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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom + Second-year student / On-Campus
1. Healthcare portion I interviewed for the health care major, which involves an interview with the director of the program. I already have a healthcare background so we just discussed my previous steps in more detail and my motivations going forward. It was a logical conversation. It wasn’t explicitly told to me, but I get the feeling that post-MBA job placement marketability is important to them (does your background/profile match with the type of jobs you’re trying to get?) 2. Non-healthcare portion (Team-based discussion) The team-based discussion was pretty anticlimactic and still baffling to me on its utility. Two 2nd
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London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
Interview duration was roughly 2 hours, of which I was being interviewed for between 60-70 minutes. Questions included: -Tell me about yourself -Why LBS -Career goals -Define leadership -Example of your leadership -Strengths/Weaknesses from perspective of a friend -Alternative short-term career goals Was also presented with a series of case-type questions, including questions related to my response to difficult group members (multiple follow-ups here), and what leadership traits I’d target for a start-up firm and for a more mature organization. Presentation: I was given 5 min to prepare and 5 min to present.
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Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
For me, I was nervous about all the random potential questions I could be asked. I prepared for a lot of them, but my interview was mostly (90%) resume-related topics. Not in sequential order… 1. Why don’t you take 2 minutes to introduce yourself. 2. What was it like going through this highlighted situation on your resume? (lots of back and forth) 3. Challenge at current job. 4. What could you have done better at previous job? 5. How did you get these positions? 6. What is the biggest misperception people have about you when
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London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
Most questions in my LBS interview were similar to the ones you find here. Some that stood out were: 1. Did you ever take a risk? 2. Did you ever have to convince someone? Because I’m interested in consulting, my interviewer did an extra case on this. It was a typical consulting interview case, but shorter (10minutes). My interviewer presented a situation in which sales were not as expected, and I had to ask him questions in order to find out what the reasons for this could be. The structure of my reasoning and the questions I asked were what
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Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My Fuqua interview was very long. She made me feel nervous. Questions asked were basic: 1. Checked resume 2. Asked about previous qualifications 3. Asked about my hobbies 4. Again asked me to go through the resume and asked about the things she was unclear or doubtful about 5. Asked about my professional aims and goals The interview overall went well and they basically want to know the basic information about students. Preparing for an upcoming Duke /
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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
I flew in and out the same day from NYC, and I’m not sure whether I would recommend that. It was pretty exhausting. As soon as I landed, I went straight to the admissions office and signed up to attend a class, have lunch with a student and then have the interview. I had the interview with an Adcom member and was prepared to answer all the regular questions. It was blind, so I walked her through my resume. She noticed a date was off and called that out. I panicked, but she redirected the interview and got it back
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
Overview: Conversational interview with an Admissions Fellow on campus. The interview ran about 40 minutes though we had actually scheduled a full hour. The Admissions Fellow asked basic questions including: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Booth? 4. Why now? 5. Short -term and long-term goals 6. Clubs at Booth? 7. Specific classes at Booth? 8. Free time – what do you do with it? 9. What do you wish I had asked you about? 10. Any questions for me?
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MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
I interviewed with an adcom member in Los Angeles. It was an application-based interview. We met at a hotel. There were no surprises in this experience. 1. “Have there been any changes in your application/experience since you submitted?” I used this as an opportunity to break the ice and share something fun I’d done recently. This also let me gauge her attitude/mood. 2. She introduced the format of the interview and that it was for me to help the committee get a better sense of who I am beyond the paper file. She explained the format of behavioral questions. 3.
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
I interviewed with an alumnus of the class of 2013. The interview was blind; he had my resume a week before our meeting. We met at a coffee shop near his office. He ran me through his background before Booth, a few thoughts on his time there, his work since then, and then introduced the format for the interview. He said he would open the floor for me to walk him through my résumé and we’d go from there. He said he’d stop me for questions as needed. I had prepared for this, so I introduced three themes that run
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Stanford GSB MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The interview was with an alumnus in his office, and overall very conversational and informal. I was asked fairly standard behavioral questions for the first ~45 minutes, and then we spent another 15 minutes talking about his experiences at Stanford. There were no curveball questions, but he definitely dug deep into each experience and was especially interested in my thought process. As previous posts mentioned, the best preparation is to reflect on your experiences and come up with 5-6 examples that you can discuss in detail. It’s really important to think about how you handled tricky situations and interpersonal dynamics.
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub – Singapore
I arrived an hour early to avoid rush hour traffic. This gave me time to get settled and converse with all my group mates. It made me less nervous since I already knew everyone and their backgrounds before stepping into the room. The group session was a bit scattered, since everyone was very diplomatic but everyone wanted their own idea to move forward so ideas just kept multiplying. I and another group mate would occasionally moderate the session by summarizing and suggesting a process to move forward. Our proposal eventually came together, but I suggest that other groups don’t force
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Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
My interview was semi-blind, meaning that the interviewer had my resume and notes from an adcom member who had reviewed my profile. Pretty standard questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Describe a time when you had to manage people. 3. Tell me about a time you did something innovative at work. 4. What are your post-MBA plans? 5. What do you think is a weakness in your application? She then proceeded to ask application-specific questions. Also, be sure to prepare intelligent and relevant questions. It would also be helpful to review your application for
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Oxford / Saïd MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Faculty / On-Campus
Just had my interview last week, and it was a very pleasant experience. The interviewer had clearly read my application and even quoted a line from one of my essays. I was extremely nervous going into it because I have a background in humanities (art history), scored very low on the GMAT (610), and have only 3 years of work experience (Oxford average is 6 years). However, the interview was relaxed and friendly, all the staff at Saïd were generous and kind, and it felt very positive afterwards. A few years ago I started a relatively successful social enterprise in
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Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
My interview was pretty straightforward. It didn’t take much time and ended in just 15 minutes. The environment was relaxing and not as tense as I thought it would be. The interviewer looked experienced, but he asked things nicely and in a friendly way. First of all he was interested in knowing about my background even when he had my resume. He wanted to hear it from me. He asked if I had a job and if so, how my interactions were at the job I had. He wanted to know why I had left it and what my future
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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
I visited Chicago for the interview. The interview was blind and was conducted by the Assistant Dean of Admissions. She made me feel very relaxed during the initial phases of the interview. The questions asked were pretty normal and conversational. It went on for around 45 minutes or so. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. What are your career goals? Why do you want to do an MBA? 3. What has been the biggest achievement in your life? 4. What is your management style? 5. Describe a time when you failed in a
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Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
I had my HBS interview with Adcom members on campus last week. It felt super conversational, and they were smiling and laughing throughout with me, which was nice but unexpected. Hopefully they thought it went well too. They asked a number of questions about my career choices. We talked a lot about my work in equity research and what I enjoy about it, how I got there, my background, etc. They had specific questions about the retail industry that I cover and asked me to pitch them a company, which I did. We also talked about my long-term career goals
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USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The atmosphere was casual. I was expecting something more structured and formal, but it ended up being a 45 minute barrage of why get an MBA and then 15 minutes of questions. I thought this was pretty unusual, and I couldn’t get a good read on the Adcom. The interviewer seemed to have read my application as he targeted my future goals right away. I was thrown a bit by how much persuading I had to do with just why an MBA because I felt at some point, we should’ve moved on, but he kept at it. But there’s nothing
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
It was very conversational. Lasted about 45 minutes. She didn’t ask me the “walk me through your resume” question, but she did ask specific questions about my resume. 1. Why MBA and why now? 2. How did you became interested in Chicago? 3. How will you contribute? 4. Talk to me about some highlights during your undergrad. 5. If your friends had to describe you in three words, what would they say? 6. What attributes do you think a leader should have and which ones do you have? 7. 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses
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Emory / Goizuetta MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
I interviewed with the Director of Admissions. The interview went really well. In fact, I thought the questions they asked may have been the best of any school I have visited so far. She asked a couple of behavior interview questions: (1) Describe a time at your job when received constructive feedback and how you responded to it (2) How would your co-workers describe you. She also asked me a few questions from their application: (1) What is your immediate short term goal after graduation from Goizuetta, and what are you going to do if that
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Published: February 27, 2014
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
My interview was at 9am at Darden’s admissions office with a member of the Adcom. There were about 10-20 interviewees also there for morning interviews, with about 4-6 scheduled every hour. My interviewer stated at the beginning that the interview would be completely blind, as she had not even viewed my resume. She then asked me to spend about 15-20 minutes talking about myself. Although 15-20 minutes sounds long, I was in reality telling her aspects of my life that she would then ask clarifying questions about. Overall, the interview was more conversational than question and answer style. However, she
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Published: February 26, 2014
Published: February 26, 2014
Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second Year Student / On-Campus
My in-person interview was with a second year student originally from China. The interviewer asked me: 1. Talk about my resume 2. Why MBA? Why Now? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. Tell about international experience. Any particular thing you learned from your international exposure? 5. What is your leadership style? Give example outside of your professional career. 6. How can you contribute to Fuqua? 7. What are your goals? If your goals are not met, is there any alternate plan? 8. How do you handle a conflict? Give an example 9. Any question
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Published: February 26, 2014
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / 2nd Year Student / On-Campus
I was very impressed with how Ross conducted their interview day. I highly recommend doing an on-campus interview if you get the opportunity. Ross blocked out a bunch of rooms at a nearby hotel and driving around Ann Arbor is fairly easy. Rental car prices in the area are also very reasonable. I know some applicants decided to cab around, but cabs in Ann Arbor are not readily available. Parking on campus was about $9-$10 for the whole day and the parking garage is fairly close to the business school. When interviewees arrive, you are given a brochure, agenda, and
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Published: February 26, 2014
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
I found the Darden interview to be the most relaxed of my interviews thus far. They create a very comfortable environment by having 1st and 2nd year students filter in and out of the waiting room to break the ice among all the prospective students. My interviewer was a member of the Admissions Committee, and she came out to greet me, making small talk as we walked back to her office. She was very friendly in nature and began by saying that it was a blind interview, so she had no prior knowledge of my application (she also was not
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Published: February 26, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The interview lasted about 45 minutes. It was entirely conversational and felt more as though my interviewer wanted to get to know me (as opposed to seeing how I reacted under pressure). She began by telling me about the application process, and that she wasn’t on the admission’s committee. She wanted to get to know me and that her interview notes would be added to my application. After the disclaimer, she spent about 3 minutes telling me about herself (e.g.: undergrad, post-undergrad work experience, grad school, and her time working at Kellogg). After that I was asked to walk through
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