How to prepare Nankai University MBA application materials

As early as junior high school, I learned about the term MBA, when the teacher gave us a general explanation of the development of MBA and career content, which I was very interested in, and since then, I have silently planted a dream seed in my heart: if I have the opportunity, I will also study for MBA!

After working for many years, my career has gradually improved, and I have long since lost the childishness I had just graduated, and my life has become more and more comfortable; But every time I feel comfortable, I am ashamed. Losing his fighting spirit at such an age is really negative, always thinking about escaping from his comfort zone, looking forward to a breakthrough. By chance, I met my former colleague at Citibank and talked to her about her life vision, and she gave a good suggestion "try to study for an MBA", which completely activated the seed of my dream planted in middle school.

After the National Day in 2019, after receiving advice from my former Citi colleagues, I decided to start preparing for the MBA exam in earnest. At that time, due to the tight time, and my work at the end of the year was also relatively heavy, so I found the Boya Hui Education Institution on the Internet, the teachers of the MBA course were very professional and patient with me, in the middle I missed the course because of many work, the teacher will also help me make up for it, and I also met a group of excellent friends in Boya Hui, and we helped each other and achieved each other together.

Stepping into Antai is not the end of happiness, but the beginning of another magical journey! I am very glad that I only enrolled in Antai in 2020, my life is very long, and looking back, everything was the best arrangement. It is highly recommended that you learn about the MBA course of Boya Hui, and I hope you will apply for Antai Jiaotong University.

Specifically, you might as well know and ask.

When people reach middle age, the competitiveness of the workplace is declining, and they need not only to make breakthroughs in their profession, but also need knowledge in other fields. Businesses need T-shaped people with deep expertise in one field, but at the same time, they can also communicate deeply with people in many other fields. Not only an expert, but also a knowledgeable and skilled all-rounder.

Just like the letter t, it stretches long at one end of a major and also extends in breadth. This requires us to see more and think more and learn more, sort out professional knowledge, and form our own internal system integration. To achieve these things, the best choice in front of me is to study for an MBA, improve myself and also contact more elites in the field, after making a decision, Peking University Guanghua MBA became my first goal.

At the age of 40+, the preparation for the exam will distract you from various things, fortunately, I met the Boya Hui institution on the way, a group of MBA teachers are very professional, and the thoughts of the students can also give me a lot of inspiration, in short, the time of studying in Boya Hui is a very beautiful opportunity, and now I have successfully landed the MBA of Peking University, I hope my experience can inspire and encourage you, don't give up because of age on the way to chasing your dreams! You can also go and ask about it.

If you want to stand out from thousands of candidates in the early interview, you need the following strategies: What are the four dimensions of the application materials, and it is easier to show your personal charm?

1. Look for unconventional volunteer opportunities or activities.

Individuals' different life attitudes and pursuits will enrich the dimensions of MBA application materials.

The reality is that everyone is busy at work – there is simply no time to do something meaningful. If you're in a similar situation, try to find activities that don't require in-person activities with relatively flexible timing;

Or the kind of activity that takes less time in a week. For example, you can use your professional network to organize a fundraiser for an organization you trust or an alumni association. Compared with volunteering in the form of manual labor for a few hours a week, using one's professional advantages to organize fundraising will have a greater impact.

There are also some volunteer jobs that can be considered within the scope of the job responsibilities. You can look for volunteer opportunities within the company, such as going to the company's recruitment department or training department to provide some help. It will also be able to distinguish it from your daily work.

2. Use letters of recommendation to prove your excellence.

Make sure your referees are able to try to prove that you are different from others and provide information about your characteristics.

Letters of recommendation are often one of the secrets to successful applications**. Your referees can make comparisons in some ways to prove that you are better than your peers. Make sure to include detailed examples in your application materials (especially letters of recommendation) that illustrate how well you work.

You may want to make a list of projects you've worked on, especially those you've been praised for, performance retrospectives, or minutes of company meetings.

The background material part in the early stage determines whether there is an opportunity for an interview. It is recommended that you can follow the relevant materials of the preparation system before the exam.

As the MBA has entered the application mode of early interview in China, the inherent strategy of preparing for the written test first and then preparing for the interview has completely failed. Reasonably grasping the application batch and preparing as soon as possible are the most important factors for entering MBAs in prestigious schools such as Nankai MBA and Tianda MBA. At present, take Nankai MBA as an example:

First of all, at present, the average number of applicants for Nankai MBA is about 3,000 per year, and the admission invitation is less than 500 people, and the pass rate is basically about 15%, which is still relatively low. The requirements for the trainees in all aspects are very high.

This results in a large number of students having to apply for 3-4 years before they can apply successfully, and when a newcomer applies, others may have been preparing for several years, and this large number of "retake" students requires students to start preparing for the year this morning.

Secondly, the policy of early interview for Nankai MBA is announced in May every year, and then about 3-4 batch applications are carried out in half a year from May to November. The difficulty of each batch is basically rising, a large number of students are found in June, made up their minds in July, and have not started in August.

This situation has caused a large number of students to start preparing for the revision of the "second year".

Third, it is only possible to avoid the uncertainty of the work of the year if you prepare earlier. Since most of the MBA prep groups have busy work, revision is often interrupted.

Preparing early can better ensure that you prepare for the exam for the year. The March exam preparation can be delayed until May, while the August exam preparation has no chance to be delayed until October. It is very important to determine the revision plan for the year during the Chinese New Year.

Finally, Nankai MBA is a mechanism to be determined, and while admitting some students, some colleges will obtain pending qualifications. Pending batches are more likely to be obtained for the previous batch than for the later batch.

Under the same conditions, the first batch of applications may be pending, and the subsequent applications may be eliminated. Although the pending is a kind of spare tire and the admission is uncertain, in fact, in recent years, the vast majority of pending candidates have finally obtained the qualifications.

I hope the above experience will be helpful to you, if the landlord wants to know more about the Nankai MBA interview process, experience and admission in advance, you can go to the official website of Nankai Zhiyuan, free **Nankai MBA interview information, according to the interview experience summarized by the predecessors, prepare in a targeted manner, you can also go to Nankai Zhiyuan to listen to the interview guidance of professional teachers.

91 Teacher Liu, Zhiyuan, Nankai.

I am an MBA in Nankai in 17 years, and I would like to share some of my interview process and experience:

Nankai University's MBA enrollment adopts the policy of "early approval interview". Applicants must attend an early interview before taking the joint entrance examination, and Nankai Business School will conduct a comprehensive background assessment based on the registration information submitted by the candidates online, and conduct a more in-depth pre-interview investigation of the qualified candidates according to the background assessment results.

1. Preparation of background materials:

Upload electronic versions of graduation certificates, degree certificates, English level certificates, award certificates, professional titles and vocational qualification certificates, income certificates, company organization charts, university transcripts, business cards, front and back of ID cards, etc. If you are self-employed, upload the company's business license, articles of association, financial statements and other information.

Fill in your personal information, educational background, and work background truthfully. Don't wait until next year to do a background check and disqualify if you find that the information doesn't match. Additional information: Try to find some certificates here to fill in the blanks. Any certificate is a plus.

Self-evaluation: This is definitely the most headache for all students. Essay questions are more important, and basically most of the interview questions revolve around these essay questions. I basically wrote more than 3,000 words of the essay questions in the Nankai version, prepared for more than 10 hours, and revised them 5 times before sending them to the teacher of Nankai Zhiyuan.

The teacher also changed 2 drafts before and after, and it was very necessary to prepare with "heart". Because the letter of recommendation needs to be written by someone else, it is necessary to send it to the recommender early to prepare. Don't rush your referee when it's time to submit.

2. Pre-interview session:

1.Personal interviews.

Regarding the personal interview, basically Nankai teachers will ask questions around the content of the work, and will start from the content of the online application materials, so you should prepare well for the personal statement before. I was basically not asked any standard questions in this interview---Why do you want to study for an MBA?" and "Why do you want to take Nankai?" "What can you bring to Nankai", "What are your advantages and disadvantages", etc.

2.Group interviews.

The group interview in Nankai lasts for 45 minutes, and the teacher will introduce the rules of the group interview before the start, then the candidates will read the materials for 10 minutes, discuss the case and assign roles in 30 minutes, and make a summary in the last 5 minutes. I suggest that students still form their own groups and practice more. After 3 to 4 simulations, you will be familiar with the test format.

Strive to speak more than 3-4 times each time, and exercise the three roles of "icebreaking", "timing" and "summarizing" in several simulations. When speaking, it is important to remember that the point of view is not important, but it is necessary to reflect your language expression and logical ability. In each speech, you should say 1 2 3 points based on your own point of view.

3.Written Exam in Politics.

You don't have to worry about the political exam. Answer 3 short-answer questions and 1 essay question in 1 hour, and you can basically write it. Before the interview, just look at the important current affairs news in China in the past six months to find out how you feel. Fill up the paper during the exam, and it's basically OK.

The preparation for the MBA interview will vary depending on the institution. But there are still many common things or routines that can be shared together.

First of all, the first step, after determining the application for Nankai MBA, you should pay attention to the batches announced by the MBA colleges, the time schedule of each batch, and the deadline for submitting applications. There are 2 things to note here:

1.The deadline for each batch of applications must be optimistic, and do not miss it. Some institutions will announce the annual batch of early interviews in January; In some institutions, the time of each batch is dynamically announced on the official website, so you need to check it in time to avoid missing the application submission time and thus missing the best interview time.

2.The selection of batches is very skillful. Take Tianjin Nankai as an example, generally speaking, in the first.

In the first and second batches, the interviewer is not yet able to determine the number of interviews and the overall level of students throughout the year, so the probability of obtaining the "pending" qualification in the interview at this stage will be relatively large. And to the first.

In the third and fourth batches, basically the strong ones "passed" directly, and those with average performance may be directly brushed off. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate your actual strength and choose a more secure batch.

The second step is to submit the application. The hard aspects of the application, such as academic qualifications, graduate schools, grades, and work experience, must be authentic. The short essay part of the application form is the most important part, which should reflect your life planning, self-awareness, social cognition, etc., and many students' applications are reduced to cannon fodder at the screening stage.

When writing a short essay, you should first draw up your own story, determine the structure, and then write it in one go, and then spend more time to scrutinize and revise it. In addition, if you encounter a variety of problems that cannot be solved, you can find a tutor to communicate with you to get guidance and advice. Don't be so-so, after all, Baimi also has a mistake.

The third step is to interview in advance. According to our years of experience in MBA interview training, MBA colleges generally follow the following interview evaluation criteria: educational background (graduate school, university grades, etc.) accounts for 10%; Professional experience (work performance, position, enterprise scale level, etc.) accounts for 30%; Ambition (whether the ambition is clear, sense of responsibility, awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses, etc.) accounts for 10-15%; Thinking logic and response (logic, logic of speaking, analyzing problems, innovation consciousness, etc.) account for 20-30%; Team awareness and communication skills account for 15-20%; Cultivation accounts for 10% of the score.

This is a high-frequency question that is often asked during interviews, and landlords can refer to it.

1. Why take the MBA exam?

2. Why did you choose this school?

3. What are your strengths or weaknesses?

4. What are your career goals?

5. What is your personal core competitiveness?

6. What is the core competitiveness of your company?

7.What do you think leadership is? What makes up leadership?

8.Tell us about an example that you think is more successful.

9.Please give us a brief example of your failure.

10.Talk about your understanding of management in conjunction with your work.