I was invited to interview at McCombs 6 days after I submitted my full-time MBA application on Jan 23, 2013. I was not able to visit Austin because of my business travel schedule, so I decided to reach out to an alum in the New York area. I reached out to an alum who had a similar background as mine (consulting) and was currently working in social enterprise (which is my eventual career goal). Turned out he was in India when I reached out to him, so I conducted the interview by Skype last night. It was lasted about 35-40 minutes and was VERY informal and conversational. He was very nice, and asked me expected questions but very few of them. We digressed many times on various tangents. He spent a lot of time telling me about his time at McCombs and how he loved the small class size and collaborative culture, and highly recommended the leadership programs and Venture Fellows program. I think he was really trying to make sure that I am not uber-type-A and was aware of the smaller class size etc. about McCombs – was judging my personality to see if I would be a good fit at McCombs. Overall, it was all really positive.
These were questions I was asked:
(1) Tell me about yourself.
(2) Why an MBA/McCombs?
(3) What do you bring to McCombs?
(4) How will you contribute at McCombs?
(5) What do you want to do after business school?
