Princeton MFin Princeton MFin Admission Discussion

[tips]

Interviews are an arbitrary thing to begin with since every candidates application is different. Depending on what you've stated in your SOP / shown in your resume & application, the committee probably has different things they want to get out of each candidate before providing admission. I guess it also helps that the program is so selective / small, I'm guessing if the program was much larger they would have to standardize the process like some of the MBA programs do (i.e. Wharton or even MIT's MFIN)

 

[Zelong Qiu]

Could you share a bit about your background?

Yeah, dual BS in applied math and industrial engineering from university of illinois. A master from Harvard. 3.6-3.7 GPA in both schools. 2yrs experience in Microsoft and 2 yrs experience in a top hedge fund, both role are software engineering though. V162 + Q170 + AWA 3.5 GRE. No research experience or anything. I position myself as strong candidate but nothing super star at all.

 

[Zelong Qiu]

To the best of my knowledge, no. But I never actually had one so take that with a huge spoonful of salt.

The Email said the alumni interview is a "brief" one. So I doubt if it will be a technical one. Anyway, there nothing too much we can tell until the decision day. So I'd rather just do what I got to do and hope for the best.

 

[Michsund]

Yeah, dual BS in applied math and industrial engineering from university of illinois. A master from Harvard. 3.6-3.7 GPA in both schools. 2yrs experience in Microsoft and 2 yrs experience in a top hedge fund, both role are software engineering though. V162 + Q170 + AWA 3.5 GRE. No research experience or anything. I position myself as strong candidate but nothing super star at all.

Lmao your trolling at this point. You are a superb candidate. You work at very good companies, your probably one of the top candidates.

 

[_xd]

Just for data point, I interviewed yesterday night and got an alumni interview invite today morning.

I also received one invitation 24 hours after my initial interview. The email stresses that the alumni interview is brief and not guaranteed.

 

[Zelong Qiu]

I also received one invitation 24 hours after my initial interview. The email stresses that the alumni interview is brief and not guaranteed.

Yeah, I think the process maybe different from previous years and the second round is more like "we want to know a bit more about you". Good luck to everyone

 

[maxpayne]

What is the first interview like? More like just behavioral or CV discussion?

 

[_xd]

What is the first interview like? More like just behavioral or CV discussion?

I did not get a lot of CV questions. But I think the interview questions are highly personalized.

 

[josephron]

Is it guaranteed that the decisions will come out March 15? Could they come out in batches/rolling or is it standardized?

 

[tips]

Is it guaranteed that the decisions will come out March 15? Could they come out in batches/rolling or is it standardized?

I don't know where you got March 15 from, but they've typically come out before then (like first week of march/last week of February)

 

[LouiseForQuant]

Just received the interview invite today, no work experience.

 

[Michsund]

Just received the interview invite today, no work experience.

Is this 1st or second round?

 

[anonym]

Did anyone get market-related questions this year?

 

[anonym]

Just received the interview invite today, no work experience.

Same here.

 

[LouiseForQuant]

Is this 1st or second round?

1st round, so it seems like they are still sending the invites.

 

[josephron]

Did anyone get market-related questions this year?

It can happen in any Mfin interview

 

[MMFInfoAcct]

Same here.

Can you share a bit about your background?

 

[anonym]

.

 

[MMFInfoAcct]

3.8+ CGPA, 4.0 major GPA. Worked at OTPP for 16 months in risk with traders, doing a thesis in reinforcement learning. From a top Canadian university studying financial engineering.

wow very interesting profile - really different from the previous profiles posted

 

[Marcus Love Quant]

Same here, just got 1st round interview today, current college senior.