MBA Interview in English: Self Introduction, Job Duties, Hobbies, Study Plan, Strengths and Weaknesses

1. MBA Interview in English 2019

2. Topics just tested • Self introduction • Line of business • Job duties • Unforgettable things (make a difference) • Hobbies Traveling (Why did you travel to Sri Lanka instead of cities in Europe and US?) • Balance between work and study • Hobby • Study Plan

3. Topics just tested • Self profile • Job description • Study plan • Hobbies and interest • Evaluation of the status quo of line of business you are engaged in • Prospect of work or industry • Strength and weakness • Turning points at work or in life

4. Self-introduction I am from… After four years’ college education at …. University, I started to work for … company. In my spare time, I take up … as my hobby

5. Self-introduction ( a student's contribution) I was born in Liao NIng,but bred in Yangzhou. I pursued my college education in ChongQing. After my graduation, i joined/ worked for / was with A company as a sales engineer. After about two years, i decided to move to Shanghai and worked for B company, acting as a sales engineer and soon got promoted to be sales manager, due to my excellent performance. Four years later, i got the opportunity to be the regional sales manager in C company. In my spare time, i take much interest in sports, like basketball.

6. Self-introduction I am from Nanjing, but i completed college education in Xian. I graduated from.... college with the major in Japanese language. I was interested in finance and economics on the side. After graduation, i joined A company as a bond trader. Three years later, for some reason, i changed my job and started for B company. I was promoted to bond trading supervisor, responsible for liquidation of company assets. When i am free, i take fancy for yoga to myself fit and ready for more challenges in my work.

7. Education Background My major is / I major in …. I also take … as my minor. In my college life, I was active in … I came to understand the importance of team work in completing a project. My professors speak highly of me, for my excellent performance in courses.

8. Working experience • I have been working for _____ years since my graduation from college • I started my first job in________, and my position was______, responsible for______ • The biggest accomplishment during my work is that__________ • My management experience and personal ability have been improved a lot. • One of the challenges in my work is …. • One of the most rewarding thing about my job is ….

9. Working experience I have been working for more than ten years at Cinda. During the first five years, i worked as a secretary, doing practically all the documents and writing reports for my boss. In the latter part of my working career, i was promoted to vice manager, responsible for paper work. I was also sent to take charge of a project on the side. I had the opportunity to brush up/improve my managerial skills while completing/ working on / executing the project. That is part of reason why i decide to work on MBA program. • climb social ladder

10. job description My job is HR assistant, which means providing support to our manager. I must get first-handed information about the staff. Besides, i need to be familiar with the related HR policies. Aside from the above mentioned, i am responsible for communicating with other departments. On the whole, HR assistant is a tough job, easier said, but difficult to carry it out, mainly because not all the efforts i make at work will be fully rewarded. recruitment

11. Strength and weakness • adaptable amiable helpful, friendly • Take initiatives to do sth. • a good team player, willing to make a difference , ambitious adapt to … eager to learn sth. new rise to challenges , analytical skills well-organized, creative/ innovative original • swot

12. What is your greatest strength? When it comes to my strength, I am good at analyzing and solving problems. My first job is strategic planning. Every day, i must gather and analyze the informantion from different sources and then i come up with a solution. • I

13. What is your greatest strength? • I have an extremely strong work ethic. When I am working on a project, I don’t want just to meet deadlines. Rather, I prefer to complete the project well ahead of schedule. Last year, I even earned a bonus for completing my three most recent reports one week ahead of time. • I am a skilled salesman with over ten years of experience. I have exceeded my sales goals every quarter and I have strong communicative skills, which helps me work well with my clients, team members and executives. I am also known for an effective team member.

14. What is your greatest weakness? • I sometimes overdo, getting my work done ahead of time. However, I am strong in meeting deadlines, and with my attention to detail, I know my work is always done perfectly. put oneself to the limit overwork little time for the family / excercise

15. *Great achievement in my work My work is typical of frustration and fulfillment. The most rewarding experience is that… When it comes to the biggest achievement in my work, I can’t help thinking of….

16. *Talking about my biggest achievement, I think it was_____ when I was________ The company is troubled with__________ To make the situation better, we_________ We successfully____________

17. These questions get to the core and dig into who you are on a personal level. • Do you have any pet peeves? • How do you handle stress? • If you could relive the last five years of your life, what would you do? • What motivates you? • role model To handle stress,

18. * How do you handle stress? Stress means nothing to me, for i have twelve years working experience in the most challenging line of business--- advertising business. In most situations, i need to meet deadlines. Besides, most clients are quite critical. i would say, talking to my wife is an effective way to relieve stress. Playing golf and swimming are other two ways to remove stress from my life. * Stress is nothing. Once you decide on one thing, you do your best, and that is it. In other words, Stay positive, then stress is not a big deal. Zen

19. * If I were to relive five years, i wish i would get married earlier and spend more time studying finance and getting certificates and applying for MBA programs earlier. * if I were to relive five years, i would be a college student on the campus, i would make a better blueprint of my life by learning more about the trend of the social development What motivates you in life or at work ? Reading everyday motivates me because the events happening to us recur in the stories, inspirng and motivating us. I draw spiritual comfort from reading extensively, and my mind is broadened by those articles. spiritual pursuit material pursuit investor

20. *Reasons for changing jobs The reason for my changing the job is that… I resigned from … company mainly due to the fact… I quit working for… company because I didn’t want to spend too much time commuting.

21. Your boss’ s and colleagues’ evaluation Amicable, humorous, generous, devoted, talented, a man/ woman of discipline / principle Creative / original / innovative easy to get along with , responsible

22. Why do you pursue your MBA program?

23. * position ladder *Acquire knowledge in a new field *assume bigger responsibility 　 *Expand my network *A sense of inadequacy *pulling me back 　 old dream career development career change 　develop new products

24. most suited academic exchanges brilliant academic history 　global-oriented personal preference advanced teaching facilities famous for its business education 　learning atmosphere experienced in teaching appeal to Teaching methods learning schedule Exchange programs with foreign counterparts

25. Why you choose xxx school? advanced teaching facilities and best talented teachers from both at home and abroad. Higher learning education , advance reading, a good platform to communicate with people from high level management

26. Benefits of MBA programs enrich business knowledge, analytical skills, systematic learning of business skills, team building, mind-set, networking with a group of talented classmates, creative ideas, mentor

27. Major goals in your career major performer in a team / a company a CEO of a joint-venture/ foreign enterprise/ a multi-national company a CFO/ COO Take senior positions in a company Initiate one’s own business I want to / set my goal of …

28. Describe the company you work for • Name of a company • line of business • reputation • your scope of business • impact on your life

29. I am now with one of the leading corporation in the cruise business, offering cruise trips to Japan, Korea and countries in the Pacific Rim. Our company is known for its excellent service and great entertainment on board. Currently, I am in charge of charter business, working with local travel agencies and coordinating with the vessel and authorities of visiting harbor. I enjoy my work, for it brings joy to others.

30. What is the impact of Disney on the local economy? • As Disney Shanghai is approaching its opening to public, a question about its impact is being debated. • Tourist attraction • economic benefits • attract investment from home and abroad • Attention from people from the world • a hub of advanced service

31. What are benefits of internet? One of the biggest advantages of the Internet is that it is essentially unlimited by space or time. Through this, people will have an easy access to Information and it will be available, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The Internet is also said to increase learning educationally. Students can use blogs to break down barriers of traditional publishing and to facilitate discussions with teachers, classmates, and wide audiences. Podcasting has also become a popular technology in education, as it provides a way of pushing educational content to learners. Media sharing is also finding use within education. Sites like “Flickr” gives access to students in finding images that may be used for presentations, learning materials or coursework.Another advantage of having the Internet is that we are all globally connected. People from any corner of the globe are able to communicate 24/7 instantaneously. The Internet opens up a wide opportunity to network both socially and professionally.

32. What are pros and cons of internet? Behind all this glowing talk, however, are some problems. Internet makes people passive by stopping them making their own entertainment. So much so that when there is a breakdown or jam, people may find that World Wide Web turns into World Wide Wait. What is worse, some children have access to the scenes of violence and sex. Apart from these, it can be affected by viruses and hackers

33. What do you think the impact of pilot free-trade zone to the local economy? • A push to the local economy • 2. To create an efficient market environment for domestic and foreign enterprises in a wide range of businesses. • 3.The move seeks to free up the  • overloaded administrative approval procedures • 4. To encourage innovation and internationalization

34. What is the most important thing in your life? When it comes to the most important thing in my life, … is always given /accorded topmost priority to. What makes the most paramount thing in my life is …. In my view, the most important thing in my life is health. Next to health, there comes wealth.

35. Do you like your job? Why? Put simply, what is most important in my life is cultivating the ability to help people be happy, and to relieve them of the suffering they experience. My No. 1 aspiration in life is to leave each person I interact with at least a little bit better off than I found them. Sometimes this means taking a lot of time to help someone. Many times it means simply making eye contact and smiling to others as they walk by.

36. This effort is so important to me because I have become acutely aware of how much pain I feel when I have done things that contribute to the suffering of other people, and how much joy I feel when I help someone to be happy and/or suffer less. The ability to help people be happy and suffer less is what I call true love, which I think has three essential components: kindness, compassion, and equanimity.

37. How do you motivate your team? • In order to get the most perfomance of your team players, you should bear at least five strategies in mind. • Align individual interest with company performance. • Take a genuine interest in each player’s  future path of an employee’s career  • Take a genuine interest in their work and family balance • Listen • Do unto others as you would have done unto you unto

38. More questions: 1. Where do you want to be five years from now? A: In five years, I'd like to have my boss's job. (I'd like to be my own boss.) 2. What is your career objective? A: I want to apply my experience and education to a position in personnel administration in a Sino-America joint venture. or:I want to get a position offering challenge an responsibility in the realm of marketing. 3. What qualities are the basic requirements for leading positions at all levels in a company? A: In my view, a business leader should be able to build up appropriate and effective interpersonal relationship with his/her employees and clients.

39. 4. Do you know something about the development of China's MBA projects· Can you give any suggestions on the room for improvement of China's MBA projects? A: China began to participate in MBA programs since the early 1980s' mainly through cooperation with US and European business schools. And from 1990s', China began to establish the degree of MBA projects. As for my suggestions for improvement: Localization of MBA projects, especially focus on the establishment of our own case bank. 　　· Market-orientation. China is in great need of executives who are technically sound in the fields of IT, finance, and accounting and who have a thorough command of management theories and good communication skills and strategic viewpoints. 5. Are you more a follower or a leader? I think I am more of a leader, but I am team-task minded too. 6. What attitude do you take towards life? I feel it is important to build a career. Seize the day, seize the hour. Even if it's hard at the time. I try to get things done that day and not to let them

40. The latest ones 1. Given you are granted with one million loan, make an investment plan. 2. What does Shanghai attract you? Why did you decide to settle down in Shanghai? 3. As for students who are pursuing MBA programs, what courses should they take in terms of liberal arts or broad education? 4. What is the prospect of the banking industry? How can banks make a successful transition? 5. Have you thought of starting up your own business? Why or why not? 6. How do you prepare for the changing world? 7. Introduce a museum that you have recently visited. 8. What is your take of the blockchain? 9. What do you think is the future of shared cars?