According to past experience, the preparation time of MBA candidates in the past was irregular. Some may start preparing in the first year, and some may follow the pace of most people in the general hospital, but obviously the results of preliminary preparation are generally much better. Students who have been dragging their feet will still find it difficult to pass a plastic surgery without a solid foundation and good luck. Therefore, we suggest that students who plan to take the MBA, especially those who plan to take the top colleges, should evaluate their actual ability and prepare as soon as possible.
The key reason for preparing for the MBA exam early is to hope that everyone can get a ride in the early interview, so let's first understand the early interview:
Interview in advance
Now ask yourself a question.
How much do you know about MBA interviews in advance?
1:the purpose of MBA interview
Speaking of interviews, I believe everyone will be familiar with them. Everyone has experienced different interviews, including job interviews and exam interviews. However, the MBA interview is different from what we have experienced. For example, the purpose of enterprise interview is to select you around your own talent selection criteria and enterprise goals, while MBA interview is based on interviews to examine your past accumulation and future development potential, which are based on the essence of MBA. Its essence is to train future professional managers and middle and senior managers, so the interview of MBA becomes more important, even exceeding the original intention of selecting the most suitable MBA candidate.
2.MBA interview preparation (core principle: "there are countermeasures at the top and policies at the bottom")
First of all, you should be clear about the background of the interviewer: there are both academic professors and leaders from the front line of the enterprise, so you have strong opponents both academically and professionally. If you are not careful, it is easy to expose your shortcomings, not to mention the written test afterwards. So how to answer well in the interview answer is a big problem. Your answers must have both academic depth and practical value, so these are all from. Do you think your present accumulation is enough? This is far from enough. You need to master some basic knowledge of management, economy and marketing. More importantly, you should combine these theories with your practical experience to increase enough reserves for your backstage.
3.3. The form of MBA interview
Personal interview: the main contents include: self-introduction, current affairs and politics, practical management questions and answers, case analysis, and future management potential investigation. The time does not exceed half an hour.
Self-introduction: the key requirement is to have a bright spot, clearly show the bright spot in your work and life in front of the examiner, and focus on expressing the value and motivation of your MBA study.
Examiner's question: This part of the question is mainly based on the application materials and your answers. This paper mainly examines the practical management problems you encounter in your work, which is an important examination of your ability and future development potential, but some aspects may be out of your reach at present, so should you understand the interview characteristics of colleges and universities and make some special traps?
◆ Group interview: Group discussion or debate is often used to ask candidates to do group discussion and cooperate with each other to solve or discuss problems. The time is usually 30 minutes. This interview method mainly examines your interpersonal skills, insight and control of the environment, leadership and so on. Different organizations have different forms of group interviews and different preparations. For example, what can you do to demonstrate your leadership skills? How to control the number and depth of speeches? Should a group interview be a leader? What kind of role is more popular with examiners?
4.4. Main points of MBA interview.
Education background: this is a hard condition, that is, your academic performance in graduation colleges and universities.
Professional background: the nature, content, performance, position and enterprise scale of your work.
Thinking logic and on-the-spot reaction: judge whether the examination considers the question comprehensively, whether the key points of the question can be accurately grasped, whether the answer to the question is logical, whether the consciousness and reaction are agile, and whether there is divergent thinking. , all reflect your personal ability and potential for future career development.
Now, according to these important inspection points, ask yourself, can you control these?
So an early interview is too much for you, if you wait until April or May to prepare.
There is also the application of institutions. Few people will choose an institution and apply for 2-3 schools. It is impossible to put them all in the first batch, which will take a lot of time and energy. At least the first batch should be reported to one school. Therefore, we should formulate a complete strategy, not a method, for our own preparation. First of all, I suggest that you put the college you want to go to in the second place, so that you can relax your mind, so that you will have an experience accumulation and reflection on your performance, and then you will get good results in the interview of the later colleges. So you must start collecting information immediately and enrich what you need three months in advance. If the foundation is weak and you can't start, it is recommended to enroll in classes.
Of course, not only because of the interview in advance, but also because of the particularity of MBA, so these three months can be your time to "recharge your batteries"