Interview Skills Course:
Master Your Nerves – Ace Your Interview
- “How can an MBA help you achieve your goals?”
- “What key skills do you have that can help you succeed in your career?”
- “How can you contribute to our program?”
Are you ready to answer these and the many other extremely difficult MBA interview questions?
This one-day four (4) hour course is designed to give you real-world, practical knowledge which can quickly improve your interviewing ability and increase your chances for admission into your dream program.
Books are helpful for preparing for the GMAT, but to nail your MBA interview, you need to deeply understand the interview process, get inside the interviewer’s mind and learn what they want to hear – and you need real world practice in front of real people.
Schedule:
1/25 (Sunday): 14:00-18:00
Class Size, Location & Pricing:
Size: limited to 15 students
Location: A2 GMAT (台北市大安區信義路四段6號13F-7).
Pricing: NTD1,300 per student
RSVP to David at: david@transcendadmissions.com
Instructor:
David Johnston (Graduate of Georgetown University Law Center; Founder of Transcend Admissions Consultants)
Course Overview
(14:00 – 15:00) Understanding the MBA interview
- An explanation of the MBA interview process
- Review the most important interview questions and discuss the purpose of the questions
- Learn how to best structure your interview answers
- In-depth discussion of how to approach the most important questions (“why MBA?”, “why career goals?”, “why our school?”, and questions about teamwork and leadership)
- Analyze a sample written answer to a “Why MBA?” question
(15:00 – 16:00) Applying Your New Interview Skills
- In the “hot seat:” Students give presentations and receive in-depth personalized feedback from the instructor other students
(16:00 – 17:00) Applying Communication Skills to the Interview
- Introduction and examples of how to use effective body language
- How to make a positive impression on the interviewer and get the interviewer to like you
- Learn how to “break the ice” and convey a sense of humor in a professional setting
- Strategies to practice for your interview
- How to adapt a story to multiple questions and situations
- Examples of the best questions you can possibly ask your interviewer to connect with them
(17:00 – 18:00) Applying Your New Interview Skills
- In the “hot seat:” Students give presentations and receive in-depth personalized feedback from the instructor other students
- Ask David interview questions to see how he responds under pressure, and adapts the same story to different scenarios