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Published: November 27, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed in the morning slot. On the plus side, I was able to relax later in the day during the lunch/tour/class parts of the visit. However, I think I did better in the interviews where I had a late afternoon time slot and I was a little less nervous (although it does sort of ruin the other events beforehand). It’s definitely a trade-off worth considering. Anyway, I arrived about 30 minutes early and was the first one
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Published: November 27, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed in the afternoon immediately after the lunch with current students. The class I sat in on in the morning was really interesting, and the lunch was spent mostly worrying that I had forgotten everything that I have done over the past 5.5 years. The sitting area was extremely quiet, everyone clearly extremely nervous except for the guy who brought a book to read. I occasionally tried to talk to others, but most people weren’t really interested in talking. Once I got
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Published: November 27, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed in the morning and got to the room about 30 minutes early, along with several other applicants. I believe most people had gotten a chance to introduce themselves to nearly everyone else beforehand, which made it easier when we got in the room (I had already talked to 4/5 of the others). My group did very well as a whole, we went with one person’s idea and developed it further while taking pieces of other’s ideas that fit well.
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Published: November 26, 2016
Stanford MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Stanford GSB interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was in the office of the alumnus. It was strictly behavioral with examples of leadership. 45 minutes interview, 10-15 minutes for Q&A 1) Describe an accomplishment in the past 5 years you are proud of. 2) Explain a situation when you were blocked from your goals and you figured your way around it 3) Give a leadership example 4) Why MBA, Why Stanford 5) How do you deal with conflict 6) Anything
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Published: November 26, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! So the interviewer started off by telling me about herself, and what her role was at Sloan. She also mentioned that since this wasn’t a blind interview, she was really looking forward to stories outside of what I had already conveyed in my essays, and résumé. I can say that this interview was markedly different from my other interviews, in terms of its strong focus on behavioral questions. The interviewer not only asked behavioral questions but also at times drilled down to focus
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Published: November 24, 2016
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Duke Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview took place in a cafe in Mumbai. The alumnus was a local who had started an educational business in India. He was pretty friendly and asked the standard questions. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA? Why in the US? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses with examples 5. Tell me about when there was a conflict in your team. 6. Tell me about a leadership challenge 7. Tell
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Published: November 21, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed with adcom on campus. Much less behavioral focused than I anticipated, even though the adcom mentioned in the interview that it would be behavioral focused. Tell me about your background Can you explain xyz project further Why MBA? Tell me about a time when you faced a challenging client Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict within your team Do you think you handled it to the best of your ability? Tell me about a piece of constructive advice
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Published: November 21, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Very straightforward interview with second-year student on campus with a similar professional background to mine. Behavioral mixed with résumé-based interview. Tell me about your background This point on your résumé was interesting, sounds like it might have produced some conflicts. Can you tell me about a time you faced conflict with this team? Tell me about a time you faced conflict with the client Why MBA? Why Booth? Questions for me? Preparing for an upcoming U. Chicago Booth interview?
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Published: November 21, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I did my TBD and interview at one of the off-campus hubs in Asia. It was held at the premises of a large recruiter from Wharton. TBD: My group had 6 people. A member of the Admissions office made us sit in the alphabetical order of our names, welcomed us, and briefed on the format. 35 minutes in total, with demarcated 1 minute per person for pitching his / her idea (~6 minutes) and 5 minutes at the end for pitching
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Published: November 21, 2016
Georgetown / McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
The following Georgetown MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by a member of Adcom who only had my résumé as reference. The conversation was prompted by the following cues/questions: 1. Walk me through your résumé and job trajectory thus far. 2. Name a time you struggled to work together with a coworker. What did you do about it? 3. What do you want to do with an MBA/why now? 4. What’s your ideal role right out of an MBA? 10 years down
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Published: November 20, 2016
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! Asked mostly about my previous roles and projects I mentioned on my résumé: Why did you make the move to your new employer? Why were you interested in working at your previous employer? Tell me about this project you mentioned in your résumé. Who were the main competitors for your previous employer? One of your recommenders mentioned he gave you feedback on this, can you tell me more about that? I was surprised they did not ask more about
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Published: November 20, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! On-campus in Hyde Park with a second-year student who was very friendly. The school does a good job of pairing you with someone who has at least a few things on common with you, in my case several professional commonalities and post-MBA career goals. There are several first year students in the waiting area in admissions prior to your interview to help you feel at home and feel comfortable, all very friendly and interesting. Extremely traditional interview, mainly
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Published: November 20, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My team-based discussion interview was at 3:30 but I arrived on-campus at around 12pm. This gave me the time to have lunch with students and join in a class. It really enabled my to get a better flavor of the school. The team discussion went through more smoothly than I expected. It was helpful to arrive early and to chit-chat with other people. Many of the people I talked to ended up in the same group as me so it was
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Published: November 20, 2016
Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus Hub
The following Harvard Business School (HBS) interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the HBS interview in a hub city. The interviewer is an alum and an admission committee member. The interviewer was very friendly and made sure that I felt comfortable. He has read through my application before. Questions: Why did you go to your college? How would you evaluate your manager, and what are the key qualities that you would use as measures? What do you know about the case study method? If you
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Published: November 20, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was a 3o min interview with a second-year student, application-based. List of interview questions Mostly behavior questions, like: • Tell me about a time when you have conflicts with your teammates • How do you work in a team • When there is no leader (e.g. MBA team projects), how do you work efficiently and avoid free rides • Tell me about a failure, what did you learn (and lots of
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Published: November 20, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub – London
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I arrived 15 minutes prior to the scheduled team-based discussion. Met with the fellow prospective students who are part of my team-based exercise. We were six prospective students coming from various backgrounds. The atmosphere was very relaxed and friendly. The adcom then called all six of us to a room with a big table, in which each one of us had a name tag. We made a short intro about our selves (1 minute long), and then the adcom explained the rules of the
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Published: November 19, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I just had my on-campus interview last week, the interview is blind conducted with second-year student. Before interview, we waited in a rest area outside of some interview rooms. There were some first year students that came over to chat with us. The interviewer came out and called our names. My interview started with a warm up and interviewer’s self introduction. 1. Walk-through résumé 2. Tell me one of your leadership story (I felt a little bit surprised
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Published: November 17, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewer had access to resume but not any other part of application. Setting was in a room in the admissions office. Interviewer was a second-year student who started off by talking about his work experience before Booth and his internship experience at Booth. He left about 5 mins at end for me to ask questions of him. The entire experience was about 45 minutes. Tone was conversational. Interview questions as best I remember them: Tell me about
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Published: November 17, 2016
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! I was interviewed by a Booth alumnus at Mumbai, India. My interview was very conversational and friendly. Interview was held in the interviewer’s office. After initial ice-breaking questions like “how was your journey?” etc. she covered the following topics/ questions. 1. Walk me through your résumé. She asked me specific clarifications as I went on explaining about my professional experience. 2. What kind of challenges you faced during your career? How do you approach them?
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Published: November 17, 2016
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview occurred on-campus at MIT with a member of the admissions office. The interview was exactly as advertised on the MIT website. The focus was entirely on the past and how I arrived at various decisions, what thought processes I used to reach those decisions, and how I acted or reacted to certain events. MIT’s interview is probably the most straightforward in that you know exactly what they’re interested in knowing based on the BEI description on the website. The key for
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Published: November 16, 2016
UPenn / Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following UPenn / Wharton interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was at 3:30. I spent the morning going to class, having lunch with students and taking a tour of the campus. The atmosphere was really relaxed. I got to meet a lot of other students throughout the day. In fact, I met everyone who would be in my team based discussion before getting into the room. The team based discussion went quickly. Everyone in my group was very involved and respectful of each others ideas. It’s hard to tell
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Published: November 16, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! On campus interview with a second year student. Interviewer gave a brief bio and professional and educational background then shifted conversation to me. 1. Walk me thru your résumé. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Career Goals. Short term and long term? 4. Why Booth? 5. You stated you wanted to work in Healthcare. What do you know about HC opportunities at Booth? 6. Why now? 7. What is your leadership
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Published: November 14, 2016
Indiana / Kelley MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview questions were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview took place in a small meeting room in the admissions office and was conducted by a second year student. There were no surprising questions and the interviewer was very enthusiastic about the program. 1. Walk me through your résumé. 2. Why an MBA? Why Kelley? Why now? 3. Tell me about a time you received criticism. How did you react? 4. What kind of leader am I? 5. Where do I
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Published: November 13, 2016
Washington / Foster MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Washington / Foster MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Fairly straight forward interview procedure. Interview was in the office of the admissions officer, scheduled for 1 hour, actual interview lasted 50 minutes. Questions were as follows: 1. Walk me through your professional career. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Foster? 4. Tell me about a time when you received criticism. 5. Tell me about a time when you received praise. 6. Tell me about a time when you made an improvement.
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Published: November 13, 2016
U. Chicago Booth Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was pretty standard and straightforward: walk me through your résumé, several behavioral-based questions, some follow-ups. The questions focused on challenges, overcoming difficulties, working with teams, and accomplishments. Again, I felt it was very straightforward and I felt comfortable with all of the questions. My interviewer was a 2nd year student going into product management, which made it easy for me as a prospective brand manager to build rapport. She asked if there is anything else that
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