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Published: February 10, 2020
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Very conversational and relaxed. 40 mins for interview questions and 5-10 mins for my questions. Walk me through your resume. Why MBA / Anderson? Questions about my short- and long-term goals Questions about my community involvement Tell me about a time you worked on a diverse team. What is your biggest strength & weakness? Clear Admit Resources Preparing for your UCLA / Anderson MBA admissions interview? Check out Clear Admit’s other resources: Clear Admit UCLA / Anderson Interview Guide: Strategic tips for approaching Anderson’s interview questions, and more. Interview Archive: More firsthand
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Published: February 10, 2020
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: R2 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
Applicant-initiated interview on-campus. It was a pretty good interview; most of the questions were in line with my expectations. They really do turn it into a full day at Tuck, which I thought made a lot of sense (they are clearly aware that they’re at a relative disadvantage due to location, and know they really need people to fall in love with the culture / vibe of the school). I personally really enjoyed the day and true to form, everyone was incredibly nice and helpful. Walk me through your resume. Why an MBA / why Tuck? Tell me about a
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Published: February 10, 2020
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
This was during their “Super Saturday” interview day, so there were about 100 other students on campus that had interviews. During this day there was also scheduled programming like lunch, panels, and hearing from faculty. A very structured day and I left feeling great about the school. Questions: Walk me through your resume. What are your goals? My interviewer also asked me to elaborate on my long-term goal. What was my vision and what soft-skills will I need to make it a reality. This one caught me off guard! Why Anderson? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about a
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Published: February 10, 2020
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
Interviewer: Elaine Padilla Questions: 1. Tell me about your undergrad (I think this was just the ice breaker, because we then chatted about the state I live in) 2. Why did you choose your undergrad major? 3. Walk me through your resume 4. (She was referring to the ECs on my resume) What is the most meaningful EC you’ve done on this list? 5. What are 3 things your peers would say about you? 6. What is your weakness? 7. What type of person are you on a team? Do you step up?
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Published: February 7, 2020
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On Campus
Interviewed as part of full day visit schedule. Other activities include a class visit, campus tour (led by a 1st year student), lunch with two 1st year students, and an info session with adcom members. Honestly, the interview was not even the most memorable part of the day for me. One thing you should keep in mind is that the other interviewees on campus with you will know a lot about Tuck already. The Tuckie mindset starts very early for applicants – so go prepared. Talk to students ahead of time; you don’t want to be the one who cannot
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Published: January 27, 2020
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Skype
Interview was very conversational and it was quicker than I thought (30 min). The questions were: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Anderson? What will you do instead if your post-MBA plan doesn’t work out? What triggered you to follow your post-MBA goal? (I said I wanted to switch from brand management to social impact consulting, so she wanted me to elaborate on my motivation and how this career goal developed for me over time.) 5 minutes were left for my questions, so I asked 2 questions. Overall, I can say that my experience is really positive and
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Published: January 26, 2020
Toronto / Rotman Interview Questions & Report: R2 / Adcom / Skype
I had the interview through Skype with an Adcom member. The interview was quite relaxed and the adcom member was very friendly. He’s someone I am familiar with. I had a conversation with him through Skype in September 2019 when I was researching schools to apply to, and I interacted with him again briefly during the MBA Tour. Here are some of the questions that he asked which I remember; What can you tell me about your resume after undergraduate? When did you develop an interest in Rotman, and why Canada? Which other schools are you applying to? What is
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Published: January 15, 2020
Published: January 8, 2020
Fuqua / Duke MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Second-Year Student / On-campus
The interview was with a second-year student. It was blind, he had only my curriculum. He first introduced himself and asked me to do the same. Then he asked me some questions: why Fuqua? How can I contribute to Fuqua? Why diversity was important for me (I mentioned it)? Mention a situation where you had a conflict with your boss and how you handle it? He also made me choose a point of my curriculum and talk about it and made me some questions about what I said. And finally, he asked me if I had questions for him
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Published: January 1, 2020
Fuqua / Duke MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Interviewer atmosphere was serious/to the point. Interview lasted an hour in length. The questions comprised of mostly traditional questions with a few oddballs: -Tell me about yourself? -Why an MBA? -Why Fuqua? -Standard “Tell me about a time” questions Oddballs: -If you had to build a team, what attributes would you build based off of? -What does “Team Fuqua” mean to you? -Describe your communication style using three words? I was admitted. The interview was challenging, but nothing too crazy and very doable as long as you do prep on the school and know
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Published: January 1, 2020
Fuqua / Duke MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus Shanghai
This was done at 11 am on a Saturday at the 23rd floor of a Marriott hotel in Shanghai. I was the only foreigner there that I could tell. I arrived a little earlier, and joined a bunch of other candidates who were there for the 11 am interviews (others had been scheduled for a 10 am interview). It seemed everyone was a little nervous, and all interviews were being done by alum. I had to wait until 11:05 until my interviewer was ready for me. It was a pretty quick chat, very informal and friendly. There was the typical
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Published: January 1, 2020
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Shanghai
30 minute interview in an office in NYU Shanghai. I booked it in the morning at 10:30 so the office itself was really empty. I booked it with an admissions officer, who had already looked through my files. Her first question was “what do you wish for me to ask you?” which took me by surprise and I didn’t have a good response. The interview went a little downhill from there. She had clearly read my materials, so she went through the typical why NYU, why MBA, whether I was stuck on my career path or would I listen to
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Published: January 1, 2020
Harvard Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
I am a re-applicant and I interviewed with Andrew Elrick (Executive Director of David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It seems like he does all interviews in Brazil, and I did not have another HBS person in the room. After greeting my interviewer, he thanked me for putting together a great application and for coming back as a re-applicant. That was a great ice breaker and made me feel at ease. It was clear that he knew all the details in my application and had already outlined points he wanted to touch upon. The first
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Published: January 1, 2020
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The group interview was very straight forward. I had a one-minute pitch prepared. Each member gave their pitch, we developed a proposal stemming from the prompt and finished with one minute to spare. I think as long as you balance being a good team player with letting your personality shine through & leveraging personal experience in developing a proposal, you should be fine. The 1:1 interview was only 10 minutes in length and the interviewer asked: – Why Wharton? – Why an MBA? I basically gave an extended version of my elevator pitch to answer both questions (making
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Published: January 1, 2020
Harvard Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
– What have you done with your time since arriving to Boston? – Tell me about your international assignment? How was that experience challenging? – How important is X initiative to your overall company? – I see you made a low grade in class X in college – why was that course so difficult for you? – How do you see yourself impacting X industry/segment? – Is there anything you would like for us to know? The interviewer was very difficult to read. I left the interviewer feeling very lukewarm. Some questions I answered perfectly,
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Published: December 18, 2019
MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
At a hotel lobby / Highly conversational & to the point As I saw my interviwer walking towards me, she picked a table at the lobby. We sat down and started to talk. 1. What’s new since you applied to Sloan 2. Why now MBA? – I added comment about my career goals 3. Why Sloan? 4. Tell me about a time when you mentored someone 5. What’s your biggest achievement – She asked about my company and my product’s category for more contexts. 6. What do you do in your free time?
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Published: December 16, 2019
MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
Interview was at a hotel. I was 15 minutes early so the interviewer started the interview early. She started with explaining the process and that she will take notes. 1) What changed since the app Tell me about a time when 2) you had to work with a difficult person 3) you solved a difficult problem with an innovative solution 4) you had to work with a struggling team 5) you had to make a decision quickly 6) Why MBA? Why now? Why MIT? I asked 2-3 questions for which the interviewer didn’t
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Published: December 12, 2019
Columbia Business School Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alum / Off-campus, LA (Alum’s Office)
Blind interview – interviewer requested resume a few days in advance. Recent alum, Class of 2018. Very warm and friendly, felt like I had really lucked out. Asked typical behavioral questions one would expect, tone was very conversational and she seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say and my goals. Questions: – Walk me through your resume. – Why CBS / Why NYC? – What resources will you take advantage of at CBS / how will you give back? – Tell me about your proudest work accomplishment. – Who is a leader you
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Published: December 11, 2019
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
It took place in a neighboring country as there wasn’t any interviewer in my city. I got to the cafe we agreed to meet 15 minutes before and picked the table I wanted. He brought a blank piece of paper on which he took actually quite detailed notes throughout the interview. A short chat about my travel was followed by the following questions. It lasted for about 45 minutes. 1. Could you introduce yourself? 2. Tell me about your work experience (here I handed him my resume and briefly walked him through) 3. You are successful
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Published: December 11, 2019
Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
The interview was blind and went for ~32 minutes. I am an international student and was matched with another international student, which was a bit of surprise to me. She briefly explained about the nature of the interview and we jumped right in. It seemed that she was advised to ask a list of questions and to complete the interview within 30 minutes. 1. Walk me through your resume within 30 seconds – I had 6+ years experience, so it was definately over time. 2. Why MBA – I mentioed my career goals first. 3. Why Yale
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Published: December 9, 2019
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Local City
Applied Round 1 Met at a cafe for lunch. Helped to make the conversation very casual because we talked while we waiting in line to order. Questions spanned the following topics: Post-MBA goals and how my experience to-date is relevant Why LBS? Why London vs US? h How/what am I doing now to achieve my post-MBA goals International experience Overall the interview was much more casual than expected, she was just genuinely trying to get to know me. Preparing for an upcoming London Business School interview? Click here to get the Clear Admit London Business School Interview Guide.
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Published: December 9, 2019
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
The interview was conducted by an alum in his office building. I walked into the building and entered the elevator to go up to my interviewer’s floor as instructed in our emails to each other. As I was going up, I noticed a man looking at me curiously. When I turned to him, he introduced himself to me and said that I must be the person he’s interviewing. He’s the CEO, so I must have been the odd person he did not recognize in his elevator! We chatted a little bit and then walked over to the in-company coffee bar,
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Published: December 9, 2019
Kellogg / Northwestern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Off-campus
This was a R1 interview, and it took place at a hotel near the Alum’s office. He was extremely friendly. Questions: 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Kellogg? 4) Goals 5) How will you differentiate yourself at Kellogg? 6) A few specific questions about a previous job I held 7) Tell me about a time when you led a team. 8) How will you contribute at Kellogg? 9) Which other schools have you applied to? For the Why Kellogg question, I happened to mention about how
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Published: December 9, 2019
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum & Adcom / Off-campus
This was a team-based discussion in Mumbai, at the McKinsey office. Each team had 6 members, and were invited to have a live discussion which was viewed by an AdCom member. The structure of the interview was: 1. Quick intro on yourself 2. Team-based discussion, 30mins 3. 1×1 interview for 5 mins each The TBD was essentially people throwing in their thoughts, collaborating, and displaying team-work in real time. The adcom is looking for people who can take a stand, yet convince others to join in. You want to be noticed. The TBD is tricky because you
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Published: December 9, 2019
Columbia Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
I have often heard that alum interviews can be tricky, and boy this one was. My interviewer was from the metals and mining industry, and had very little context on the industries I had spent time on (Consulting and PE). As a result, he got lost trying to understand my industries rather than understanding my experiences. He asked me questions like – 1. Why is the PE industry on the decline? Why do you guys charge high fees? Is it not morally wrong? 2. Tell me about your biggest professional mistake. 3. After I answered Q2 above,
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