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Published: November 21, 2016
Georgetown / McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Georgetown MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by a member of Adcom who only had my résumé as reference. The conversation was prompted by the following cues/questions: 1. Walk me through your résumé and job trajectory thus far. 2. Name a time you struggled to work together with a coworker. What did you do about it? 3. What do you want to do with an MBA/why now? 4. What’s your ideal role right out of an MBA? 10 years down Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
Harvard 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. Good luck to them! Asked mostly about my previous roles and projects I mentioned on my résumé: Why did you make the move to your new employer? Why were you interested in working at your previous employer? Tell me about this project you mentioned in your résumé. Who were the main competitors for your previous employer? One of your recommenders mentioned he gave you feedback on this, can you tell me more about that? I was surprised they did not ask more about Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! On-campus in Hyde Park with a second-year student who was very friendly. The school does a good job of pairing you with someone who has at least a few things on common with you, in my case several professional commonalities and post-MBA career goals. There are several first year students in the waiting area in admissions prior to your interview to help you feel at home and feel comfortable, all very friendly and interesting. Extremely traditional interview, mainly Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My team-based discussion interview was at 3:30 but I arrived on-campus at around 12pm. This gave me the time to have lunch with students and join in a class. It really enabled my to get a better flavor of the school. The team discussion went through more smoothly than I expected. It was helpful to arrive early and to chit-chat with other people. Many of the people I talked to ended up in the same group as me so it was Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus Hub
The following Harvard Business School (HBS) interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the HBS interview in a hub city. The interviewer is an alum and an admission committee member. The interviewer was very friendly and made sure that I felt comfortable. He has read through my application before. Questions: Why did you go to your college? How would you evaluate your manager, and what are the key qualities that you would use as measures? What do you know about the case study method? If you Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was a 3o min interview with a second-year student, application-based. List of interview questions Mostly behavior questions, like: • Tell me about a time when you have conflicts with your teammates • How do you work in a team • When there is no leader (e.g. MBA team projects), how do you work efficiently and avoid free rides • Tell me about a failure, what did you learn (and lots of Read more
Published: November 20, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub – London
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I arrived 15 minutes prior to the scheduled team-based discussion. Met with the fellow prospective students who are part of my team-based exercise. We were six prospective students coming from various backgrounds. The atmosphere was very relaxed and friendly. The adcom then called all six of us to a room with a big table, in which each one of us had a name tag. We made a short intro about our selves (1 minute long), and then the adcom explained the rules of the Read more
Published: November 19, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I just had my on-campus interview last week, the interview is blind conducted with second-year student. Before interview, we waited in a rest area outside of some interview rooms. There were some first year students that came over to chat with us. The interviewer came out and called our names. My interview started with a warm up and interviewer’s self introduction. 1. Walk-through résumé 2. Tell me one of your leadership story (I felt a little bit surprised Read more
Published: November 17, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewer had access to resume but not any other part of application. Setting was in a room in the admissions office. Interviewer was a second-year student who started off by talking about his work experience before Booth and his internship experience at Booth. He left about 5 mins at end for me to ask questions of him. The entire experience was about 45 minutes. Tone was conversational. Interview questions as best I remember them: Tell me about Read more
Published: November 17, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by a Booth alumnus at Mumbai, India. My interview was very conversational and friendly. Interview was held in the interviewer’s office. After initial ice-breaking questions like “how was your journey?” etc. she covered the following topics/ questions. 1. Walk me through your résumé. She asked me specific clarifications as I went on explaining about my professional experience. 2. What kind of challenges you faced during your career? How do you approach them? Read more
Published: November 17, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview occurred on-campus at MIT with a member of the admissions office. The interview was exactly as advertised on the MIT website. The focus was entirely on the past and how I arrived at various decisions, what thought processes I used to reach those decisions, and how I acted or reacted to certain events. MIT’s interview is probably the most straightforward in that you know exactly what they’re interested in knowing based on the BEI description on the website. The key for Read more
Published: November 16, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was at 3:30. I spent the morning going to class, having lunch with students and taking a tour of the campus. The atmosphere was really relaxed. I got to meet a lot of other students throughout the day. In fact, I met everyone who would be in my team based discussion before getting into the room. The team based discussion went quickly. Everyone in my group was very involved and respectful of each others ideas. It’s hard to tell Read more
Published: November 16, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! On campus interview with a second year student. Interviewer gave a brief bio and professional and educational background then shifted conversation to me. 1. Walk me thru your résumé. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Career Goals. Short term and long term? 4. Why Booth? 5. You stated you wanted to work in Healthcare. What do you know about HC opportunities at Booth? 6. Why now? 7. What is your leadership Read more
Published: November 14, 2016
Indiana / Kelley MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview questions were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview took place in a small meeting room in the admissions office and was conducted by a second year student. There were no surprising questions and the interviewer was very enthusiastic about the program. 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. Why an MBA? Why Kelley? Why now? 3. Tell me about a time you received criticism. How did you react? 4. What kind of leader am I? 5. Where do I Read more
Published: November 13, 2016
Washington / Foster MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Washington / Foster MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Fairly straight forward interview procedure. Interview was in the office of the admissions officer, scheduled for 1 hour, actual interview lasted 50 minutes. Questions were as follows: 1. Walk me through your professional career. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Foster? 4. Tell me about a time when you received criticism. 5. Tell me about a time when you received praise. 6. Tell me about a time when you made an improvement. Read more
Published: November 13, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was pretty standard and straightforward: walk me through your résumé, several behavioral-based questions, some follow-ups. The questions focused on challenges, overcoming difficulties, working with teams, and accomplishments. Again, I felt it was very straightforward and I felt comfortable with all of the questions. My interviewer was a 2nd year student going into product management, which made it easy for me as a prospective brand manager to build rapport. She asked if there is anything else that Read more
Published: November 13, 2016
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! It was a blind interview conducted by a SOM student from second year. The interviewer was great, and made me feel comfortable from the outset. He started off with his background and then dove into some of the questions which included: Explain more about the work you do Tell me about a failure at work, what you learned Difficult situation at work Short & long term aims How would you contribute to SOM What the quote, that you submitted prior Read more
Published: November 12, 2016
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! It was the third Interview Super Day (there were 3 in total), around 80 prospective students joined the interview. My interview was scheduled in the morning. The interview lasted 30 mins, but we talked for 1 hour. The questionnaire was listed on a paper held by the interviewer. All the questions were not uncommon. 1. What is your biggest success which means most significantly to you? What is your biggest failure? 2. Tell me one typical day Read more
Published: November 10, 2016
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following UT Austin / McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! This was a Skype interview with a second-year student at McCombs. He only had access to my resume prior to the interview. The interview itself started about 15 minutes late due to technical issues with Skype. We eventually connected but my video froze about 3 minutes into the conversation. The interviewer elected to continue the interview with my audio only, though I could still see and hear him. Topics: Brief discussion of undergraduate education Walk me through Read more
Published: November 10, 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. Good luck to them! Just finished my interview at an off-campus hub. Had only one interviewer, very relaxed atmosphere, laughed a lot – extremely friendly. No traps or questions to catch me off guard at all. Asked: How did you get here? (I had a pretty long journey to the interview) Start where it makes most sense Very specific questions to my personal journey, about the business (who came up with his crazy idea, why this particular location and why this particular product) and Read more
Published: November 6, 2016
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-Campus
The following Stanford GSB interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Relaxed interview – we jumped right into content. LOTS of probing on all sorts of tangents, but the interviewer was really friendly and nice the entire time! 1. Example of time when you felt effective. 2. Example of time were you initiated something new / saw an opportunity others didn’t see. [I gave 3 options, and he asked me to elaborate on 2 of those] 3. Example of challenging teamwork situation. 4. Anything else you want to Read more
Published: October 31, 2016
Washington / Foster MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Washington / Foster MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with an Admissions Director over Skype. The interview started on time and lasted about 35 minutes. Here are some questions I was asked: 1. Walk me through your résumé after graduating from college. 2. Why Foster? 3. Tell me about a time you’ve received criticism. 4. Tell me about a time you saw a problem and addressed it. 5. What do you like to do in your free time outside Read more
Published: October 30, 2016
Yale MBA Interview Questions Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview in a hotel conference room. The Adcom member was pleasant and offered polite conversation and explained the interview process before proceeding. The whole thing took exactly 30 minutes. Prior to the interview I was asked to submit a quote that was meaningful to me. Blind interview. Adcom stated that all interviews would be standardized to about 6 questions across all applicants interviewed. Walk me through your résumé. Why an MBA? (for me, this transitioned into my career plans… and Read more
Published: October 30, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions Report: Round 1/ Alum / Off-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Met the recent alum at a coffee shop. She only had my résumé and it was very conversational for about an hour. Overall it was a very straightforward process. Introduce yourself/walk me through your résumé. Why MBA? Why now? Why not stay at your current company and progress as you have been? – I worked in why Booth here Career Goals? lots of follow-ups trying to poke holes in my reasoning Tell me about a failure? lots of Read more
Published: October 27, 2016
Vanderbilt / Owen MBA Interview Questions Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Vanderbilt / Owen MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them!  I had a Skype interview with an Admissions Director. She called me promptly at the designated time, not a minute later. These are the questions I remember being asked: What are your post-MBA plans after graduation? Why Owen? If you have 60 seconds to present yourself to a potential employer, what would you say? What are some skill areas you have to strengthen with an MBA? What can you contribute to your peers Read more

MBA Livewire

November 17, 2024 12:58am ET
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
November 17, 2024 12:46am ET
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
November 16, 2024 12:19pm ET
Interview Invite to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GRE: 320
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: India
November 16, 2024 10:45am ET
Accepted to Boston College / Carroll
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on November 12, 2024
GPA: 3.91
GRE: 318
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Texaa
November 16, 2024 9:42am ET
Accepted to Ohio State / Fisher
Round: Early Decision
Received via email on November 14, 2024
GRE: 316
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
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