USC MArshall- Admitted!

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Hi Anurag/Ved/Sanju,

Congrats on ur admit to Marshall. :bigups:

I applied to Marshall in R2. Just got an interview invite. Could you tell me about your interview experience? What questions did they ask you? Did you have an interview over the phone?

Thanks
Nitin


Hi Nitin,
Can you tell us more about your profile?
Thanks!
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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,

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
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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

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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?
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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)
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dreaming_high Says
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??
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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).

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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.

Hi World_not_enuff 😃 , sorry dont know ur name
first thing i would tell u is that if u want to apply to top 20 schools in US then better try GMAT again. 700 is below average score for an Indian applicant. One of my friends who had 700 and around 5 years IT exp didnt get call from any college in US. He applied at mor ethan 3 schools in first round.
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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).


Hey,
Even I had my interview 2 days back with Senior Associate Director Sheryln. It went on to around 28 mins including my questions. How long was your interview?
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Hi World_not_enuff 😃 , sorry dont know ur name
first thing i would tell u is that if u want to apply to top 20 schools in US then better try GMAT again. 700 is below average score for an Indian applicant. One of my friends who had 700 and around 5 years IT exp didnt get call from any college in US. He applied at mor ethan 3 schools in first round.

Hi Jitendermann ...
Thnx !!
I think you are right .. but I don't want to attempt GMAT again (atleast now).... Let's see what happens this year.. what's your profile by the way.?? do reply.
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Hey,
Even I had my interview 2 days back with Senior Associate Director Sheryln. It went on to around 28 mins including my questions. How long was your interview?

I had my intw with Alicia Valencia, Associate Director. Mine was also around 30 mins.
I felt it was OK. Lets see :)
Hopefully should get the result sometime next week.
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Hi Jitendermann ...
Thnx !!
I think you are right .. but I don't want to attempt GMAT again (atleast now).... Let's see what happens this year.. what's your profile by the way.?? do reply.

In that case I things can be very tough for you unless you show something very unique in your profile.

My profile is:
GMAT 720
work ex 7 years in IT industry
Btech from NIT with excellent academics
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Hi All!

I interviewed with marshall last week. Had gone on campus. I am awaiting the results!! Some one in this thread mentioned the results are going to start coming on friday!! Cant wait. Please post ur results here.

GMAT 770
3 yrs wrk ex (by fall 0
Decent EC, community service

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Are all of you in for the regular MBA program? Anyone enrolled in the one year international business program? OR if anyone can share info regarding the quality/acceptance of this one year program, that would be great too...

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:grin: Got an admit today !! I am so relieved, since I already have gotten dinged everywhere else :cool2:

Takin up marshall for sure. I live in LA and would love to continue statying on :)

Sanju/Ved/Anurag...any of u confirmed on Marshall? Does anyone have an idea abt how difficult it is to get an F1 approved for BSchools?
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Strange !!! :nervous:With GMAT 770, 3 yrs wrk ex, Decent EC, community service you got DING everywhere else !! How come ???? :/