I was invited for an interview with an alumnus in my local city in India. The alumnus invited me to her office for the interview. She started by introducing herself and walking me through her career. Then she asked me about myself. I was expecting 4-5 questions in total from her, but she ended up asking a lot of questions from me. She had a sample questionnaire with her (probably sent to her by Booth) and she kept on asking questions, and taking notes. Majority of questions were behavioral in nature. Though I do not remember all the questions that she asked, following are some of the questions:
- Walk me through your life since school highlighting the key instances when you took significant decisions that have shaped you today
- Tell me about a time when you had to resolve a conflict
- Tell me about a time when you had to prioritize things at work
- What its your leadership style
- Give me three words that your superior will use to describe you
- Give me three words that your subordinates will use to describe you
- Give me three words how you will describe yourself
- Tell me a time when you had to motivate a team
- Goals
- What is the most important thing that you have present in your career so far?
- What go you think are your key strengths?
- What go you think are your key weaknesses
- How has your thinking changed during you’re work experience. Give an example to elaborate.
- Tell me about a time when you failed and were not able to make up again
- Is there anything else that were have not covered and you want to highlight
- You have mentioned in your resume that traveling and reading are your hobby. Where all have you traveled and what books do you like to read
- Why Booth
- How will you contribute to the Booth community
Then she gave me sometime to ask her questions. In total the interview lasted for one hour.
Hope this helps!
