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Awareness about your career and personal growth is what the school is measuring with the essay, but there are some basic guidelines that you should adhere to, before shortlisting your proudest achievement. Since Essay 3 asks about your extra-curricular activities, use this essay only to mention your professional accomplishment.
Insead MBA Essay Questions for September 2017 Intake has been released. Here are the questions:
Motivational Essay
1) Give a candid description of yourself (who are you as a person), stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary (approximately 500 words). (Required)
Insead Interview sessions have two rounds. Alumni from your country conduct these interviews. In many cases, the interviewer would be from a similar background as that of yours. Only in exceptional cases, where there are no interviewers available in your country, will Insead conduct a phone interview
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Insead MBA Application for 2015-16 has four mandatory and one optional questions.
Essay 1: Give a candid description of yourself (who are you as a person), stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary (approximately 500 words). *
Essay 2: Describe the achievement of which you are most proud and explain why. In addition, describe a situation where you failed. How did these experiences impact your relationships with others? Comment on what you learned (approximately 400 words). *
Essay 3: Tell us about an experience where you were significantly impacted by cultural diversity, in a positive or negative way (approximately 300 words).
Essay 4: Describe all types of extra-professional activities in which you have been or are still involved for a significant amount of time (clubs, sports, music, arts, politics, etc). How are you enriched by these activities? (approximately 300 words) *
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Insead Business School has just published the 2012 MBA Employment Report, and there are some interesting findings. Here is the summary of major trends:
• 94% of 2012 Graduates Found Job Within 3 Months of Employment
• Lowest Ever Recruitment from Finance sector - 14% Compared to 23% in 2011
• Increase in Recruitment across Asia, Africa and Middle East
• Middle East Recruitment activity dominated by UAE and Lebanon
Learn more about INSEAD MBA Employment Trends
The first class of the INSEAD MBA Abu Dhabi Module began in Jan 2013. The program gives students in France and Singapore the opportunity to work with the government, and Businesses in UAE. The Module has 10.5 elective credits. Learn More about INSEAD MBA Abu Dhabi Module.
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Simulations require collaboration with team members and teach students to think for the team and effectively communicate with each other. The Games can be broadly categorized based on the learning function – Communication, Finance, Sustainability, Leadership & Teamwork, Marketing, Strategy, Supply Chain, Change Management, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Pricing, and Statistics.
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The INSEAD MBA with its diverse class profile, international faculty and three campuses is ranked among the top Business Schools in the world. Although all the top Business School ranking publications have rated INSEAD highly, it seems to be dropping a notch over the past year. The Economist ranks it a surprisingly low 19, the same over the past two years. The Businessweek Non-US MBA rankings see it slip from No. 1 to the No. 2 spot behind London Business School over the last year. The Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings see INSEAD move from #5 to #4 and then back down to #6 over the last three years. 
INSEAD MBA Average Rank: 9
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The first INSEAD MBA Personal Essay Question asks you to "Give a candid description of yourself". The answer to this question can be a deal breaker if you don't understand what qualities INSEAD MBA Admissions team value. We at F1GMAT - veterans in MBA Admissions Consulting (9 years of experience) , has provided the answer to this question and for the rest of the questions with the Insead MBA Essay Guide.