The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them!
The blind interview was conducted by AdCom over Skype, lasting approximately 40 minutes. The interview was very conversational, as the interviewer often interspersed and followed-up my responses with narratives and anecdotes. This made the overall experience very positive, as I was more at ease and could respond without over-relying on the script in my head.
This proved helpful because the questions were somewhat not typical and required one to think on their feet. The focus, I believe, was more to understand your rationale behind your decisions and overall thought process.
While some of these have been documented as recurring in previous interview reports, a few new ones and not knowing which AdCom member will ultimately interview you, I would suggest covering all bases and being ready to adapt at the time.
Questions:
- Where did you grow up and how did that influence you?
- Which high-school did you go to and what activities were you part of?
- Why did you choose your particular undergraduate major?
- How did that lead to your first job upon graduation? How did it help you in your first job and thereafter?
- In your current role, how many people do you manage, directly and indirectly? Follow-up: What are your lessons about qualities a leader should possess?
- What are your immediately post MBA goals?
- Why pursue an MBA at UNC? What specifically attracted you to the program?
- How have you researched the program? How will you contribute?
- Does your current supervisor support your MBA decision?
- Putting yourself in your supervisor’s shoes, if I were to call your supervisor up, what 2 words would be used to describe you?
- Similarly, what major point of feedback would your supervisor mention?
- Without revealing your GMAT score, do you believe it best represents your abilities?
- Any questions for me?
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