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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus

Published: February 20, 2011

interview was pretty straight forward

  • your resume/job
  • what is your hobby
  • why kellogg
  • why now
  • any difficulty during your work experience/challenge
  • difficulty in getting people to follow you
  • do you have any other questions
  • do you have anything else to say?
Schools: Northwestern / Kellogg

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