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Published: February 5, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1/ 2nd Year Student / On Campus.
The following Duke / Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! 30 minutes. Standard interview format -> tell me about yourself, why mba, why fuqua. The next portion of the interview focused on team/ leadership scenarios and qualities (tell me a time you worked on a diverse team, what is your leadership style). Very informal and fun interview. 5 min at the end to ask two questions for the interviewerr.
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Published: February 5, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the interview on campus in the Adcom’s office. She let me know at the beginning that she would be timing the interview because she had interviews after me. The Adcom was very friendly and the interview was very conversational. The interview is blind and the interviewer comes in with no prior information of you or your application. A We started with the basics. -walk me through your resume. -why an mba? -future goals? and
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Published: February 5, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Hello! I interviewed when I was in New Haven. I arrived to campus and had a chance to check out a class and speak to students. I had an interview with an AdCom member, and the interview was 30 minutes in length. It was similar to interviews that I had with other schools and I got similar questions but with SOM specific. I had the following questions: ” Walk me through your resume” “Tell me more about [bullet on my
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Published: February 3, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview on-campus at Yale SOM (I received my invite a couple weeks after applying). My interview was first thing in the morning, and then there were planned activities for the rest of the day (class visit, campus tour, etc.) The interviewer (a second-year student) was very friendly, just wanted to get to know me and my motivations for applying. The interview lasted ~30 minutes. They asked most of the standard questions. Questions asked: Tell me
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Published: February 2, 2018
UC Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Berkeley / Haas MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! We met at the Starbucks located on the first floor of the interviewer’s company. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why did you choose these positions 3. Small talks about my hobby 4. The interviewer talking about her experience founding her company 5. Why MBA, Haas 6. Interviewer talking about Haas’s culture, environment, and location The interview was super casual, it lasted little less than an hour. The interviewer and I
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Published: February 2, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following MIT Sloan MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The adcom and I interview in the hotel lobby in HK. She knew everything about my history, background, and resume. We started chatting about our mutual background, which was my college neighborhood. Her best friend lives in that area, and how she like the city. Then we went on talking about my past decisions, my career history, why I jumped from this position to that position. How I ended up founding my own startup. Why MBA, why
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Published: February 1, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed in November 2017 at the admissions office inside the Hariri Building. The experience was way more laid back than I expected. My interviewer was a second-year student wearing jeans and an untucked polo. He hadn’t seen my resume before so most of the questions he asked me were just trying to paint a picture of where I was in my career and what my goals are. Questions included: 1. Tell me about yourself/describe your resume 2. Greatest strengths
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Published: January 31, 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! Student interviewer didn’t seem well-prepared and disjointedly jumped from question to question. Admissions office also seemed annoyed by all of the students there for interviews rather than welcoming, was a very weird environment and all candidates talked about it. This may be the downside of applicant-initiated interviews. Questions: – Walk me through your CV – Why an MBA? – Why Tuck? – Why now? – What are your strengths? – What are
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Published: January 31, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 2/ Second-year student/ On-campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! This was a big interview day at Ross. We had a whole program and the Admissions team was tremendous in laying out where we needed to be and facilitating communication between interviewees. The interview was in the morning in a study room in one of Ross’ buildings. My interviewer was very welcoming, engaging, conversational, and kind of laid back. We chatted for a couple minutes and then got into it. I’m not sure if I remember all of the
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Published: January 25, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2, Alumni, Mumbai
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Alumni talked about my background, commonalities. Then went to basic questions on why LBS, why the career I’d chosen. He asked about the decisions I’d taken in life and how I ended up working investment banking. He also made sure I was a genuine person and looked for common contacts in my firm and asked me if I knew them. He was from the Trading side while I was in IBD in another bank. He asked me questions on the
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Published: January 25, 2018
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was very friendly and conversational. It almost felt like he was trying to sell me on UNC because he kept talking about how it was the best school he had ever worked for, and how amazing the environment was. He had a copy of my resume but had not looked through the rest of my application. Overall good experience, waiting to hear back. Questions asked: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why did you choose
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Published: January 22, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Second-year student / On-Campus
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Pretty chill and straight forward interview: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why do you want to do an MBA now? 3. Why Anderson? 4. Short and Long Term Goals 5. Why an MBA and not a masters? 6. How can you contribute to Anderson’s community, and which clubs would you join? 7. Tell me about an innovative lasting contribution you made in your current job? 8. Questions for me? I
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Published: January 17, 2018
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Video Questions/ Online
The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was fretting a lot over video questions but the process was very smooth and I did not find it very hard. The questions in the order for the video essay prompt are: 1.) Why you this is the right time for you to do MBA? 2.) Tell us about a time when you had to maintain your calm. Describe the situation and how you handled it? 3.) “Globalization can be effective only when companies do not have to worry
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Published: January 17, 2018
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student/ Skype
The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewer mentioned that it was a blind interview (only CV he had) so I am allowed to repeat anything I have written on my application) Questions: Run me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Cornell specifically? What are your long and short term goals? What alternate career will you consider in case you do not get into consulting? Tell me about three values that you follow in your life. The course is pretty intensive.
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Published: January 14, 2018
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was application-based but the admissions officer focused mainly on my resume. The atmosphere was very friendly and casual. – What is your leadership style? Please describe a situation where you were a leader. — Follow-up question: Did you have any conflicts during this leadership experience? If so, how did you solve them? – How did you make the transitions between different roles in your firm? (I received 3 promotions in different functions) – Why MBA?
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Published: January 13, 2018
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following MIT Sloan admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! My ad-com interviewer was extremely kind, professional, and put me at ease. Interview felt structured but conversational, with a lot of smiling and laughing and positive reinforcement. Sloan was my favorite interview because the questions are very behavioral, straightforward, and not trying to trick you. Clearly seeking good examples of the qualities that they seek. Some of the questions I got: Tell me about a time when you dealt with conflict Tell me about a time you had to deal
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Published: January 12, 2018
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following Harvard Business School interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by two admissions people — one who had read my app in full (who asked all the questions) and one who had only read my resume (who was less engaged but made a lot of facial expressions). The interview tone was VERY friendly overall, which caught me by surprise. I did a lot of smiling and laughing and it felt very natural. Mix of super straightforward questions, like: – why did you go
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Published: December 26, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom – C.S. – Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Right dot on time. Very friendly and easy. Questions were varied and fun. – Who is your inspiration? – Why UNC and what you expect to gain from UNC MBA? – Why MBA and what are your short-term goals? – What is your plan B? – Explain your volunteer work. – What is your proudest accomplishment – professionally and personally? – Anything you want to add? – Questions for me.
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Published: December 26, 2017
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / Skype
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Blind interview. Student was very nice, friendly, and responded to the things I said. Straightforward. Questions asked: 1. Walk through resume 2. SR/LR goals 3. Alternate career plan 4. Why certain industry 5. Why I chose a past job 6. How I will get involved at Anderson 7. What background/perspective I will share at Anderson 8. My global experience in the international business environment 9. How I address conflicts at
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Published: December 19, 2017
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round one / Adcom / On-campus
The following Harvard Business School interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! It was super friendly. She started out with explaining the process; she had 30 minutes to interview and 30 minutes to write a report. The report got added to my application and to be reviewed as part of the whole package later. It was basically a walk through the resume; oldest (education… why XXX school?) to most recent (tell me about this accomplishment at work). She had reviewed my entire application previously. It seemed like she
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Published: December 19, 2017
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Harvard Business School / HBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was with two members of the admissions team, one primary interviewer and one observer. Overall, it was the most conversational interview I’ve had so far and felt deeply personal because the interviewer had thoroughly reviewed my application already. It felt as if the team had thoroughly prepared what they wanted to ask me. Types of questions asked: -Tell me about this important extracurricular activity. What have you learned from it? How difficult is it to
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Published: December 18, 2017
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! It was pretty short (25 minutes of questions and 5 minutes for me to ask questions) and straightforward. The admissions officer was very nice and friendly. Actual questions asked: 1. Tell me about your background 2. Why MBA/ future goals 3. Time when I dealt with conflict at work 4. Time when I overcame a challenge at work 5. Time when I received constructive feedback 6. Asked about my global experience 7. How
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Published: December 17, 2017
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / 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! It was a student initiated interview – just after submitting the application. It was conversational, friendly and easy going. Though at times it felt as if the interviewer was jumping from places to places on resume and through questions too. It felt that there was no flow. But as long as we both had smiles on our faces, it was good. Questions included: – Why Tuck? (I am a re-applicant, so answer focused on that).
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Published: December 17, 2017
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU / Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed in mid-November on campus. Before the interview I arrived the day before my interview to attend campus tour, student chat, and class visit. I highly recommend doing a whole day of on-campus activities prior to the interview as it was a great conversation starter for my actual interview. Day of the interview I arrived about an hour early and decided to hangout at a nearby coffee shop. Upon check-in, they gave me a t-shirt
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Published: December 14, 2017
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1/ Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Stanford GSB MBA admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was an accomplished president of a company, with a similar background as mine, very nice, and super understanding. The conversation started with the question “tell me about yourself.” Once I started answering, he would stop me in every sentence and asked me to elaborate more. It could be very frustrating at first but I knew I should manage it so I stayed focus. The conversation became more conversational as we progressed. Answering questions
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