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Published: February 15, 2017
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Overall the interview was very relaxed. I was able to interview on-campus with a member of the Adcom. The interviewer told me he had reviewed my application and had my résumé with him for the duration of the interview. He asked the following questions: 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. How did you choose your undergraduate school? 3. Why an MBA? Why Marshall? 4. Why now? 5. How will you contribute to the Marshall community?
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Published: February 14, 2017
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Georgetown MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was very conversational. We step by step walked through my résumé. The questions were as follows: Why you choose your school and about your college experience. What I do in my currently role and how I made the transition into my current role. Why an MBA? Why McDonough? There were other questions dispersed throughout the conversation that were specific to responses that I gave, but this was the general flow. After your interview, be sure to add your first-hand
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Published: February 13, 2017
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: 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! The individual interview was ~ 40 minutes, relaxed and conversational. Questions included the following: Tell me about yourself? Why do you want to get an MBA? What are your career goals? Describe a time when you led an organization Describe a time when you worked with a diverse team towards a common goal Describe a time when your team could not have succeeded without you Describe a time when you exceeded expectations Pretty standard behavioral stuff. There was also a
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Published: February 13, 2017
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-year Student / On-Campus
The following Georgetown MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was conversational. It started on time and lasted for 35 minutes. The interviewer started from reading my résumé. Questions included: Tell me about the background and why MBA. Why now? Leadership story. Have been to the campus? What schools have you applied to? Do you want to stay in DC? 6 questions for her( 10 minutes) During the interview, the interviewer took a lot of notes. She would also responded to my answers by stating that she had had
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Published: February 13, 2017
Oxford Saïd Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Oxford Saïd interview questions & report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I was interviewed by the Director of Admissions and she was very polite and friendly which put me at ease immediately. Questions asked: Why do you want to complete an MBA at this time in your life? Why pursue an MBA at Saïd in particular? What do you want to do post MBA, and how have you prepared for this career transition? Please describe the biggest challenge you’ve faced at work.
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Published: February 12, 2017
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I did an off-campus interview with a 2016 Ross alum in SF. We met in a Starbucks on a Sunday morning, the vibe was very casual and friendly. I wore slacks and a sweater and he was in khakis and a button down. He had my résumé that he had gotten from the interview scheduler and I brought one with me. 1. Walk me through your résumé. Connect the dots for me 2. Why an MBA?
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Published: February 11, 2017
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was pretty straightforward and quick. The interviewer was friendly and willing to be very helpful. Some questions: 1. Walk me through your education and professional experiences. 2. What are you looking forward to after your MBA? What are your career goals? 3. 35 Nationalities are represented at Tepper. Can you tell me about a time when you encountered a different culture at work – not necessarily people from a different nationality and how did you
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Published: February 7, 2017
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! Applied Round 2, Interviewed on January 19th, 2017. Was interviewed by a Second-year student in a small conference room on-campus, took exactly 30 minutes. The interview was blind, but the interviewer had reviewed my résumé beforehand. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Walk me through your résumé. 3. Why are you pursuing an MBA? (I answered this like a goals question) 4. Why Anderson? 5. Interviewer asked 3-4 behavioral questions
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Published: February 7, 2017
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! Went on campus to the Anderson school of business, dressed in appropriate business attire for a relaxed discussion-style interview Blind interview with a 2nd year student, he only saw my résumé. Questions: Outside of your professional life, what are you interests and hobbies? Why are you pursuing and MBA? Why pursue an MBA at this point in your life? Given your prior professional and personal experience, what can you contribute to Anderson? Tell me about an experience in your life
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Published: February 6, 2017
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year Student / In-Person
The following UCLA Anderson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview was ~30 minutes on campus and pretty informal. The interviewer asked pretty basic, behavioral questions: Walk me through your résumé. Why an MBA/Why now? Explain a challenging situation and how you overcame it. What would you have done differently? Anything else on your resume that you’d like to talk about? The interview felt much more of a “fit” interview rather than being roasted about resume details. I’d recommend preparing by ensuring you can speak to your résumé, have
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Published: February 6, 2017
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following Harvard Business School / HBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! 1. End of Oct. / Round 1 2. Interview at a Hub Location / Interview was in an office setting in a conference room. 3. Adcom interview w/ only 1 person (most HBS interviews are with two people) 4. Questions/prompts were all about me and my experience: Tell me about what you do. Tell me about your experience at your company. Who are you biggest competitors? What can you do to gain a strategic advantage? What’s the
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Published: February 6, 2017
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! Interviewed on campus with a second year student. The previous day I attended a class and got to speak with numerous students about their experience – this played an important role in my interview and is highly recommended. Fit is of the utmost importance and I felt as though I was already a student. The interview the following day was very relaxed and she asked the following questions: • Tell me about yourself? • What are your
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Published: February 6, 2017
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Questions to look out for (must use STAR format. I had issues with this but i’m hopeful it went well): 1. Tell me about yourself. What is your role at your company? 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Tepper? 4. Tell me about a time when you experienced diversity/culture? 5. What are you most proud of outside of work? 6. Tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision that your team
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Published: February 6, 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 who was admitted with scholarship. Congratulations to them! I was interviewed by a 2nd-year student via skype in late October, approximately 3 weeks after the application deadline. The interview was blind-based, conversational and casual. The interviewer was very friendly and he shared a lot about his experiences at Anderson. He gave me some good comments during the interview, so I felt quite positive and enjoyed it very much. List of interview questions: Self-introduction Career goal, a few follow-ups regarding specific types of company, location, etc.
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Published: February 6, 2017
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by an adcom at the NYU Stern building. I sat in her office. It was very relaxing and conversational. The interview with the adcom was application-based. I was asked the following: A) tell me about your background B) why MBA? C) why stern? D) any questions for me? The interview was very conversational. We were very casual and the chat was smooth. NYU seems to focus on its location in NYC a lot
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Published: February 5, 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! My interview with an alum from Kellogg was pretty casual – we met at a Le Pain Quotidien. I still dressed in business attire. He was very nice and asked me some zeroed-in questions about my career, particularly why I transitioned between fields. He also asked a few other standard interview questions: What is the strongest part of your application? What is the weakest part of your application? Why an MBA / what do you want to get out of
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Published: February 1, 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! With an Alumnus graduated several years ago. Very kind person. Kept encouraging me to unfold my thoughts. (Thank him so much.) Also talked about schools, work, industry, society after interview. Spent near two hours in a coffee shop. I will terminate other application processes once I got this offer. Thirteen questions are as below (order is in a mess): Working experience and skilled earned Professional feedback Career goals Why now? What if goal doesn’t go well?
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Published: January 31, 2017
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed with an alumna. Very casual atmosphere. Talked about my résumé, career goals, internship plan and a backup plan, what other schools I applied and my exchange experience (cuz what was her undergraduate school). Apparently, CBS has a list of questions they suggest interviewers should cover. But the alumna improvised as the conversation went on. She shared a lot about her own experience as a Columbia student and afterwards as well. The interview went well and the interviewer wrote to
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Published: January 31, 2017
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Took place in a Starbucks. So, the interviewer meant to make it casual. But he did make a LOT of notes in his notebook during the whole process. The interview lasted about 50 min in total, including 3 questions from me. Very common questions. Walk me through your résumé. Why MBA? Why Booth in particular? How can you contribute to Booth? Any courses you have in mind that you want to take? Career goals? A leadership story and a failure
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Published: January 31, 2017
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumna / 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 interviewed with an alumna off-campus at a coffee shop. The overall feeling of the interview was casual but informative. She asked good questions and took a ton of notes. A few of the prominent questions were as follows (not necessarily in this order): Can you walk me through your résumé? Why are you interested in MBA/Kellogg? (In response to my non-traditional background) Why do you want to move into the position you are interested in post-MBA? Tell me two
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Published: January 31, 2017
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I’m based in NYC and the interview took place around midtown where I and the interviewer both work. We met up at a coffee shop and had about a 40 min conversation. Both the interviewer and I work in the banking / finance / asset management industry. The conversation was primarily centered around: Why pursue an MBA at all? How important is getting an MBA vs an alternative path? What was a tough situation you’ve faced at work
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Published: January 31, 2017
Indiana / Kelley MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Introduce yourself Career goals Why Kelley Describe an obstacle you faced at workplace, how did you overcome it Did you receive any feedback early on in your career which has helped you Describe instances of leadership outside work After your Kelley MBA interview, be sure to add your first-hand interview report to the Clear Admit Interview Archive.
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Published: January 30, 2017
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Rolling Admissions / Alumni / Off-Campus
The following Columbia MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Rolling Admissions Round applicant. Good luck to them! I got notified of my interview invite on 1/18. Got matched to an alumni and arranged an interview for 1/21. We met at his condo and used one of the meeting rooms there. I used business casual since it was off-campus and a Saturday. Super casual environment. He started by giving me a summary of his background. Then, he asked me to tell him about my story, not the regular walk me through your résumé, so I was able
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Published: January 30, 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! Interview was with a second-year student in the MBA Program Office on campus. Make sure to be a little early because interviewers all came out calling prospective applicants’ names a little early or exactly on time. It was a blind interview, the second-year student had my resume open on a laptop during the interview. Interview was pretty relaxed and conversational, but the interviewer had a piece of paper with questions on one half and filled in my responses
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Published: January 29, 2017
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed with a locally based alum at a coffee shop. He was extremely nice and actually brought a laptop along as he took notes and filled in the Booth interviewer forms (I’m assuming) as we went along. Ended up having a really long, but mostly conversational interview that digressed a bit from the business school interview. The b-school related questions were: 1. Walk me through your résumé? 2. Why are you going for your MBA
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