{"id":728,"date":"2009-02-27T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T16:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/27\/mission-admission-new-stories-in-interviews-2\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:51:29","slug":"mission-admission-new-stories-in-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mission-admission-new-stories-in-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Admission: New Stories in Interviews?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As candidates continue to interview, many have asked whether they are obliged to bring new information to their interviews or whether they can simply repeat the strong stories they offered in their essays. Well, the vast majority of interviews (CBS, Chicago, Tuck, Kellogg, Wharton, etc.) are blind. Your interviewer may have read the resume you sent (and actually, some\u00a0may not have!), but he\/she will likely be unfamiliar with the breadth and depth of your accomplishments. So, you should not think that you are repeating yourself, but that you are simply showcasing the best of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of HBS, where the AdCom actually does read candidates\u2019 essays\u00a0before interviews, you still do not need to fret, because HBS asks very specific questions.\u00a0Rarely will\u00a0an HBS interviewer ask an open-ended question like, \u201cWhat is your greatest leadership accomplishment?\u201d Instead, an HBS interviewer will likely ask about a particular story that he\/she read about in your essays and delve deeper\u2014for example, \u201cWhat made you choose to take a greater leadership role as a member of the board of charity X?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0any case, candidates should rest easy and just focus on creating a connection with their interviewer.<\/p>\n<p>(A notable exception to this rule is MIT-Sloan, which uses its own <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/mba\/admissions\/MITSloan_interview_guide.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Behavioral Events Interview<\/a> Format.)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/mba\/admissions\/MITSloan_interview_guide.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As candidates continue to interview, many have asked whether they are obliged to bring new information to their interviews or whether they can simply repeat the strong stories they offered in their essays. 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