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NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
1. Pick 6 icebreaker. 2. Achievement on resume I am the most proud of. 3. A time I received criticism at work. 4. 2 areas to improve upon with the MBA. 5. Why now? 6. Why short-term goals? 7. Companies I would want to work with? 8. What tools would you utilize to achieve your goals? 9. Plan if you don’t land an internship in your desired field. 10. Plan before starting MBA. 11. Something I can improve upon / have improved upon. 12. 1 unique area I could
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Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Started off with some small talk and jumped in: “I have your resume in front of me, but I’m not going to ask you to walk me through it. Tell me about a meaningful professional experience and why? “Tell me about a professional experience where someone had a different perspective than you and how did that perspective change the outcome, if at all?” “What are your goals? And, why an MBA?” “How can Yale SOM help you get to your goals?” “You were asked to consider a quote by Dean Kerwin Charles. How will you contribute
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Published: February 28, 2022
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
The interviewer was very friendly and very familiar with my application. She was very engaging and allowed my to ask questions of her, too. 1. Pick six. 2. Tell me what you do at work — I am from an atypical background so I basically explained my job to her. 3. Why MBA? 4. Leadership experiences? 5. My recruiting plans? 6. Questions for admissions?
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Published: February 28, 2022
Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
I met with a senior adcom member. The format was very Q&A, less of a conversation. Honestly it felt a little stilted and formal. 1) Tell me a little bit about yourself/why Georgetown? 2) Short- and long-term goals. 3) How will you contribute to McDonough from a DEI lens? 4) How do you operate within a team? 5) What are some of the things you’re lacking right now? How are you working on them? 7) Tell me about a time you dealt with conflict. 8) Tell me about your biggest accomplishment. 9) Something
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Published: February 27, 2022
USC Marshall MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Virtual
Online / Conversational / Adcom (Nirav Mehta) / Resume Based / 35-40 mins He introduced himself. He is very good person to have a conversation with. Questions: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) I can see many achievements on your Resume, what is your greatest achievement? 3) What are the 3 qualities of a leader that you admire? 4) Tell me about the time when you motivated your team members. 5) What are your short-term and long-term goals? 6) Why MBA? 7) Why Marshall? 8) Any question for him?
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Published: February 27, 2022
Babson Olin MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Online
With Adcom member (Alia Macadam) / Resume based / Time- 30-25 mins. She introduced herself in brief. I guess she had a list of questions, but at the same time she asked follow-up questions. Questions: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) What is your greatest achievements? 3) What is your leadership style? 4) Tell me about the time when you motivated your team members. 5) Short term/ Long term goals? 6) How have you prepared yourself for rigorous curriculum of MBA? What will you do if you face any problem during your
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Published: February 26, 2022
INSEAD MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumni / Zoom
I was invited to complete two rounds of interviews with 2 INSEAD alumni. I understand they were selected as my interviewers considering they both worked in industries or functions that I intended to pivot to after my MBA. My first interview was smooth and centered around general school fit. My interviewer also allocated a large part of the conversation to allow me to ask him questions, as he wanted me to ensure that INSEAD was a good fit for myself. I was asked about other programs I applied to and why I chose to do an MBA and specifically at
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Published: February 24, 2022
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual
I wore business professional / formal attire with a tie, but the interviewer works in tech, so he was quite casual. He introduced himself and then asked if I had any questions, I really didn’t have any at that point and said I was just excited to get started. The questions were asked in a conversational way: 1) I’ve read you’re resume, can you help bring it to life? Tell me your motivations from college / major to your professional experience. 3) Short-term, long-term goals? 4) Why MBA? 2) Tell me about a time you received feedback
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Published: February 23, 2022
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interviewed with a recent alum on Feb 10, 2022. Very casual and friendly. They had my resume, but had not seen my application. The interview lasted for 30 minutes. Questions: • I’ve already looked through your resume so I won’t ask you to walk me through your resume. Instead, what about your experiences do you most want me to know? • Why MBA? • Why Ross? • (Follow-up question to “Why Ross?”) That’s a great interview answer. What’s your real answer? (note: this really threw me off, but I think it was actually a great opportunity
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Published: February 23, 2022
HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
Very personalized interview asking about specific components of resume and application. Asked about unexpected aspects of resume, including community service listed under college experience on my resume. Also asked about strengths / weakness / something people would find surprising about me. Overall neutral experience and interview goes by very quickly. Know all of the details of your full application very well!
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Published: February 23, 2022
MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
My interviewer was pleasant throughout our discussion and the tone of the interview was very conversational. The Zoom room was opened at precisely the scheduled time, and we concluded the call at exactly the 30-minute mark. The questions that I was asked in the interview include: • Do you have any updates to your candidacy before we start? • Tell me about your greatest recent accomplishment. • Tell me about your biggest recent failure. • Tell me about a time that you had a difficult team member. • Tell me about a time that you were
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Published: February 21, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumni / Virtual
Was a really engaging interview. Started off with a bit about himself, then introduced myself and we had some conversations on some of my academic awards and projects I had worked on as part of my job. Then got into the Q&A bit, which was less conversational. 1) Why MBA? Why Booth? 2) One way you have grown in recent years. 3) Tell me about a time when you took an initiative. 4) Tell me about a time you failed. 5) Tell me about a time when you realised you needed help. 6) Tell me
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Published: February 20, 2022
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
The interviewer was a 2016 alumni. The conversation was super friendly and he seemed genuinely interested in connecting and getting to know me. I had previously sent my resume through the school platform, and he had previous access to that. He presented himself and told me the interview would last for 35/40 minutes. He asked me the following questions: – Walk me through your resume. – Why MBA? (he really insisted and dug deep on this one) – Why Ross? – Failure story. – Story about dealing with different cultures. He sometimes asked me to
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Published: February 20, 2022
Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Questions asked: 1.) Walk me through your resume. 2.) Why MBA? 3.) Short term/ long term goals? 4.) Why Tuck? 5.) How would you contribute at Tuck? 6.) What is a challenge you’d foresee coming to Tuck? 7.) Out of Tuck’s criteria, which one resonates with you the most? (smart, accomplished, aware // note that interviewer did not list out the options, candidate is expected to know them) Overall, the interviewer was really nice and personable and had similar background/ goals as me (think Tuck did this on purpose) so the conversation flowed
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Published: February 20, 2022
Published: February 17, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual
Resume Based. Interviewer was a grad from 2014. Only went for 25 minutes and felt extremely rushed compared to previous interviews. I was surprised when the interviewer did not ask one single behavioral based question (tell me about a time when). It started off with her telling me about her background and career pivot post Booth. It then turned over to me. 1) Introduce yourself, walk me through your resume. 2) Follow-on questions of digging deeper into roles/responsibilities and the “why” between my transitions. 3) Why an MBA now? 4) Why Booth in particular? 5) Short
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Published: February 17, 2022
Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interview with second-year student at Tuck was quite conversational and lasted about 50 minutes. The questions were standard: – Why MBA? – Why now? – Why Tuck? – What are your ST and LT goals? But also included a fair amount of behavioral questions: – What were your biggest challenges at work? Can you give an example? How did you resolve them? – Can you give an example where you had an issue with a coworker? How did you resolve the issue? All in all, the interview went pretty quickly and the student was really receptive and engaged
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Published: February 15, 2022
Texas McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was conducted by a first-year student, it was conversational and she was writing down all my answers and reading the questions from her computer screen. The interview lasted for an hour. Questions: Walk me through your resume. Describe a situation where you came up with a unique business solution. What has been the biggest challenge so far in your career? What did you learn from this application? What are your short- and long-term goals? Why MBA? Do you have any specific company you want to work at? Do you have a backup plan? Why McCombs? How do you
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Published: February 15, 2022
Emory Goizueta Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview overall was very friendly and conversational. She started by asking if I had visited the campus and wanted to be able to have students do in-person interviews. She then shared her background and shared the format for the interview. Each time I shared, she shared why an MBA and Emory would be a good fit for me. Questions: 1. Tell me about your education and career. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why Emory? 4. Tell me about a time when you lead a group and what you learned. 5. Tell me about a
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Published: February 13, 2022
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom
The interviewer, a 2019 alumnus, was very friendly and casual. He had my resume ahead of time. He started by explaining the format, which included: a summary of his background, me sharing my background, specific questions, and then time for me to ask questions. The interview overall lasted about 30-40 minutes. Questions 1. Tell me about yourself/your background. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Ross? 4. Tell me about a time working with a challenging team. What were the challenges? 5. Tell me about a time working with a team that worked well together. What made
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Published: February 13, 2022
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview was informal and conversational. The Adcom said she had my resume on the screen, but she wanted me to explain my professional journey and what led me to think I needed an MBA at this point. I also talked about my post-MBA career. I then had to explain a work gap and the decision to pursue a different path. She asked me about why this school specifically then transitioned to teamwork and what qualities would a teammate have in my opinion. I was asked to give a leadership example. At this point we had 2 minutes left. Do
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Published: February 13, 2022
Published: February 10, 2022
Texas McComb Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Zoom
Interviewed with an alum over Zoom on Feb 9, 2022 for Round 2. They had access to my resume, but not my application. They asked questions for ~30 minutes and I asked questions for another ~15 mins. They asked: • Walk me through your professional experience. • Short-term and long-term goals? • Why McCombs? • Why an MBA? Do you need an MBA to obtain your goals? • What are the strongest and weakest parts of your application? • What have you learned about yourself in this process? • What other schools have
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Published: February 10, 2022
Texas McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Very casual environment, allowed for open conversation between and after questions. Interviewer was very friendly and shared about her background and experience with McCombs. Questions were essentially the same as another poster here, though not in this exact order. 1. Take me through your professional journey. 2. Tell me about a time you had to come up with a unique solution to a business problem. 3. What is the biggest challenge you’ve experienced in your professional career? 4. What’s a surprise that you’ve had in your career in the last couple years (during COVID)? 5.
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