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Published: September 16, 2013

Career Services Director Q&A: London Business School’s Fiona Sandford

Career Services Director Fiona Sandford joined London Business School (LBS) in October 2010, after serving for nearly a decade as the director of career services at the London School of Economics. Since arriving at LBS, she has been helping to develop a new model to more seamlessly integrate soft skills development into the school’s career services offerings. In the interview that follows, you’ll learn more about that new model, as well as who makes up Sandford’s team, how the recruiting process at LBS unfolds and what students can do before arriving on campus to position themselves well for the job search they will conduct there. So read on! Read more

Published: August 7, 2013

GMAC Commissions New Book on Challenges Facing Business Education

The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns and administers the GMAT exam, has commissioned a new book examining challenges confronting graduate management education, from technological advancements and globalization to how to measure program quality other than through rankings. Disrupt or Be Disrupted: A Blueprint for Change in Management Education, out this month, contains contributions from leading academics and thinkers such as Harvard Business School Professor Rakesh Khurana and Former INSEAD Dean Dipak Jain on how to reimagine curriculum content and delivery, student engagement, faculty development and more. Read more

Published: June 12, 2013

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumni / Off Campus

My interview was in the alumini´s house. (Because of a personal compliciation, she re-scheduled once and only could interview me at her home). It lasted about 1 hour. The questions were the following: -Why an MBA? Why LBS? -Tell me about a time you lead a team -Tell me about a time you work with a complicated person -What is your type of leadership? -3 strenghts -2 weaknesses -Tell me about an experience under a diverse environment -Also, she asked some questions about my essays (as to double check the credibility of Read more

Published: April 30, 2013

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Alumnus / Off-campus

1. Walk me through your resume, tell me about yourself 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why LBS? 4. Tell me about a time when you had to work with someone really challenging and had conflict. How did you manage that situation? 5. How do you deal with stress? 6. Tell me about a time when you failed and what you learned from it. 7. What is a serious business challenge that businesses today should be working on? 8. How has business management changed over time? Presentation Topic: Companies like Amazon and Starbucks Read more

Published: April 29, 2013

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Alumnus / Off-campus

First, some of my key takeaways: 1. Don’t stress out. 2. Turn it into a conversation by inviting them into your story. This takes vulnerability, but pays dividends. My interviewer, at the end, said that he’d like to stay in touch as a mentor. 3. You need to be able to communicate how what you accomplished is valuable to the London Business School, and be specific. Don’t just say what you did, relate it to how you will take that experience and use it to enrich LBS in these three ways. Here are the questions I was asked: 1. Walk Read more

Published: March 11, 2013

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus

First of all thank you to everyone who submitted his or her report. It was a really great help for preparation. My interview was at the apartment of an alumnus, as it was also his home-office. As I am female applicant and he a guy, it is not quite true that you get a female interviewer as well. But for me it didn´t matter anyway. The alumnus was a very friendly and communicative conversation partner. The whole interview was extremely relaxed and lasted for approximately 3 hours – but more because he also talked a lot about his experiences and Read more

Published: February 25, 2013

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus

This was probably my favorite interview yet. I am not sure how LBS pairs applicants with interviewers, but my interviewer had worked at the same company as me before attending (albeit in a very different role) and is currently working in my field of interest (different than my current field). We met at his office and the interview lasted roughly 1.5 hours. We started off with the infamous presentation. My interviewer had purposely selected a topic that he thought, given my background, I would do well with. He apologized profusely since he considered it a bit awkward to start an Read more

Published: December 19, 2012

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/Alum/Off Campus

It was a good experience. Wouldn’t say it was great, the interviewer seemed to be on a tight schedule. Questions: Walk me through your resume. Tell me about your background. Describe your leadership style. What efforts have you made so far towards your goal of becoming an entrepreneur? What would you contribute to LBS MBA class if admitted ? There were some other questions which seemed to be out of a list too. Nothing fancy. She was blazing through the questions. 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: March 13, 2012

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off Campus

I had an interview with an alumni in Paris. We met at a local cafe with a very nice setting. I came about 15 minutes earlier to be prepared and allow some margin for getting lost. The interviewer started by introducing himself briefly and we jumped to the interview start away: Walk me through your resume What are your short and long term goals + tons of follow-up questions that took about an1 / 1.5 hours to answer ; I brought up why MBA, why LBS a lot here and used very specific examples of the LBS program to support my Read more

Published: February 27, 2012

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off-Campus

Am very thankful to all the contributors of this wiki as it was really helpful for me in preparing for the LBS interview. Here is my contribution: My interview was held at the Alumnus’s office. Interview lasted 1.3 hrs. Most of the questions were same as stated on this page. Tell me about yourself. How assertive are you? Do a SWOT analysis of your venture. Why LBS? What other schools have you applied? If you get into all, which one will you pick? What kind of person are you? How will you manage in a class with people of diverse Read more

Published: April 11, 2011

London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off-Campus

My interview was scheduled for 6 PM at the interviewer’s office. Although the interview was scheduled for an hour, it lasted almost 2 hours. Not a negative sign, though, as the interview was somehow conversational. My interviewer was not from a different industry, but he had after school the kind of experience I´m looking for (financial background with operational experience). The best advice I received before the interview was that despite specific questions being made, I should leave my main messages clear. Questions: What qualities make a leader a good leader? What do you need to work on in order Read more

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December 21, 2024 12:13pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military/Corporate Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 302

GPA: 3.63

Years of Work Experience: 9

Notes:

Submitting for R2, but retaking GRE after application deadline. Military Vet with Corporate experience.

December 20, 2024 5:17pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Consulting

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25F, lgbtq, 3 years as a registered nurse. also have started working for an early stage VC in the past several months.

December 19, 2024 4:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 318

GPA: 3.59

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: Southeast

Notes:

Looking to launch a tech startup post MBA, without any background in tech. Come from a quant heavy background and undergraduate coursework. I regularly attended admissions events, in person and online at my schools. I hope that focusing energy on my few top schools and spending a lot of time on essays will help me overcome the less than average test score (164 quant 154 verbal) and GPA.

Serial entrepreneur with a history of profitable small businesses. Was promoted twice in 3.5 years. Involved in many extracurricular activities in and outside of work. My background is very centered around financial services/insurance, is this a red flag for a pivot to Tech Entrepreneurship?

Transferred between two state schools in the southeast. School I graduated from is a top 25 undergrad business program. Obtained a few professionals designations post grad.

December 18, 2024 11:38am ET

Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Held various positions in Finance and Accounting in a healthcare institution

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Other

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 11

Location: International

Notes:

I am passionate about healthcare enhancing patient quality care. So exploring in that field is what I would love. Got a 72k scholarship from Vandy and named Forte Fellow. UNC 50k. I'm having a hard time deciding though my heart is leaning towards Owen

December 18, 2024 10:23am ET

Applying: Arizona State / W.P. Carey, Indiana / Kelley, Ohio State / Fisher

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Facility management

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting

GRE: 309

GPA: 2.8

Years of Work Experience: 3

Notes:

Graduate GPA -3.869

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December 21, 2024 8:37am ET

Accepted to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET

Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 10, 2024

GPA: 3.27

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: CA

December 20, 2024 11:16pm ET

Accepted to Babson / Olin

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 17, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: South Asia

December 20, 2024 7:50pm ET

Accepted to Columbia

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on December 10, 2024

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: India

Note:

$100k scholarship

December 20, 2024 3:21pm ET

Accepted to Yale SOM

Round: Round 1

Received via email December 20, 2024

GPA: 4.0

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

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100% scholarship

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