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Published: January 23, 2017
Columbia MBA Interview Report & Questions: Rolling Admissions / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Columbia MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Rolling Admissions applicant. Good luck to them! Before the interview, I could tell that my interview was going to be relaxed and conversational from the tone established in the email exchanges. I was assigned an interviewer, so I didn’t get a choice in who to interview with. At first, I was nervous about this because my interviewer and I didn’t have similar backgrounds. We interviewed at his workplace. I was dressed business formal and he was business causal. We dove right into the conversation, and almost Read more
Published: January 22, 2017
Toronto / Rotman Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Toronto / Rotman interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! I had the interview through Skype with an adcom member. The interview was quite relaxed and the adcom was very friendly. Here are the questions: – Introduce about yourself – Why do you want to do your MBA now? – Couple of follow-up questions to go into the detail – What is your post MBA goal? why? if you cannot achieve this goal, what will be your plan B? – What motivate you Read more
Published: January 22, 2017
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 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview in December and scheduled my interview for early January. Stern wants students to attend in person and interview on campus. I booked a hotel for the night before my interview near Penn station. My interview was in the morning so I took the time to walk down from Penn to the business school. Upon arriving, I checked into the admissions office. I was given a personalized folder that included information on the areas of Read more
Published: January 22, 2017
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Regular Decision / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Regular Decision Round applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I was invited to interview in late December. Unlike previous years, I was only given a single interviewer to schedule with. Given that the holiday break was about to start and the rolling-admissions nature of Columbia, I wanted to schedule it as soon as possible. My interviewer was highly responsive and we scheduled an interview 2 days later. I received an email from an admissions member the morning of the interview asking me if I Read more
Published: January 15, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following UNC MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I am an American currently working in China, so I scheduled a Skype interview (11:45pm China time). The interviewer from the adcom called right on time. He was calling from his office and the setting was fairly casual as we opened with some small talk. He started by joking that, if I had been on campus for the interview, he’d go out to where all the interviewees were waiting and say “hey, we got a Dukie in the house!” Read more
Published: January 14, 2017
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following NYU Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! My interview lasted 35 min. More or less anticipated the questions: Please describe your career progress. Describe conflict situation at work and how you resolved it. Why Stern? What are your expectations? How are you planning to use your MBA? What are you bringing to the table? What experiences could you share to contribute to student body at NYU? I have attended the info night at the campus the day before and was Read more
Published: January 4, 2017
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had a very decent interview. Interviewer started with a brief introduction of himself and where he was headed to for his internship. I expected him to ask me to talk about myself, but instead he started with why Yale? Because I had rehearsed so much on the traditional way, I was quite thrown away with the start but I managed to compose myself. Next, he asked me about post MBA career goals, my background and how I hoped to Read more
Published: January 3, 2017
INSEAD Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
The following INSEAD interview questions report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was accepted. Congratulations to them! Had 2 rounds of interview by alumni of INSEAD at my location – New York. The interviewers selected are typically in the same/related field as you. Interview 1 The interview was scheduled at the interviewer’s office location early in the morning. Headed to the cafeteria, was still early so it was completely empty. It was a very informal sort of chat with questions on: 1. Details on my profile? Describe job in detail? I am a consultant so was Read more
Published: December 21, 2016
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following NYU / Stern MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Very casual interview. Adcom is super nice. Very standard MBA interview. Questions: 1. Tell me about your current role 2. Why MBA now? 3. What do you do besides work? 4. Leadership experience/greatest accomplishment 5. Strengths and weakness 6. What do you expect from Stern? Preparing for an upcoming NYU Stern interview? Click here to get the Clear Admit NYU Stern Interview Guide. After your interview, be sure to add your first-hand interview Read more
Published: December 18, 2016
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a November Round Applicant. Good luck to them!  Had an afternoon interview that didn’t include a class, but showed up early and ran into someone i knew, and he took me to class. I spent the night prior and day of in Hanover, walking around town. Probably that nicest, most outgoing group of grad students on earth. Lines up with the tuck rotating reputation. Interview was, as everyone says, very casual and conversational. She asked: Go over my resume What am i most proud of What role do Read more
Published: December 17, 2016
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them!  It started with the adcom person running me through the process to follow leading up to selection. I then started running them through my resume starting with college and moving on to professional aspects. She stopped me at various points and asked me questions related to each one of my three jobs till date. We then discussed a social enterprise I run as well. We then moved on to personality related questions. She asked – if I were to get Read more
Published: December 14, 2016
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following Harvard Business School / HBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! The interview lasted almost 40 mins, most of the questions were expected, some of the follow up questions are not. Interviewer is very friendly Overall, I felt the purpose is: 1. verify you are the same person as you wrote on paper 2. able to speak fluent English (i am not a native speaker) and articulate my point concisely -> able to participate in the case method environment 3. understand business context of my Read more
Published: December 13, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed with an Adcom member, she was very nice and made me feel comfortable during the 40 minutes interview. The first question was if anything had changed since I’ve submitted my application. Then she continued with a series of behavioral questions. Some of the questions were: • Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone at work. • Tell me about a time you led a team. • Tell me about a time when you had Read more
Published: December 13, 2016
Havard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Harvard Business School / HBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Was on a weekend at Dillon House, so just me and someone from adcom (i.e. no observer). Had a minute or so of small talk before/after during the walk to their office. Very nice, fairly conversational, but had the questions at the ready. – What was your high school experience like? – Why [name of undergrad university] – Walk me through your last few jobs – Give me an example of your most recent project – Read more
Published: December 12, 2016
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Asked about a unique summer job – clarity on time worked there. How did you choose the college you did? How did you choose your major? Why UNC? Do you have questions for me? One thought is questions were asked when describing other answers and sometimes loops weren’t closed. Preparing for an upcoming UNC Kenan-Flagler interview? Click here to get the Clear Admit UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Read more
Published: December 12, 2016
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them!  My interview was a little odd. A second year student came to get me in the waiting area and told me she would be my interviewer but and adcom member would be shadowing our conversation. That made it a little difficult because I felt like I needed to address both of them and make eye contact with each throughout the conversation. This was the only interview I had where I was asked for a copy of my resume when I Read more
Published: December 12, 2016
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was quite social and was conducted inside the adcom’s personal office so it felt even more friendly than in a designated interview room. The interviewer started off telling me that she did have time to look over my resume and I was surprised that my resume was highlighted on certain parts and had some side notes. (My advice: know your resume forward AND backwards). My interview ended up being 45 min (normally interviews are 30 min at Read more
Published: December 12, 2016
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them!  My interview took place at a Starbucks in Atlanta with an alumnus. We started off by introducing ourselves and going over a quick background. Afterwards, we began the formal interview, which included straightforward questions… 1. Walk me through your resume, highlight a few important aspects you are most proud of. 2. Why Kellogg? Why MBA? Why now? 3. What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses? The interview ended with me asking questions I had Read more
Published: December 11, 2016
UVA / Darden MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following UVA Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed in early November on-campus with a woman from the adcom as well as a female second year student who was training to do interviews herself. The interviewers had only seen my résumé. They asked me to spend about 30 mins walking through my “story.” I described my education background, how I got my current job, what I did at my current job, why I wanted to get an MBA, and why Darden. They asked small questions throughout Read more
Published: December 11, 2016
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I met the interviewer, an alumni of the school, at a restaurant. He barely smiled and had me uncomfortable throughout the conversation. I had uploaded my résumé on the portal but obviously the interviewer had not checked it out. I had a copy with me which I gave him and he spent about 2 mins reviewing it after which the interview started. After introducing himself, he asked me the following questions: Tell me about yourself Why MBA Why Ross Read more
Published: December 10, 2016
Michigan / Ross Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I finished my interview last month. The interview was really long, which lasted 1.5 hour. I don’t know why the interviewer has so many behavior questions to ask. I suggest you pick on-campus interview or Skype because these two format are more standardized and within time frame. The cafe my interviewer chose to meet is quite quiet!!! Everyone there was reading books or doing homework, this particular cafe has background music in very low volume. It’s soooo weird for Read more
Published: December 7, 2016
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On Campus
My interview was with a member of the Executive MBA admissions team (even though I interviewed for full time). Incredibly relaxed interview that consisted of me talking for about 30ish minutes with interjections when adcom had clarifying questions. I was able to lead the conversation however I wanted and had some great informal tangents that made it fun. My advice would be to have a plan for the key points you want to hit as you are generally in control. We discussed my undergrad, professional experience, why MBA, why Darden, and short term goals. We also touched on personal Read more
Published: December 7, 2016
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! The interview took place in the alumnus’s office. It lasted approx. 1h. I’ve was asked the following questions: – Tell me about yourself – Why MBA? – Example of a leadership situation (what did yo do right, what wrong?) – Greatest opportunity and threat for your field Then the interviewer gave me the impromptu presentation: “pro and cons of focus groups” (5 min to think about it and 5 to expose). Finally the interviewer asked Read more
Published: December 6, 2016
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom/ On-Campus
The following UVA / Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I’m very glad I prepared ahead of time for this interview. My interviewer was the Associate Dean of Admissions! After I got over my nerves at the beginning the conversation went very smoothly. The interview was totally blind. She opened with the Darden, “so tell me your story.” I went chronologically but she interjected with questions along the way and I wove in specifics about why Darden throughout the story process. After I finished my story she had Read more
Published: December 6, 2016
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview was very conversational and my interviewer was really friendly. He started out the conversation by telling me a little about himself and told me we needed to get through 7 questions that he had to ask me. Most of it was what you would expect, what me through your resume, etc. There were a couple times where he wanted more information about a particular accomplishment or experience I had. I’m very involved with a non-profit organization that supports Read more

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Interview Invite to Duke / Fuqua
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Received via email on November 11, 2024
GPA: 3.79
GRE: 321
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Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Chicago
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Interview Invite to Stanford GSB
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Received via email on November 14, 2024
GPA: 3.52
GRE: 322
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
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Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on November 14, 2024
GPA: 3.49
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
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Interview Invite to Duke / Fuqua
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 12, 2024
GPA: 3.49
GMAT: 740
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
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Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
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GRE: 320
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