# A Businessweek journalist shares takeaways from her mock admissions interview at Stern

1 School News March 21, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030601.jpg?itok=GeJte3i1)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg Businessweek](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-21/can-being-yourself-hurt-an-mba-bid-our-applicant-visits-stern) -- "So what have I learned? Be professional, but show your personality. Practice, but not so much that you become an automaton. Show up with detailed knowledge of the school—and of your résumé. Mostly: Take confidence from having been invited."

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