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stanlet Joined: 08 Nov 2009 Posts: 1	90 Mon Nov 09, 2009 05:05 PM I have seen EADA is holding tight in the position 90th in the world, especially I have seen in the financial times that is 2nd in the world for career progress in the Financial Times Ranking, what does it mean?
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Ranking Wed Dec 09, 2009 08:27 AM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	people Wed Dec 09, 2009 08:41 AM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 241	people Wed Dec 09, 2009 04:27 PM 1. I think most of the opportunities would probably be in Europe or Latin America. 2. Yes, you pretty much have to know Spanish to work in Spain. The good thing is that you can learn during the MBA program. 3. I think you will see more recruiters from the U.K. than the U.S. You can probably find a list of companies that recruit on the EADA Web site. At most of the Spanish schools, it's largely European companies that recruit. Many of them have operations in Latin America and want people who are both good English and Spanish speakers. 4. You're profile sounds decent, I think you have a good shot. EADA isn't quite as selective as IESE, IE or ESADE. If you're interview went well, I bet you'll get it. The fact that they interviewed you is a good sign! All you can do is wait and see at this point!
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	people Thu Dec 10, 2009 05:33 AM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 241	people Sun Dec 13, 2009 04:49 PM Well, I am a native English speaker and have studied a little Spanish. I think it is much easier to learn than some other, Asian languages I've studied. I've heard that it is possible to learn Spanish during the course of the program. Although, it can be challenging, since most of the people you'll be interacting with on a daily basis will be speaking English. You have to really make the extra effort to learn and practice the language. Try and make some Spanish friends (who also do not speak Catalan, which is the regional language in Barcelona.). I've also heard a lot of MBA students in Spain do not take their language classes seriously... and many of them do not learn very much. So it's really up to you to make the most of the classes and your time in Spain. I recently heard a guy on the radio who lived in a house with Dutch people in the Netherlands and learned to speak dutch in 4 months! He had no previous knowledge of the language. So, if you really make the effort to immerse yourself I think you can learn quite fast. It would probably help to start studying Spanish now.. either by studying on your own or taking a class where you are. As for the UK HSMP, they have some information onine that is outdated. They no longer use that list of schools, and have a new set of qualifications. There was a post on here about that somewhere... I will try and find it! I think the HSMP allows highly skilled people to move to the UK without a corporate sponsor, allowing you to find a job after you get there. I think if you can find a company to sponsor you, you can go without taking part in the HSMP program. I do not know specifically how many non-European students at EADA get hired in the UK. That would require some research. However, EADA does have very good career placement statistics according to some of the rankings. One other thing to note, in addition to the UK, Scandanavian companies also hire English speakers, who usually do not need to know the local language. As for the reputation of EADA, I think it is quite good within Spain, although behind first-tier programs like IESE and ESADE. I am not sure what brand-recognition is like in the rest of Europe. Obvious, it's not considered as elite as some of the top tier programs, but I think it would be viewed as a place where you get a solid business education. If any one else has an opinion please ad it!
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 241	Highly Skilled Migrants Sun Dec 13, 2009 04:54 PM See... the highly skilled migrant program ended in 2008. However, there is still hope.. now it doesn't matter which school you went to, only that you have enough "points" to get in. Any masters degree, including an MBA, counts as 35 points: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/hs… [Edited by sally on 13 Dec 2009]
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Highly Skilled Migrants Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:29 PM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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andy.j. Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 175	Highly Skilled Migrants Tue Dec 15, 2009 01:18 PM you will definitely need Spanish to work in Spain or Latin America - although some of them speak English very well, they prefer to do business in their own language. since Spanish is 3rd language in the world in terms of the number of people speaking it, it would sure be worth to learn it! the good news are, it is quit easy! you can master it pretty quickly(i know some people how learned it by watching television!!!). just be sure to take classes, and if possible, try to stay with a family there, and have as much contact with Spanish people as possible(quit easy as they are very friendly and talkative. and congratulations for the admission ! can you tell us a bit about the interview? what where you asked? what did you answer?
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 241	EADA interview Tue Dec 15, 2009 06:25 PM Andy -- If you read this whole thread you would have found this link that I posted earlier: www.find-mba.com/board/9463 In it, I explained what questions EADA asked during the interview (although I interviewed back in May): "Here are some of the questions they asked. You only had a couple minutes to answer each one. (there were additional questions, but these are the ones I remember): What do you hope to get out of an MBA? Have you ever lived abroad? What are your best qualities? If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? If you could meet any famous person who would it be? What do you do in your current job? If you were going to hire someone for your current position what qualities would you look for? If you were mayor of your city what would you change? Which animal would you be? What is your best quality when working in a group setting? Describe a perfect day for you. Have you had many changes in your life? What's the best decision you have ever made? If I gave you a brick, what would you do with it? What will you remember about this interview? If you could use one word to describe this interview what would it be?" I had remarked that, unlike other interviews I had done, EADA's was not very conversational. Instead, it was like the interviewer was filling out a questionairre and you just had to quickly answer each question. Another person, named Matt.Cod said: "Thanks a lot for your feedback, but I had an interview with the EADA Director and the questions were very different from yours. The meaning was the same, still to see how you would react, but instead of a brick was what would you do with a broken MP3. I enjoyed very much the interview because even if there were many questions and it could not be conversational or it would take two hours, I really connected with the interviewer and it made me think a lot of my life and on what I expect from it "
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andy.j. Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 175	EADA interview Wed Dec 16, 2009 03:10 PM Andy -- If you read this whole thread you would have found this link that I posted earlier: www.find-mba.com/board/9463 In it, I explained what questions EADA asked during the interview (although I interviewed back in May): "Here are some of the questions they asked. You only had a couple minutes to answer each one. (there were additional questions, but these are the ones I remember): What do you hope to get out of an MBA? Have you ever lived abroad? What are your best qualities? If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? If you could meet any famous person who would it be? What do you do in your current job? If you were going to hire someone for your current position what qualities would you look for? If you were mayor of your city what would you change? Which animal would you be? What is your best quality when working in a group setting? Describe a perfect day for you. Have you had many changes in your life? What's the best decision you have ever made? If I gave you a brick, what would you do with it? What will you remember about this interview? If you could use one word to describe this interview what would it be?" I had remarked that, unlike other interviews I had done, EADA's was not very conversational. Instead, it was like the interviewer was filling out a questionairre and you just had to quickly answer each question. Another person, named Matt.Cod said: "Thanks a lot for your feedback, but I had an interview with the EADA Director and the questions were very different from yours. The meaning was the same, still to see how you would react, but instead of a brick was what would you do with a broken MP3. I enjoyed very much the interview because even if there were many questions and it could not be conversational or it would take two hours, I really connected with the interviewer and it made me think a lot of my life and on what I expect from it " i was actually directing my question at shilendrajadon, but i am glad that you posted your experiences again for me!(and shilendrajadon, please post the questions you where asked, so we can compare) so, i guess that this interview is comprised of questions that are relevant to MBA and questions that could fit in a beauty contest.... :-) what do you think is the purpose of these questions? to check your communication skills? your imagination? or just to see if they can throw you of track.... i mean, is there a wrong answer to a question like: Which animal would you be? a bird yes, a dog no?
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	interview Wed Dec 16, 2009 04:43 PM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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april.flowers Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 20	EADA interview Wed Dec 16, 2009 04:43 PM i mean, is there a wrong answer to a question like: Which animal would you be? a bird yes, a dog no? No, there's no wrong answer, but my guess is that you would have to frame it in terms of business, or how you would do at business school, like "I would be a dog because I'm generally obedient but also tenacious." It's like putting your personality into terms they'd understand. [Edited by april.flowers on 16 Dec 2009]
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sally Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 241	EADA interview Wed Dec 16, 2009 04:57 PM When I got the animal question, I was like "I've never really thought about that".. and he's like " well just pick something" and I was like.. "uh.. a bird?" And he was like "because they fly?" and I was like, "sure!" I thought I had done really terrible in that interview, but I got an admit... so apparently they don't totally hold it against you if you are thrown off by their questions.. anyone reading this should be amply prepared though! I thought those questions were pretty silly, but they did also ask motivational questions which allow you to explain all the typical stuff, like why you want to do an MBA. I think all the hypotheticals are just to see how you answer the questions, and maybe get some insight into your personality. I really don't think it matters much what you say. "I don't know" is probably a bad answer though :P
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Barcelona Fri Dec 18, 2009 08:08 AM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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shilendrajadon Joined: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 33	Barcelona Wed Dec 30, 2009 01:39 PM [Edited by shilendrajadon on 15 Jan 2010]
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boston145 Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 1	Interview Wed Jan 27, 2010 06:38 PM I had an interesting conversation after the interview with the EADA MBA Director and it all started when at the beginning he was explaining me that he wanted to know how i was reasoning. Then after all those questions which you already know, I understood. Actually i saw that the way he was going through some of my answers got me really on the spot since he was always getting to the "WHYs?". I asked him at the end what was all this setting and I liked his answer since he told me that the interview reflects the MBA philosophy and if you did not like the interview you should realy think if this is th right school, since EADA approach to Business is not standard.
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