Chicago interview completed and I feel.....

not really happy! :(

Yup, done with my Chicago interview. It did not go as well as I wanted it to. The interviewer was an executive MBA alumnus who had done his MBA after 12 years of experience. And here I was trying to convince him about my career plans and the need of an MBA after 2-3 years of work experience. I was good in core 'Why?' questions. But, some questions about failures and success at work did not seem to convince him entirely. I guess, he was looking for more experience and depth in these roles. Rest of the interview was reasonable and apart from some of my patented ramblings, I did hold his attention. He did not take any notes. He was writing about the candidate after the interview was over. I asked him questions in the end and he was impressed with my depth of research on my area of interest.

Now after analyzing and over-analyzing, I think it would be difficult for me to make the cut, given the fact that I did not have a very convincing interview. Although, I hope its not so gloomy as it seems to me. I am looking at my R2 schools now. They are on my blog sidebar and I need to shortlist them to 2-3. December will be hard work with renewal of essay writing spree. I sincerely hope something good comes out of the whole thing.