IESE interview - my job is done!

At last! Today I had my last interview, so, I'm done! It's not in my hands now.

The IESE interview was done this morning, by video-conference. Opposite to other b-schools, IESE does not use their alumni as interviewers. Everything has to be done by their Admissions office.

Arranging this interview was a bit complex. As I said before, I couldn't find any "neutral" place with this kind of equipment, at a decent renting cost. I asked IESE if this could be done in person. After a few days, I received a reply saying that they were also having lots of difficulties finding an available interviewer to travel to Portugal. So, I finally suggested what I was avoiding: use the video-conference room of the company where I work (my superiors still don't know about my MBA application...). But everything went perfectly. I used our VC room and no one noticed :-P

As for the interview, it was really quick. Around 30, 35 minutes. It is strange talking to a TV set, but I believe I caused a good impression. It was very relaxed and the questions were not difficult. Some of these questions were:

• Describe your responsabilities in a recent big project (mentioned in my essays)
• How did you handle adversities in such a project?
• Why I did you choose these 3 schools that you applied to?
• What do you do in your free time?
• Aren't you afraid that you'll be considered a bit old (31) after the MBA, to work in an hectic environment such as the consultancy market?
• You know that, as a consultant, you won't see the results of the projects you've worked for. How do you see that?

Finally, I was told that, since during next week IESE will be closed for Easter holidays, I will receive the final decision somewhere around 3 weeks from now.