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Published: March 2, 2018
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with an incredibly friendly adcom member. She was great about appropriately responding to my answers and though the interview was more of a traditional back and forth question and answer, it still felt like she was very engaged in what I was saying. Before we got started she explained that it was a blind interview because she had not seen my application. 1. Walk me through your resume a. follow up question on one of Read more
Published: March 2, 2018
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following Harvard Business School interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was called in by the main interviewer, and she welcomed me into the room where the observer introduced herself. The main interviewer asked if it was good to be home (I am from the area), and after the chit chat was over she explained their objective, which was to get to know me better. She said that she would ask all of the questions because the time was so short and that the observer would be Read more
Published: March 1, 2018
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following Harvard Business School interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Two adcoms were sitting in a room. The main interviewer asked questions. The other one was taking notes. Adcom asked small details in the resume, which I was surprised of. I expected them to ask about my major achievements. We dwelled on my previous job that I had taken for 7-8months. What is my typical day like, who did you manage, how did you manage them, where is this company heading to? Also, we talked about Read more
Published: February 28, 2018
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Applied in Round 2 and had an on campus interview on Feb 27th. As shared by other candidates, the interview is pretty conversational, and the goal is to know more about you, and possibility see if you are good fit for the community. Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself, what brought you here today? 2. Leadership experience 3. How would your team members describe you? 4. Team experience 5. Why MBA, and Kellogg, etc. 6. An innovator Read more
Published: February 27, 2018
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus
The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was fairly relaxed with the adcom member genuinely interested in knowing me personally. He made sure to tell me that the interview will last no more than 30 minutes and thus to answer his questions keeping that in mind. He was extremely polite and made me feel at ease throughout. The questions asked were: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Marshall? 4) Three strengths 5) What was one Read more
Published: February 22, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with Suresh Sugavanam, Booth Alum ’02 in his office (UL India) in Bangalore, India. The interview was conversational, more focused on understanding my background and inclination towards Booth MBA. List of questions: 1. Introduce yourself. 2. Why Consulting post Engineering school? 3. Why Start-up after consulting? What did you learn? 4. Why present job at growth stage tech company? What are your responsibilities and challenges? 5. What are your short term career plans? 6. Why MBA? Read more
Published: February 20, 2018
Emory / Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Alumnus / On-Campus
The following Emory / Goizueta MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I applied to the one and two year full time MBA programs simultaneously but the interview was targeted towards the one year program. Questions (not in order): * Talk me through your resume and career path? * What are your goals? (and how can Goizueta help you achieve them) * How do you plan to achieve that goal without an internship? * Why are you looking for an MBA? * What is your Read more
Published: February 20, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year / On-Campus
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer was a second-year and a great listener. We had a 40-minute casual conversation. I felt immediately comfortable to be myself. They do ask for a copy of your id as well as a copy of your resume at the front desk. The interviewer had a marked up copy of my resume as well so he prepped before-hand. The question that threw me most was how I would connect with international students. Questions: – Walk me through Read more
Published: February 20, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 2nd year Student / On-Campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them!  Lasted about 45 minutes. My interviewer was very pleasant and made the effort to keep the conversation as fluid as possible, leading questions from my responses which I appreciated. The interviewer also took A LOT of notes during the session. Questions included: 1) Why MBA? Why Tuck? 2) What did I know about Tuck’s Learning teams and what would be unique about my contribution? 3) What specific clubs do you see yourself taking an active part Read more
Published: February 19, 2018
Duke / Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Second-year student / Skype
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very friendly and casual interview. Standard questions: 1) Tell me about yourself? 2) How does Fuqua help you achieve your career goal? 3) How will you contribute to Fuqua? 4) What does team Fuqua mean to you? and Why? 5) Tell me about a time when you receive constructive feedback and how do you apply it? 6) Tell me about the achievement you most proud of outside of work? 7) What Read more
Published: February 16, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Alumni / Off-Campus (International)
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational, kept the questions coming one after the other. Ended with 2-3 questions on their experience and background. Questions 1) Why Fuqua? Why MBA and now? 2) What specific about Fuqua’s culture made you apply? 3) Talk about your professional aspirations 4) What is the most important piece of constructive feedback you have received? 5) What will you bring to the class? 7) What is your leadership angle? Clear Admit Resources Read more
Published: February 15, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: R2/ Alum/ Off-campus
The following Michigan Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was fairly relaxed with the alum ensuring that I was comfortable at all times. It was a blind interview with the alum having read only my resume. I was asked the following questions; 1) What brings you here? 2) Tell me something about yourself 3) Why MBA? 4) Why Ross? 5) What’s the craziest thing that you’ve ever done? 6) One time you failed 7) Biggest weakness The alum let Read more
Published: February 15, 2018
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was a senior Adcom member. Very friendly and conversational. We started off by talking about my current city in Chile. He came here a few years ago and had lovely memories of this city. He had a copy of my resume and told me that he had not seen my file, so it was a blind interview. Towards the end, he talked a lot about UNC and the kind of opportunities that exist there. Also, he told Read more
Published: February 14, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational. questions: Why now? Why Yale? What do you think you will bring to the classroom? Tell me about a time when you faced confrontation? How did you resolve it? What about your personality helped you here? What was your most outstanding achievement? What does your quote of choice say about you? (You have to submit your favorite quote beforehand) My interviewer ended with some specific questions about my candidacy. Lasted about 45 minutes. Preparing for an upcoming Yale Read more
Published: February 13, 2018
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Questions: 1. I’ve read through your resume, could you tell me about your current position with your company? 2. What are you interested in doing next, after your MBA? (read what are your career goals) 3. Tell me about a time you worked in a team setting where you had to compromise for the team to succeed 4. Tell me about a situation where a team member disagreed with you and how you deal with it Read more
Published: February 12, 2018
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU / Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Once you schedule an interview, you have access to signing up for a class visit and lunch with a current student. I would recommend doing at least lunch before your interview. Helped give me a sense of the culture and gave me something to reference in my interview. The whole experience was very friendly and personalized (they give you a packet with info for all of the clubs you showed interest in and a t-shirt!) Read more
Published: February 9, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Visit was during Round 1 interview invite day and was with 2nd year student, blind. 1/2 of section interviewed first while the other 1/2 waited and then switched. Very friendly interviewer and atmosphere. After this the rest of the day’s activities commenced. The team exercise is not something I would advise preparing for – you either have it or you don’t. If you can function in a team setting it will show. I would suggest just being yourself and Read more
Published: February 5, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed Round 2 for the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program with Lisa Cummings. She was a very nice interviewer who made sure to establish up front that MIT does not like to give stressful interviews. The questions/discussion went as follows: 1. How was the drive up? I hope you took advantage of the offerings today for visitors. 2. Is there anything new to your application since you applied? 3. Tell me about a time you had Read more
Published: February 5, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1/ 2nd Year Student / On Campus.
The following Duke / Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! 30 minutes. Standard interview format -> tell me about yourself, why mba, why fuqua. The next portion of the interview focused on team/ leadership scenarios and qualities (tell me a time you worked on a diverse team, what is your leadership style). Very informal and fun interview. 5 min at the end to ask two questions for the interviewerr. Read more
Published: February 5, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the interview on campus in the Adcom’s office. She let me know at the beginning that she would be timing the interview because she had interviews after me. The Adcom was very friendly and the interview was very conversational. The interview is blind and the interviewer comes in with no prior information of you or your application. A We started with the basics. -walk me through your resume. -why an mba? -future goals? and Read more
Published: February 5, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Hello! I interviewed when I was in New Haven. I arrived to campus and had a chance to check out a class and speak to students. I had an interview with an AdCom member, and the interview was 30 minutes in length. It was similar to interviews that I had with other schools and I got similar questions but with SOM specific. I had the following questions: ” Walk me through your resume” “Tell me more about [bullet on my Read more
Published: January 31, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On Campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them!  Student interviewer didn’t seem well-prepared and disjointedly jumped from question to question. Admissions office also seemed annoyed by all of the students there for interviews rather than welcoming, was a very weird environment and all candidates talked about it. This may be the downside of applicant-initiated interviews. Questions: – Walk me through your CV – Why an MBA? – Why Tuck? – Why now? – What are your strengths? – What are Read more
Published: January 25, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2, Alumni, Mumbai
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Alumni talked about my background, commonalities. Then went to basic questions on why LBS, why the career I’d chosen. He asked about the decisions I’d taken in life and how I ended up working investment banking. He also made sure I was a genuine person and looked for common contacts in my firm and asked me if I knew them. He was from the Trading side while I was in IBD in another bank. He asked me questions on the Read more
Published: January 25, 2018
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was very friendly and conversational. It almost felt like he was trying to sell me on UNC because he kept talking about how it was the best school he had ever worked for, and how amazing the environment was. He had a copy of my resume but had not looked through the rest of my application. Overall good experience, waiting to hear back. Questions asked: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why did you choose Read more
Published: January 13, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following MIT Sloan admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! My ad-com interviewer was extremely kind, professional, and put me at ease. Interview felt structured but conversational, with a lot of smiling and laughing and positive reinforcement. Sloan was my favorite interview because the questions are very behavioral, straightforward, and not trying to trick you. Clearly seeking good examples of the qualities that they seek. Some of the questions I got: Tell me about a time when you dealt with conflict Tell me about a time you had to deal Read more

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December 18, 2024 1:38pm ET
Accepted to Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on December 10, 2024
GPA: 3.7
GRE: 335
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: San Francisco
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December 18, 2024 10:25am ET
Accepted to Babson / Olin
Round: Round 1
Received via email December 18, 2024
GPA: 3.12
Program Type: One Year Program
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: paris
December 18, 2024 8:18am ET
Accepted to Babson / Olin
Round: Round 1
Received via email December 18, 2024
GPA: 3.72
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
December 18, 2024 7:13am ET
Accepted to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 09, 2024
GPA: 3.7
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: Pakistan
December 18, 2024 7:12am ET
Accepted to Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on December 11, 2024
GPA: 3.7
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: Pakistan
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