UCB MFE UCB MFE Admission Discussion

[Abhinay]

Hi,
Congrats on the interview. First interview is a mix of technical and resume based. The technical part is kind of customized to your background, so basically be prepared to talk about whats on your resume and important subjects you studied through your major and etc. For example, I majored in statistics and finance, I got asked quite a bit of Stats/R and finance questions.

That is a guess, but that is what I found from others prior to interviewing. Good luck!

Thanks, Could you discuss some of your questions that were asked ? Were they tough ? I am from chemical engineering background and currently working in Risk Management.

 

[Jooowang]

Thanks, Could you discuss some of your questions that were asked ? Were they tough ? I am from chemical engineering background and currently working in Risk Management.

Hey congrats! I think the technical questions were generally based on your resume. They are mostly interested in data and programming skills. I wrote Java and C++ in resume, so the interviewer asked about my proficiency and then proceeded with questions about inheritance in Java and components of hash tables in C++. I would say it really depends on your background. You should make sure you know the things that are listed on your resume and you will be fine! I actually missed one question because I didn't expect these many data questions but I still passed.

Good luck!!

 

[Abhinay]

Hey congrats! I think the technical questions were generally based on your resume. They are mostly interested in data and programming skills. I wrote Java and C++ in resume, so the interviewer asked about my proficiency and then proceeded with questions about inheritance in Java and components of hash tables in C++. I would say it really depends on your background. You should make sure you know the things that are listed on your resume and you will be fine! I actually missed one question because I didn't expect these many data questions but I still passed.

Good luck!!

Thanks for the tip! It was really helpful. Did they tell you when you could expect a reply ?

 

[Jooowang]

Thanks for the tip! It was really helpful. Did they tell you when you could expect a reply ?

At the end of the interview, the interviewer said he will recommend me to the mfe office. I don't know if all interviewers do that though. I waited for three weeks until Linda directly called me without any prior notice.

 

[Abhinay]

Are the admits for Round-2 out? I saw two people who got the admit on the tracker. Could you tell us what would second interview be like ?

 

[Jooowang]

Are the admits for Round-2 out? I saw two people who got the admit on the tracker. Could you tell us what would second interview be like ?

Second round is more like an admit call..

 

[Abhinay]

Hey, Did anyone hear from the admissions team after the interview ?

 

[MandarWilliams]

Hi Guys, what are some of the questions asked in the technical interview of R2 ?

 

[Mathchismo]

Second this. More like 100K all-in. Also max loan an int'l student can take without cosigner is 50K if your lucky which means the remaining amount including interest needs to be repaid post tax perhaps even including currency risk - Daunting task!!

Does this still apply 50K is alot. That would pretty much cover me. The rest isn't much.

 

[iPray]

Hi all,

I got a conditional offer from UCB a few days ago. One of the requirement is: Successfully complete coursework in Partial Differential Equations, Python, and C++ at any accredited institution (Due Date: August 31, 2015).

They emphasized that the C++ and PDE must be taken at an accredited institution for a letter grade, coursera or MFE OCW does not meet this.

So I have checked other credit-bearing courses from Columbia Video Network. It takes more than 5k for a course. That is too expensive!!!!!!

So any idea where else I can take the courses? Thanks!!

Suck it up and fork out the 5K, the whole point of MFE is to get a good job coming out. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[vaibhavpednekar]

Hi,

I have my Round 2 interview today. What should I expect?

 

[Abhinay]

Hi,

I have my Round 2 interview today. What should I expect?

Is the interview with Linda?

 

[mangokoala]

Anyone applied for UCB MFE during Round 4? The application processing timeline for R4 tends to be so weird, let's share our progress here.

 

[Rohit Kaul]

Yea applied for R4, had an interview on the 29th October but results yet to be out.

 

[RaoJ]

Applied for R4, and had an interview on 5th, Nov. Still under review.

 

[daxian]

Applied for R4, and had an interview on 2th, Nov. Still under review.

 

[CSi]

Applied for R4, and had an interview on 28th, Oct. Still under review.

 

[Mlsw]

Hi, was it an alumni interview? What questions did they ask you?

 

[optionsDelta]

No response after first interview. Still under review.

 

[Mlsw]

Hi, has anyone heard back from the first interview now? Any updates? I had my first interview recently haven't heard anything yet