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Published: November 19, 2024
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interview was really informal and conversational. Structure: Introduce yourself. Why MBA? Why now? Why Anderson? How will you be immersed as an Anderson student? What are your career goals? How is Anderson going to help you get there? What are your back-up plans if you can’t get the first choice job? Tell me about a time you led a team and faced a challenge. It was conversational between the questions sharing stories and laughing. Very comfortable and my interviewer was really attentive with great follow up questions. Left time for questions at Read more
Published: November 6, 2024
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interviewee: 2nd-year MBA Student Interview Duration: 30 minutes Start: The interviewer started by outlining the agenda and introducing himself. The interview was more structured than previous ones I had experienced, but it was still very relaxed and casual. Interview Questions and Responses: 1. Introduce yourself (2 minutes) 2. Why MBA now? (Quickly explained career goals. Tied the timing to reasons for pursuing an MBA now.) 3. Why UCLA Anderson? 4. What are your short-term and long-term goals? (Initially surprised by the question since goals had been previously discussed. But answered it in more detail.) Read more

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Published: February 25, 2024
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview process was incredibly warm and friendly. Questions are below: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Anderson? 4. Short-term and long-term goals? (asked to be specific) 5. What is your ‘Plan B’ if you don’t land your desired internship? 6. Tell me a story of perseverance (can be a story same as you wrote in essay). 7. Any questions to her? Read more

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December 18, 2024 1:57am ET
Accepted to UPenn / Wharton
Round: Round 1
Received via portal
GMAT: 705
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: Taiwan
December 18, 2024 1:51am ET
Waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 04, 2024
GPA: 2.6
GRE: 337
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: Asia
December 18, 2024 1:50am ET
Waitlisted at Michigan / Ross
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 05, 2024
GPA: 2.6
GRE: 337
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: asia
December 18, 2024 1:48am ET
Rejected at USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 14, 2024
GPA: 2.6
GRE: 337
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Application Location: asia
December 18, 2024 1:46am ET
Accepted to UCLA Anderson
Round: Round 1
Received via phone on December 11, 2024
GPA: 2.6
GRE: 337
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Technology
Application Location: asia
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