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Published: November 15, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Second-year student / On-campus
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! It was a very conversational interview. The second-year student has not read my application and he only had access to my resume. He kicked off with the typical tell me about yourself question and the conversation naturally flowed from there. I asked a lot of questions about his experience and got some pointers on what to expect in the first year of business school. Whenever we exhausted a topic, he would proceed with another
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Published: November 15, 2018
Harvard Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Harvard Business School MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Pre-interview, I got to hang out at the hospitality room where they had refreshments and even Legos to play with! Everyone was visibly nervous including me and about 10 minutes before the scheduled interview, they took us to the interview wait room upstairs. That was definitely the most nerve-wrecking moment as I just sat there waiting for the interviewer to call out my name. My interviewer came out and picked me up to take me to
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Published: November 14, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed during an open interview period. I waited in the admissions office and a second-year student came to pick me up. She was very friendly and we walked together to one of the team meeting rooms, quite far from the admissions office. Looks like Tuck doesn’t have proper space for interviewing (both admissions and recruiting), and that was a bit disappointing. The interview was blind, she just had my resume and took extensive notes. Questions:
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Published: November 13, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! I received an invitation to interview and was matched with one alumnus in my area. The match was definitely not random since we are in the same under-represented industry, similarly sized companies, and have worked with the same people at some points in our careers. I reached to my interviewer via email and he suggested two days to meet. After agreeing on date and time I also sent him my resume. Before the interview,
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Published: November 12, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumni / Los Angeles
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Went to his office, he had requested my resume in advance to review. Mostly conversational, but expressed some concern in my quant skills, as I don’t currently have a quantitative job, which put me a bit on edge. Asked what other schools I am applying to, what my GMAT was, though this seemed to be more from genuine curiosity, then anything to do with CBS. Interview lasted an hour. Questions: Walk me through your
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Published: November 12, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Rolling / Alum / Off campus
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Rolling Admissions MBA applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was quite conversational and different from a “Typical” B-School interview. The Alum invited me to his home and I dressed professionally irrespective of the setting. He had read my resume extensively. 1. Right off the bat, the discussion started on my current company and responsibilities I have had here. 2. Then we moved on to the discussion about whole industry, market scenarios ever since I started working, and my contributions to
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Published: November 12, 2018
Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / 2nd Year MBAs / On Campus
A UPenn / Wharton MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Received an invite 5-6 weeks after applying/R1 deadline and provided 1-2 weeks to schedule a day/time slot for the TBD. Scheduled on campus as it was the only east coast location available. Optional programming/no registration required for: lunch with students, campus tour, class visit, MBA pub. Bustling admissions room in Philly. I arrived and did the campus tour, visited a professor I knew, and met with a 2nd year MBA for coffee at Pret at Huntsman Hall.
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Published: November 12, 2018
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / Team Based Discussion
The following UPenn / Wharton MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I arrived 15 minutes and there were already a lot of students in the waiting area for our interview slot. You check-in with your resume and the women at the front desk will give you a run down of the day e.g. class visits, lunch time (if your TBD is before lunch), campus tour etc. I chatted it up with a few people just to break the ice before starting the TBD. At the scheduled time,
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Published: November 11, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1/ 2nd year student / On-campus
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who interviewed on-campus during Women’s weekend. Good luck to them! My interview at Fuqua seemed like it went really well. They paired me with a student who is also from Chicago so we had a good deal in common. He was very friendly and open, no unexpected or unusual questions. He gave me time to talk about an experience I’m very proud of at the end- something on my resume that I don’t often get to “brag” about- and he was very
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Published: November 11, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ current second year student/ via Skype
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 Applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was conducted via Skype. The first question surprised me a bit: “tell me about yourself” instead of “walk me through your resume” or “tell me about your professional experience.” Interviewer was very friendly and we had a good deal in common, although we definitely had dissimilar backgrounds and professional goals. She made me feel at ease throughout. One interesting question was “think of three words your colleagues would use to describe you.” Interview made me think
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Published: November 11, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision/ Alumnus/ Off-campus
The following Columbia Business School interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! This was a blind interview (the alumnus only had my resume). The interview started with the questions ‘Walk me through your resume/tell me about yourself’. It was extremely conversational. The interviewer did have a print-out of the Ambassador Handbook sent by Columbia and that had a number of questions that he could ask. He was taking notes from time to time. A lot of questions were specific to my background but some common questions were:
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Published: November 9, 2018
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Adcom/ On-Campus
The following UVA Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was a little different from formats at other schools, but it was pretty comfortable. I sat with an admissions team member in his office and we chatted pretty casually. He started out by asking for me to talk about my experience growing up, through college, in my career, and why I want an MBA/why Darden. He let me know I’d have about half an hour to talk about those things and then there would be time
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Published: November 9, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 Applicant. Good luck to them! I unexpectedly went to interview on the first day of interviews for the season, so it was a little nontraditional. Instead of the typical 1:1 interview with a second year, I had an interview with a member of the admissions team and had three second years sitting in observing during the interview. It’s unlikely you’d have this format interview unless you’re there for the first few days of the interview season. It was a pretty standard behavioral interview,
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Published: November 7, 2018
Columbia Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Adcom / Skype
The following Columbia Business School interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Was a really short one- done in 20 mins which was surprisingly short. Very standard questions- nothing to throw off- Intro, why MBA, why CBS, what are your goals and how will you contribute to the community. The Adcom member spoke really passionately about the alum network and her experience of traveling around the world for mba events which was good to hear. CBS from this experience seems to have very to the point
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Published: November 7, 2018
Harvard Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On Campus
The following Harvard Business School MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I spent a day on campus participating in interviewee activities (class visit, lunch with the admissions director, tour and career session), and interviewed the following morning. All interviewees hung out in a hospitality room until 15 minutes before our time slot. At that point, a student admissions volunteer collected all interviewees for the given time slot (there were about 10 of us) and took us upstairs to another waiting room. After about ten minutes, admissions representatives
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Published: November 7, 2018
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Adcom / On Campus
The following UVA Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action applicant. Good luck to them! Darden has a unique interview style. The adcom did not even have my Resume. She basically asked me to tell her my story and what I do etc. It was very conversational and she asked for some clarifications when she needed otherwise it was like you talking to a friend. Very unique style. My advice will be to prepare for the interview like a consulting case study where in you tell them why you do, what you do
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Published: November 6, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 Second Year On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I did the class visit and lunch with current students on the day before my interview. I recommend doing that. It gets you familiar with the campus and the general vibe and helps calm nerves. I reached admissions office and checked in half hour prior to the interview. They almost always have a second year student sitting in the waiting room – to diffuse the nervousness in the room and to offer answers to questions
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Published: November 6, 2018
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following UVA Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed via Skype and the interview was pretty much like what you hear about the Darden process. It was very conversational and completely blind, meaning the interviewer had not even read my resume. You really just need to know your story, your goals and why you have decided to pursue an MBA now and at Darden. Overall it was really relaxed and the adcom was very friendly, but you certainly shouldn’t lose your guard. These are the
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Published: November 5, 2018
UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Action / Adcom / Skype
The following UVA Darden MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Action applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was the Head of Diversity and a really warm and welcoming person. Darden’s interview is unique in the way that the interviewee has to drive the flow and content of the interaction to a large extent. I was told that I have 20 mins to lay out my story and can choose to talk about whatever I want. As I spoke, the interviewer kept nodding and acknowledging. He interjected me twice for clarifying questions, otherwise it
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Published: November 3, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus Hub
The following U. Chicago Booth MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview took place at a coffee shop. Alumnus just graduated three months ago and told me he interviewed more than 30 candidates as second year and alum. Interview was pretty informal and conversational – it felt like a two way conversation as he wanted me to know more about the school and his experience as well. Questions I was asked: Tell me about yourself. Why MBA? What do you want to do post
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Published: October 28, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / His office
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was conducted in the alumnus’ office building. He talked me through his background and that had me “walk him through my resume”. He then preceded to ask standard business school and specifically questions such as “Why LBS? Why London? Why an MBA? What are your goals”. Following he asked several behavior based questions such as “How would I describe my leadership style?” and several questions about how I act in a group setting since a significant portion of
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Published: October 24, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / Skype
The following UCLA Anderson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! It was scheduled via an online scheduling tool, conducted over skype with a 2nd year student, and was application-blind. The interview was about 30 minutes long – a short intro, around 20-25 minutes of questions, and 5-10 minutes for me to ask him questions. There weren’t many surprising questions: – Why do you want an MBA? – What is your immediate post-MBA career goal? – What is your long term career goal? – If
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Published: October 24, 2018
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Stanford GSB interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was put in contact with a local alum and we scheduled it via email. All I provided him in advance was my resume, and otherwise it was blind – he didn’t have any other information on my application. The interview was at his office and last about an hour. It was different from other interviews in that we barely talked about my interest in an MBA or in Stanford, really until his last question. He asked specific
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Published: October 8, 2018
Oxford / Saïd Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus Hub
The following Oxford Saïd interview questions & report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Application-based interview, lasted about 30 minutes. Questions: (1) Why an MBA? Why now? (2) Why Oxford? Have you visited Oxford? (3) Tell me about a time when you faced an obstacle in your career. (4) Tell me about a time when you had to convince others to follow your lead. (5) Any questions about the program or Oxford? Interviewer had thoroughly read my resume and application. Felt more like a conversation than an interview. I expected curve-ball questions, but
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Published: October 8, 2018
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Columbia Business School interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision MBA applicant. Good luck to them! I met with my interviewer off-campus in the city where I live (East Coast city, not NYC) at a coffee shop over the weekend. I wore a suit and they also wore business attire. The interview was conducted by a recent graduate who also lives in the city. All scheduling and outreach is the applicant’s responsibility once you are matched in their online portal. The interview was blind so I had to provide my resume
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