LBS interview

Yesterday I had my LBS interview. I was invited by the alumni to go to his house. It took 1h30 and it was very intense (at least, comparing with the Bocconi interview). It had the usual questions and other ones more interesting. For instance:

• present me your current company and what would you change in it?;
• why did you do your GMAT two years ago?;
• do you think your short-term goals (consultant) will help you on your long-term goals (entrepreneur)?

This last one was specially difficult, because I had one opinion (yes) and he had another (no). In part he was right: the profile for a consultant (following rules and doing what they're told) is different from the entrepreneur's profile (more liberal). We spent some time discussing this, but finally I was able to reach an agreement, since I told him that the type of company that I would like to have would be in the consulting market. So, previously having been a consultant would surely help me on creating my own consultancy company.

Before the MBA he was working in the company where I currently work! So he gave some tips on dealing with this company, if I have to leave this summer in case I am accepted. That was very usefull.

Another observation: it is incredible how our curriculums match! He has the same degree, same specialisation and worked for the same company. He said that this was a coincidence, but I think LBS did this on purpose.

At the end of the interview, he didn't give me any special feedback, so I'm a bit worried. Just said that the interview is a part of the application process, a way to check (or not) some characteristics of my profile that LBS understood from my application. However, I still would like to know how much the interview counts in the overall application...

14 days and counting...

PS: The 5 minute presentation was the easy part of the interview.