Most MBA applicants treat the interview with trepidation -- akin to an interrogation -- rather than what it is: a sales meeting, with you as the product.
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If you were lucky enough to be invited to interview with MIT Sloan, then you have received the following additional essay prompt:
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It would be a terrible mistake to draft and memorize answers to each of these questions. You’ll burn out and sound like a robot. Instead, test yourself with these questions against your essays and resume. Ask yourself, “How can I answer these questions with things I already know about myself?” Make flashcards with bullet points to make yourself bulletproof in your interviews!!
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My most important piece of advice is don’t panic. Video essays or video interviews (as some schools call them) are one small piece of your application designed to provide adcoms with an unscripted glimpse of you as an applicant.
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At some point in your MBA journey, either in an essay or interview, you will likely face this question. It’s important, because it speaks to your “uniqueness”, what distinguishes you from thousands of other applicants.
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A few years ago, one of my clients called me distraught over his just-completed HBS interview. He had blown it, or so he thought.
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