Job Interviews - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2022
News

On Balance

Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) recalls a job interview early in her career in which the interviewer asked, “Why should I employ you? At your age, you’re just going to go off and... View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

you’ll miss every shot you don’t take, to Llano’s delight her application was picked from the pile. She quickly received an interview and then had a job offer after one fifteen-minute View Details

Keywords: Health Care

19 Apr 2017
Blog Post

7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library

number of these questions (in addition to those related to course work or independent projects) that focus on career research – helping students create target lists, and learning more about industries or the companies they’re interviewing... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Alumni Author

What was the process? In most cases I interviewed the faculty member and then worked to distill his or her ideas into one salient point. Often they made fifteen fabulous points, so there was some work in figuring out how to focus each... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting

consider hosting a company event . The key to a successful event is the dialogue between students and recruiters. Company events provide the perfect platform for organizations to engage students in discussion around company values, job... View Details

06 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found that companies performed better when they appointed insiders to the job of CEO. Other researchers, including Jim Collins in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

community, spirituality, and other interests. Students work in small groups on various exercises, including one called "What We Carry," in which one student interviews another about the influence their parents and other family members... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

Career Coach

Eileen Stephan

challenges MBA students, alumni and other job seekers encounter, and has extensive insight into how businesses approach talent acquisition. Eileen holds a BA in History and International Relations from Boston University. She lives in... View Details

Keywords: Education; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality; Retail; Social Enterprise

15 Jun 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

who was the first in his extended family to attend college. “I got that job because the head of research was a Dartmouth graduate and he came up to campus to interview candidates—that shows the power of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

Career Coach

Cheryl Rousseau

transitions of all kinds: On-Boarding; Inter-Company Movements; Succession/Planned Exits; Out-Boarding; Job Search; Boards Seats. Cheryl has an MBA in Finance and Strategy (Kellogg ’87) and gained first-hand executive knowledge in a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

In the past few months, HBS has mobilized, adapted, innovated, and collaborated to support MBA students during a very turbulent time. As the economic consequences of the pandemic took hold, students found themselves facing a very different View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

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Digital Transformation - HBS Online

I've taken. Ryan Dumlao MBA Candidate Financial Accounting I’ve found HBS Online's courses to be immediately applicable to my work, and they’ve made me a more productive member of our strategic team. Laura Wingate Strategy Execution participant The CEOs that View Details

19 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What to Expect During Your Second Year at HBS

of HBS while keeping my head above the proverbial water. And just like that, everything changed my EC year – the training wheels were off! Suddenly, there were so many choices: what courses to take, what clubs and activities to prioritize, how to spend my social time,... View Details

Profile

Rocio Parra

says. In fact, she completed a couple of high-tech consulting internships while attending Stanford. But her senior project led to a major change in plans. "I was part of a team that conducted marketing strategy for a digital magazine," Rocio explains.... View Details

Profile

Oliver Bladek

surprised by how collegial it is here," says Oliver. "The only real competition I see is in our intramural sports leagues. We work together to prepare for case discussions; we do mock interviews to help each other with View Details

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

Most of us have experienced the power of networks. There's the job found through a friend's sister's boyfriend, or the lifelong partner met through a neighbor's cousin. But how do networks play into business—particularly the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

07 Sep 2021
News

One Degree of Difference

imperative. IBM’s “new collar” program is one example on a large corporate scale; it creates points of entry for people who lack traditional credentials. The pool of people in this category is vast: Any job posting that requires... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

success. So You Want to Be a CEO: The Path from Middle Management to the Top Job by Thomas F. Faught Jr. (MBA 1953) (Fortis Publishing) Based on over 40 years of global management experience, including more than a decade as a CEO, Faugh... View Details