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Published: November 19, 2021
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumni / Zoom
The interview takes place thru Zoom. The alumni was a graduate who had a similar background and career aspirations as myself. It seems that they will find someone who matches your background or goals. The interview was resume based and on Zoom. 1) Can you please tell me about yourself? 2) What are the day to day operations of your job? 3) Why a full-time MBA instead of an Executive MBA? 4) What interests you in getting an MBA? 5) What if you don’t reach your goals? What is your plan b? 6) What do
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Published: November 18, 2021
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumni / Virtual
Pretty standard small talk & intros for first 5 minutes. Talk me through your resume. Why do you want an MBA and why from Columbia? What are your short-term and long-term career goals? What is your backup plan if those goals don’t work out? How do you think you’ll contribute to the culture at Columbia? What are some challenges and obstacles you foresee while you are getting your MBA? Overall very low key and relaxed interview that felt very “fit” focused. I feel like we clicked on personal level. No curveball questions.
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Published: November 17, 2021
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Zoom
Interviewed 11/5. Interview was blind, although I had sent over my resume ahead of time. Questions: – Tell me about yourself / walk me through your resume. – Why an MBA – which flowed naturally into Why Columbia. – What does your team structure look like at work? – What are top leadership qualities you value / strive to emulate? – What activities are you involved in outside of work? – What would you like to tell me that we haven’t covered? – What questions do you have for me? The interview flowed
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Published: November 17, 2021
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom Call
It was an alumnus interview that was resume based. He clearly worked through some of the pre-populated questions that Kellogg provided. Examples include: “Walk me through your resume,” “Why Kellogg,” and “What impact will you have on the Kellogg community.” I was surprised that he took the entire interview from his car on his drive home from the office. The interview confirmed that Kellogg is a very social school and that there are a variety of career paths coming out of the program.
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Published: November 13, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Skype
The interview started on a very good note where the second-year student introduced himself and set the tone and format for the interview. it was going to be a conversational interview where he would want me to walk him through my CV, answer his specific questions about my understanding of the Duke Fuqua MBA, answer his questions on leadership and teamwork, ask any questions that I had. The questions that were asked were (After I walked him through my CV and clarified why MBA): 1. What resonated with me about Duke Fuqua? 2. What do I think is
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Published: November 13, 2021
Published: November 13, 2021
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
I applied to Stern in Round 1 on 9/1 and interviewed on 10/21. My interview was exactly 30 minutes. It was not difficult and the admissions member was very nice. He started with the Pick 6 and asked about a specific picture and I talked about that for a few minutes. He then jumped into it and asked me the following: 1. What do you do at work? I answered and he asked me to elaborate. 2. What do you hope to get out of an MBA? Specific classes, skills etc. 3. What is your leadership
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Published: November 12, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ Alum / Zoom
The interview was a virtual Zoom meeting. I had an interview with an alum from the program. The interview was based on my resume and it was a list of questions then a casual conversation. 1) Can you please go over your resume with us? 2) Why MBA? 3) What do you hope to get from an MBA? 4) How do you think Duke will help you with your career? 5) What is your backup plan if your plans do not come to fruition? 5) What other schools are you applying to? 6) Tell
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Published: November 9, 2021
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
Kellogg / October 14 / Round 1 Interview / Zoom Casual interview done by an Adcom. Resume based. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Proudest accomplishment? 3. Time you worked on a diverse team? 4. Stepping up to a leadership role? 5. Weakness? 6. Why MBA? Why Now? Why Kellogg? Interview seemed to follow the same format as other reviews. Nothing was surprising or difficult. Interviewer was nice and conversational.
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Published: November 9, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Zoom
A very casual conversation with the interviewer. The following questions were asked: 1. Why MBA? 2. Why Fuqua? 3. Biggest accomplishment? 4. Failure? 5. Experience working in a diverse team? 6. Tough feedback given to a junior? Why did you give it, and how did you react to it? 7. There was one more question, which I cannot remember right now. The interview lasted for 30 mins, and then we chatted for almost 20 minutes. Overall, the interview had no surprises except the last question. I liked the entire conversation, but strangely waitlisted
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Published: November 7, 2021
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Questions were based on whatever I told them. Started with the usual: (1) Tell me about yourself, where you grew up, what you did in college and what you do now? (2) Why MBA? Why Darden? (3) How did your experience living in various places and countries shape your perspectives? And what would it mean for you to be a part of a global community? (4) How do you manage your time during a hectic schedule? Very friendly interviewer and even told me at the start of the interview that they get course credit for doing these interviews, so this
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Published: November 3, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I had my interview during the open period, with a 2nd-year student. She was very friendly and welcoming, and we had a great back-and-forth that felt natural and conversational. She had a copy of my resume. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. What are your ST and LT goals? 3. Why are you pursuing an MBA, and why Duke? 4. What kind of person are you in a team? 5. What’s your biggest strength and weakness? Can you name a time when you exemplified that strength? 6. Who’s a leader that you look up
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Published: November 3, 2021
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
It was a pretty relaxed interview! It was with an adcom member, and she set the general expectation that I’d be doing most of the talking as I walked her through my profile and reasons for doing an MBA. It was also blind, and she had not seen my resume at all. Here’s what was asked: 1. Tell me about yourself. (This went on for quite long, I wanna say 15-20 minutes, and I covered my background to current role/ECs with some follow-ups in between) 2. Why are you pursuing an MBA, and why is now the right time?
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Published: November 3, 2021
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The blind-interview lasted 30 minutes, was very fair and conversational. The student asked me the regular questions: (10-12 minutes) 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA, why now, why Darden? We moved after to discuss behavioral situations: (10 minutes) 1. Tell me a time when you showed leadership. 2. Describe to me your biggest accomplishment. 3. Tell me a time when you faced diversity. What did you learn from that? Lastly, I ended up asking her 3 questions. This is it basically. I prepared for much more difficult questions, but it
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Published: November 3, 2021
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alum / Virtual
Pretty conversational Alum was senior – Class of 2008 Standard questions resume based. Tell me about yourself. Few questions on career achievements. Few on Extra curriculars. Why MBA? Why Columbia? Why now? It was very 2 way. Lots of opportunity to ask about the interviewer’s Bschool experience.
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Published: November 2, 2021
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Resume-based interview with a 2nd. Pretty standard questions: Tell me about yourself. Why MBA? Why now? Why Anderson? Why are you a good fit for Anderson? Long-term goals? Plan B for short-term goals? Tell me about a time you used your strengths to help a team reach a goal. The interviewer was really friendly and did a really good job of making it feel like a conversation. I think it speaks well to the type of students Anderson accepts.
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Published: October 28, 2021
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I benefitted a lot from reading reports myself, so figured I’d pay it forward! Overall, my interview was very friendly and engaging. I was super pleased with how it went – although obviously that’s just from my side of the table and the interview is really just one component of the application. Interview was resume-based and with a second-year MBA student. After some quick small talk and an introduction by my interviewer, here’s how the questions generally flowed: – Please tell me a bit more about your current role (I work in university commercialization, so not a common field
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Published: October 28, 2021
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I was interviewed by a 2nd-year student. (1) Tell me about yourself: 10-15 mins monologue. (2) There were counter-question in that monologue – For example, what was the most difficult part in that particular experience? (3) Any example of a conflict with Boss and how it was managed? (4) Why now going for an MBA is a good time? (5) Why Darden? (6) What would you find most difficult for you in a learning team? (7) Anything that you wished I had asked? We went into detail in some of the answers.
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Published: October 27, 2021
Vanderbilt Owen Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Virtual
Conversational interview that started with where I was at the time, segued into short conversation before he explained the format and started with questions. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA and why now? 3. Why Owen? 4. What do you do outside of work? 5. What other schools did you apply to? 6. What would get involved in at Owen outside of the classroom? 7. Tell me about a time that you worked on something that had a negative result. How did you respond? 8. How would your superiors at
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Published: October 26, 2021
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Normal questions asked: resume walkthrough, tell me about your goals, plan b, why mba, how did you handle a conflict at work, etc. Not feeling good about this interview. I think I did ok, but felt a complete lack of connection to the interviewer. Tried to ask them multiple questions while I was speaking, but didn’t get much back from them. They seemed bored/lukewarm (although polite) for most of the time. This is odd for me as I’m usually pretty good at connecting with people and am easy to talk to.
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Published: October 24, 2021
Toronto Rotman Interview Questions & Report: Early Application Round / Adcom / Zoom
The conversation was very easy going, we spent about 5 minutes talking about the latest happenings/news in our area. I did a pre-application meeting before (with the same Adcom member), so the Adcom member did not ask me to run through my resume because I already did in the earlier meeting. Interview questions include: 1. Why Rotman? 2. What are your post-MBA goals? 3. Tell me about a time when you had to put your goals aside for the better of others. 4. Tell me about a time when you fostered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in
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Published: October 17, 2021
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
Interviewed by adcom. Blind interview, resume based. Following questions asked: 1. Share about your educational background. 2. Walk through your resume and explain different parts. 3. Explain your role and responsibilities at the job. 4. How would you describe your leadership style (with example)? 5. How do you work with people from different backgrounds (with example)? 6. How would people you work with define you? 7. What does ‘being resilient’ mean to you (with example)?
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Published: October 14, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview experience was the best so far, tied only with Tuck. Very focused, opened, and friendly interview. It just had 2 curve balls*, totalling 9 questions + follow-up question in 45min. Good luck everyone! 🙂 Here are the questions: – Walk me through your resume – Why an MBA? – Why Fuqua? – Example when you received feedback; and how did you incorporate this feedback in your career? – What makes you a good leader?* – What are your goals? – What are your plans in case you don’t get accepted? –
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Published: October 13, 2021
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interview was very casual and conversational. The student interviewing me noted that he had a few questions he was obligated to ask, and would be taking notes, but overall the tone was more conversational than formal. Questions 1. Tell me about yourself, specifically why MBA? 2. Why MBA now? 3. Short / long term goals? 4. Questions asked about success / failure at work – learning takeaways from both. 5. About a time you listened to a different perspective at work and change your point of view / answer. 6. Asked about the quote
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Published: October 5, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
This interview was conducted during the Open Interview Round by a 2nd year student. Although the environment was pretty casual, we went through a good amount of interview questions. I wrote down as much as I could remember: 1. She first introduced herself and provided a brief overview of the agenda before we started. 2. Tell me about yourself / Walk me through your resume. 3. Why MBA and why now? 4. Why Fuqua? 5. What is your leadership style? 6. What are 3 traits your friends/family would use to describe you? 7. Share
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