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Published: February 17, 2025
Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Virtual
Very chill and conversational interview. Interview ended in about 20- 25 mins with 5-10 mins to ask questions to the interviewer Tell me about yourself. Why MBA now? Why Tepper? Short term and long term goals? Where are you planning to work after your MBA? How will you learn from your peers and how will you contribute to your community? How do you approach working with different people in the team? Read more
Published: February 16, 2025
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was very laid back and straightforward – Super casual to begin where we discussed a bit about my work and appreciation for the Northern California area (I have family out there). We then started through the traditional questioning: 1. Tell me a bit about yourself. 2. Why do you want an MBA? 3. Why Haas? 4. Tell me about a time when you acted on creating Diversity & inclusion throughout your life. 5. How will you bring that perspective into Haas? 6. Tell me about a time that you encountered a challenge. Read more
Published: February 16, 2025
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Virtual
The interview started with some informal conversation and introductions, which naturally flowed into some of the standard MBA interview questions (tell me about yourself, why MBA, why Haas, what are your goals). The conversation felt very genuine and not as scripted/formal as some other interviews. We then did a few behavioral questions – TMA an experience with diversity, TMAT you took a professional risk, TMAT you led a group to consensus/boosted morale, maybe 1 more. There were 10 min at the end to ask questions about Haas, and the whole interview lasted 1 hour. It was a great experience! Read more
Published: February 16, 2025
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interviewer was very calm. Introduced himself and mentioned that he had already read my resume. After that, he spoke about how he wanted to structure our conversation before proceeding to the set of questions he had prepared. Following were the questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. ⁠Why MBA? 3. TMAT I tackled a language barrier (because I mentioned my international work experience). 4. ⁠Failure and learning? 5. ⁠Who have you spoken with at Ross and what did you learn? After that we spent 20 minutes discussing his Ross experience and the questions I had Read more
Published: February 9, 2025
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interviewer was really friendly and it was a relaxed atmosphere. They didn’t take any notes at all, just talked with me. The interview lasted about an hour. They also hadn’t seen my application, not even my resume. That caught me off guard – I knew they wouldn’t have read my application, but thought they would have my resume. So I had to explain a bit more than I had planned. They asked me to talk through my education and career thus far, explaining my why’s along the way. They asked a lot of follow-up questions about my job and Read more
Published: February 6, 2025
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
The Adcom was very friendly, they started with an introduction and then they asked me to tell them a little about myself, what I did at my job, strengths and weaknesses. However, they asked this question that caught me a bit off guard: Think about leaders you have worked with – what things do you admire about them and what could you learn from them? I have never thought about this question, but I was able to easily respond to it. Then they asked me about my goals post-MBA and recruiting strategies. It lasted exactly 30 minutes, the interviewer left Read more
Published: February 5, 2025
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
It was very typical and lively. Along with “Why MBA” and “Why this school,” they asked typical behavioral questions related to leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork. There were also two to three questions based on my resume, but no follow-up questions. The last 10 minutes were allocated for me to ask the alumnus any questions I had, and the interview lasted about 45 minutes in total. Read more
Published: February 5, 2025
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Google Meet
I interviewed via Google Meet via email after coordinating with my interviewer to select the format. The interview was résumé-based and conversational, lasting about 40 minutes—20 minutes of questions for me and 20 minutes for my questions. The interviewer asked: Why an MBA? Why Ross? Tell me about a time you had difficulties with a project at work. Have you visited other schools you are applying to? What makes you the perfect candidate for Ross? I found the interview engaging and straightforward. The atmosphere was welcoming, and the structure allowed for a balanced conversation. One thing Read more
Published: February 3, 2025
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Tell me about yourself. Why did you choose your undergraduate degree? ST-LT career goals. Why those? Unique perspective you’ll bring to the class? Biggest achievement/failure? Tell me something that is not on your resume. Read more
Published: February 2, 2025
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Off-campus
Very friendly and conversational interview- 1. Why MBA, why now? 2. Why Tuck? 3. ST/LT goals? How will Tuck help in achieving goals? What will be your value add at Tuck? 4. Difficult feedback given/ taken? Read more

MBA Livewire

February 20, 2025 2:10pm ET
Waitlisted at Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via portal February 20, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 4.73/5.0
GRE: 308
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Nigeria
February 20, 2025 2:09pm ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via portal February 20, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.7
GRE: 314
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: United Kingdom, London
February 20, 2025 1:47pm ET
Rejected at UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 2
Received via email on February 19, 2025
Standardized Test: GMAT
GPA: 3.66
GMAT: 615
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: New York
February 20, 2025 1:37pm ET
Interview Invite to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 2
Received via email February 20, 2025
Standardized Test: Granted Waiver
GPA: 3.3
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Orange County, CA
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Consortium
February 20, 2025 1:28pm ET
Waitlisted at Columbia
Round: Round 2
Received via email February 20, 2025
Standardized Test: GRE
GPA: 3.4
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: United States, San Francisco
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