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Published: December 24, 2020
Michigan Ross Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was over Zoom. It was professional, they reviewed my resume in-depth, and all initial questions were based from my resume. Asked Why and MBA, Why Ross, Why specific industry and how will Ross help you get there. The interviewer surprised me by asking in depth questions relating to my military career. Read more
Published: December 20, 2020
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom + Observer / Zoom
My interviewer and an observer welcomed me with a poker face. Kinda felt awkward. After a brief presentation of herself, my interviewer started right away: 1. Is there any update since you applied? 2. Did you have any failure? 3. What are the differences between the company A and the company B you worked for? Which one do you prefer? Cultural point of view? 4. Tell me a time when you had to deal with a difficult person. 5. What is your biggest achievement? 6. Tell me time when you did not meet expectations. Read more
Published: December 17, 2020
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Second-Year Student
The first interview was a team based discussion with 5 other applicants. There were 75% men and 25% women, myself included. The question discussed was how to plan the inauguration of a new building on the UPenn campus. What surprised me was that some candidates were completely silent and some completely dominated the conversation repeating unnecessary information. What also surprised me was how quickly we as a group made a consensus around the action plan for the prompt. The proctors watching did not intervene at all. My second interview was a phone call from a second-year student. The only question Read more
Published: December 17, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: MBA & Motherhood? Yes, You Can
Osemhen Okenyi, Oxford MBA 2020-21, walks us through figuring out how to blend MBA life with motherhood in this edition of Fridays from the Frontline. MBA & Motherhood? Yes, You Can By Osemhen Okenyi, Oxford MBA 2020-21 When I started thinking about doing an MBA, I spent hours googling “MBA and motherhood.” What would a day in my life look like? Would I be able to keep up with the frantic pace of business school, and balance the pressure with the demands of mothering? Would my children recognize the inconveniences as Read more
Published: December 15, 2020
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Second-Year Student / Virtual
Roughly 45-minute virtual interview with a current student (Hermes Society Member). Ended up lasting an hour as I hit it off with my interviewer and we spent extra time chatting about NYC, student clubs, ect. Atmosphere was relaxed and conversational. My interviewer was friendly and I could sense her passion for Columbia. I found it to be fairly straightforward as long as you are well prepared and have your story nailed down. This was definitely not a ‘grilling’ type of interview. It was clear that she was really looking to make sure I was a good fit for Columbia and Read more
Published: December 15, 2020
Wharton MBA & Lauder Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Post-TBD, I had a 15-minute 1-on-1 interview with an Admissions Fellow in a separate Zoom link. It was very straightforward with only 2 questions: “Why MBA at Wharton?” and “What questions do you have for me?” For Lauder, it was a 30-minute Zoom call with another Admissions Fellow that was more conversational and less structured than the TBD. I was asked about my work background, international experience, career goals and motivation to pursue the dual-degree versus just Wharton by itself. Read more
Published: December 14, 2020
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ Pre-Recorded Questions / Off-Campus
I received my interview invite a little late in the process. As a result, the only interview option available to me was the pre-recorded Skype format – the Adcom pre-selects 5 questions that are loaded on to their audio-visual virtual platform (I think it was called Kira). There is no interviewer on the other side and you have to just record your answers. There is a time limit for each answer and the entire interview gets over in 10 minutes. The question stems were long, but I have summarised below what they were asking: 1- Tell us instances of Read more
Published: December 14, 2020
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview was very conversional. We broke the ice talking about what I like to do in my home country and started a rapid fire round of questions. Overall, my interviewer tried to make me comfortable but there was little eye contact. 1/ What do you enjoy doing? 2/ What is the current trend in your industry? 3/ What do you think is the biggest problem to solve? 3/ Any story about a situation where it did not turn into your favor? What have you learned? 4/ How do you manage your team? Follow on what Read more
Published: December 13, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The Darden interview is blind, meaning the interviewer has not even seen your resume. Because of this, the focus is largely on how you want to tell your story. The interview was roughly broken into the following sections: 1) We had a few minutes of small talk in the beginning, and then the interviewer let me know that I could tell my story starting wherever I wanted to and to go up to now and suggested this would take ~10 minutes. Following my story, my interviewer had a few follow up questions on extracurricular activities and what I do in Read more
Published: December 13, 2020
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interview tracked with prior interview reports on ClearAdmit – pretty predictable questions with some deeper follow ups to each. My interviewer had a similar professional background as me and the conversation was very casual and friendly. We did probably 40 minutes of Q&A and 15 minutes of me asking her questions about her time at GSB 1. Time when I stepped out of my formal role to make an impact. 2. Cont’d: How did my managers feel about me taking the time to lead a certain initiative at work? 3. Cont’d: In my initiative, who was involved? Did Read more
Published: December 13, 2020
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
My interview was surprisingly much more conversational than I had expected. The 30 minutes completely flew by! Questions below: 1. What was it like going from [small town in Midwestern state] to [large, Californian state school] for college? 2. What surprised you the most about your college experience? 3. Favorite class in college? 4. Talked about an initiative I led at work and what part was my favorite. 5. Discussed my views on trends in the mutual fund industry, as well as my thoughts on the ETF space. 6. Discussed example of ethical conflict at Read more
Published: December 13, 2020
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
Team Based Discussion: Received interview invite on October 28th along with the discussion prompt (not allowed to disclose details of the prompt). I scheduled my team discussion for mid-November. I studied the prompt and prepared a few ideas and my 1 minute pitch before the interview. I was able to join the Skype link for the team based discussion about 10 minutes early. Casually chatted with the other participants as they joined over the next few minutes. 2 adcoms joined the call promptly at the scheduled start time and gave us instructions (nothing new from what was described in the Read more
Published: December 12, 2020
Stanford GSB MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Virtual Zoom interview with alum. 1 hour interview: 45 minutes of questions and 15 minutes of Q&A to finish up. Mostly behavioral questions, tell me about a time when: you went above and beyond something you are proud of you took initiative didn’t achieve what you wanted changed the team’s mind Why MBA/Why Stanford? Read more
Published: December 12, 2020
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I was contacted via email with a notification that I had been selected to receive an interview. I had to register online, and several days later was emailed with the student that I matched with. The student and I coordinated our schedules. This was a resume-based interview. It was pretty conversational, and there wasn’t anything out of the blue, with fairly standard interview questions. Interview was scheduled for an hour. The questions that I got were: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Some conversational questions about my current job and what I do. 3. How did you Read more
Published: December 12, 2020
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I interviewed in early November for Booth’s two-year full time MBA program. A second-year student interviewed me via Zoom. The interview was only 30 minutes in length in part because my interviewer had eight interviews scheduled for the day. Interview questions included (in no particular order). 1) Why product management? 2) What resources at Booth will help you achieve your post-MBA PM goal? 3) Why Booth? 4) Provide examples of clubs that you’d be interested in. 5) Any questions for me? I received an offer with no scholarship. The interview was a pleasant experience but Read more
Published: December 12, 2020
Chicago Booth Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Zoom
Tell me about yourself. Why MBA / Why Booth? What will you do at business school? What is a challenge you’ve faced? How did you motivate a team that was struggling? Questions for me? Read more
Published: December 12, 2020
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
TBD with introductions for 35 min followed by 1-1 for 10 min Why MBA? Why Wharton? Questions for interviewer? Read more
Published: December 11, 2020
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Booth did a great job matching me with a 2nd-year student who had exactly the same industry work experience: IB and entrepreneurship. The interviewer was very friendly and explained that he would not look at the camera all the time (taking notes or looking at my face). I had the following questions: 1. Present yourself briefly. 2. What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? 3. Why did you want to start a company? What did you learn? 4. Have you ever worked with an underperforming team? 5. Do you think that a MBA is Read more
Published: December 11, 2020
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I logged into Zoom about 10 minutes before the interview and had some free time to chat with the five other students in my TBD group. I wore a suit and tie. One guy wore a button up with blazer. The women wore business formal. One guy was in his Navy working uniform. We got to know each other a bit, and then two second-year students introduced themselves and had us introduce ourselves in a designated order. They then read the prompt for the TBD, and we got busy. Each person gave his or her one-minute pitch, and then it Read more
Published: December 10, 2020
Fridays from the Frontline: Balancing My Extracurricular Commitments
B-school life is busy, so how do students manage their schedules? McCallen Moser, Daytime MBA, Class of 2020 at Duke Fuqua shares how she balanced her extracurricular activities. Read more
Published: December 8, 2020
Competition for Admission to Top MBA Programs Intensifies Amid COVID Pandemic
As if 2020 hasn’t been difficult enough, there may be some more bad news for applicants to leading business schools: Round 1 outcome data from Clear Admit’s LiveWire tool suggests that MBA applicants may be in for a tough 2020-2021 admissions season. Amid rumblings of higher application volume, we conducted a quick year-over-year analysis, looking at the percentage of total LiveWire updates represented by Rejection and Interview Invitation statuses. The rate of interview invitations and rejections at the top-16 US MBA programs suggests that schools may be handing out fewer invites – and that rejections may Read more
Published: December 7, 2020
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Interview atmosphere was formal with 2Y student interviewing in a formal suit at a dining table. You could tell that she put thought into how to present professionally, which is greatly appreciated. The interview was resume based. Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2a and b. Why an MBA? Why Booth? 3. Talk about a time you had to handle a lot of different personalities. 4. Talk about a time you had failed. 5. Talk about a time you had to handle various timelines at the same time. 6. Do you have any questions Read more
Published: December 7, 2020
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Alum interview, only had access to resume. Thought interview went well: interviewer probed a bit following up on questions such as “Why Booth, explain your career goals.” Definitely wanted to emphasize Booth’s choice friendly atmosphere and how students bond together. Was accepted R1 Read more
Published: December 6, 2020
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
The interview started off with a couple of questions about my leadership experiences at work and college. I was then asked to elaborate on my work experience and that went on for a while with the alumni showing keen interest. This followed up with a couple of behavioral questions. Since my Post-MBA goal was finance, the alumnus interviewing me asked very specific questions on how Booth will aid my experience. Towards the end, the alumnus described his experience at Booth and talked about his present role. All in all, I felt the interview went pretty normal, as in there was Read more
Published: December 4, 2020
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interviewer was very very friendly. The interviewer was a second-year student and had a list of questions / topics to cover for the interview. It gradually progressed from my introduction to my time at college, examples of my leadership skills, work experience and a lot of behavioral questions. The interviewer was trying to gauge my passion for Fuqua and why it stands out for me. Overall, the interview was pretty standard and there weren’t any questions that stumped me or were intentionally tricky. Read more

MBA Livewire

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET
Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on December 10, 2024
GPA: 3.27
GMAT: 760
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: CA
December 20, 2024 11:16pm ET
Accepted to Babson / Olin
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 17, 2024
GPA: 3.9
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: South Asia
December 20, 2024 7:50pm ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 10, 2024
GMAT: 750
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: India
Note:

$100k scholarship
December 20, 2024 3:21pm ET
Accepted to Yale SOM
Round: Round 1
Received via email December 20, 2024
GPA: 4.0
GMAT: 750
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Note:

100% scholarship
December 20, 2024 3:05pm ET
Accepted to Georgetown / McDonough
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on December 09, 2024
GMAT: 710
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: Argentina
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