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Published: December 19, 2012

Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus

My interview with a second-year student took place on Super Interview Saturday during the first weekend in December. My interviewer was fully prepared, as I saw that she had a number of notes already on my resume. It lasted about 45 minutes, during which I was asked the following questions: -Walk me through your resume -Why an MBA? -Why Ross? -What sorts of companies are you targeting for an internship? Why? We started with those, and the conversation flowed to other topics, such as how I would contribute to the community, what my passions are, etc. She Read more

Published: December 19, 2012

Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype

I did my interview via Skype with a member of the adcom. She stated that she had my resume and while she hadn’t reviewed my application, she had notes and questions from others who did. First she asked me to go over my job positions since graduating college and specifically asked me to include my reasons for promotions and moves (I had worked for one org. but had held 4 different positions with a promotion each year). This took about 7-10 minutes, with her asking a few clarifying questions – but mostly just me talking. Second, she asked “What other Read more

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Published: December 19, 2012

INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/AdCom/Off Campus

A very detail-oriented interview was held. Here are questions: First Interview: Why MBA Why Insead How is your English? How did you learn English? Will you be completely comfortable in an English environment ? What is your greatest strength ? How will you use your experience to contribute to class ? Second Interview: What are your long term goals ? Why do you want to go back to Japan after your MBA ? Are you looking for international work experience ? Have you create a business plan before ? How do you plan to fund your venture ? What are Read more

Published: December 19, 2012

INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2/Alum/Off-Campus

I was interviewed by CEO of an MNC. Interviews were conducted at their respective offices and both interviews lasted 1.5 hours each. Interviewers have to fill a certain feedback form and most of the questions are asked from that form. These were: Why MBA, Why INSEAD, What are your short term and long term goals (geographical location/ industry and skills), What international experiences have you had, How you can add value to classes at INSEAD, Explain your career progression. Read more

Published: December 19, 2012

UT Austin / McCombs MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/Alum/Off-Campus

The interviewer was easy going and an alum. He started with a bit of small talk and then asked the following questions: Walk me through your resume and how you got where you are today? What is the strongest part of your application? What are you most passionate about? Tell me about a team scenario where you faced challenges from a team mate ? Where do you see yourself in 10 years ? What other schools that you have applied to ? Surprising: Did not ask if i had any questions. Not Surprising: The questions asked. School experience: Read more

Published: December 19, 2012

Indian School of Business MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/ Adcom/On-Campus

Before interview I was given a word “Action” and was asked to write about 50-100 words. At 4:00 P.M. I was called inside for the interview. It was a panel of three members. Interview was started by Adcom member. He asked me to list out the current projects I’m doing and then asked to explain each project in detail. He often asked the technicalities of the projects. This discussion went on about 15 minutes. Then the second panel member asked me about the Entrepreneurial experience I had and the learnings. How would I react if I lose money in a 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 18, 2012

INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/ Alumni/ Off-Campus

First Interview: Interviewer had 15 years of experience in his field and he told me that he had studied in INSEAD after reaching the position of VP at his previous employer, which just impressed me a lot and I felt a bit nervous too. But, he was very friendly. He asked general interview questions like why mba, why now, why insead. Why do you want to change fields ? And what was your thinking in choosing the new field- walk me through your decision making process ? The interview was for half an hour. Second Interview: Interviewer was Read more

Published: December 18, 2012

USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2/AdCom/Skype

The interview was blind. The interviewer asked the folllowing questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why do you want to pursue an MBA at this point in your career ? 3. Why Marshall ? 4. What do you hope to get out of an MBA at Marshall ? 5. What do you do in your free time ? 6. If you had to change one thing about yourself, what would it be ? 7. Describe yourself as a leader. 8. You said you read biographies and follow business leaders, so who is Read more

Published: December 18, 2012

Oxford / Saïd MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/AdCom/Off Campus

Oxford is a dream come true for me. The questions were simple except one which I’ve mentioned at the end: It was a non-blind interview. So I have read your profile, so would you like to give me 3 words to describe yourself ? You have varied leadership experiences- what would you say is your leadership style ? Why did you chose Oxford for an MBA? Tell me one experience where you had failed and what did you learn from it ? What are some of the weaknesses in your candidacy and how do you plan to mitigate them Read more

Published: December 17, 2012

Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On Campus

I was really excited to visit SOM and felt that it was a great fit from what I had reach/heard from former and current students. The on-campus experience unfortunately was a disappointment. We spent most of our time crammed in two rooms with nothing to do, and the class visit was a painfully boring lecture. The class visit was followed by a campus tour which was hampered by the fact that the tour guides seemed like they didn’t even like the campus or New Haven (one of our tour guides noted that there is “absolutely nothing to do in New Read more

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

Published: December 10, 2012

UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus

My interview was with a second year student and was held at the admissions’ office. Like others have posted, my interviewer did not know anything about me and did not want to see my resume. He told me upfront that he simply wanted to hear my story and I had 20-25 minutes to say whatever I wanted and he would ask questions only to clarify what I had said. It was very comfortable even though I was at first intimidated by the format and talking about myself for such a long time. Overall I think it went well. Afterwards, he Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / on-campus

I chose to interview on grounds, first because I assumed that having face time with adcom would be beneficial and second because I wanted to visit the School and Charlottesville before deciding which MBA to attend. Both the people from admissions office and the students were incredibly friendly and willing to show me around and make sure I was prepared for the interview. Questions asked: 1. Tell me your story. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why Darden? 4. Have you considered the Executive MBA? (I’m older than the average student) 5. Any additional question you would Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On campus

I was interviewed by a second-year student and the overall feel of the interview was very relaxed. I traveled from Atlanta to do the interview on campus and the interviewer seemed to appreciate the committment. This was a blind interview. She asked me for my resume as soon as we sat down, skimmed it and began by asking me to walk her through it and finish with why I beleived I needed an MBA. I found it particularly helpful to have practiced my “story” and rehearsed my progression through my career and used this as a starting point for what Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

UT Austin / McCombs MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus

1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA? Why Texas? 3. What’s the weakest part of your application? 4. What’s the strongest part of your application? 5. Describe how you deal with situations where you have a teammate who’s difficult to work with or isn’t living up to his/her part. 6. I briefly mentioned my undergrad institution, and the interviewer ended up asking if I was applying to that school for my MBA because it has a strong program. After I said no, the interviewer asked why not. 7. What’s the most Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On campus

Second-year student interviewed me. It was very laid back and part of manyother events (info sessions, tour, etc) that were part of the weekend. Exactly as I had heard, my second year was very friendly and tried to make me feel comfortable. Very straight-forward “why Duke” type questions with some behavioral. More emphasis on what I’d bring to Duke than what my post-MBA plans were. Questions: Can you walk me through your resume? Why MBA? Why Fuqua? Tell me about a time you had to overcome a personal conflict? What are your 3 greatest strenghts? What do you wish that Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

Berkeley / Haas MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus

I was interviewed by a somewhat recent alum at a local coffee shop. The interview was very pleasant, but the interviewer stuck to a fairly strict script based on what the school sent out. Questions asked: Tell me about yourself Talk about your experience in quant heavy courses Tell me about your responsibilities in your current position/role Why do you want an MBA and why is now the best time for you Why do you want your MBA from Berkeley What are you interested in doing at Haas I thought the interview went well and there was a lot Read more

Published: December 10, 2012

Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Action / Second-year-student / Skype

My interviewer was a second year student. She introduced herself, talked about her professional experience and her activities at Fuqua, and we then began the chat. After I introduced myself, and walked her through my resume, we then talked about the following questions: Why did I recently switched jobs? What do I like most about this new job? Why do I want to do an MBA? Why Fuqua? How do I think that an ideal team should work? What would be my role in that team? What leadership experience do I have outside work? How would I get involve at 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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