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YGCC Experience Interview Guide

2/2013 Chair: Alice Qinhua Zhou Vice Chair: A. Raja Banerjee All Rights Reserved

Outline

Introduction to the Experience Interview

Preparing your Experience Interview Stories

The experience interview is critical to getting an offer

Wait Hi Experience Case Q&A

Ability
Attitude Communication Collaboration Personal Brand, Network

Firms put the interest of clients first

Common questions asked in experience interviews

Start your preparation from this list

Education (grandma version and Ph.D peer version of research experiments)

Work experience (e.g. What did you do with X experience? Why did you choose to work for that org? If you are in that CEOs shoes, what is the most important issue that keeps you up at night?) Personality (What do you do for fun? Bain's favorite) How do you solve a conflict/disagreement/confrontation in a team setting? Tell me about a time you: Led (what type of leader are you?), convinced someone or made impact Failed (and learned something) Tell me something that is not on your resume

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