What’s good, folk. One of the funny side effects of having done this blog for so long is that I’ve developed a sort of brand around providing great information about business school life and am approached to do interviews about it every now and then. Recently, I was approached by the founder of a GMAT prep company called GMATPill.com with a request to be interviewed as a part of its “Post-GMAT/Pre-MBA Interview Series”. The founder of GMATPill, Zeke, is a Stanford graduate and former management consultant, so y’all KNOW I couldn’t say ‘no’ to the request for an interview…Plus, it never hurts to be asked to talk about myself for a little while

It’s a pretty long interview (~40 minutes), so you might not want to listen to it while you’re at work…don’t want y’all blaming me if you get in trouble with your boss for it. Zeke was considering typing out the entire transcript of the interview, but we decided a better option would be for him to include an index with timestamps for different topics we discussed. If you’d like to check out the interview, you can hear the audio at the following link:

LINK TO THE INTERVIEW — http://www.gmatpill.com/about-the-gmat/postgmatpremba-interview-blog-series-marquis-stanford/

I hate the way I sound on tape and I probably sound overly casual (I pretty much talk in the same way that write), but I had a lot of fun doing this. Gotta send a big shout out to Zeke for giving me the opportunity to share my insights on GMATPill.com

By the way, if you’re currently preparing to apply to business school or are in the middle of the process now, you might want to check out the GMATPill.com site. It has lots of information that you might find helpful, including interviews from MBA-related folks (like me), MBA application tips, and GMAT advice. The best offering from that site is The GMAT Pill Method for GMAT preparation. Zeke and his team have developed a thorough test-prep strategy that I wish had been around when I took the GMAT exam waaaay back in 2001. If you’re in need of an extra push to reach your desired score, the GMAT Pill Method could be a way to get you over the hump. I know I’d use it if I were taking the test again right now.

And, before anyone starts questioning my motives, I’m not being paid to advertise GMATPill.com…I just like passing along good resources when I find out about them (as my longtime readers know).