Monday, October 25, 2010

Goals

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)
Why Now Template

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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