The crucial difference between job vs. b-school interviews: dont confuse the two
ONE MORE THING ABOUT B SCHOOL INTERVIEWS:
The biggest mistake folks on this board and applicants in general make about B school interviews is TO MODEL THEM ON JOB INTERVIEWS. When inter. for a job, company usually interviews 6-10 and sometimes more (30 at campus), to fill ONE or TWO SPOTS. PLUS first campus int. is often just gateway for what then becomes MANY MORE INTERVIEWS at higher levels.
MAny applicants conflate that whole job interview process of initial campus interview and intense follow up interviews, dinners, etc. etc. over days, with the 30 minutes of b school interview, and imagine the b school interview is like protracted JOB interview process all crushed into one super charged event. But the numbers are all different. Post interview accept rates at b school are WAY higher than in job interviews (most of which YOU DONT GET). ANd the b school interviews mean less, THAT IS WHAT APP IS FOR. In ideal world, b school admission process wld more closely model job process, but the numbers are just staggering. Goldman and Bain do not HIRE 1000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR FOR ENTRY LEVEL PROFESSIONAL GIGS. B schools depend on the extensive app for major source of info, w. interview as reality check. Employers depend on bare resume for screening device, and full interviewing for decision making. BIG DIFF. DONT CONFUSE THEM.
