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Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / 2nd-year Student / On Campus

Had a really chill and nice second-year student for my R2 interview. We went through the following questions:

  1. Tell me the basics about you (in a couple of minutes)
  2. Some follow-up questions about transitions. Why did you decide to do X job after graduation? Why Y job after that?
  3. What is one of the main challenges at where you’re working now?
  4. Tell me one major strength and weakness.
  5. What were the “big take-aways” of XYZ experience? E.g. life lessons, how you changed, what you learned.
  6. What accomplishment were you most proud of in XYZ job/activity?
  7. What are your future plans after MBA?
  8. Why SOM?
  9. Questions for interviewer

Interviewer responded to a lot of my comments about SOM with confirming thoughts. Generally the interview was very supportive and positive. You can tell everyone is really passionate about the school and its close-knit culture. It lasted a bit over half an hour. Would be thrilled to get in!