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Published: February 20, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year / On-Campus
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer was a second-year and a great listener. We had a 40-minute casual conversation. I felt immediately comfortable to be myself. They do ask for a copy of your id as well as a copy of your resume at the front desk. The interviewer had a marked up copy of my resume as well so he prepped before-hand. The question that threw me most was how I would connect with international students. Questions: – Walk me through
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Published: February 20, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 2nd year Student / On-Campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them! Lasted about 45 minutes. My interviewer was very pleasant and made the effort to keep the conversation as fluid as possible, leading questions from my responses which I appreciated. The interviewer also took A LOT of notes during the session. Questions included: 1) Why MBA? Why Tuck? 2) What did I know about Tuck’s Learning teams and what would be unique about my contribution? 3) What specific clubs do you see yourself taking an active part
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Published: February 19, 2018
Duke / Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Second-year student / Skype
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very friendly and casual interview. Standard questions: 1) Tell me about yourself? 2) How does Fuqua help you achieve your career goal? 3) How will you contribute to Fuqua? 4) What does team Fuqua mean to you? and Why? 5) Tell me about a time when you receive constructive feedback and how do you apply it? 6) Tell me about the achievement you most proud of outside of work? 7) What
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Published: February 18, 2018
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Adcom/skype
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was done by Kelly Wilson, nevertheless, the person who interviewed me seemed different than the picture from the email. the questions were: 1. Tell me what you do at your job 2. plans after the mba 3. Plan B if my plans didnt go as planned 4. Ho i worked with people with whom i didnt get along 5. How did people utilise me at work 6. How did i feel with different
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Published: February 16, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Alumni / Off-Campus (International)
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational, kept the questions coming one after the other. Ended with 2-3 questions on their experience and background. Questions 1) Why Fuqua? Why MBA and now? 2) What specific about Fuqua’s culture made you apply? 3) Talk about your professional aspirations 4) What is the most important piece of constructive feedback you have received? 5) What will you bring to the class? 7) What is your leadership angle? Clear Admit Resources
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Published: February 15, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: R2/ Alum/ Off-campus
The following Michigan Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was fairly relaxed with the alum ensuring that I was comfortable at all times. It was a blind interview with the alum having read only my resume. I was asked the following questions; 1) What brings you here? 2) Tell me something about yourself 3) Why MBA? 4) Why Ross? 5) What’s the craziest thing that you’ve ever done? 6) One time you failed 7) Biggest weakness The alum let
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Published: February 15, 2018
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was a senior Adcom member. Very friendly and conversational. We started off by talking about my current city in Chile. He came here a few years ago and had lovely memories of this city. He had a copy of my resume and told me that he had not seen my file, so it was a blind interview. Towards the end, he talked a lot about UNC and the kind of opportunities that exist there. Also, he told
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Published: February 14, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational. questions: Why now? Why Yale? What do you think you will bring to the classroom? Tell me about a time when you faced confrontation? How did you resolve it? What about your personality helped you here? What was your most outstanding achievement? What does your quote of choice say about you? (You have to submit your favorite quote beforehand) My interviewer ended with some specific questions about my candidacy. Lasted about 45 minutes. Preparing for an upcoming Yale
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Published: February 13, 2018
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Questions: 1. I’ve read through your resume, could you tell me about your current position with your company? 2. What are you interested in doing next, after your MBA? (read what are your career goals) 3. Tell me about a time you worked in a team setting where you had to compromise for the team to succeed 4. Tell me about a situation where a team member disagreed with you and how you deal with it
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Published: February 12, 2018
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU / Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Once you schedule an interview, you have access to signing up for a class visit and lunch with a current student. I would recommend doing at least lunch before your interview. Helped give me a sense of the culture and gave me something to reference in my interview. The whole experience was very friendly and personalized (they give you a packet with info for all of the clubs you showed interest in and a t-shirt!)
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Published: February 9, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Visit was during Round 1 interview invite day and was with 2nd year student, blind. 1/2 of section interviewed first while the other 1/2 waited and then switched. Very friendly interviewer and atmosphere. After this the rest of the day’s activities commenced. The team exercise is not something I would advise preparing for – you either have it or you don’t. If you can function in a team setting it will show. I would suggest just being yourself and
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Published: February 7, 2018
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Rolling admissions / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Rolling Admissions applicant. Good luck to them! I met my interviewer for lunch in NYC, very relaxed and I ended up having a great time and learning a lot about the school. The interview was very conversational and took 75 minutes which I think is quite long for a Columbia interview. He knew nothing about me and looked at my resume in the restaurant while we were eating (I brought a copy). Questions 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Walk me
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Published: February 5, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed Round 2 for the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program with Lisa Cummings. She was a very nice interviewer who made sure to establish up front that MIT does not like to give stressful interviews. The questions/discussion went as follows: 1. How was the drive up? I hope you took advantage of the offerings today for visitors. 2. Is there anything new to your application since you applied? 3. Tell me about a time you had
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Published: February 5, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1/ 2nd Year Student / On Campus.
The following Duke / Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! 30 minutes. Standard interview format -> tell me about yourself, why mba, why fuqua. The next portion of the interview focused on team/ leadership scenarios and qualities (tell me a time you worked on a diverse team, what is your leadership style). Very informal and fun interview. 5 min at the end to ask two questions for the interviewerr.
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Published: February 5, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the interview on campus in the Adcom’s office. She let me know at the beginning that she would be timing the interview because she had interviews after me. The Adcom was very friendly and the interview was very conversational. The interview is blind and the interviewer comes in with no prior information of you or your application. A We started with the basics. -walk me through your resume. -why an mba? -future goals? and
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Published: February 5, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Hello! I interviewed when I was in New Haven. I arrived to campus and had a chance to check out a class and speak to students. I had an interview with an AdCom member, and the interview was 30 minutes in length. It was similar to interviews that I had with other schools and I got similar questions but with SOM specific. I had the following questions: ” Walk me through your resume” “Tell me more about [bullet on my
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Published: February 3, 2018
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 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview on-campus at Yale SOM (I received my invite a couple weeks after applying). My interview was first thing in the morning, and then there were planned activities for the rest of the day (class visit, campus tour, etc.) The interviewer (a second-year student) was very friendly, just wanted to get to know me and my motivations for applying. The interview lasted ~30 minutes. They asked most of the standard questions. Questions asked: Tell me
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Published: February 2, 2018
UC Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Berkeley / Haas MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! We met at the Starbucks located on the first floor of the interviewer’s company. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why did you choose these positions 3. Small talks about my hobby 4. The interviewer talking about her experience founding her company 5. Why MBA, Haas 6. Interviewer talking about Haas’s culture, environment, and location The interview was super casual, it lasted little less than an hour. The interviewer and I
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Published: February 2, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following MIT Sloan MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The adcom and I interview in the hotel lobby in HK. She knew everything about my history, background, and resume. We started chatting about our mutual background, which was my college neighborhood. Her best friend lives in that area, and how she like the city. Then we went on talking about my past decisions, my career history, why I jumped from this position to that position. How I ended up founding my own startup. Why MBA, why
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Published: February 1, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed in November 2017 at the admissions office inside the Hariri Building. The experience was way more laid back than I expected. My interviewer was a second-year student wearing jeans and an untucked polo. He hadn’t seen my resume before so most of the questions he asked me were just trying to paint a picture of where I was in my career and what my goals are. Questions included: 1. Tell me about yourself/describe your resume 2. Greatest strengths
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Published: January 31, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On Campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them! Student interviewer didn’t seem well-prepared and disjointedly jumped from question to question. Admissions office also seemed annoyed by all of the students there for interviews rather than welcoming, was a very weird environment and all candidates talked about it. This may be the downside of applicant-initiated interviews. Questions: – Walk me through your CV – Why an MBA? – Why Tuck? – Why now? – What are your strengths? – What are
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Published: January 31, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 2/ Second-year student/ On-campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! This was a big interview day at Ross. We had a whole program and the Admissions team was tremendous in laying out where we needed to be and facilitating communication between interviewees. The interview was in the morning in a study room in one of Ross’ buildings. My interviewer was very welcoming, engaging, conversational, and kind of laid back. We chatted for a couple minutes and then got into it. I’m not sure if I remember all of the
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Published: January 25, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2, Alumni, Mumbai
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Alumni talked about my background, commonalities. Then went to basic questions on why LBS, why the career I’d chosen. He asked about the decisions I’d taken in life and how I ended up working investment banking. He also made sure I was a genuine person and looked for common contacts in my firm and asked me if I knew them. He was from the Trading side while I was in IBD in another bank. He asked me questions on the
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Published: January 25, 2018
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was very friendly and conversational. It almost felt like he was trying to sell me on UNC because he kept talking about how it was the best school he had ever worked for, and how amazing the environment was. He had a copy of my resume but had not looked through the rest of my application. Overall good experience, waiting to hear back. Questions asked: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why did you choose
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Published: January 22, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Second-year student / On-Campus
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Pretty chill and straight forward interview: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why do you want to do an MBA now? 3. Why Anderson? 4. Short and Long Term Goals 5. Why an MBA and not a masters? 6. How can you contribute to Anderson’s community, and which clubs would you join? 7. Tell me about an innovative lasting contribution you made in your current job? 8. Questions for me? I
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