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Published: November 28, 2022
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Virtual
The interview was formal, but still casual. We had a minute or two of small talk before the interviewer jumped right into it, giving me background on himself, allowing me to ask him questions about his professional experiences. Then from there we jumped into my background and, through conversation, he asked me some probing questions. He was less worried about what I did and more interested in the introspective aspects. Questions Asked: > Walk me through your resume. > Why did you choose investment banking out of school? > What hard skills in investment banking did you
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Published: November 27, 2022
Stanford GSB MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
It was a stressful interview, no introductions or friendly banter. Interviewer outlined the format of the interview (40 min behavioral Qs, 10 min for 1-2 questions) then started right away. Each question probed deeper into my decision making and he even asked about the thought processes of peers and subordinates under me. It was stressful and he did seem to acknowledge that at the end. “Sorry for peppering you there” was his comment. Seemed like he was very interested to get to the core of my thinking. Only time for 2 stories. Overall, it was my most challenging interview, much
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Published: November 27, 2022
Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was very casual and conversational. He asked me the very standard questions: – Tell me about yourself. – Why MBA/why Fuqua? – ST/LT goals? – Strengths and weakness? – Any questions for me? The interviewer gave me a very comprehensive introduction about himself at the end of the interview and shared more about Fuqua and its opportunities. It was an excellent experience. I did get an admission offer from Fuqua and am thrilled!
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Published: November 27, 2022
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview was very conversational and casual. He broke the ice by chatting about the weather and the city that I live in for a few mins, which put me at ease. The asked the following questions: – Walk me through your resume. – Why MBA, why Johnson? (in between asked me what are you most excited to explore in USA, etc.) – ST/LT goals, Plan B? – Tell me a time when you had a conflict. – Teamwork example. – What is your leadership style? – Strengths and weaknesses? – Any questions
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Published: November 27, 2022
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Darden has a completely blind 45 min interview, the student or the adcom has not seen the application or the resume. The first question was ‘Tell me about yourself’ to which I talked for 15 mins. He followed with the following questions: – What is your leadership style? – How do you incorporate diversity in your team? – Strengths and weaknesses. – Any questions for me? Overall, this was one of the best interviews that I had as the 15 min monologue had set the tone of the interview. There was nothing surprising.
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Published: November 27, 2022
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Off Campus
Since I and the alumnus were from Mumbai, he invited me to his office for the interview. The interview was blind (resume-based). The questions he asked were: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Career goals. He grilled me about the goals a lot – checked my knowledge of my industry. 3. Why MBA, why CBS? 4. What is your leadership style? 5. Give an example of when you gave feedback to someone. 6. Name one interesting project that you worked on in your current company. 7. Strengths and weaknesses. 8. Any questions for
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Published: November 27, 2022
Vanderbilt Owen MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
My interview was with a second-year student. We started with a short introduction and then discussing some technical issues we were both having. The interviewer went over the format of the interview, went over their background, and then proceeded to ask the questions below (not in exact order). 1) Walk me through your resume. 2) Why MBA and why now? 3) Post-MBA goal? 4) What schools did you apply to? Why Owen? 5) What skills do you want to develop? 6) What value will you bring to the class? 7) How would your superiors/peers
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Published: November 27, 2022
Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
My interview was with a second-year student via Zoom. The interview lasted about 30 minutes and was conversational. Questions asked (not in exact order): 1) Tell me about yourself (walkthrough your resume). 2) Why an MBA? 3) Why Georgetown? 4) Short-term and long-term goals? 5) If you get into all the schools you applied to, how will you choose which school to attend? 6) TMAT you worked with a diverse group. 7) TMAT you had conflict at work. There were some follow up questions to my answers but the conversation flowed smoothly. We
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Published: November 22, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I was interviewed in early November. It was a group of six people with two second years. The second years joined 10 minutes before the official time. The TBD was well run. Everyone chimed in and was able to provide input to the final presentation. I was expecting the 25 minutes to be quite long, but it went by quickly. We did not use up the full 5 minutes for the final presentation so hopefully that would be fine. Interview question for the 10 minute chat is why MBA and why Wharton. Then spent sometime discussing with
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Published: November 22, 2022
USC Marshall MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Virtual
I spoke with Laura Hartman, a member of the Admissions Committee, through Microsoft Teams. This was a blind interview so she was not the person who reviewed my application. Unlike some of the other interviews that I’ve had so far, this one was a little more formal, less conversation outside of the questions being asked. That threw me off a little bit and made me a little more nervous than I was beforehand. -Walk me through your resume. -What does your current role entail? -Why an MBA? -Why Marshall? -What leadership experience do you have?
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Published: November 20, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
TBD: The TBD experience was pretty friendly and we had 6 people in total from diverse backgrounds in our discussion group. The facililator started with rules of the TBD and set the countdown. We then focused on each question in the prompt and finished around the countdown of the given time frame. Everyone in my group was polite. 1-on-1 interview: This part was conducted by the two facilitators (second-year students). Questions asked: Why MBA and why Wharton? Any question for me? No big surprise throughout the interview.
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Published: November 20, 2022
Cornell Johnson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview process was pretty standard. The interviewer seems to have my resume and a brief summary of my application (not the entire application). Typical questions and the atmosphere was friendly and casual. Interviewer questions include: Tell me about yourself. Why did you choose your industry? How did you get your motivation? What’s your career goal? How can an MBA help you achieve your goals? Why Cornell Johnson? What steps will you take to achieve your goals and what is your plan B if it doesn’t work? Tell me about a time when you led a team and what’s your
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Published: November 20, 2022
Michigan Ross Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interview was on Zoom with an alumnus based in Chicago working in tech and a former MBB consultant. The vibe was relaxed, although the interviewer was a little ranty, telling me why consulting work-life balance sucked and why he’s glad he got out. The first question was an icebreaker – what did you have for breakfast. Then we got into the substantive questions. Surprisingly, the interviewer did not ask me to tell him about myself or walk through resume. Instead, the first question(s) were: Why MBA? Why Ross? Why now? Then, we dove into behavioral questions, which included: Tell me
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Published: November 20, 2022
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
They seem to match interviewer based on region and industry. My interviewer has similar background with me and knows a lot about my industry. The interview is largely resume-based (the interviewer only has my resume). Interview questions include: Tell me about yourself. More details about the projects you were involved? How do you think about xx industry? Why did you make the career move? What was your thinking process? What’s your long-term career goal? What are your extracurricular involvements? Why MBA? Why Stanford? Any questions for me? I think the questions are pretty standard and the interview is quite friendly.
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Published: November 20, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Date of interview: Nov 9 Interview atmosphere: Second-years are casual and friendly. Among the group, there is definitely an effort to be friendly and supportive. However, there is always a hint of competition as expected. Type of interview: Team-based interview followed by a 10-min chat with second years Interview question: Why MBA and why is Wharton the ideal place to do the MBA? Commentary: Team-based discussion went pretty well with robust time management. Everyone had a chance to speak up, but you could see some individuals getting annoyed/upset that their choice of country was not picked.
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Published: November 20, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview took place on Zoom with two second-year students. They let us into the room about 10 minutes before the TBD was scheduled to start. There were 6 prospective students participating. We were all American. I actually knew one of the other interviewees, but neither of us let on to the rest of the group that we knew each other. We spent this time with getting to know each other. After 10 minutes, the two second-year students gave us instructions and read us the prompt. Then, they had all of us go around and introduce ourselves with our name,
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Published: November 16, 2022
Published: November 15, 2022
Michigan Ross Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
I had my interview with a 2019 alum. He was in fact very responsive and quick in setting up time. We scheduled an hour, but when we started he said we will do 30-40 mins of Q/A and then questions for him: 1. Started with tell me about yourself and overview of resume. 2. Short-term and long term goals? 3. Why MBA? 4. Why Ross? why now? Then we jumped to behavioural questions: 5. Time when you didn’t know anything in project and still went ahead. 6. Time when some colleague disagreed. 7. Time when
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Published: November 15, 2022
Cornell Johnson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
List of interview questions 1. Walk me through your resume. (I was cut off after a very short amount of time. I only got to mention my undergrad and one of my three jobs) 2. Why an MBA? Why now? 3. What attracts you to Johnson? 4. Do you feel you will be at a disadvantage going into consulting (I’m not sure why they thought this. It’s not my plan. The interview seemed very robotic and all questions were pre-planned rather than questions to learn more about me or expand on what I had said earlier.)
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Published: November 14, 2022
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / On-Campus
I went through an interview day at the Haas campus. There was a lunch, campus tour, student panel, and a team building session with fellow candidates who were there, followed by a reception/happy hour. All in all it was about a 7-hour long day including the interview and a great time meeting fellow prospective students as well as current students! My interview was a standard 45 minute interview with an alumnus in the middle of the events mentioned above. My interviewer was incredibly friendly and took the time to put me at ease before getting into the questions by going
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Published: November 13, 2022
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview experience was amazing. First, an icebreaker comment regarding my pick-six. Then, the questions were: i. My day-to-day at my current role. ii. Describe my leadership style. iii. Why an MBA? iv. What are the key aspects you consider to choose a business school? v. Recruitment strategy while at business school & alternative plan. vi. Describe a time when you faced a challenging situation/setback at work? vii. What are the positive things and the challenges of working with me from a perspective of a coworker? The interview took about 25 minutes, and then
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Published: November 13, 2022
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Virtual
Interviewed with a second year, was conversational and the interviewer was very friendly and willing to share own experiences. Started with a brief about the procedure and how the interview will go on and then intro about self. Then the questions were as follows – – Intro – Why MBA? Why Haas? – in same question – Time you took a risk in professional setting. – Time you convinced someone to do something out of their job description. – Anything else you wanted to discuss? – Any Questions? Went on for about 35
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Published: November 13, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
I had a lot of help from Clear Admit, so I thought I might pay it forward. Very nice interviewer. He started by introducing himself. What year he graduated. What he does at his current job. Questions were: – Walk me through your resume. – (Then he stopped me and asked – Who is the biggest player in the industry?) – Tell me more about the AI project you did. – Why MBA? – Why now? – Where did they do their MBA? – What’s your short-term and long-term goal? –
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Published: November 13, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It was one of the most difficult interviews I had. The second-year student had 3-4 follow up questions for each of my stories, which really made me think in-depth. It didn’t go well for me. 1. Walk me through your story. – why you made the decisions on some instances. 2. Tell me a time when you had to face challenge. – How did you manage the situation? – What was the result? – What would you have done differently? 3. A situation when you made a decision, but then you thought you could
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Published: November 9, 2022
