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Published: March 19, 2012
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 (Admitted) / Second-year Student / On Campus
Interviewed on 1/11/2012 with a 2nd year student on campus. Received admission e-mail on 1/25/2012. Interview lasted about 40 minutes Walk me through your resume (with some questions about my engineering experience) Why MBA? Why UCLA? Tell me about a leadership experience. Questions for me? Overall, I enjoyed the interview. It was a very casual conversation where the interviewer showed genuine interest in me as a person, my career aspirations, and how the Anderson MBA fits in. No probing / forcing questions to put me on my toes. It really was a 2-way conversation, where the interviewer related and inter-weaved
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Published: March 18, 2012
UT Austin / McCombs MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / On Campus / 2nd year student
Invitation to interview received on February 15th. I’m an international student It was very relax interview. The interviewer first explained 4 strength of McCombs (his version) and share a little bit of his career and background 1. Tell me a little bit about yourself. 2. Other schools that you have applied 3. What are your goals? 4. What is the weakest part of your application? 5. What is your biggest accomplishment (professional and personal)? 6. How do you define “great leadership”? And how did you implement it in your life? 7. What is your difficulties working in a team? What
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Published: March 15, 2012
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 (Admitted) / Alum / Off Campus
I am in UCLA Round 2 with US$30K. I was invited for interview on Feb. 15, and took my interview on March 4. I received my admission call on March 9. Why MBA? Why UCLA? Why now? Leadership example. Hobbies? An example of resolving conflict. A story shown on my resume (I am a lawyer; so it is about my experience of defending a murder-rapist). Any questions to UCLA or interviewer? I asked his experience: why consulting, PE and then banking? Why UCLA? Collectively lasted over 75 min.
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Published: March 14, 2012
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Regular Decision / Alum / Off Campus
Applied to Columbia MBA program: Jan. 15th, 2012 Invited to Interview: Mar. 5th, 2012 Interviewed: Mar. 11th, 2012 Status Changed to Complete: Mar. 14th, 2012 We met at a Starbuck’s in Atlanta The interviewer was a recent grad who works for McKinsey. He was candid, straight-forward, and didn’t let things feel formal. He first gave me a chance to ask questions about his Columbia and work experience. It was a great way to break the ice. This lasted for 15 minutes. We thoroughly discussed the academics at Columbia (particularly around finance and Heilbrunn) along with the new grades disclosure policy
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Published: March 14, 2012
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On Campus
I arrived and checked in at the admissions office with my photo ID. My interview started at my appointment time in a career center interview room. It went for 25 minutes with 15-20 minutes of me asking questions at the end. The atmosphere was relaxed and very conversational. My interviewer was taking copious notes the entire time. Type of interview – Blind, resume-based interview with 2nd year student. List of interview questions: Tell me about yourself. Resume-specific questions: gaps, details, etc. Short and long term goals. Describe day-to-day at recent job. Discuss what you like the most and least about
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Published: March 14, 2012
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions:
I applied in Round 2 and was interviewed via Skype with a 2nd-year student on March 8, 2012. I signed in my Skype account about 20 minutes prior the interview and realized that the student had already added me some minutes before. He later called me promptly at the interview time. He was very friendly with a cute smile. 🙂 He introduced himself and tried to make me feel at ease. He said the interview would last 30 minutes. He would ask me about my candidacy for 20 minutes and the rest was for my questions. First, he asked me to
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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
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Published: March 13, 2012
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off Campus
The interview was in my city with alum in a cafe. It was the most stressful interview I have ever had. I had to defend every thing I told, like -“I don’t know your company, what do you do?” I explained. “Is this profitable? To my mind, you are the odd link” The questions were: Walk me through your resume What are your short/long term goals? Why Kellogg? What other universities are you applying to? Why them? Why not Stanford… etc? What is your main choice? Tell me about your leadership experience? Tell about a time you had to convince
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Published: March 13, 2012
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub / Admitted
Very friendly and down to earth interview with an admissions committee member. The interview started off with some small talk and then she explained that she would ask me a series of questions and would be looking at her watch frequently and might have to cut me off, she never ended up cutting me off and was taking notes but also looked at me and had good eye contact as I spoke. Below are the questions I received: What did you think of the Harvard application process? Anything that we should change? What was your rationale for choosing X undergrad
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Published: March 13, 2012
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-campus Hub
I was the first interview of the day, in an Asia Hub location. We started with some very friendly chit chat about the city and the admissions committee member’s travels and experiences, for about 5 minutes before jumping into the interview. First, he outlined the structure of the interview and gave his brief background, noting that the interview is blind, i.e. he had not reviewed by application unless incidentally during the initial filtering. He then asked the following: Walk me through your resume Tell me about a time when you managed a team and one person was less motivated Tell
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Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Regular Decision / Alum / Off Campus
Here are the questions that I remember: walk me through your resume what are your long term goals? how was moving to [non-U.S. city] describe a time that you faced a challenge tell me about your time as an undergrad why did you choose to work at [current employer]? what other schools are you applying to? why Columbia? It was pretty straightforward…the “ethical dilemma” question didn’t come up. Neither did the “strengths & weaknesses” question, so I felt pretty good about it all. The whole thing took an hour, but I spent probably 20-30 minutes asking her questions about Columbia
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USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
I arrived 10 minutes early and gave a copy of my resume to the assistant (I was asked to bring a copy). She checked me in and brought the resume to my interviewer to let my interviewer know I had arrived. The interview started a few minutes after my appointment time in the interviewer’s office and went for about 35 minutes. The atmosphere was relaxed. As an aside, there was a same-day info session and class visit, but I had done those while preparing my application so I opted out. My interviewer (Adcom) had pre-read my application. A blend of
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Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Off Campus / Alum
I had two interviews: one with an alumnus and one with a staff member at the Tauber Institute. I submitted my application on Jan 4 and received an invitation to interview on Jan 17. My first interview was over the phone with a Tauber staff member. It lasted about 30 minutes and was extremely conversational. The questions she asked were: Why Ross? Why Tauber? What are your future career goals? Her questions and my answers took up fewer than 15 minutes, and the rest of the time was spent addressing my questions. I asked about MAP, the interaction of Tauber
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus
I applied R2 and had my interview about a week ago. The admissions staff was very friendly and give you a free T-shirt when you show up. The questions that were asked of me: Tell me more about your creative essay Do you have family or friends in NYC? or in the industry you’re looking to pursue? You visited Stern before? What did you think? So why do you want to change careers? Why specifically that career change? How do you feel that you’ve overcome assumptions people had about you? What is your driving force? How would you be involved
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 (Admitted) / On Campus / Adcom
My NYU Stern Interview experience was very friendly and conversational. I actually felt like we spent an equal amount of time evaluating if I was a good fit for Stern and vice versa (see #3 below) My questions consisted of: Walk me through your resume Please tell me about your three greatest achievements. Detailed follow-up questions The interviewer then talked about all of the great things Stern was doing in social entrepreneurship (my field of interest) and the new Dean’s vision. She asked me if I had heard about some of these specific programs (explaining the programs when I didn’t
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus / AdCom
I interviewed during the afternoon of March 5th, sandwiched between a class visit and tour of the Kaufman Center. Applied January 14th and invited to interview on March 1st. My interview was with an assistant admissions director, who was familiar with my application and essays. It was a very casual discussion about my interests and why Stern is the right choice for me. First question was in regards to an interest from my resume. Tell me how you ended up in your first job out of undergrad. Tell me about something you love about what you currently do at your
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On Campus / Adcom
I went to campus and this was my second time there. I was a reapplicant from last year that got waitlisted. The atmosphere was friendly, and the tone of the interview was very conversational. My interviewer had read my application (I think from both years) and was just asking the basic questions of what changed, why Stern, etc. I did a lunch with a current student afterwards but I would recommend doing this first because those are v. laid back and a good way to get info. Questions asked: Why MBA? What are your career goals? Why Stern? (a lot
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus / AdCom
The Stern interview seems to be remarkably consistent. Talked a bit about my travels to NYC and when I was leaving, what I had planned for the city I noticed this [hobby]. Tell me about that. Why Stern? Why MBA? How will Stern help you achieve your career plans? Tell me about your progression since college? Why do you want to go to school in New York? How do you feel about living in New York? How would your supervisor describe you? How would your subordinates describe you? Is there anything we haven’t touched on that you would like me
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / AdCom / Off-Campus
I had a phone interview with an AdCom member. She was very friendly and made me feel comfortable. She described the process and told me that a phone interview is equal to an in-person interview. Then she asked me if I had any question about the process. The interview was straight-forward. 4 behavioral questions + traditional questions. The questions were (in order) Walk me through your resume Describe a time when you led a team and it failed Describe a time when you managed someone more senior to you Describe a time when you managed someone with less experience than
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-campus
The interview was very friendly and conversational, as others have reported. He started by introducing his background and the blind interview format. Questions (in order) were: Walk me through your resume Talk about a time when I had to work with people who were less focused. Talk about a time when I had to manage someone senior to me. Talk about a time when I was successful in participating in a negotiation. Why now? Why an MBA? In relation to what you want to do in your career. Do you have any questions for me? Total time was 30 minutes.
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus / Adcom
The adcom that interviewed me was very pleasant and nice. She introduced herself, explained how the interview would go and then proceeded to ask me questions. We finished in exactly 30 mins. what is one thing you want students at graduation to remember you for What are your post-MBA career ambitions? what resources will you utilize to obtain a summer internship Where do you plan to intern in the summer, name specific companies why did you choose your undergrad (this might have been the 1st question asked) tell me about a project you are currently working on tell me about
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On Campus / Adcom
Interviewed during the Stern Spotlight on Women’s event It started off with something personal from my resume. I was then asked the following: How did you choose your undergrad? Why MBA, why Stern? What organizations do I plan to join? What would I do if I couldn’t get into the summer internship I wanted? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about a failure. How would my coworkers describe me? What is the best constructive criticism I received, and what did I learn? How would I make my final decision if accepted into multiple schools? Questions for her? Overall,
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum
I interviewed with an alumni at NYU stern for their R2. It was very relaxed and conversational. Questions asked were: Walk me through your resume. How did you choose your undergraduate school. Why Stern? What functions do you use the most in excel (I had it listed as high proficiency on my resume) How are you going set yourself a part when recruiting for a job? Questions for me.
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NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum
He started off by choosing one of my interests off my resume and asked me to tell him about it. Out of college, why did you choose to work at this nonprofit? How did you manage to transition into a top 5 consultancy? What skills were you able to leverage from your nonprofit experience? Tell me about a time in which you managed a conflict. What is the ideal NYU Stern student? If you get into all your schools, how would you choose? If the industry you wanted to go into after earning your MBA ceased to exist, what would
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Student / On Campus
I did my interview on campus on Tuesday. I was able to do the campus tour and class visit on Monday – it was very enjoyable. The students and staff were very welcoming, and I got to confirm a lot of the reasons for which I chose to apply to the school. The interviewer was friendly – she started with an introduction about herself. She then asked me to walk her through the professional section of my resume. I just gave a little background to explain why I chose to work in that field and then went into the details
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