哥伦比亚大学运筹学硕士面试经验汇总

    运筹学硕士

    1. 学生背景:985学校;面试经验:2016年3月11日;录取结果:被拒

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】。

    具体内容如下:

    1. introduce yourself

    2. talk about your internship

    3. can you tell me how to discount the cash flow? (我觉得可能是我说了半天internship那里也没说出什么东西,然后就问了我这个,刚开始愣了,知道公式怎么写不知道怎么说,后来就断断续续地扯了FV,PV什么的。

    4. how to fund

    5. question

    (附)具体背景及申请结果

    • 国内985,金融工程专业;GPA 87.9/100,T 108( S24), G320(V153,Q167)
    • AD:Fordham MSBA;Yeshiva MQE(MS in Quantitative Economics
    • Rej:Columbia MSOR;UChicago MSFM;Fordham MSQF(调剂到MSBA)

    注:该同学福坦莫大学MSBA项目面试经验请见福坦莫大学商业分析硕士面试经验汇总第5则

    2. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月27日;录取结果:由Waitlist转正

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  Carmen

    具体内容如下:

    1. self intro

    2. tell me sth about your major

    3. tell sth about your internship

    4. why CU

    5. why MSOR

    6. Why change your major

    7. who fund u

    8. other program applied

    9. Q&A

    问题都比较常规。由于我是转专业,加上本身是一个比较有意思的工科,所以Carmen问了下我原来专业学了什么,并追问为什么转专业。

    3. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月29日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】   MSOR项目的candidate

    具体内容如下:

    1. self-intro

    2. 挑了简历中的一个实习经历,刚好问了一个比较水的实习,就是用excel做stress testing,所以感觉自己没有说太多有实质性的东西。如果当时能扯一些最近的实习,可能会更好一些。

    3. why master?

    4. what's your advantages?

    5. Any course in OR you are interested in?

    6. any questions? 楼主问了一个给结果的时间,面试官说within one week,结果出的的确比较快。

    4. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月26日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  teacher college的韩国妹子

    具体内容如下:

    1. self-introduction

    2. What other programs you applied

    3. Why Columbia

    4. How to fund your master

    5. Any classes you want to take

    6. Why you

    5. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月25日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】   Carmen Ng

    具体内容如下:

    1. 自我介绍

    2. why cu

    3. why msor

    4. career goal

    5. other school

    6. fund

    7. Q&A

    6. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月25日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】   Carmen

    具体内容如下:

    1. introduce yourself

    2. Why CU? Why OR?

    3. Tell me more about your internship.(可能是我自我介绍里面说了internship)

    4. Tell me a project

    5. 学没学过C++

    6. Fund

    7. Other schools you apply 拿到了哪些offer 和哥大相比怎么样

    8. Any question.

    7. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月23日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self-intro, in terms of working experience

    2. Still questions about internship (model used)

    3. Long term goal

    4. Other program applied to, rank

    5. Any questions?

    8. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. self-introduction

    2. what did you do in the latest internship

    3. long-term career path

    4. other programs that you applied? Do you hear back from them?

    5. How do you think MSOR in Columbia University comparing with them?

    6. who fund you?

    7. Any questions?

    9. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月23日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. International or multi-culture experience

    2. Talk about a project in your internships

    3. What IEOR courses do you like?

    10. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月23日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self-introduction

    2. Why MSOR?

    3. How do you fund yourself?

    4. What characteristic让你可以胜任量化金融的工作?

    5. 学过哪些数学课,哪些编程语言?

    6. internship中具体做了什么工作?

    7. Q&A 我问他大概什么时候出结果,他说大概两周不一定,要本周之内面完但是candidate太多,不一定能面完。

    11. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月20日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】   15分钟

    具体内容如下:

    1. self-introduction

    2. tell me about your research and internship experience 然后都聊了一个最近的一个research和intern。

    3. MSOR为什么吸引你,优势都是什么4. 近期的职业规划

    5. 录取的学校

    6. 提问环节

    12. 学生背景:不详;面试时间:2016年3月4日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  15分钟

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self intro

    2. Tell me about your investment experience

    3. How to find out & analyze the investment value of a certain financial product

    4. What is your favorate course & what do you learn from it

    5. Why MSOR?

    6. Q&A:楼主问了大概什么时候出结果(面试官说一般是two weeks之内会出)

    Timeline:

    • 2.29 面试邀请
    • 3.1 确认面试时间
    • 3.4 面试
    • 3.6拿到AD

    (附)具体背景

    13. 学生背景:上海交通大学;面试时间:2016年3月7日;录取结果:AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self Introduction

    2. What's your favorite course in college?

    3. Any course in OR you are interested in?

    4. What do you do in your recent internship? What do youdislike about it?

    5. Career goal in next a couple of years?

    6. Why Columbia?

    7. Your hobbies?

    8. Why master?

    9. Other schools you applied for?

    10. How do you fund?

    11. Do you want to work in the US?

    12. Questions?

    (附)个人背景及申请结果

    申请结果(2016 Fall金融经济学混申):

    • MA in political Economy @Duke,AD小奖
    • MSF @Rochester,$7,500
    • MAIEF @brandeis, $20,000
    • MSF @JHU $16,000
    • AD:MAE @Georgetowm;MA Econ @Columbia;ECON @NYU;MSOR @Columbia
    • 注:无一被拒

    14. 学生背景:985学校;面试时间:2016年3月11日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    具体内容如下:

    1. introduce yourself

    2. talk about your internship

    3. can you tell me how to discount the cash flow?

    4. how to fund

    5. question

    (附)个人背景及申请结果

    • 本科学校985中倒数,专业算是金融工程,均分87.3
    • G320(153+167+3.0),T 108(S24)
    • 一家投资公司水实习一枚一个月,曾任校社团小干部
    • 无科研,无竞赛,无奖学金,有过美国UCI Extension项目经历

    申请结果(拿到以下两个AD,其它不详):

    • Yeshiva MQE(MS in Quantitative Economics
    • Frodham MSBA(MS in Business Analytics)

    15.国内Top10 2016年2月29日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  15分钟

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self intro (追问了我的爱好)

    2. Why MSOR

    3. Other schools you applied

    4. How to fund your graduate study?

    5. Q&A

    以下是根据简历问的:

    1. Tell me about your exchange experience

    2. Tell me about your internship inXXX

    3. Apart from your resume, anything else to share?

    (附)个人背景及申请结果

    • 国内top10金融本,GPA3.7/4.0,T104,GRE不详;三个实习,社团、比赛挺多的

    16.材料科学硕士 海外 2016年3月15日 AD 

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 

    具体内容如下:

    1. Introduce yourself

    2. Why Columbia

    3. Why MSOR. from: 1point3acres.com/bbs 

    4. Who support your tuition and living expense

    5. How to define success?

    17. 海本 2016年3月15日 AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 

    具体内容如下:

    1.introduce yourself 

    2.Why CU+OR 

    3.Career goal

    4.Who fund

    5.any questions to him

    17. 新加坡南洋理工大学 2016年3月1日 AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 

    具体内容如下:

    1. Self-introduction/use 3 words to describe yourself

    2. Why did you apply for Columbia?/What is the best thing you like about Columbia?

           - 可能会追问: What other schools have you applied and how would you rank them?

    3. Why MS&E/MSOR/mfe?

           - 可能会追问: Why consulting(对应MS&E)/OR/Quant(对应MFE)?

           - What are the key skills in strategy consulting/OR/Quant to succeed?

           - What courses do you intend to take?

    4. What's your career goal?/How do you see yourself in five year's time?

    5. How do you fund for your master?

    其他的就是在其他人的面经里扒下来的问题:

    1. What contribution would you make to the Columbia/IEOR community?

    2. What is the proudest ECA/leadership experience during college?

    3. How do you define "Interculture"?

    4. What are some of the weaknesses you have?

    5. How do you think about New York's weather?

    6. Which industry do you prefer?

    7. Do you like teamwork? How do you see teamwork?

    还有其他MFE/OR的比较quantitative的问题比如怎么算leverage和"what is the closest prime number to the square root of 36" 这样的问题,然后再准备准备Behavioural questions就可以了。

    18. 不详 2015年4月3日 

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 Alice

    具体内容如下:

    1. Introduce yourself and a question about your resume

    2. Why MSOR 

    3. Other program? How do you rank all of them?

    4. How to fund?

    5. Teamwork

    6. What makes you a good candidate?

    7. Other question

    19.运筹学(MSOR) 985 2015年4月3日 AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 12分钟

    具体内容如下:

    1. Why MSOR

    2. Other programs

    3. Rank这几个program(去MSOR的可能性)

    4. Who fund you

    5. Career goals, how MSOR will help you

    6. 你觉得这个行业,比如金融业向什么方向前进?

    7. how other people describe you(what?)

    8. how do you define "professionalism" 

    (附)具体背景 

    • 985金融本,有数学double。G329,T109,GPA3.8。一些水实习和研究。

    20.运筹学(MSOR) 双非 2015年3月27日 AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】 

    具体内容如下:

    1. Your motivation to study OR in Columbia?

    2. One question from my resume.

    3. Your career goal, specific position.

    4. How fund?

    5. Other programs?

    6. Any questions?

    (附)具体背景

    • G325 T104 GPA85+

    21.运筹学(MSOR) 985 2015年3月17日 AD

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  Tony (Hao Wen)

    具体内容如下:

    1. introduce urself

    2. why OR

    3. why Columbia

    4. career goal

    5. fund

    6. other programs

    (附)具体背景

    • 985金融本,3.9/4,106,324+3.5,两个国奖,私企+工行+券商投行部

    22.运筹学(MSOR) 985 2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. what does OR mean to u
    2. topics or courses you excited about
    3. tell me a joke
    4. how do u handle challenges
    5. questions to the team
     

    23.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1.what does BA mean to you?

    2.Programming experience?
    3.tell me a joke
    4.what does ethics mean to you?

    5.Questions about our team?

    24.学生背景:国内top10金融本,GPA3.7/4.0,T104,GRE很低就不说了,三个实习,社团、比赛挺多的 面试时间:2016年2月29日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】  15分钟

    1.        Self intro (追问了我的爱好)

    2.        Why MSOR

    3.        Other schools you applied

    4.        How to fund your graduate study?

    5.        Q&A

    25.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. What does operation research mean to you?
    2. How do you feel about NYC?
    3.Tell me a funny story
    4.How would your peers describe your characters
    5. What questions do you have for our team?

    26.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. What does OR mean to you?
    2. What do you want to gain from OR?
    3. What does integrity mean to you?
    4. What is your favourite food?
    5. Any question to ask our team?

    27.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月23日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. why the program
    2. programming experience
    3. movie or book 
    4. what is integrity
    5. any questions

    28.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月25日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. what does OR mean for you?

    2. what do you want to gain from our program?

    3. what does integrity mean to you?

    4. what's your favorite food and why?

    5. any questions to our program?

    29.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. Why MSOR?
    2. Describe a time when you take a creative approach to solve a problem
    3. How do you know about when someone has integrity
    4. What do you do for fun
    5. Any questions?

    30.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. why msor 
    2. programming experience 
    3. what do you do for fun 
    4. you definition for ethics 
    5. your questions

    31.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年3月16日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1.how do you feel about new york city?
    2.what does operation research mean to you?
    3.we are very proud of the curriculum. what courses/topics are you most excited about?
    4.how do you know about when someone has intergrity
    5.question?

    32.学生背景:Finance GPA 90 T 105 GRE 325 相关实习三段 面试时间:2016年3月4日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】15分钟

    1.        Self intro

    2.        Tell me about your investment experience

    3.        How to find out & analyze the investment value of a certain financial product

               ( 这两感觉是根据我的self intro&CV追问的 )

    4.        What is your favorate course & what do you learn from it

    5.        Why MSOR?

    6.        Q&A:楼主问了大概什么时候出结果(面试官说一般是two weeks之内会出)

    33.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2018年4月29日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1.how do you feel about new York city?
    2.What does Operations Research mean to you?
    3.We are very proud of our curriculum; what courses/topics are you excited about?
    4.How do you know when someone has integrity?
    5. What is your approach to manage important projects ?
    6. How do you deal with problems when you can’t seem to find the right solution?
    7. How do you define ethics?
    8. What questions do you have for our team

    9. Why are you interested in Columbia OR
    10. Programming experience
    11. How do you handle challenges
    12. What does integrity mean to you?

    13.describe an interesting experience in your resume.1point3acres缃�
    14.what do your peer think of u
    15.approach to important things.

    16. 根据你的简历讲讲你的经历

    34.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2018年3月16日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. What does operation research means to you?
    2. What is your approach to managing important projects ?
    3. How do you deal with problems when you can’t seem to find the right solution?
    4. How do you define ethics?
    5. Questions to the team.

    35.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2016年2月26日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】15分钟

    1. intro yourself
    2. Why CU?
    3. What do you know about MSOR?
    4. Career
    5. What do you know about the department?
    6. who fund you?

    36.学生背景:不详 面试时间:2019年2月24日

    【申请专业:MS in Operations Research, MSOR】

    1. What does Operations Research mean to you?
    2. We are very proud of our curriculum; what courses/topics are you excited about?
    3. How would you deal with the problem when you can't seem to find the right solution?
    4. How would you define ethics?
    5. Do you have any questions about our team?

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