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Published: February 18, 2019
Northwestern / Kellogg MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / First-year student / On-campus
About 20 of us interviewed that day (Oct 27), everyone was in a room then the students interviewing picked us up and took individuals to a breakout room for interview. Started with 2 minute resume rundown. Questions: Why Kellogg? Why an MBA/why now? What are you short-term/long-term goals and how will Kellogg get you there? If you don’t get a marketing job (my short-term goal), what will you do then? Tell me about a time you led a diverse team. Tell me about a leadership challenged you faced. What will you bring to the culture at Kellogg? What clubs will Read more
Published: February 18, 2019
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On campus
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan MBA interview with advice: A lot of info is provided upfront by the adcom that lets you introduce yourself to all of your fellow interviewees on a GroupMe and coordinate rides/dinner the night before on a google sheet. I think it’s probably important to participate in the discussion whether you actually go to dinner/share rides or not. We arrived and were taken to a large classroom where some of the AdCom welcomed us as we ate a light breakfast/coffee. Then were split into two groups – one interviewed while Read more
Published: February 17, 2019
Emory / Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
I had a great interview with a member of the emory adcom in Atlanta. The interview was around fit and behaviors. Some questions I remember Questions How did you choose your current firm? Why your undergrad? ST/LT goals? Why and MBA from Emory? Leadership moment in your professional journey? Why consulting? How will you achieve your goals? Any questions for me? Very conversational, and the adcom member was very nice. They want to just know if you will fit in at Emory and if you can be eloquent and concisely portray your thoughts. Read more
Published: February 17, 2019
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Adcom / Chapel-Hill
An MBA interview with UNC Kenan-Flagler with a list of questions: I had a very pleasant interview. It was truly conversational and the adcom member was warm and engaged. Standard behavioral type questions Walk me through your resume what are your ST/LT goals? Why an MBA? And why now? Why Kenan-Flagler Tell me about a time you did not get along with someone at work? What is your best professional accomplishment to date? Tell me about a time you failed Any questions for me? UNC cares a lot about team collaboration and community. The interview was quite behavioral so you Read more
Published: February 17, 2019
Podcast Episode 29: Wharton Team-Based Discussions (TBD)
In this episode, your hosts Alex Brown and Graham Richmond break down Wharton’s group interview – the ‘Team Based Discussion’ (TBD) – and offer a wealth of tips and background to help applicants ace their Wharton admissions interview. Ranging from the history and purpose of the TBD to the specifics of this year’s TBD prompt, Alex and Graham – who both formerly worked in admissions at Wharton – deliver the most in-depth podcast that ever been produced on this topic. They also provide sage advice on how to deal with different personality types in your TBD and explain the pros Read more
Published: February 16, 2019
Duke / Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Reports: R2 / Alumnus / India
My MBA admissions interview at Fuqua was 2 hours long which was unexpected. I got many behavioral questions which my interviewer wanted me to answer with particular job experiences per my resume. In the end, he told me about his experience and if there was anything else I wanted to add. The interview was at a hotel. The interviewer was dressed pretty casually but I was in formals. He seemed nice but it felt less like a conversation and more like an interview. Questions LT/ST goals Describe a time you had to motivate your time How do you resolve conflict? Read more
Published: February 16, 2019
UC Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Off-campus
UC Berkeley Haas MBA interview questions were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 candidate who interviewed off-campus: The interviewer was very friendly, and the interview went like a casual conversation. He first introduced himself, at a length of his past career and current job, and started asking me the following questions, which he read from the guide provided by the school. It lasted for about an hour. Questions Tell me about yourself Questions about my previous jobs Why did you choose to apply for MBA/ Haas? Tell me about your weakness Tell me about an experience where you Read more
Published: February 14, 2019
Fridays From The Frontline: Park Perspectives: 3 Tips for Maintaining Long-distance Relationships during Business School
In the spirit of Valentine's Day, this week's Fridays from the Frontline highlights advice on relationships during b-school.  While candy hearts and teddy bears are sweet signs of love, it takes more than tokens to maintain a long-distance relationship—particularly with the added stress and time consumption of a full-time MBA.  Fear not, lovers!  Cornell Johnson MBA Taylor Fox ’19 took to the Johnson Experience Blog to offer some tips for prospective b-schoolers on how to make long-distance partnerships work. The following piece has been republished in its entirety from its original source, the Johnson Experience Blog. Read more
Published: February 13, 2019
Kellogg Faculty Offer Advice for Career Development
If you want to develop your career, you have to take steps to make it happen—strategize. To help you get there, Northwestern / Kellogg faculty got together to offer five pieces of advice for career development, no matter where you are professionally. Read more
Published: February 13, 2019
Real Humans of Carnegie Mellon Tepper’s MBA Class of 2020
Pittsburgh is a city of confluence, intersected by three rivers—the Ohio, Alleghany, and Monongahela. As the city’s hills rise away from these three mighty bodies of water, the various streams of Pittsburgh life merge—the artistic culture of Pittsburgh with its industrial past and its technological future. One of the places that best exemplifies the mixture that is Pittsburgh is Carnegie Mellon University. Sitting along the coast of the Monongahela, Carnegie Mellon is well known as one of the best technical schools in the U.S., producing generations of engineers and computer scientists. It also has one of the top drama schools, Read more
Published: February 12, 2019
Harvard Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The Harvard MBA admissions interview was really relaxed — I truly got the sense my interviewer was just looking to get to know me. The visit was good. There were lots of activities (classes, lunch with the director, tours, chats, etc) during the day you could pick to be a part of. I found that everyone else interviewing was also really nice. We all chatted in the waiting area 15 minutes before our interview and right up until we each got pulled into the private rooms with our interviewers. My interviewer was very sweet — kept telling me that none Read more
Published: February 12, 2019
AI Investment Driven by Fear of Disruption According to MIT Sloan
To future-proof their organizations, 91.6 percent of executives are accelerating their investments in artificial intelligence and big data initiatives, explains MIT Sloan experts. According to the NewVantage Partners 2019 Big Data and AI Executive Survey, which surveyed 65 Fortune 1000 organizations, the drive for this focus is the fear of disruption. To successfully compete against highly agile data-driven competitors, Fortune 100 companies are realizing that they must be more adept at leveraging their data assets. They’re recognizing the rapid evolution of AI capabilities and how those can and should be used to provide business value. 91.7 percent of executives in the study identified a need to transform their organizations to be more nimble and data-driven with dollar investments in these areas increasing. Read more
Published: February 11, 2019
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus (New Delhi)
For LBS, The interview was with an alumnus, with about 12 years of post-MBA experience. The interview began smoothly, despite some nervousness; on account of it being by my first ever interview experience. The interviewer asked with a traditional “tell me more about yourself”. While it was a non-blind interview and he had my application documents and essay printed with him, it did not really look like he had gone through it in detail. What really helped was that while I ensured I answered to the point, I tried to leave some open ends for him to pick up on. Read more
Published: February 11, 2019
MBA DecisionWire Spotlight: Carolina Connection
In this MBA DecisionWire Spotlight, which highlights MBA candidates’ choices as shared in Clear Admit’s DecisionWire, we highlight a few posts in which several future MBAs seem to be leaning to North Carolina’s most prominent business schools—Duke / Fuqua and UNC Kenan-Flager. Our first candidate, located in Washington DC, gained acceptance to Duke / Fuqua and NYU  Stern, but was curious to know more about each school’s social impact career tracks: The original poster notes that they hope to transition from a background in Read more
Published: February 10, 2019
Real Humans of Emory Goizueta’s MBA Class of 2020
Long the hub of the South, Atlanta has been rapidly gaining national prominence due to the rise of its homegrown rap scene and its booming media economy, anchored by firms such as Turner and Tyler Perry Studios. Long before Atlanta became a music and media hub, Atlanta was—and remains—a major international business hub. Currently, the city is home to massive companies such as Coca-Cola, Delta, UPS, and the Home Depot. Given the companies headquartered in the city, it is a no-brainer that Atlanta is a stellar place for MBA students to learn their craft. Emory University’s Goizueta Read more
Published: February 8, 2019
Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
I applied Round 2, and went to campus for my interview and a day of programming. We met adcom members, had a formal intro by the Dean of Admissions, a Faculty lecture, student panel, clubs meet and greet, school tours [SOM & Yale University] and closing reception. Overall it was a great, friendly experience. Yale keeps interviews pretty standard, with 30 minutes time limit almost on the dot. The interviews are blind so the interviewer has your resume as their only reference of your application. The adcom member was friendly, and asked pretty standard questions that were on her rubric. Read more
Published: February 7, 2019
Fridays from the Frontline: UCLA Anderson Student Perspectives
There’s no way to sugarcoat the fact that the first year of any MBA program is overwhelming. Even for the brave souls who can hit the ground running no matter how new or strange the situation, there is the simple transition from a full-time work schedule into a full-time student role—likely for the first time in many moons—to contend with. Prospective b-schoolers sweating as they imagine their return to student life would do well to take a few notes from UCLA Anderson’s Jessica Cheng before kicking off their first year. Cheng recently took to the school blog to break down a typical day in the life of a first-year MBA student. The following piece has been republished in its entirety from its original source, the "UCLA Anderson Blog." Read more
Published: February 6, 2019
London Business School Talks Women in Finance
For decades, women have been trying to break the “glass ceiling” in the world of finance to reach senior level positions. Unfortunately, the ceiling is made of pretty thick glass. To achieve gender balance in finance, change is required at every level, according to London Business School alumnae Sarah Bates and Clare Woodman. Read more
Published: February 6, 2019
MBA News You Need: Kellogg Announces New Dean, Cornell Johnson Talks Super Bowl Ads, and More
Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world. Here’s your quick MBA News You Need digest for the week of February 4, 2019. Read more
Published: February 5, 2019
Kellogg MBA Students Choose Best 2019 Super Bowl Ads
There’s no doubt that commercials were the star of Super Bowl LIII. The game certainly wasn’t the most thrilling. So the question is, what was the best ad of the 2019 Super Bowl? To get to the bottom of the question, a panel of Northwestern Kellogg MBA students got together to discuss each commercial. In the end, they looked for the ads that were the most and least effective at driving business and building their brands. Here’s what they found. Read more
Published: February 5, 2019
Real Humans of SMU Cox’s MBA Class of 2020
In the minds of many, Dallas is embodied by three cultural artifacts: the Cowboys, the JFK assassination, and the 80s soap opera. But on the ground, Dallas is a bustling city of business in the heart of the Lone Star State. Jobs are booming, and the future is looking bright. Southern Methodist University has consistently generated many of those future business leaders through the MBA program at its Cox School of Business. SMU Cox is one of the smaller schools profiled in this series, as its incoming class is only 109 students. Read more
Published: February 4, 2019
Podcast Episode 28: How to Interview at Harvard Business School
Were you lucky enough to receive an interview invitation to Harvard Business School?  Clear Admit's admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, are here to help you prepare! Richmond has counseled hundreds of applicants along the way, read hundreds of HBS interview reports, and even been through the HBS interview process himself.  Brown, the author of "Becoming a Clear Admit: The Definitive Guide to MBA Admissions," has worked in the admissions space since the 1990s, and trained admissions officers at dozens of leading schools.  Together, they tackle every aspect of the HBS interview process in this podcast episode, including: Read more
Published: February 4, 2019
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-campus
Here are a list of UCLA Anderson MBA interview questions submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who interviewed with a second-year student on-campus. Questions walk me thru your resume what do you want to get out of mba back up option how do you see yourself contributing to anderson how do you see your current job prepare you for what you wanna do after mba how do you work with people with different backgrounds questions for me Clear Admit Resources Preparing for your UCLA Anderson MBA admissions interview?  Check out Clear Admit’s other resources: Interview Read more
Published: January 31, 2019
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / Skype
Interview was relaxed, second year student stressed that it was alright for me to ask questions during the interview. He had prepared notes on my resume and was familiar with it prior to the interview, but otherwise it was a blind interview. Questions Why MBA now since I am on a good career trajectory? How I came to find Anderson and why Anderson? Tell me about a time you influenced change in your organization. Short term goals. Backup plan in event of severe recession or no job offer based on my previous response. Tell me about a time I used Read more
Published: January 31, 2019
Northwestern Kellogg Explains How to Take Action Toward Inclusivity
Most organizations mention diversity and inclusivity when talking about culture. They are buzzwords that are often used for strategic reasons, and sometimes it's because they’re the right things to do. The problem is that there is often a disconnect between talking about diversity and inclusivity, and making them happen. Establishing a diverse organization isn’t easy, and it’s even more difficult when it comes to inclusion. That’s why Northwestern / Kellogg Assistant Professor Ellen Taaffe believes that focusing on them is crucial. Read more

MBA Applywire

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November 29, 2024 6:18am ET
Applying: Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Investment Analyst Endowment
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs
GMAT: 760
GPA: 3.44
Years of Work Experience: 3.5
Location: Chicago
Post MBA Location: Chicago/NYC
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I currently do direct startup investments and M&A for a healthcare system, and lead coverage of equities in their endowment $15B AUM. I want to peruse an MBA to do a PE secondaries or emerging market research. I have a CFA level 2 so I feel like the former is more doable than the latter.
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November 28, 2024 10:49pm ET
Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Accountant
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Booz Allen Hamilton , Ernst & Young
GRE: 311
GPA: 3.22
Years of Work Experience: 2.5
Location: Ghana
Post MBA Location: Accountant/Public
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November 28, 2024 8:12am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology
GMAT: 645
GPA: 84%
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: Brazil
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November 27, 2024 5:44pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, UPenn / Wharton
Pre-MBA Career: Corporate Communication Specialist
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GPA: 3.9
Years of Work Experience: 6
Location: Indonesia
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November 27, 2024 12:00pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, London Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Eingeneer
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GMAT: 675
GPA: 3,5
Years of Work Experience: 4.8
Location: Chile
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November 29, 2024 5:22pm ET
Accepted to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 25, 2024
GPA: 3.65
GRE: 339
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: USA
November 29, 2024 1:53pm ET
Accepted to London Business School
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 25, 2024
GPA: 3.8
GRE: 333
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: New York
November 29, 2024 9:05am ET
Accepted to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on November 25, 2024
GPA: 3.52
GMAT: 635
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Northeast
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Received a call on Nov. 26. Prior background is work in communications/marketing.
November 29, 2024 5:15am ET
Accepted to UVA / Darden
Round: Early Decision
Received via phone on October 15, 2024
GPA: 67%
GMAT: 705
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
November 29, 2024 2:45am ET
Accepted to Cornell / Johnson
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 26, 2024
GMAT: 740
Program Type: One Year Program
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: India
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