UCB MFE UCB MFE Admission Results Discussion

[Katharine J. Wei]

Hi my wechat id is WJT309

 

[Katharine J. Wei]

Hi my wechat id is WJT309. please add me~

 

[QuantQuestion]

Hi, has anyone else received an interview invite for UCB?

 

[bhumika]

I did. How was your interview?

 

[quantMSCF]

Hi,
I just got an invite for an interview for Berkeley. What should I review? or whatever info you might have. Are the questions based on your studies? I'm from an economics and management bachelor, so I did not study econometrics or ODE/PDE or stochastic staff, what should I focus on?
Thanks a lot!!

 

[Omegaitsme]

Hi could you please provide a high level overview on what sort of questions you were asked during the interview? I understand it’s a technical interview, wanted to understand what topics would be covered during the interview?

 

[Omegaitsme]

Nothing on my end yet. Although looking at last year's threads it seems that invites ought to be sent out soon.

If anyone is interested in doing a mock skype interview shoot me a message or post on my profile and I'll get in touch.

Hey Max! I’ll be giving my interview soon for the spring 2021 batch, could you help out with understanding what sort of topics I’ll have to peruse through in order to be thoroughly prepared for the interview?

You did mention they asked basic concepts in stats, probability, time series and programming. Could you provide more granularity on the concepts I could brush up on? Would appreciate any advice!

 

[quantMSCF]

Hi, I got invited as well, my interview is in 2 days and it would be really helpful to have some advice from you

 

[QuantQuestion]

I would say it's a standard MFE interview. Finance, stats, probability, lin alg, differential equations, calc, brainteasers, programming, black-scholes
Just brush up on all the basics, no one expects you to be able to do anything too in depth over skype

 

[quantMSCF]

Ok, the fact is that I'm from economics and management and from my transcript they know I have not done econometrics, differential equations or extensive linear algebra... I'm taking courses but I have not taken the exams yet... So I really do not know what to expect

 

[QuantQuestion]

Ok, the fact is that I'm from economics and management and from my transcript they know I have not done econometrics, differential equations or extensive linear algebra... I'm taking courses but I have not taken the exams yet... So I really do not know what to expect

I would imagine they will take this into mind and only ask you questions on things you say you know. Given there is still more than a year until the program starts it would provide you plenty of time to fill any gaps

 

[quantMSCF]

That's my expectation, ok thank you very much!!!

 

[manaskoppar]

As far as I know, they will ask you basic probability questions.

 

[YangXu]

They'll ask questions based on your background. i.e, If you haven't learnt stuffs like PDE, you can explain and that won't hurt you.
Basically, calculus, linear algebra, probability and statistics account for over 80% questions.

 

[Omegaitsme]

You mean like basic integration and differentiation problems to solve? Along with eigen values, determinants, etc? That kind?

 

[pennsylvanniaavenue]

My questions covered econometrics, probability, programming and finance. Questions on what I was alrd familiar with - metrics and probability - were not difficult (basic undergrad level) and for the rest I simply told the interviewer I plan to study them before the course begins. He was cool with that.

Anyway the admissions site says that the interview does not affect admission decision, but instead informs as to what pre-courses they want you to take, should you be offered a place:

"The purpose of the interview is for the admissions committee to gain a better understanding of your skill set and to understand what you may need to do in order to better prepare for the program should you be offered hold or admit status.

The interviewers are not members of the admissions committee, nor do the interviews determine the admissions decisions."

Application Process | Master of Financial Engineering | Berkeley Haas

Here are the qualifications we seek in candidates and MFE application requirements for the Berkeley Financial Engineering Program.

mfe.haas.berkeley.edu

 

[quantMSCF]

Did anyone receive a second interview?

 

[QuantQuestion]

Did anyone receive a second interview?

I haven't

 

[Rachit Tripathi]

Starting this year's round 1 thread.
Based on Quantnet Tracker three people have recived interview invite. Anyone else who has recieved interview invite ?
How was the Interview experience for those who have been interviewed ?

 

[QuantQuestion]

Interview experience was very positive for me, however I have only had that interview and no follow up interviews yet.