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Published: February 25, 2017
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The blind interview was conducted by AdCom over Skype. It was kept to strictly 30 minutes, as was mentioned at the very start. Thus, 1) The interviewer led the interview, maintaining the tempo of asking questions in a congenial, positive manner; 2) I conveyed, and would recommend other interviewees, my answers crisply and concisely as far as possible. The questions were fairly straightforward and the pattern somewhat linear, with few follow up questions on each and the interviewer taking notes regularly. Overall,
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Published: February 25, 2017
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! The blind interview was conducted by AdCom over Skype, lasting approximately 40 minutes. The interview was very conversational, as the interviewer often interspersed and followed-up my responses with narratives and anecdotes. This made the overall experience very positive, as I was more at ease and could respond without over-relying on the script in my head. This proved helpful because the questions were somewhat not typical and required one to think on their feet. The focus, I believe, was more to
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Published: February 25, 2017
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I met with my interviewer over lunch as we worked in the vicinity of one another. The atmosphere was casual. The interviewer provided his background and talked a little about his career post-Kellogg. I then shared my background before we jumped into the interview. We then proceeded to a walk me through your résumé question. Next was: Why an MBA? What are your short term goals and long term goals? After that we jumped into behavioral questions. What piece of
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Published: February 25, 2017
Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 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! Yale put on an entire day of events for the students on campus to interview (everyone there was invited to interview). I interviewed in the morning slot, so they provided some breakfast and refreshments as we could socialize before our interview. My interview lasted 30 minutes. It was the most formal feeling interview of the schools that I interviewed with 2nd year students (all similar rank to SOM). The interviewer started out by stating that it would last 30 minutes
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Published: February 25, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following UT Austin McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational interview – highlight of the questions below. Tell me about yourself Why is now the right time to get an MBA? What are your short and long-term goals? What or who put McCombs on your radar and why McCombs? What do you plan on being involved in at McCombs? How do you plan on contributing while at McCombs, how will you leave your mark? What did you learn about yourself during the application process? What accomplishment are you
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Published: February 25, 2017
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer asked basic questions. No questions were unexpected and the atmosphere was very relaxed. I provided a copy of my résumé. She asked: Tell me about yourself Why an MBA, why now? Why Marshall? Tell me what you bring to the Marshall class. Describe a leadership challenge. Overall I think it went well. I’m prior military and I don’t think the details of my resume were understood well by the interviewer, but I was able to describe what I took away
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Published: February 24, 2017
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 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! The interview went quite smoothly. I strongly suggest other applicant take a look at interview reports from other people and get prepared with a bunch of stories. List of questions: Tell me a time when you were blocked from reaching your goal Tell me a time when you made a hard decision Tell me a time when you made an impactful success Tell me a time when you contribute to your organization Tell me a time when you worked with a
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Published: February 24, 2017
UC Berkeley Haas MBA 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! Questions were: Self-introduction and your current job Why MBA? Why Haas? Why Now? Especially focused on the why question. A commitment question on Haas’s 4 principles. A situation where you deal with a problem in a team. A situation where you motivate others. How can you contribute to Haas? Alumni is super nice and sharing. She offered me advice on future plans of career development and life choices as well. For 1/3 of the time, we were chatting about
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Published: February 23, 2017
Cornell / Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus
The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! This was a skype interview with a member of the admissions committee. The interview started right on time, and opened with a series of questions: 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. Why MBA? and Why now? 3. Who did you speak with to learn about Johnson? 4. Give me an example of a time you resolved a conflict in a professional setting. 5. Give me an example of a time you came up with an
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Published: February 23, 2017
UC Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following UC Berkeley Haas MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Overall a very seamless process. The interviewer asked me to come to his office after work hours. He was excited, and received me on time. The interview itself was the most conversational interview I have ever had. The interviewer interjected with his own experiences, and fortunately I was well prepared – I knew the faculty, the school’s recent efforts, the big advantages over peer schools, etc. The interviewer only asked me a few questions to understand who I
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Published: February 23, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following UT Austin McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was in the program office in Austin. The interviewer (a second year student), had a list of questions to ask, and walked us back to a smaller room. There he introduced himself, his professional background/future interests, and MBA involvement. We then dove into a series of questions, and the interviewer did a terrific job making notes, and listening to my responses. The following were questions he asked: 1. Walk me through your background. 2. Why
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Published: February 22, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following UT Austin McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! 1. Date/Admissions Round: Nov. 14, Round 1 2. Description / location of visit and/or interview atmosphere: I attended a prospective student luncheon at McCombs and interviewed later that afternoon. The luncheon was fairly casual and each table was a mix of candidates and current students. One of the deans spoke briefly and the rest of the time was casual Q&A at our tables. My interview was in the admissions office with a second year student, and the atmosphere
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Published: February 21, 2017
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
The following Duke / Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Casual format. Interviewer described her background. Then started with questions: Walk me through your résumé Why an MBA? Describe a time you received constructive feedback. What did you do? What would your manager says makes you, unique? If you had a teammate at Fuqua who wasn’t pulling his/her weight, what would you do? What three things make a team function well? Why Fuqua? What makes it special from other schools for you? What clubs will you be part of? Then I had
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Published: February 21, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview was conducted in the office of an admission committee member. 45 minute interview How did you pick your college major? What sparked your interest in your major? What clubs do you see yourself participating at UNC? Why UNC? What kind of interactions have you had with the UNC community? Behavioral questions regarding group based work environment. How did you resolve a conflict in this situation? or How did you go about in receiving constructive criticism? Why healthcare specialization at
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Published: February 20, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following UT Austin McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview with was an alumni who graduated about 4 years ago. He currently works at an investment bank. Blind interview, so I provided him my résumé, which he walked through. He mentioned my score and high quant score. He asked about my work experience and what I did after graduating from undergrad. Talked about interests. Spent a little over an hour in a casual restaurant setting. Specific questions he focused and reiterated on: What do I plan on
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Published: February 20, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following UT Austin McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! This was a straightforward behavioral interview with a very friendly second-year student. We spoke for ~45 minutes and including my follow-up questions. Questions asked of me included the following: Tell me about your background Why MBA? Why McCombs? Short-term and Long-term career goals? What if your long-term career goals don’t pan out? Tell me about a time you led a team and had to make an unpopular decision. How did you deal with that? Describe a
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Published: February 20, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer was very kind. We started talking about Lima, Peru, he told me he recently visited Lima and enjoyed his time a lot. After a brief chat, we started talking about my resume, after that, we talked about UNC and finished with some out of the box questions. Tell me about your last two work experiences, What did you do there? Why did you change companies? If I had to go to the admissions committee right now, and tell
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Published: February 20, 2017
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom/ On-Campus
The following UVA Darden interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was during the first week of February. I received an invite to interview on January 23rd and the only available options were the following week. Since Darden makes you fly to Charlottesville to interview if you live in the U.S., I didn’t really have an option, but to fly in. I flew in Thursday night to Charlottesville and stayed at the Inn at Darden (which I would recommend). The hotel itself is not the nicest, but it’s so
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Published: February 20, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / Skype
The following UT Austin / McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was conducted over skype with a second-year student. The interview was relaxed and conversational. The interviewer was just provided with my resume ahead of the interview. My interviewer asked th3. e following questions: Walk me through your résumé and experience Why an MBA? Why now? Why McCombs? How would you engage with your classmates and on campus? What are you short term and long term goals? Do you have a back-up plan or other thoughts if
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Published: February 20, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Was invited to interview on campus shortly following submission (outside of open interview window). Had previously received application fee waiver per GMAT score. Adcom member had scheduled 30 minute interview with me, however we ran 45-50 minutes. Mood was conversational and there were no curve balls, however she did emphasize having to ask a handful of questions in between our back and forth. They were: Tell me about yourself (i.e. walk me through your résumé). Why did you chose to
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Published: February 20, 2017
UT Austin McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following UT Austin / McCombs interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview was on campus with MAC 2nd year student volunteer. Based on our initial informal discussion, we had similar pre-MBA industries, which I am sure was not a coincidence. The interview was pretty informal/conversational, with some regular back and forth, rather than me just talking the whole time. As I was one of only a few students interviewing that day, I had a full hour. We covered the following: Walk me through you résumé. Why an MBA /
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Published: February 20, 2017
Northwestern Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview lasted for 30 min. The interviewer was taking notes while I was answering questions. She was not showing any expressions during the interview and the atmosphere was serious. The questions were as follows: Tell me about your career trajectory. What do your team members think about you? What do you think are some misconceptions about you in your team? What are your accomplishments? How will you contribute to Kellogg? What are your short-term, long term goals? What is
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Published: February 20, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Skype
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer was friendly and the interview was conversational. She had my résumé with her. She had not gone through my essays. The interview lasted for 30 minutes. Following are the questions asked: From where did you undergraduate and how was your performance there? What extra-curricular activities did you participate in during your undergrad? What are your accomplishments at your company? Why MBA? and why now? What are your short term and long term goals? She asked for details
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Published: February 20, 2017
Georgetown McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was taken by an Adcom member over Skype. It was a friendly and conversational interview. The interview was blind and she had not read my essays. It lasted for 30 min. Overall, the interviewer genuinely tried to know more about me. Here are the list of questions in that order: How do you keep yourself updated? Which publications/magazines due you follow? What is an issue/topic of particular importance to you? Tell me about something you read recently? Why do
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Published: February 19, 2017
UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I scheduled an on-campus interview during the open season interview period. The environment was extremely relaxed for the duration of my trip – I think this was partly due to the tranquil environment of Chapel Hill. My interviewer explained that it would be a blind interview (she hadn’t seen my application) but she had marked up my résumé with questions. She asked the following: Walk me through your résumé. Why an MBA now? What are your short-term goals?
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