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Published: December 17, 2012
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
I arrived on campus at 9 am and participated in the different activities they offered for interviewees. The day in general was very impressive and enjoyable, with an interesting lunch speaker, tour of the campus, and class observation. My interview was early afternoon, and was with an adcom. Started off with basic questions like tell me about yourself, what do you do in your job, and some follow up questions asking me to provide detail on certain things I said. I’d suggest knowing your application inside and out and know exactly what you want to do when you graduate and Read more
Published: December 17, 2012
SMU Cox Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following SMU Cox interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. The interview was good. The interviewer was adcom director and he made me feel very comfortable when the skype call got disconnected abruptly during the interview. It was a great experience and although I understood that he was asking questions which were kind of out of a list, but the way he said it, made it look like the questions were being asked on the go. Type of Interview: Adcom – Application Based. Questions asked: Tell me about yourself. Your achievements seem to convey you Read more
Published: December 17, 2012
USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/Adcom/Skype
The interviewer was very friendly. Her name was Joanne and she was part of adcom. The interview was a blind interview, a simple affair which started out with some basic questions: 1. So, I have not read your profile, could you walk me through your resume, so that we have an idea about your profile. – Walked her through the resume. 2. Then there were some profile specific questions regarding the choices I had made in my career. 3. Describe your leadership style. 4. What would you change about your leadership style. 5. Why have you Read more
Published: December 17, 2012
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On Campus
I had a blind interview on campus with a member of the admissions committee. Starting with undergrad, tell me about what you’ve done. Why Kellogg? Short term, what is your dream job? What is a siituation where you took initiative/ showed leadership? What would your colleagues say is a positive quality about you? At work, who or how would you interact with others? What is something you could improve on? Outside work, what do you do? What clubs would you want to get involved in? Why have you decided on your chosen field (Marketing)? Do you have any experience or Read more
Published: December 16, 2012
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round I/Second-year student/on-campus
This was a team-based discussion interview. After I signed up for a date on the website, I received an email with two interview prompts. On the day of the interview one of them was chosen. We went around the room every applicant sharing their ideas about the question and then we had a discussion. Towards the end we needed to summarize our discussion. The other applicants were overall friendly. After this each of us spent 10-15 minutes with one of the second-year students who were observing us. I was aksed the following questions: 1) How do you think the Read more
Published: December 13, 2012
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/ Alumnus / Off-campus
Thank you for all the contributions here; mine is the following: My interview took place at the alumnus’ office. The interview lasted about 2 hours; it is important to have on mind that if you are a woman your interviewer would be a woman (and if a guy it would be a guy). The interview started by introducing the structure we were gonna follow; she told me that the “presentation” you have to work on during the interview is more to know how structured you are and not so much the opinion about the topic (so if you don’t know Read more
Published: December 12, 2012
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom/ On-campus
I interviewed at Harvard in November 2012. The interview was exactly 30 minutes and in the room was a man asking questions, a woman silently taking notes, and myself. It was a little awkward. Below are the questions I was asked, though they are not in order. They weren’t any of the questions I saw in past years, and it was a pretty tense interview. The interviewers were very hard to read. • What’s a piece of constructive criticism that you’ve been given that you didn’t agree with? • What do you know now that you wish you’d known Read more

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November 15, 2024 4:36pm ET
Accepted to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via phone November 15, 2024
GPA: 3.5
GMAT: 760
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: United States
November 15, 2024 3:55pm ET
Interview Invite to UVA / Darden
Round: Round 1
Received via email on October 27, 2024
GPA: 3.01
GRE: 319
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Other
Application Location: New York City
November 15, 2024 3:38pm ET
Accepted to Toronto / Rotman
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 15, 2024
GPA: 3.6
GRE: 331
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Application Location: Nigeria
November 15, 2024 2:27pm ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal November 15, 2024
GPA: 7.6/10
GMAT: 695
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Non Profit / Social Impact
Application Location: India
Note:

Did anyone else also receive the following in their decision letter?

Thank you for your application to Columbia Business School. Unfortunately, the Admissions Committee is unable to offer you a place in the August-entering MBA Class of 2027.

Please know that we did not reach this decision easily as we were impressed by your professional accomplishments, academic success, and personal attributes. Indeed, your profile and stated career goals may be a good fit for our January-entering MBA program (J-Term).

The J-Term, which has the same core curriculum and elective offerings as the August-entry MBA, allows students who do not need a summer internship to achieve their career goals to earn their degree in only 16 months. It’s ideal for students who wish to remain in the same industry after graduation or pursue entrepreneurial interests.

Although there is no guarantee of admission, we encourage you to learn more about the J-Term. If interested, contact us at [email protected] and we will connect you with an admissions officer.
November 15, 2024 2:20pm ET
Waitlisted at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 15, 2024
GPA: 8.5/10
GRE: 317
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: México
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