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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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Published: October 2, 2021
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Video
The interview was casual and friendly. It took about 35 min and the alumnus spent another 10 min to answer my questions. Good luck to everyone! Questions: • Tell me about yourself. • What’s your short-term & long-term goal? • Why MBA and Why Kellogg? • How would you describe your leadership style and what does leadership mean to you? • Tell me a time when you had to manage a different (difficult) person. • Tell me a time when you failed at something, how you demonstrated your resilience. • Why now (specifically
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Published: September 16, 2021
Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interview was casual and student was friendly. However, order of questions was unexpected. Student asked: -Do you like your current job? How did you get there? -How did you obtain your first job? -What are the top 3 factors that led you to your success? -Tell me a time where you had to work under a deadline. -What are your ST and LT goals? -What would you like your legacy to be at Tuck? -What do you envision being your biggest challenge at Tuck? -Tell me a time when you had to deliver
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Published: September 13, 2021
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Student / Zoom
Student only had a copy of my resume and in general it was a relaxed atmosphere. Their Zoom connection was bad and they kept buffering as we were talking, but we got through the interview alright. Overall, I thought it was good, she didn’t give any indication one way or the other, but hoping it went well. Only two surprise questions as outlined below, pretty common straightforward questions otherwise. Wrote down as many as I could remember: What is DQ and how would you define qualities of DQ? – They had to define this for me as “decency quotient” and
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Published: September 8, 2021
Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Interviewed this morning. Started exactly on time and took just under 40 minutes. The conversation began with very brief friendly small talk asking me where I was located and how I was doing. The questions were fairly standard interview questions that she asked from a list she had. She was very responsive throughout, which made it easy to feel that she cared about and was interested in what I was saying. Walk me through your resume in more context. Why an MBA? Why Tuck? What are your short-term and long-term goals? Why is now the right
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Toronto Rotman Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Microsoft Teams
The interviewer asked me to keep my answers succinct and related to only latest experience in my life (both personal and professional). All of the questions and follow ups got completed in 30 minutes. The questions asked were: Can you walk me through your resume? Why did you choose your line of work? Why did you leave/stick with it ? What are your biggest achievements in your latest career growth? After having worked for X years, what got you excited for your MBA? What are the post-MBA goals that you have? And why? If you
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Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
Tell me about yourself. Where on your resume have you made the most impact? What’s your most interesting work experience? Tell me about a time you worked in a diverse team. What are the 3 attributes a good team needs? What are your 2-5 year professional goals? Why is an MBA necessary to take you there? Why Kellogg? Tell me about a time you showed resilience. Tell me about a time you worked with a hard person. Anything else you want admissions to know? Any questions for me?
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Published: April 28, 2021
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
It was a very conversational interview with the Adcom. Below are the questions that I was asked. Walk me through resume. Short-term career goals? Biggest professional accomplishment? Why MBA? Why Kellogg? Working with a diverse team? Challenges? Rewards? Strengths and weaknesses from teammates? Where something went wrong on your team. Strongest and weakest part of my candidacy. What do I do for fun? Anything we haven’t discussed that you want to talk about?
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Published: April 26, 2021
Indiana Kelley MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom & Student
This person was an adcom member and 2nd-year student which touched on a bit of resume and applicated based questions. The questions I was asked were: Tell me about yourself. Why MBA? Why Kelley? What is your leadership style? Have you ever worked with someone difficult? Any questions for me? The interview was a great experience and had no major surprises. Kelley people are really nice and just wanted to get to know me better.
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Published: April 22, 2021
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interview was Zoom-based with an alum from GSB in business casual clothing. Interview was straightforward as any other GSB interview — the format was an hour long with 10 minutes remaining for any questions for the interviewer. The interview was mainly structured as me talking him through my resume and double-click questions throughout: + Talk me through your resume. + What was it like growing up in [Country]? + What was your most impactful moment as an Analyst at [Company]? + Why did you move from [Company] to [Company]? + Tell me about a time
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Published: April 14, 2021
Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / First-Year Student / Zoom
Round 3 Zoom interview with a first-year MBA student – I didn’t learn who the interviewer was until only a couple minutes before the interview. Application submitted 3/30, interview invitation received on 4/5, interviewed on 4/9 (still waiting to receive final admissions decision). Interview was pretty standard – I can’t remember every single question, but everything he asked was covered in other McCombs interview reports here on Clear Admit. I liked the interviewer and we had brief bits going off-script, but he was just reading through a list of questions and typing as I responded. The interview itself lasted 45
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Published: April 11, 2021
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
My interview with UNC KF was with a member of the admissions committee. She mentioned that since she was part of the admissions committee she had read parts of my application (and then tailored some of her questions towards that). Questions included: Usual Tell me about yourself questions Why I want the MBA/Why the MBA now Why I want to go into my intended career path A question I wasn’t expecting was “What is one thing that people assume about you that ISN’T true?” Why is racial equity important and what does it mean to
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