MBA Interview Prep

Dr. Lois Frankel is a nationally recognized career coach. In a recent radio spot she advised managers about to interview a potential employee: Preparing in advance not winging it is the secret to good interviewing. The same is true for the interviewees, including MBA applicants facing admissions interviews. To those of you who will soon receive interview invitations, you can prepare in advance by taking advantage of the MBA Interview Feedback Database (MBAIFDB) which is a treasure-trove of valuable feedback from previously interviewed applicants organized by school. You can also filter for specific areas of interest and other criteria. The MBAIFDB has: 1485 total interview reports For 103 schools 160 entries for this application cycle. Users of the MBAIFDB have rated the feedback so you can see which reports are most valuable. Here are the totals for most of the schools in the database:161 Northwestern (Kellogg)115 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)82 California at Berkeley (Haas)75 University of Chicago74 Columbia72 Duke (Fuqua)61 Dartmouth (Tuck) 59 University of Michigan57 UCLA (Anderson)52 Carnegie Mellon49 Harvard46 NYU (Stern) 46 University of Virginia (Darden)43 UNC (Kenan-Flagler)38 INSEAD (France and Singapore) 37 Yale University35 Stanford Graduate School of Business22 Cornell (Johnson)22 Emory (Goizueta) 22 University of Texas Austin19 Georgetown (McDonough)19 Indiana University18 MIT (Sloan)14 London Business School (UK)14 Oxford 13 USC (Marshall) 11 Maryland (Smith) 10 University of Rochester (Simon)9 Michigan State (Broad)9 Notre Dame (Mendoza)9 Babson College 8 California at Irvine 8 Vanderbilt University7 University of Washington6 Boston University6 North Carolina State University 5 Penn State 5 Southern Methodist (Cox) 5 Boston College (Carroll) 5 Indian School of Business (ISB)5 HEC Gr aduate Business School5 Toronto (Rotman), Canada 5 University of Colorado at Boulder4 University of Western Ontario 4 IMD (Switzerland)4 Cranfield University (UK)4 Manchester Business School 3 The University of Navarra (IESE)3 Ohio State University3 Fordham University3 Instituto de Empresa (Spain)3 Arizona State3 Baruch College (CUNY)3 Washington University (Olin)2 Wake Forest (Babcock) 2 University of Minnesota (Carlson) 2 Thunderbird Graduate School2 University of Phoenix2 American University (Kogod)2 Brigham Young University (Marriott)2 Rotterdam School of Mgmt2 Texas AM University (Mays)2 Other2 University of Arizona (Eller)(all others w/ 1) Here is the number of reports organized by school that have been provided since August 1, 2005, mostly reports for this application cycle: 30 Northwestern (Kellogg)9 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)8 Columbia8 University of Michigan7 Dartmouth (Tuck)7 Emory (Goizueta)7 Stanford Graduate School of Business7 UCLA (Anderson)7 UNC (Kenan-Flagler)6 Harvard6 Carnegie Mellon5 Duke (Fuqua)5 Yale University4 INSEAD (France and Singapore)3 London Business School (UK)3 University of Virginia (Darden)3 Georgetown (McDonough)3 California at Irvine2 Boston College (Carroll)2 Indiana University2 University of Chicago1 Toronto (Rotman), Canada1 University of Washington1 Vanderbilt University1 Wake Forest (Babcock)1 Maryland (Smith)1 MIT (Sloan)1 Notre Dame (Mendoza)1 NYU (Stern)1 Oxford1 Penn State1 HEC Graduate Business School1 Indian School of Business (ISB)1 Fordham University1 George Washington University1 Boston University1 California at Berkeley (Haas)1 AGSM1 Babson College1 Cornell (Johnson) So for those of you about to interview, please prepare in advance and take advantage of the MBAIFDB. After you interview, please share the experience by filling out the MBAIFDB questionnaire. No registration required. In addition, all those who submit an interview report are eligible to participate in Acceptedcoms Its a 10! contest. A final bit of wisdom from Dr. Frankel: Chance favors the prepared mind. Prepare for your MBA admissions interview using the MBA Interview Feedback Database. If you want one-on-one interview coaching or a mock interview, consider Accepted.coms MBA Interview Prep.