2. GOALS
- What is your ideal post-MBA position and why?
- What are your (short and/or long-term) goals? (Strategy: practice answering if asked in general about your goals w/o the interviewer specifying short or long-term)
- Why do you need an MBA? (Strategy: give three reasons, balancing hard and soft skills)
- Why now? (Strategy: balance external "pull" and internal "push" factors)
Because I want to achieve [ONE SENTENCE GOAL],
I need to build on skills [A] and [B]
by learning new skills [C] and [D]
Externally, now is a good time for me to capture opportunity [X]
and/or prepare to handle threat [Y]
HINT - emphasize opportunities for Americans, threats for Japanese
-Updated by Vince on 14 March 2012
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