I found the Johnson School very helpful during the application process. When I was asked to interview, they assigned me a contact in the admissions office and also provided a login to a portal to search for students using various criteria (clubs/ undergrad institution / nationality / similar post-MBA interests) etc. – you can reach out these students who have volunteered to help prospective applicants.
My interview was on campus in Ithaca. I was interviewed by a student and adcom. Blind interview – they just had a copy of my resume. Standard questions, very conversational – most questions were based on my prior response. 1 hour.
List of interview questions (quite standard)
- Resume walk through
- Why MBA, why now?
- Why Johnson School?
- leadership examples?
- teamwork examples?
- Post-MBA plans – short and long term?
- How will I contribute and be an active member of the Johnson community?
- My strengths?
- My weaknesses?
- how will my friends describe me?
- time for questions
Ithaca is an absolutely beautiful place! Very impressed with everything – smart and friendly students, the classes I sat in on were interesting with good class participation – and my interview was handled extremely well too.
