Ace Your Interviews – Targeted Interview Preparation

Congratulations! You’ve worked hard the last few months, submitted solid written applications and have just received an interview invitation or invitations. I will use the insights gleaned from my 14 years interviewing candidates at MIT Sloan to help you present your very best self to each school; strong interviews improve your changes of gaining admission to your dream schools. Since different schools utilize different interview formats and types of interviewers, we can tailor a plan targeted to each school. Our work together will include: • Personalized strategy: We will spend a little time up front talking so I can get to know you, your goals, dreams, strengths and weaknesses. I’ll then will read through your application to identify areas that may trigger questions. We will then collaborate to craft answers to highlight your strengths and appropriately address any weaknesses on your application. • Mock interviews: You will get confidence-building practice sessions where you can hone the content and delivery of your responses. • Detailed feedback: During and after each session, I will prove individualized and specific feedback so you can sharpen your responses. • Behavioral style questions: Most interviews are behavioral based. We will work to prepare you for common and not-so common behavioral questions so your answers fully reflect your experience and ability to add value to the cohort. • Creation of a Response Rubric and Answer Bank: You can’t possibly prepare for every question you may get but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still have great responses to unexpected probes. We’ll avoid the prospect of being blindsided by a curveball question by creating a bank of answers that can be tailored to a variety of prompts. • Preparation for Various Interview Formats and Interviewers: Different formats and category of interviewers call for slightly different skills. We will go over best practice tips for each interview setting - in person or virtual - as well as type of interviewer- adcomm, student or alum. We’ll also prepare tailored questions for you to each type of interviewer. • Actionable Takeaways: When you complete each mock session, you will have specific areas to practice to further improve your delivery in advance of your interviews. Upon completion of this package, you will have the tools and confidence to you will need to ace your interviews.