[申请背景]
台大管院学士毕，欧洲交换学生半年，GPA 3.8
GMAT 710、TOEFL 102
5+ years in brand management and product marketing (FMCG)
[申请学校]
Applied: NUS, NTU
Admitted: NUS, NTU
Decision: NUS
[前言]
申请过程中觉得资料很有限，主要透过Chasedream论坛找到较多的个别申请经验分享，自行汇整花了满多时间。
因此决定自己来写一篇心得，希望能帮助到对新加坡MBA有兴趣的台湾人。
考虑家庭因素，希望找一个双方都能有不错的职涯发展的国家工作。
有欧美经验，但比较习惯亚洲的生活，考虑政治、民情、环境等，最后选择了新加坡。
对我而言，MBA是在新加坡找到工作的手段，考虑到学费、时间、班级规模，仅申请NUS与NTU。
[心得]
准备GMAT & TOEFL的期间，满建议同步参加学校举办的info session、coffee chat等，
会对Adcom、Alumni的风格都更加了解，之后也好评估选择哪间学校。
通常会考虑class profile的产业结构，但NUS & NTU我询问Adcom各产业比例满相似的。
我选择NUS的原因如下：
1.国际排名/认可度较高
2.17个月的schedule规划，有做实习、交换学生的余裕
3.位置靠近CBD，面试、实习等较方便，生活机能较佳
虽然最后选NUS，但必须说NTU比较小班制，Adcom较能照顾到每个人。
从我第一次交GMAT成绩，NTU的Adcom就主动联络我约coffee chat，分享NTU MBA program的特色，也聊聊我的total package在申请中的竞争力。
中间透过Adcom引荐校友，都非常有效率，态度热情友善。
相较来说，NUS的Adcom没有主动联络过我。
[Timeline & 面试经验]
2020/05 – 2020/12 GMAT三战& TOEFL一战，都有补习
2020/12 – 2021/01 CV、Essay、推荐信准备，有找顾问协助NUS
NUS
1/27 Submit application
2/17 Interview invitation
2/25 Interview
3/10 Offer get
面试30min by Zoom，两位面试官都是女性，都负责招生，谈话的氛围算舒服，但面试官
会期望回答得很深入。
整体面试的流程如下：
1.Self-introduction
(必须包含Professional background, Why MBA, Career Goal;
过去的经验让你有了特定的career goal，必须透过MBA才能完成)
2.针对自我介绍不清楚的地方追问 e.g. 我提到cross-cultural management，面试官请我举一个工作上的例子阐释跨文化合作的困难
3.对于雇主们的看法? Corporate culture、各自的优缺点? 喜欢哪一间公司? Why?
4.How will NUS MBA help you to fill in the gap between the current situation and your career goal?
5.Do you have any dream company? Why? 对该公司的了解程度?
6.(因为我举了一间app公司)，面试官询问 As a user, how do you feel about
the app? Anything to improve? If you enter that company, how will you improve?
7.Can you share an entrepreneur you admire? Why?
8.Besides work, what is your hobby?
9.(因为我讲Reading)，面试官问 Can you share a book you read recently?
And what did you learn?
10.Q&A
NTU
1/15 Submit application
1/22 Interview invitation
2/15 Interview
2/18 Offer get
面试15min by Zoom，三位面试官都是男性，一位是招生，一位是Career service，一位
则是校友，谈话的氛围满舒服，比较像已经录取了、只是在聊职涯发展的可能性XD。
整体面试的流程如下：
1.Self-introduction
2.(因为刚开始新工作不久) 面试官追问我对做一阵子离职的看法
3.Career goal? NTU的面试官感觉更注重可行性
4.Do you have any dream company? 面试官会分享是否有校友在该公司或相关产业
工作
5.因为我过去在日商，且会说日语，面试官推荐我Nanyang-Waseda program
6.Q&A
我有整理NUS面试考古题如下方所列。
我自己认为将考古题答案都想清楚，然后一再练习口说，讲得顺就ok了。
Self-introduction/ Career goal/ Why MBA
1.Elevator pitch.
2.Give a brief introduction about yourself and in the answer also
continue to include why you want to do an MBA in NUS.
3.Why MBA? Why NUS? NUS MBA如何能帮助你达成Career goal?
4.Looking at your profile, what exactly do you feel an MBA will provide
which you already don't have?
5.Long-term goal?
6.Immediate goal after MBA? MBA毕业后想在什么行业、什么地方，做什么工作?
说出你毕业后的工作地点选择、为什么这么规划、想不想留新加坡?
他们需要了解你想要从MBA得到什么，考察你对自己的是否有足够的认知，所以一定要说服面试官你的规划是可行的
7.如何结合MBA和自己的能力去实现这个目标?
8.What's special about your current employer?
9.Do you want to leave the current employer?
10.Why target at XXX industry, who's your targeted employer?
11.In case after the MBA you are forced to go back to India, how
successful would you view your experience to be?
12.A lot of folks in NUS are quite talented. What would make you unique
among them?
13.Your difference with other NUS MBA applicants?
14.How can you contribute to the NUS community?
15.Have you applied other schools? Which is the top priority?
16.Have you contacted alumni before? What is your key takeaway?
17.Can you rank the following on what is most important MBA aspect to you
- Soft skill training, network, academics?
Professional
1.Can you explain to us what is your role in your organization?
2.你崇拜的企业家是哪位？Why？
3.If you have a chance to have coffee with the leader of a leading company, who you would like to invite and what question you will ask him/her?
4.说说你工作中最骄傲的成就
5.举个能够体现你领导力的例子
6.Teamwork中最重要的是什么？Team中出现分歧怎么办？Leadership experience
at work
7.As a team leader, share with us the difference between the time when
you were a member years ago versus the leader now.
8.Did you experience any kind of cultural shock when you started working
in Japan(I worked for 2 years in Tokyo). What were some of the things you
liked in the work culture?
9.企业中遇到哪些cross-cultural conflicts? 你怎么解决的?
10.如何处理工作中可能会出现的冲突?
11.What do you do when you are faced with skewed view?
12.你在工作中有过很生气很愤怒的经历吗? 为什么?
13.说一个你的失败经历
14.Any experience that your team didn't work well, and what would you
differently if give you another opportunity?
15.工作上遇到的最大的批评是什么? 为什么会发生?
Personal
1.说出你觉得自己最突出的三个特质。
2.How would your friends/peers describe you, and then how would you like to describe yourself?
3.用三个词来形容自己。为什么选择这三个词?
4.Your greatest weakness?
5.说说你是怎么平衡工作和生活
6.Apart from work what all do you do?
7.平时有什么爱好？
8.最近在看什么书？学到什么东西？
9.Which clubs would you like to join, if selected
10.Explain your experience with the NGO.
11.Any current issue that you have been following (political/social/economic),
what is it about and what are your views about it?