London Business School MFA Interview
Hi everybody,
I applied in early March to the Masters in Financial Analysis at LBS, and I have just been invited to an interview. It will be conducted via Skype, obviously, given the current situation (which I hope will be better enough by September). I must say that I applied last year and didn't even make it to the interview, and I received several other rejections. This year I have grown a lot professionally and my profile is definitively stronger, however, I know I am far from being the best candidate. So I am reaching you guys to ask for some advice regarding the interview process, if anyone has interviewed too (successfully or not), any tip you may have...
I know the structure of the interview (the YouTube video "Ace the LBS Interview!" summarizes it quite well), but LBS is my dream B-School and I would really appreciate if you share your experience in the interview, or any advice. Given my past rejections, this is almost my last shot, and I want to prepare and practice as much as possible in order to be successful this time.
If anyone find useful some info about my profile, I am a Spanish industrial engineer (not target university), several extracurriculars during my degree, CFA Level 1, and currently with 1,5 years of experience in financial services consulting (Big 4) with a double promotion this year. Of course, feel free to ask me anything.
Lastly, I am wondering how many people they interview, and if this invitation is a signal of "you are almost there"/"just want to confirm that you are not a prick", or if it's not such a big deal because they interview a lot of people. Any of you have some insight about this?
Thank you all in advance. Stay safe!
Hi everybody,
Sorry for the delay in sharing my experience. Here it goes:
My interview was quite different from Skizus'. It was less as a chat, more as a regular job interview. However, I think I connected with the alumnus (he was a nice guy) and there were some breaks where we talked about other things out of the interview questions, shared random experiences... and at the end ("do you have any questions" part) we talked a lot, specially given the fact that we had already spent one hour by that time. In total, my interview lasted one hour and a half, although the alumnus told me at the beginning that the expected duration would be 50 min - 1 hour.
So, as I said, the guy went through ALL the questions that LBS sent him. They were divided in four topics: introduction and presentation, motivation, leadership/teamwork skills, career objectives. Common job interview type of questions, for example:
It was a nice experience, because I think we more or less liked each other, but it was also a hard interview because of the quantity of questions. I literally end up with my mouth dry because of talking. However, that doesn't mean that my answers were good enough, so I can only wait for hearing from them (theoretically, on May 6th maximum).
Hope it helps, and good luck everybody!