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Published: August 31, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 3 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer introduced himself quickly. Then he explained that this was going to be more of a conversation. He already had the print out of my resume and the 6 page profile. He then asked me to walk him through my résumé. While I was doing that he asked me a few questions and this walk-through must have taken 8-9 mins. He then asked me my reasons for pursuing MBA at this point of time and also my reason for interest in INSEAD. I Read more
Published: August 31, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was in an office environment with an alumnus – CEO of a sustainable energy company. The alumnus was very friendly, greeting me, offering coffee and congratulating me on making it so far. The interview questions were in general a combination of casual, relating to life anecdotes, and professional, relating to my career experience/vision. I was asked about the reason I chose my undergrad degree and about my accomplishments at the companies I worked at. One question that I didn’t expect was about Read more
Published: August 30, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with two alumni off-campus in Houston, TX. INSEAD alumni can ask a variety of questions as long as they have full answers to the following core questions: Why MBA? Why now? Why INSEAD Why XXX job after INSEAD? The interviews were very relaxing and I was able to connect instantly with both alums. My first interview lasted 2 hours and my second interview lasted 2.5 to almost 3 hours. Both settings were in a cafe / bar. The Read more
Published: August 29, 2016
Columbia MBA Interview Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision applicant. Good luck to them! This forum was a great resource in helping me prepare for the interview and get accepted to CBS, and I wanted to submit my experience in order to help others in the future. Where as in previous years, it seemed like the CBS admissions office gives you a list of 6 people to contact. This year, the admissions office only offered one alumnus to contact. We set up the interview in a coffee shop – casual setting, very relaxed format. Read more
Published: August 29, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! This report I’m writing is about my second interview with an alumnus who was a partner at an investment banking firm. It was by far the most intense and thorough interview I had experienced, which was a bit of a surprise. In fact, it was so thorough that I wound up having a one hour face-to-face interview and then a follow up 45 min phone interview with him and never got to ask him any questions! The interview took place early in the morning Read more
Published: July 16, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 3 / Alumni / Off-Campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! A few weeks after I submitted my INSEAD application, I was contacted by an INSEAD admission’s officer to schedule interviews with two alumni: an older alumni (10 years post-INSEAD) and a younger alumni (5+ years post-INSEAD). I was instructed to provide each alumni with a copy of my résumé or my completed MBA application form (excluding the motivation essays). Scheduling the interviews with both alumni was relatively straightforward and I was able to schedule both interviews two days apart. I met with the younger Read more
Published: July 4, 2016
Indiana / Kelley MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! Background: Indian, Male, almost 7 years of work experience in Telecom projects with 5 of those years spent in Africa, short term goal- product management in technology space, GMAT- 760 Interview Experience: I opened the bullets I had made for my last interview only about half an hour prior to the interview. I was still going through the points I wanted to convey during the interview when the Skype call came and suddenly it was go time. Read more
Published: July 4, 2016
Dartmouth / Tuck Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant who was waitlisted.  Interviewed in February by a second year student. It was a very routine and relaxed interview. 30 mins of questions from the interviewer and 15 minutes afterwards spent answering my questions to him about Tuck and his experience. Here’s the order: 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. Why do you want an MBA? 3. Why do you need an MBA to get to your short-term goal? 4. Why do you want an MBA from Tuck? (Interrupted me Read more
Published: June 12, 2016
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! This interview made me understand what a conversational interview really means! And I also realized it is very important to have all points ready in your mind! The alumnus had been interviewing since 12 years, and it really showed through in the interview! He was a pro – and it was my most fast-paced and thorough interview experience compared to my 3 other interviews. my alumnus-interviewer was already seated in a corner of the cafe in the hotel. I Read more
Published: June 12, 2016
UCLA Anderson Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following UCLA Anderson interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! My MBA2 interviewer described the interview timeline to me – about 30 minutes for him to ask me questions and 5 minutes at the end for me to ask him questions. Walk me through your résumé. I gave an overview of my work at the companies I’ve worked at and my non-profit experience I can read what you’ve written, but give me some more flavor of your work at X (my 1st company). Described work responsibility, impact, and initiatives I drove. Read more
Published: June 12, 2016
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them!  I got my interview invite around Jan 25 and I scheduled it for the furthest possible date…14 days after the invite. I drove to my alumnus interviewer’s startup within my city and reached there 45 mins before time in the afternoon. It was pretty hot in my vehicle especially in business formals so I thought I’ll go up to his company and sit at the reception for 45 mins instead of sitting in my vehicle. Well, we instead started my Read more
Published: June 9, 2016
USC Marshall MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Skype
The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview after being placed on the waitlist originally at the decision nofitication date. I submitted supplementary application materials and was contacted about 10 days later. I am not sure if this means they are still having movement from the waitlist. It was a straight forward interview application based but mostly just judging on experiences and your view of the MBA. Asked you the standard MBA questions you will come to expect (why mba, why now, why here? ) Read more
Published: June 9, 2016
Harvard Business School Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-campus
The following Harvard Business School interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! This interview was different from what I had previously done in that it was 2 people interviewing me, both whom where members of the admission committee. One had read all application materials vs. other had only seen my CV. Started with questions about professional experiences in different sectors? Why the change from one to the other? Did you want to remain in the same sector post-MBA or are you looking to switch again? Why are you looking to switch again? Read more
Published: June 9, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 3 / Alumni / Off-Campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview took place in a coffee shop and my interviewer came dressed in a suit and tie. I luckily had erred on the side of caution and had worn a suit as well. This is one of my final interviews and I was very relaxed and felt that the interview was very conversational and not so formal as I thought it might be, especially since it was with alumni (but I guess this can vary depending on the person who is interviewing you). The alumni Read more
Published: June 7, 2016
USC Marshall MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Skype
The following USC / Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Pretty straight forward interview which I was invited to after being waitlisted without interview. Was a skype interview with member of adcom and was blind interview (only had seen my résumé). Standard questions: • Why MBA? Why now? Why Marshall? • Short / Long Term goals • Team-work experiences / anecdotes • How would your peers/colleagues describe you? • Examples of leadership in the workplace Gave me about 5-10 minutes to ask any questions/follow-ups Read more
Published: June 7, 2016
IESE Interview Report: Round 4 / Adcom / Skype
The following IESE interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Very informal interview, probably the most comfortable of all the interviews I have done. Started off with some small talk and background on my interviewer and then switched over to my experiences and extra-curriculars. • Asked the standard why mba? why now? why european mba vs. USA? • Professional experiences and career goals (short/long term) and how the european mba plays into that? • Leadership examples / problematic experiences in the workplace • Family background questions / family dynamics Read more
Published: June 5, 2016
INSEAD Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! First interview was with an ex-BCG consultant who graduated from INSEAD 20+ years ago. The interview took place at a local coffee shop near his office. Although he showed up in suits but the entire interview was very relaxed, and felt more like a conversation. The entire interview lasted about 90 minutes. Some of the questions that I could recall: What do you think about online market research? What role does (my ex-company) play when there’s already so many free online Read more
Published: May 30, 2016
NYU Stern Interview Report: Round 3 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU / Stern MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! Prior to the interview I was told that Stern’s interview style was very much a two-way street between interviewer and interviewee. In other words it was very conversational. Luckily I still did my homework as this was not at all my experience. Although the admissions counselor was gracious and polite her questions were formal and pointed and were certainly not conversational. Some questions I was asked: What is a typical workday right now at my Read more
Published: May 22, 2016
Duke / Fuqua Interview Report: Round 3 / Skype / Adcom
The following Duke / Fuqua interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I submitted my application on the day of my deadline, May 4th, for the class of 2017. I’m not sure if that was the reason I was interviewed by the Admission Officer director, but I’m glad I did. The interview was very conversational and relaxed, but it was clear that he had a set of questions to ask me. Also, I was interviewed by video skype and it was very conforting seeing his face during the conversation. Here you Read more
Published: May 11, 2016
Babson Olin MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following Babson Olin MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with a current student. It was approximately a 40-minute interview with all standard questions. No curveballs. It was a blind-interview as he had only seen my résumé (said to use examples from application if desired) – Walk my through your résumé. – Why MBA? Why Babson? Why now? – Position desired after MBA and how you intend to obtain it – Biggest failure? Greatest achievement? – What would you bring to the cohort? Read more
Published: May 11, 2016
Indiana / Kelley MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Second-year Student / Skpe
The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was pretty straightforward interview with a current second year student. Typical questions that started with walking through résumé and explaining decisions on switching from job to job. Asked about leadership experiences and working in different cultures / businesses. Then: why MBA and why Kelley? What drew me to Indiana as a state / community. Asked about my short term goals and how the MBA would help in achieving them and finally closed with a question I had Read more
Published: May 7, 2016
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I attended the Round 3 Interview Day at Ross. There is only one on-campus interview day for Round 3, and there were about 45 people there. A week before the interview, Ross will invite you to a GroupMe Group to get in touch with other interviewees. We used the group to plan out rideshares from the airport and also schedule a dinner for the night before the interview. This was really awesome, and just emphasizes Ross’s collaborative culture. Warning Read more
Published: May 7, 2016
CMU / Tepper Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following CMU / Tepper interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to Tepper’s Women’s weekend, which was held on campus. There were about 50 women there, and there was a day of events geared towards showing women why Tepper is a good place to pursue an MBA. It was an exhausting day, with a lot of sessions including a mock class, a presentation by career services, etc. I interviewed first thing in the morning, but the interviews ran all day. The interview went okay, but it did seem a Read more
Published: April 30, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following UPenn / Wharton interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant was who admitted. Congratulations to them! The atmosphere was competitive yet friendly. Since no one knows what to expect in the team-based dynamic (TBD), it is a good idea to arrive early in order to know the people in your group. The TBD went smoothly, there are no questions asked at this point; only instructions given at the beginning …and then a lot of note-taking from the interviewer. In the one-on-one interview, the questions are really tailored to one’s experience at the TBD, including topics such Read more
Published: April 29, 2016
Yale SOM Interview Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following Yale SOM interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant.  Everyone was very friendly and welcoming. The school had a full day of activities planned out for us prospective students. At the same time, people were nervous, asking about how the interview went for you (if you went before them), etc. I personally chose to have my interview at the beginning of the day. Pros: don’t feel stressed throughout the day and the activities, can enjoy the activities to the fullest without your mind wandering towards thoughts about the interview, it feels good to be able Read more

MBA Livewire

December 17, 2024 3:47am ET
Accepted to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 14, 2024
GPA: 8.52/10
GMAT: 715
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: India
Note:

Admitted with $$
December 16, 2024 9:52pm ET
Accepted to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on December 05, 2024
Program Type: One Year Program
Note:

9/6 - Applied
10/21 - Interview Invite
11/11 - Interview
12/6 - got a call but missed it, email and portal updated by end of day.
No scholarship but beyond excited!

Wishing you all the best!
December 16, 2024 9:50pm ET
Accepted to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email December 16, 2024
GPA: 3.6
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Bay Area
Note:

While the deadline was yesterday, I received email about admission today! Granted full-tuition scholarship via Consortium. Hold on to hope for the folks awaiting decisions!
December 16, 2024 9:45pm ET
Waitlisted at Dartmouth / Tuck
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 4.0
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Houston
December 16, 2024 9:43pm ET
Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GPA: 4.0
GMAT: 655
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: Houston
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