The following Berkeley / Haas MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them!
We met at a restaurant and after a small-talk he described what was going to happen: he told me about himself, then he asked me standard questions and I asked mine. Whole interview took 45 minutes.
Contrary to many reviews here, interviewer did not ask any fit question, none about defining principles or extracurricular activities. Although I managed to insert my views on leadership and culture at Haas, I feel that he was not interested in anything except my career. I had no chance to mention my out-of-work activities or my views on culture at Haas. Also, he was kinda “dry” and I couldn’t get through his polite yet distant attitude. Maybe he tried to act in professional manner not involving emotions.
Questions:
- Tell me about yourself
- Why Haas?
- Why MBA?
- Last job – your role and tell me more about company
- Name one weakness and one strength
- What other schools?
- What do you think about Stanford?
- If you could not achieve your short-term goal what is plan B?
- If you would not be admitted anywhere what is plan B?
- Story when you changed someone’s life
- Story when you had conflict with teammates
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