points ...

Are you quiting on me brother?

Whatz ur profile anyways

But i guess the trend was that the interviews were being waived

I am surprised that there is no dedicated thread on Kellogg. I am also an R2 applicant. All applicants are interviewed at Kellogg (unless it is waived) and not too worried about the interview call. Just want to get done with it sooner.
Incarnation and Madonna - lets share our interview insights once we are done.

When did you submit part-1? Did anyone who submitted part-1 after Jan 1 receive interview invite?


manuiyer Says
But i guess the trend was that the interviews were being waived

I had submitted part-1 on the day of the deadline ... dec 22nd i think. I had spoken to Kellogg about what happens if you submit part1 after the deadline and they said that while they will still try to schedule interviews it would be substantially delayed and that they would not recommend submitting it after the part1 deadline.

aimmba207 Says
When did you submit part-1? Did anyone who submitted part-1 after Jan 1 receive interview invite?

oh!!! I submitted both parts on the same day - Jan 3rd. Guess, I have a long long wait ahead.


manuiyer Says
I had submitted part-1 on the day of the deadline ... dec 22nd i think. I had spoken to Kellogg about what happens if you submit part1 after the deadline and they said that while they will still try to schedule interviews it would be substantially delayed and that they would not recommend submitting it after the part1 deadline.

Yes......they encourage applicants to submit Part-1 before Dec 22...but I realized this condition on 5ht Jan only-the deadline date....Submitted both parts hours before the deadline...May have missed out on the alumni interview because of this stupidity only....

But I know people who submitted part-I way before the deadline but were still not accommodated for the alumni interviews....i guess it is random selection and many people have had their interviwes waived off........

Congrats for the invite.........Age-22...And I thought I was the youngest applicant at Kellogg....:)

I actually called the Admissions office about this ... because i was not sure about my recommenders list and both Part1 and Part2 had a place to fill in the name of the recommenders and their email address. So i called to find out if it would be fine if the recommenders in part2 were different from those in part1 and they said that it might lead to questions being raised. So i asked them if i could submit part1 after the deadline and they said yes ... but the scheduling of the interview would be delayed.

quote=Incarnation;682746]Yes......they encourage applicants to submit Part-1 before Dec 22...but I realized this condition on 5ht Jan only-the deadline date....Submitted both parts hours before the deadline...May have missed out on the alumni interview because of this stupidity only....

But I know people who submitted part-I way before the deadline but were still not accommodated for the alumni interviews....i guess it is random selection and many people have had their interviwes waived off........

Congrats for the invite.........Age-22...And I thought I was the youngest applicant at Kellogg....:)

Hi,

i too received an alum interview today........ anybody there who has interviewed for kellogg?? lets have some inputs....

i totally messed up my Duke interview, so wanna go real careful this time.

also , wanted to understand how imp is an alum interview? if say u mess up then is it bye bye.... what i mean is - is the alum interview a selection/rejection step or are there some points for this interview which are viewed in totality with the application.

Hi manu,

did ya have ur interview????/

share the details........man

anyelse who has interviewed for kelloggs?

Nope, not yet.

Will be having it sometime the coming week after wednesday I guess.

Will post here as soon as i am done with the interview.

Hi manu,

did ya have ur interview????/

share the details........man

anyelse who has interviewed for kelloggs?
locopoco Says
is the alum interview a selection/rejection step or are there some points for this interview which are viewed in totality with the application.


All applicants are interviewed (exceptions exist). Hence this is not a make or break scenario. I would say this interview is a sanity check and would carry around 15-20% weightage.


anyelse who has interviewed for kelloggs?


Have recieved an email with Alumni contact details. Will send out an email this weekend to schedule it.

It is definetly not as black and white as a selection or rejection step; it will generally be viewed along with other inputs from your application.

In the case of Duke and Kellogg wherein interviews are offerred to all applicants without the application first being read, poeple are of the opinion that it might have less of an impact. This again would vary from applicant to applicant; as i posted in the other thread ... in my case where in i didnt have substantial workex ... it might play a more important part ... than say in yours where in you have 6+ years of work ex.

but thats just me thinking aloud ... dunno if others here agree with that tho.

Hi,

i too received an alum interview today........ anybody there who has interviewed for kellogg?? lets have some inputs....

i totally messed up my Duke interview, so wanna go real careful this time.

also , wanted to understand how imp is an alum interview? if say u mess up then is it bye bye.... what i mean is - is the alum interview a selection/rejection step or are there some points for this interview which are viewed in totality with the application.

To add to what Manu said, stick to your essays answers in your interview. If you think "Kellogg is my dream school because of X, Y, and Z factors" then dont say A, B and C to the interviewer. The interviewer report and your essay answers should match in all cases.

It is definetly not as black and white as a selection or rejection step; it will generally be viewed along with other inputs from your application.

In the case of Duke and Kellogg wherein interviews are offerred to all applicants without the application first being read, poeple are of the opinion that it might have less of an impact. This again would vary from applicant to applicant; as i posted in the other thread ... in my case where in i didnt have substantial workex ... it might play a more important part ... than say in yours where in you have 6+ years of work ex.

but thats just me thinking aloud ... dunno if others here agree with that tho.