Dont you think that Leipzig is pretty near to Berlin? I dont know what wrong with India but I dont think that more than 30% HHL students are indian. A/w, if you have options to the US, i think it will be better. Otherwise, HHL or Manheim would not make much difference. Just my idea

Since some of the above mentioned statements are certainly not true, let me give you some facts.

classes are filled with Indians

and there are few people who know about HHL from German industry

Totally agree with the replies above. HHL is one of the best business schools in Germany. The placement statistics are great. I know a student from the last MBA class who found a job very very quick after graduation. Everything relies on your ability to learn German very quickly and become proficient at reading, writing and speaking at a business level. If a student isn't able to do that, it will be difficult to find a job, which was probably your friends problem. That or interviewing skills of course. Same goes for the US schools.

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Hello Liang!

Have you had your interview yet?

My bachelor's is in International Studies, but I also studied German in college, and even studied in Heidelberg, Germany for a semester. I am currently working as a stock broker in Arizona for the largest mutual fund company in the U.S., and have been for almost 3 years. I was a supervisor at a retail store while in college as well.

What's your background and where are you from? Have you been to Germany before?

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Your profile is excellent, just the age. Prove you are as excellent as your profile and get admitted. The school definetely has interst on you since they place the interview. Trust me they need you as much as you do.
Good luck

Exactly. Your profile is impressive as well. They wouldn't have scheduled the interview if they weren't interested. You might want to research MBA interview strategies and tips to help you prepare (I am sure you already are). Your application can be very impressive, but if you aren't prepared for the interview and can connect to them about why you chose HHL, it's all meaningless. I am sure you are preparing, and I wish you all the luck! Let us all know how you think it went once it's done.

Don't forget that timing is a major factor. Mannheim starts in September; WHU in April. If someone is in a highly competitive segment, like an Indian or Chinese man with below-average and commonplace work experience, then they will get very different outcomes applying to two schools whose admissions cycles are seven months apart. Perhaps Mannheim had enough Indian accountants by then?

I think both those schools will have average GMATs around 650, but admitted candidates with backgrounds like your good friend will almost all have GMATs over 700, and on average five years' work experience.

PS I have found that financial aid is better at private schools, like WHU and HHL, than at state universities like Mannheim. Perhaps that's why Mannheim didn't offer a scholarship. WHU seems to lead in student financing in other ways, like its brain trust funding.

I will be honest, I did not apply to Mannheim. I applied to HHL and Hochschule Pforzheim (for the price), and I was admitted to HHL about a week after I took the GMAT; I didn't follow through with the HS Pforzheim interview because I wanted HHL all along. I will leave the comparisons to the experts like Duncan haha. I know that HHL and MBS are two of the best business schools in Germany, as well as the placement statistics, but I don't know how to describe my experience since I'm a North American applicant, which I am sure there are few of us applying to either school at any given time. I think each program has 2-3 American students usually, so it's much different.

Great news. Congrat. Just make sure with the school that your status is MBA student i/o of MSC. HHL is governed by AACSB rules where mba students are required at least 3 year full time work experience

AACSB does not require three years work experience. That's AMBA.

thanks for correcting Duncan. Good to know that

I applied to both HHL and MBS.

My GMAT is 630 and total work experience of about 6 years. I do have international work experience though.

I have interview scheduled with both universities.

I do have a few question. For HHL does the admission procedure consist of just 1 interview? And how soon do they usually let the candidate know about the result.

For MBS, I was asked to make a video presentation as well and as per the email from admissions manager, after the first interview, there will be a case study and a final interview as well. How soon does MBS make decisions?

My friend above can probably give more information about the MBS process since he has an interview soon, but HHL let me know the results within a week of my GMAT, and there was only one interview via Skype. It was a great experience. I would do internet searches for MBA interview advice, I found some of the information to be very helpful. Where are you from if I may ask?

Thanks for the advice Bobby and Liang....

I am an Indian national. I have an Undergrad in engineering from India and Masters in engineering from US. Also did a weekend course in Finance as well but it didn't help me much (was a very basic one). Worked in a a company in US for about 4 years and came back to India to start a subsidiary. Overall 6 years of work experience with the same firm in various roles with a high growth path.

I have started looking to the preparation questions and I am able to relate to a lot of things during my career. I hope interview goes well. Admit is 1 day sounds pretty fascinating... :-) I guess you had a great interview with them...

Will update you guys on how it went...

HHL scholarships require 650 GMAT so I am sure I am not eligible. But is is reasonable to still ask the interview about it?

Has anyone got a scholarship from MBS? I tried looking for forums but didn't find a whole lot of people connecting out here on these schools.

I was not the chief representative here. Basically all my background had been technical so initial setup for subsidiary included some finance and operations but after the setup I was back to technical side. That's when I switched jobs after 6 years and now I am managing product launch and operations in Middle East in my new company. The company office is however in India. Getting an MBA with a sound technical background will get me into more decision making positions.

As regards to scholarships, I can manage without one but getting one cannot hurt... :-)

Reason for applying in Germany is that I am planning for a long stay there. I just started learning German and will be appearing for my A1 certification shortly. Prior to my MBA, I plan to complete B1 level if possible and then take up further language classes in school itself. Not sure if it a great plan... :-)

I will be applying to WHU by this month end as well but then I ll be starting the MBA by April 2015.

As for INSEAD and IMD... The price of education is too high, almost more than double of what HHL and MBS have. I also compared the salaries and their is a difference but I guess I can reach to the higher side in a couple years rather than taking that debt and repaying it with interest (Rates in India are quite high as compared to other countries... About 12- 13 % for educational loans)

Thanks much for the interview description. Can you please share little about the HHL interview?

I am told it will be around 30 minutes.