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Published: October 25, 2011
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom and First-year Student / On Campus
My interview was conducted by two people: a Kellogg admissions officer and a first year student who was training to be a part of recruiting. The interview was pretty conversational and the interviewers were very friendly. Here is an overview of the of the questions I was asked: Background: Associate at a healthcare strategy consulting firm Duration of interview: 30-35 minutes Note: this is not the actual flow of the interview. I have just listed the questions as I remembered them. Your background is very interesting – how come you did not think about medicine. Tell me about yourself and Read more
Published: April 11, 2011
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off-Campus
My interview was scheduled for 6 PM at the interviewer’s office. Although the interview was scheduled for an hour, it lasted almost 2 hours. Not a negative sign, though, as the interview was somehow conversational. My interviewer was not from a different industry, but he had after school the kind of experience I´m looking for (financial background with operational experience). The best advice I received before the interview was that despite specific questions being made, I should leave my main messages clear. Questions: What qualities make a leader a good leader? What do you need to work on in order Read more
Published: April 11, 2011
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On-Campus / Adcom
I was greeted with a packet of program information based on my career preference, and they also gave me a Stern t-shirt, like others mentioned earlier. After some initial chitchat of how I got to the city, we went straight to the interview: She started by asking how I developed the hobby I mentioned in my third essay. My career progression / roles in my job. Describe/justify my career goal. What to do if I could not get the summer internship I wanted. How would my friends describe myself? Describe a challenging client situation. How would I decide which MBA Read more
Published: April 11, 2011
Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On-Campus / 2nd-Year student
I had my interview with a 2nd year on campus doing one of their recruitment weekends. Most of the other students interviewed had 2nd years as well and I had been told that the interview was very laid back and a lot like a conversation. I did not feel that way. I will say that after the interviews, a lot of other prospectives felt like theirs was very laid back but this was not the case for my interview. He seemed to just go down a list of questions and wrote down my answers. All of the questions except for Read more
Published: April 5, 2011
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On campus / Second-year student
I interviewed on campus with a second year. He started off saying that the admissions committee was already impressed which is why I was called in for an interview and that this was a blind interview. He then told me that I had about 30 min to tell my story and to start whenever I wanted. I briefly touched upon my childhood and my college experience and then focused on my career choices and extracurriculars. There was then about 15 min for him to ask follow up questions. ex. why Darden and why MBA. I thought there would have been Read more
Published: April 5, 2011
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Skype
I am an applicant based in Bangalore/India. I had an interview with an Adcom member over Skype. I wore formals for the interview, tested my Skype set up for video chat and ensured a good view of my room. Please be prepared for a video chat. The interviewer in fact, insisted on having one even when the Internet connection became a bit bad. My advice for all those who are attending an interview over Skype is that please reserve a video-conferencing facility for the interview if possible. My interviewer got stuck up in traffic and informed about the delay. Finally, Read more
Published: April 5, 2011
Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
Interview with second year. More formal, little back and forth conversation until I was allowed to ask questions. Walk through the resume How did I choose my college/major/sport? Why MBA, Why SOM? What do you do for fun? What class did I sit in on during the visit/previous visit? What did I think? 5 minutes for questions for interviewer. Read more
Published: April 3, 2011
MIT / Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Admissions staff interviewer / On-campus
Apply 1/4/11, Invite 3/17, Interview 3/29, Accepted 4/4! After a two and a half month excruciating wait I got a call from MIT asking me to interview. In fact, she made is sound like I had already been invited (email or something) and that I hadn’t responded (she was “hoping I was still interested in applying”). I’m in the DC area and I found out the only available dates were at an interview fair the next week where I’d be one of a lot of people interviewing or I could interview on the 29th, the final day of interviews for Read more
Published: April 3, 2011
Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
Pretty straight forward questions (info not present in the application) but not the most typical ones, so it was not completely a blind interview. List of interview questions: Tell me what did you do for fun in high school Why did you choose your undergraduate university What was your master thesis about? Why did you choose your first job and why did you leave What 3 words would your boss say if he was asked to qualify you Why YALE SOM Questions for me At the beginning the interviewer told me that it was going to take only 25 minutes, Read more
Published: March 31, 2011
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Adcom / On Campus
I interviewed with a member of the admissions committee, and although I was only allotted 30 minutes, it ended up to be almost an hour and a half. I know everyone is looking for the type of questions, which is really important in preparation, but the most important factors are really knowing your resume, motivations, why Kellogg, what about Kellogg, and being yourself. The interview started with the basic questions: walk me through your resume what are your short term and long term goals. Before my interview, I really spent a lot of time studying Kellogg and knowing the programs Read more

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November 5, 2024 10:15am ET
Applying: Wisconsin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Accountant
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GPA: 2.5
Years of Work Experience: 4
Location: Illinois
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November 5, 2024 4:02am ET
Applying: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, HEC Paris, Imperial, INSEAD, Manchester / AMBS, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, Rochester / Simon, U. Chicago Booth, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UPenn / Wharton, USC / Marshall, UT Austin / McCombs, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Project Management
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft , Tesla
GMAT: 695
GPA: 3.4
Years of Work Experience: 9
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

I want to pivot into traditional Project/program or Product Management role.
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November 4, 2024 6:49pm ET
Applying: Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: Financial Auditor - Public Accounting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Non Profit/SI Companies: Accenture , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey
GRE: 326
GPA: 4.0
Years of Work Experience: 2
Location: Florida
Notes:

I graduated with dual degrees in accounting and business analytics with minors in economics and writing from a local school. I currently work for a Big 4 firm in financial audit, and I'll have three years of full-time work experience when I apply in 2025. I work on multiple clients throughout the year so I've sat through multiple busy seasons. I'm a high performer at my firm and will have strong recommendations, but I don't plan on getting my CPA license. Post MBA, I would like to work in consulting for a few years and then transition full time to nonprofit and social impact work.

Outside of work, I serve as a program manager or lead in initiatives that provide pro bono services to local nonprofits, work with diverse students from low income areas to encourage them to pursue college and careers in business, and volunteer at an animal shelter. I'm very involved with new hires and students, and frequently facilitate trainings, serve as a coach and advisor, and participate in recruiting events for the school I graduated from. I was also heavily involved during undergrad.
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November 4, 2024 6:32am ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , McKinsey
GMAT: 720
GPA: 3.33
Years of Work Experience: 6
Notes:

Have been working in public sector consulting for four years, with two additional years of experience in public policy.

Looking to transition to commercial management consulting with the big 3.
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November 4, 2024 2:27am ET
Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Georgetown / McDonough, Georgia / Terry, Georgia Tech / Scheller, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UCI Merage, UCLA Anderson, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: FinTech, Entrepreneurship
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Family Business, Entrepreneurship Companies: AT Kearney , Bain , Booz Allen Hamilton , Deloitte , KPMG , PWC , Amazon , Google , Hewlett Packard , Oracle , Tesla
GMAT: 720
GPA: 6.18
Years of Work Experience: 4
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November 5, 2024 5:10pm ET
Interview Invite to U. Chicago Booth
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on October 17, 2024
GPA: 3.9
GRE: 338
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Healthcare
Note:

email received prompting me to check portal, then scheduled interview (selected on campus, 10/31) and got instructions for video essay submission
November 5, 2024 4:35pm ET
Interview Invite to USC / Marshall
Round: Round 1
Received via email on November 03, 2024
GPA: 3.75
GRE: 317
Target Career: Healthcare
Application Location: Los Angeles
Note:

MBA.PM program
November 5, 2024 3:28pm ET
Interview Invite to Emory / Goizueta
Round: Round 1
Received via email
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Healthcare
November 5, 2024 1:34pm ET
Interview Invite to UNC Kenan-Flagler
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 5, 2024
GPA: 3.73
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Raleigh, NC
November 5, 2024 10:22am ET
Interview Invite to NYU Stern
Round: Round 1
Received via email November 5, 2024
GPA: 3.8
GRE: 327
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Marketing
Application Location: Italy
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