I interviewed on-campus at Wharton with a second year student as part of the Round 2 application process. My interviewer walked me into a small interview room and stated in the beginning that she would be watching the time to not go over 30 minutes because the interviews were scheduled back to back. She was very friendly but her approach to interviewing was more of a question/answer format than I had been anticipating. Based on previous applicant experiences, I expected more of a conversation with interspersed questions.
The questions I was asked were:
- Please tell me a little bit about your career progression to date?
- Why Wharton?
- Why an MBA?
- Why now?
- What do you want to do upon graduation?
- How would you describe your leadership style?
- How would your colleagues describe you if you left the room?
- If you were the CEO of your company what would you do differently?
- Based on the long-term goals you mentioned, what would you do if you were given $5 billion dollars?
- Please give me an example in which you exemplified leadership?
- Please describe a team situation that did not work?
- What are you interested in being involved with here at Wharton?
- What do you do for fun?
- Is there anything else we have not discussed that you would like to share with the Committee?
- Do you have any questions for me?
My interviewer was very friendly but she did not comment or reflect on my answers rather proceeded to the following question on her list. Hope this helps with interview preparation!
