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Published: January 30, 2023

LBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Zoom

Final Decision: Admitted with Merit Scholarship It was a very predictable and structured interview and started with the alumna introducing herself and explaining the structure of the interview and about the Case Study, which would be taken up a little later. 1. We started with, Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? 3. Best thing about your current job? 4. Most impactful international trip and why? This is where it became more informal and I could see building a rapport with the interviewer. 5. Post-MBA Goal? 6. Where would you want to work Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Student / Zoom

Very casual interview like other reports have said. The student didn’t give really any info about themselves. I just went into my story from childhood to present day. No real traditional interview questions at all other than once I said that I had direct reports I was asked, “Have you ever had to give negative feedback? How did you handle it?” She stopped me from time to time to dig further, but I was talking 90% of the time. After about 20 mins, she said she had what she needed and then turned it over to me for questions. The Read more

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Published: January 30, 2023

USC Marshall MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

I interviewed with a member of the admissions committee this week. I do not believe she had seen my application, only my resume. My interview lasted 30 minutes. It was not on Microsoft Teams (as noted in the interview invite), but on Zoom. Walk me through your resume. Do you oversee anyone at your current job? What leadership opportunities have you had? What do you attribute to the success of your career? Why do you want an MBA? What are your post-MBA goals? Why Marshall? What will you bring to Marshall? Have you talked to any students or alumni? What Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

Q1. Tell me something about your hobbies. Q2. Why Georgetown? Q3. Short-term and long-term goals and how Georgetown can help you in reaching them. Q4. Any particular subject that interests you? Why? Q5. Do you want me to say anything in particular about you that will make the adcom admit you? Q6. If you are admitted to all the schools you’ve applied to, how will you decide where you want to join? Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype

The interview was very laid back. The Adcom was friendly and laid back. She started out with the basics questions; Tell me about yourself (walk me through your resume), why an MBA, and why Kenan-Flagler. We then moved into the behavioral questions. The one that caught me off guard was speaking about a time where your team failed due to another person. All in all I could tell through this interview that the school lives up to their friendly/not cut throat reputation. Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom

I interviewed in the first round for Michigan Ross on October 30, 2022. The interview took place over Zoom and was with a recent alumnus who was located in my current city and desired post-MBA career. The interview was very laid back and was a mixture of resume-based questions and then also behavioral with plenty of time to ask questions at the end. The interview questions were very typical of what was listed in the 2021 interviews: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? 3. What has been your greatest failure? 4. Talk about a Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Zoom

Alum Resume based Asked a lot about why I wanted an MBA and what that looked like. Dual degree applicant questions and which field I was leaning more toward. It surprised me how much I was asked about the other degree I’m currently pursuing at Michigan. Read more

Published: January 30, 2023

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Zoom

This interview was conducted via Zoom during the last week of October 2022 for Round 1 admission. I was paired with a recent alumna and asked to reach out to her to schedule an interview. Make sure you are not using a free version of Zoom, for example, as I was cut off after 40 minutes! I was able to hop back on, but something to keep in mind. We were just finishing up so I would expect about 40 minutes for the interview length. The interview was very casual and I was admitted in Round 1. After she introduced Read more

Published: January 29, 2023

NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom

Applied December 15th, 2022; Interview invite January 10th, 2023; Interview January 18th; Admit January 27th Overall the interview was really conversational and welcoming. The interviewer was so nice and kept complimenting my answers and providing support after each answer. The 30 minutes flew by and I thought it went pretty well. As the interviewer had gone through my file, she didn’t ask me “Why Stern” or “tell me about yourself.” The first question opened with a comment about my pick 6. 1. Why MBA? 2. What type of role do you find yourself playing in teams?/ What is your Read more

Published: January 29, 2023

Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

1. Walk me through your CV. 2. Why MBA and why now? 3. Why Tuck? 4. Greatest achievement – professional or personal? 5. Most useful negative feedback received? 6. Negative feedback given? 7. Question for the interviewer and her experience? Read more

Published: January 25, 2023

Emory Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

I just had my interview. I feel really good about it. My adcom made it comfortable and conversational. It was about getting to know me. Very straightforward. They weren’t trying to trick me or quiz me. 1. Why MBA? 2. Why now? 3. Why Goizueta? 4. Walk me through your resume, a few follow up or clarification questions. 5. Why your undergrad? 6. What will you bring to Emory? 7. Tell me about your current role and if you oversee anyone. 8. What’s your post-MBA plan? Which location? 9. What questions do Read more

Published: January 24, 2023

Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Virtual

Consortium applicant. Tuck Admissions Associate (2nd-year student) showed up on the call very promptly. She introduced herself and ran through the interview format. She mentioned that it’s okay if I didn’t have an answer to any behavioral question to ask for another question. Questions were: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Short- and long-term career goals? 3. Why MBA and why Tuck? 4. Tell me about a time when you had to give tricky feedback and what you learned from it. 5. What is your proudest achievement? 6. Is there anything we did not Read more

Published: January 24, 2023

UCI Merage MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

1. Walk me through your resume. 2. ST goal (specific company/position) & Plan B. 3. Why Merage & what other schools? 4. TMAT working with difficult people. 4. TMAT receiving feedback & how you dealt with it. Read more

Published: January 24, 2023

Emory Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

I obtained an interview from Emory a week after the Round 2 application deadline. I had a virtual interview with and Admissions Advisor. She was extremely kind and the interview was very professional and conversational. It was a blind interview and resume based. Asked my background, walk through my background. Why I decided to move from company to company. An example of teamwork and leadership. What those teammates would describe me as. I only had time for 1 question, but was able to follow-up with more through email. For my interview, I prepared for all the possible question variations from Read more

Published: January 23, 2023

SMU Cox MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

1. Why did you choose your undergrad major and school? 2. Walk me through how you ended up at your current role. 3. What’s one of the most difficult things about your job? 4. When did you decide to get an MBA? Why? 5. What are your post-MBA goals? Will you continue in the same industry? What’s your backup plan? 6. Why Cox? 7. How will you contribute to the Cox community outside of the classroom? 8. How will you measure at your graduation ceremony if your time was successful? 9. Tell Read more

Published: January 23, 2023

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Very conversational and easy-going interview, lasted about 1hr. My interviewer laid out the structure for me in the beginning to give me an overview. 1. Tell me about yourself (very open-ended, I talked for about 15ish minutes and combined the why MBA into this question). 2. TMAT you worked with someone different from you. 3. Follow up questions on something I mentioned in Question 1. 4. Why Darden? 5. Interviewer’s self intro + Questions. Very good experience, honestly I wish more interviews could be like this lol Read more

Published: January 23, 2023

Vanderbilt Owen MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Virtual

It was a pretty chill interview: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA now? 3. What are your short-term goals? 4. Tell me about a time you made a mistake. 5. What is a common misconception about you? 6. What value will you bring to Vanderbilt and what value will Vanderbilt add to you? 7. What would you like to be involved in on campus? Read more

Published: January 15, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

I received my interview invite about a week after submitting my application and emailed the admissions office to schedule my interview during the campus visit I’d already scheduled. I arrived on campus at 9:30AM and was able to store my luggage in their coat closet. I attended the class visit, campus tour, Q&A with students, and lunch before starting my interview. After lunch, I met the second-year student at the lobby, and we went to a small study room for the interview. She started by talking a little about her background before diving into the interview. She had a list Read more

Published: January 15, 2023

Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Video Assessment / Virtual

The application deadline was January 5th, and I did my interview on the 12th. All applicants must take the Video Assessment as part of their requirements after submitting the rest of the application by the deadlines. I have not heard about a decision one way or another yet. Here are the questions to the best of my memory: 1. Tell me about a time when you failed. What did you learn from it? 2. What do you expect to get out of the McCombs MBA program? What do you expect will challenge you? 3. Tell me about Read more

Published: January 12, 2023

Interview Report Round-Up: HBS, INSEAD, MIT Sloan

Welcome to another edition of Interview Report Roundup. This week, we’re taking a closer look at MBA admissions interview reports that HBS, INSEAD and MIT Sloan applicants have recently shared to the Clear Admit Interview Archive. A Round 1 MBA hopeful for Harvard Business School faced an adcom member very familiar with their application, as the contributor noted, “The interviewer had read the entire application in detail (including details I had mentioned only in the application form) and had done basic research on some of the niche parts of my work.” Read more

Published: January 11, 2023

Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

The interview went for 30 minutes, with the standard questions Why MBA/Why Yale/Why now questions. The interview felt very scripted as the second-year student clearly had to get through the list of questions she had in front of her. After the 30 mins was done, we spent another 15 mins chatting about Yale and why she picked SOM. Overall a great experience. Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On Campus

Interview invite in October. Questions were provided by adcom as they wanted to limit bias. Walk me through your resume. Why MBA now? Why Yale, SOM school? What are your short- & long-term goals? What is your submitted quote? How is it related to the Yale SOM community? Tell us your proudest leadership experience, and how you can apply this experience in MBA study. Any questions? Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

CMU Tepper MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

The adcom had reviewed my entire application before our interview. Give me a one-minute introduction to who you are. Why an MBA? Why now? What is your criteria in selecting a business school? What are your post-MBA goals? Give an example when you accomplished something to bring better results to your team. What’s your definition of diversity? Give an example when things didn’t go according to plan as a leader. What would you have done differently? Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? Do you have any questions for me? When Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Video Assessment / Online

7 questions with 30 seconds to prepare and 3 mins to answer for each question. Used Kira system for recording, allowed to start questions on your own pace. 1. Short-term goal and Plan B 2. TMAT working with competitive people, how did you navigate it? 3. Proudest achievement? 4. TMAT people were treated unfairly, what did you do? 5. TMAT you were judged unfairly / received unfair feedback. 6. Why McCombs? Not sure the words are accurate since the questions are quite lengthy. Also, make sure your background is clean, I don’t think there’s an Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype

The interview was scripted in advance with specific questions that the second-year student had been told to ask – which meant that it was difficult to have a free-flowing conversation and create a genuine connection. But the tone of the interview was friendly and the questions were relatively standard and focused around why an MBA and why Yale, some resume questions, and a question focusing on giving an example of something I had learned by looking at a situation through someone else’s perspective. I was surprised by the focus on diversity (the quote + an additional question around how I Read more

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December 23, 2024 10:00am ET

Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg

Round: Round 1

Received via email

GMAT: 695

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Taiwan

December 22, 2024 9:40pm ET

Applied to Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 2

Received via portal

GPA: 3.85

GRE: 339

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Brooklyn, New York

December 22, 2024 1:36pm ET

Accepted to UT Austin / McCombs

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 16, 2024

GRE: 319

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: United Kingdom

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$20k merit scholarship offer.

December 22, 2024 12:04pm ET

Accepted to Stanford GSB

Round: Round 1

Received via phone

GPA: 3.7

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: Asia

December 22, 2024 4:59am ET

Accepted to UPenn / Wharton

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GMAT: 730

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Southeast Asia

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Elated and did not expect it!

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