Your MBA resume essentially serves as your career’s “greatest hits.” On 1-2 pages, you’re given the opportunity to highlight your most impressive academic and professional experiences. Answer these 5 questions to create a stunning resume that’ll grab the attention of top b-school adcom and boost your chances of getting accepted: 1. Who are you? Interview…
3 Day-Of Tips for a Successful MBA Interview
So many articles focus on how to prepare for your business school interview (and you should read those articles!), but here I’m going to talk about things you should do DURING the actual interview. Not what you should say, but how you should say it. How should you answer the interview questions? How should you…
Can You Recover from Your Criminal Record?
Your MBA profile is nearly perfect: You’ve got great stats and an impressive resume. You’re friendly, personable, and a fantastic leader. There’s just one little glitch: your criminal record. A criminal record does work as a strike against you, but it’s not necessarily an insurmountable problem. Here are some points to consider: 1. The Severity…
4 Great Explanations for Serial Job Switchers
You’ve got high stats, great skills, and have had awesome jobs…too many of them. You suffer from what we call in the biz Frequent Job-Switching Syndrome (or FJSS). Those who suffer from FJSS don’t have trouble finding jobs; they have trouble keeping them. A resume with 2-3 impressive post-college or post-grad school jobs looks great,…
5 Ways to Prove You’re an “Easy to Place” Older Applicant
Adcoms often like to steer clear of applicants who are “difficult to place.” Like it or not, we live in an ageist business world. Youth is associated with being hip, tech-savvy, innovative, and ambitious. Older candidates may be viewed as out of touch. (Of course, these stereotypes are just that – stereotypes.) If you are…
4 Tips For Indian MBA Applicants
Are you an Indian applying to a top MBA program? Well then get ready to put some extra effort into making your application stand out. Indians are one of the largest demographics applying to business school, and – unfortunately for you – they’re often highly qualified, with lots of work experience and high stats. So…
4 Fantastic Application Tips For Chinese Applicants
Top business schools generally accept a few to several Chinese applicants each year, depending on class size. How can you make sure that you’re one of them? The following four tips will help Chinese applicants boost their candidacy by teaching them how to highlight their strengths, explain why they need an international MBA, and emphasize…
How To Stand Out As An IT Applicant: 3 Tips
We know you’re unique, but when it comes to applying to top b-schools, IT professionals are a dime a dozen. So how do you transform your status as Super Smart Techie Applicant #4221 into…well…something more than just that? Here’s how: 1. Highlight your non-techie strengths. It will take one quick glance at your resume for…
4 Tips For Applying To B-School With Finance Experience
As members of one of the largest sub-groups in the MBA applicant pool, candidates with finance/investment banking/private equity/venture capital backgrounds are really going to need to step up their game! You’ve got competitive stats and a strong resume…but is that enough to make you stand out from the other highly impressive candidates? How can you…
