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Published: January 23, 2023

Vanderbilt Owen MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Virtual

It was a pretty chill interview: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA now? 3. What are your short-term goals? 4. Tell me about a time you made a mistake. 5. What is a common misconception about you? 6. What value will you bring to Vanderbilt and what value will Vanderbilt add to you? 7. What would you like to be involved in on campus? Read more

Published: January 19, 2023

Interview Report Round-Up: CMU Tepper, Texas McCombs, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM

In this week’s Interview Report Roundup, we’re highlighting MBA admissions interview reports that CMU Tepper, Texas McCombs, UCLA Anderson and Yale SOM applicants have recently shared to the Clear Admit Interview Archive. A couple of Yale MBA applicants shared their on-campus interviews: Meanwhile, an MBA hopeful who completed the Texas McCombs video assessment offered some useful insights: A candidate for Carnegie Mellon Tepper posted the following questions from an adcom member: Finally, a UCLA Anderson applicant reported Read more

Published: January 15, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

I received my interview invite about a week after submitting my application and emailed the admissions office to schedule my interview during the campus visit I’d already scheduled. I arrived on campus at 9:30AM and was able to store my luggage in their coat closet. I attended the class visit, campus tour, Q&A with students, and lunch before starting my interview. After lunch, I met the second-year student at the lobby, and we went to a small study room for the interview. She started by talking a little about her background before diving into the interview. She had a list Read more

Published: January 15, 2023

Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Video Assessment / Virtual

The application deadline was January 5th, and I did my interview on the 12th. All applicants must take the Video Assessment as part of their requirements after submitting the rest of the application by the deadlines. I have not heard about a decision one way or another yet. Here are the questions to the best of my memory: 1. Tell me about a time when you failed. What did you learn from it? 2. What do you expect to get out of the McCombs MBA program? What do you expect will challenge you? 3. Tell me about Read more

Published: January 12, 2023

Interview Report Round-Up: HBS, INSEAD, MIT Sloan

Welcome to another edition of Interview Report Roundup. This week, we’re taking a closer look at MBA admissions interview reports that HBS, INSEAD and MIT Sloan applicants have recently shared to the Clear Admit Interview Archive. A Round 1 MBA hopeful for Harvard Business School faced an adcom member very familiar with their application, as the contributor noted, “The interviewer had read the entire application in detail (including details I had mentioned only in the application form) and had done basic research on some of the niche parts of my work.” Read more

Published: January 11, 2023

Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

The interview went for 30 minutes, with the standard questions Why MBA/Why Yale/Why now questions. The interview felt very scripted as the second-year student clearly had to get through the list of questions she had in front of her. After the 30 mins was done, we spent another 15 mins chatting about Yale and why she picked SOM. Overall a great experience. Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On Campus

Interview invite in October. Questions were provided by adcom as they wanted to limit bias. Walk me through your resume. Why MBA now? Why Yale, SOM school? What are your short- & long-term goals? What is your submitted quote? How is it related to the Yale SOM community? Tell us your proudest leadership experience, and how you can apply this experience in MBA study. Any questions? Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

CMU Tepper MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom

The adcom had reviewed my entire application before our interview. Give me a one-minute introduction to who you are. Why an MBA? Why now? What is your criteria in selecting a business school? What are your post-MBA goals? Give an example when you accomplished something to bring better results to your team. What’s your definition of diversity? Give an example when things didn’t go according to plan as a leader. What would you have done differently? Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? Do you have any questions for me? When Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Video Assessment / Online

7 questions with 30 seconds to prepare and 3 mins to answer for each question. Used Kira system for recording, allowed to start questions on your own pace. 1. Short-term goal and Plan B 2. TMAT working with competitive people, how did you navigate it? 3. Proudest achievement? 4. TMAT people were treated unfairly, what did you do? 5. TMAT you were judged unfairly / received unfair feedback. 6. Why McCombs? Not sure the words are accurate since the questions are quite lengthy. Also, make sure your background is clean, I don’t think there’s an Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype

The interview was scripted in advance with specific questions that the second-year student had been told to ask – which meant that it was difficult to have a free-flowing conversation and create a genuine connection. But the tone of the interview was friendly and the questions were relatively standard and focused around why an MBA and why Yale, some resume questions, and a question focusing on giving an example of something I had learned by looking at a situation through someone else’s perspective. I was surprised by the focus on diversity (the quote + an additional question around how I Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

I was matched with a second-year student and felt that the school aimed to align applicants with interviewers with similar backgrounds, post-MBA career goals, and interests. Very laid-back atmosphere. I didn’t feel like the interviewer was trying to trick me. She was genuinely interested in my background and work experience. The interview was resume based. I was surprised by how fast the time went. There were no trick questions or anything that I wasn’t prepared for. These are the questions I remember: – Walk me through your resume. – Why Anderson? Why LA? – What are your Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

1. Introduce yourself (A lot of follow up questions regarding career goal). 2. Where do you want to work post-MBA? 3. Why Anderson? 4. Short-term/Long-term goal? 5. What’s your strength in a teamwork case? Tell me an example from your previous work. 6. When you join a student managed fund or a learning team, you have to work with a team and maybe there’s some situation, how will you deal with it? 7. As for recruitment, how do you expect Anderson can help you? 8. Plan B? Interviewer was really nice, and asked Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Current Student / Zoom

I had an interview for 45 min with a current McCombs student and then a 5-10 min Q&A. Interview was conversational and resume-based. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. TMAT where you had to solve a unique problem. What did you learn from it? 3. What was the major challenge you overcame to reach where you are today in your career? 4. Short-term and long-term goals. 5. Plan B? 6. Why McCombs? 7. Which other schools did you apply to? 8. What clubs do you plan to join? 9. Tell me Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

This interview was on a Super Day full of interviews on 11/4/22 for Round 1. It lasted only 30 minutes as they have a lot of interviews to go through that day. You will be brought into the interview rooms on the first floor of Evans Hall. The list of questions is more standardized than other schools and included behavioral, future plans, why MBA, why Yale. Please be sure to fill out the important quote prior to the interview. My interviewer read the quote back to me and asked why it was important to me. I was admitted in R1. Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

Invited to interview in person at Evans Hall. The day began with a tour of the facilities with all the applicants assigned their own interview timeslot. As the day went on people made their way to the lounge where they were then invited into one of a number of interview rooms. Interview was not super personal as the interviewer, a second-year student, had their head down the entire time taking notes on a standardized template. Was surprised that it was not conducted by an adcom. Mixture of questions on the resume as well as experiences that I wanted to bring Read more

Published: January 10, 2023

Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Type of interview: 2nd-year Student, resume-based interview List of interview questions: – What aspect of SOM drove you to apply here? – What’s the impact you want to drive in the community? – Why do you want an MBA? – What gets you the most excited in the MBA journey? – Have you already set your career goals? – What traits of a leader do you have? Commentary: suuuper nice interviewer. Loved the experience! Read more

Published: January 8, 2023

HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

My AdCom interviewer was very nice and started the interview in a relaxed, conversational way. There was not much back and forth as it was the interviewer asking questions with me answering. Some of the questions were based off my answer to the previous question. We ended the interview right on the 30min mark. It went by very quickly. Questions List: What do you attribute to your success at XX Company? Why do you think you’ve been promoted over your peers? What do you mean by math + magic? [I referenced this concept in my previous answer] Is the XX Read more

Published: January 8, 2023

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / AdCom / Zoom

Description/location of visit and/or interview atmosphere: Zoom Resume-based with AdCom. From the beginning, she was very friendly and laid out the ground really well. List of interview questions: a) Tell me about yourself. b) Why Booth? c) Why do you believe you have a fit with the school? d) Why MBA at this point of your career? e) Could you share a time when you demonstrated leadership skills? f) What’s your leadership style? g) How do you see yourself engaging with the school’s community? Commentary: overall, nothing out of the expected. Interviewer was Read more

Published: January 5, 2023

Interview Report Round-Up: Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, UCLA Anderson, UVA Darden

Welcome to another edition of Interview Report Roundup. This week, we’re catching up on MBA admissions interview reports that applicants have shared to the Clear Admit Interview Archive. A Round 1 applicant to UCLA /Anderson chose a Zoom interview and faced the following questions: Then we saw the first on-campus interview report in a while, from a Round 1 UVA / Darden candidate: Back on Zoom, an NYU Stern applicant addressed several questions about their goals: Read more

Published: January 4, 2023

Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Zoom

School/Date/Admissions Round: Duke Fuqua/Jan 4th/2nd Round Description/location of visit and/or interview atmosphere: Virtual interview (Zoom) Type of interview (alum/adcom/first- or second-year student, resume-based vs. application-based): AdCom (very friendly), resume-based List of interview questions: a. Why MBA? Why now? b. Why Fuqua? c. What can you add to the incoming class? d. What are your post-MBA goals and why? e. Share sometime when you embraced diversity. f. Any questions for me? Commentary: very friendly environment. Be intentional about Fuqua and know your stories. Don’t try to memorize them, but to naturally tell those, so you don’t Read more

Published: January 2, 2023

INSEAD MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom

It was an online interview that lasted about 40 minutes. It was more of a conversation and less of a formal interview. Some key questions that were asked: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why MBA? 3) What do you know about INSEAD? 4) Are you applying to other schools? 5) Have you worked internationally? Then there was a discussion about my work: what were my job responsibilities, how is my firm structured, who are the key clients, etc. Read more

Published: January 2, 2023

London Business School MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom

Interview was conducted over Zoom with an alumnus who was in the same time zone (United States East Coast). Interviewer had reviewed my resume and had a few questions about my experience. Most questions centered around why MBA/why now/why LBS and how I work in a team (How do I handle conflict? Have I worked with international clients?). Interview was overall relaxed and I got along well with my interviewer. This part lasted about 30 minutes. For about 10 minutes, I was given multiple strategies for a company and asked to pick one and explain why I chose what I Read more

Published: January 2, 2023

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus

45 min interview in a coffee shop in Seattle by a Booth Alumni who worked at Amazon as a Finance Manager. A bit strict vibe, but mostly conversational. Music in coffee shop was a bit too loud and there few many people there so got a bit distracted. Questions – 1) Introduce Yourself 2) Walk me through your resume 3) Three words that you would use to describe yourself. How would your supervisor at work describe you? 4) Couple of Behavioral questions like tell me about a time when …, biggest failure … 5) Why MBA? Read more

Published: January 2, 2023

HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

The interviewer had read the entire application in detail (including details I had mentioned only in the application form) and had done basic research on some of the niche parts of my work. The questions were not technical, but did try to gauge basic understanding of the industry. I felt the interviewer was mostly just trying to have a conversation and there was no element of pressure testing. The interview lasted around 30-32 minutes. Some of the questions were: 1. Describe this niche part of your work in the current job. Who are the key competitors? 2. Are Read more

Published: January 2, 2023

Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student & Adcom / Zoom

I interviewed at Wharton on November 13th, 2022 via Zoom. The interview consisted of two parts – a 60 minute Team Based Discussion (TBD) along with a 10 minute 1:1 interview with a second-year Wharton MBA student. There were 5 other students in my virtual interview in a common Zoom room – everyone was quite friendly and eager for the interview. Each of us participated in the Team-Based Discussion Prompt (pitch an international trip + cultural immersion offering for a new Wharton Global Curriculum). We were given 60 seconds to provide initial thoughts and then were given an additional 30 Read more

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MBA Applywire

December 22, 2024 6:32am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Construction & RE (2nd Gen Entrepreneur)

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF, Commercial Banking, Family Business Companies: Citibank , Deutsche Bank , Morgan Stanley , Accell Partners , Andressen Horowitz , First Round Capital , Sequoia Capital , Bain Capital , Blackstone , Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Group , Blackrock , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Citibank , Morgan Stanley

GRE: 326

GPA: 3.80

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: India

December 21, 2024 12:13pm ET

Applying: Dartmouth / Tuck, Northwestern / Kellogg, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Military/Corporate Logistics

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey

GRE: 302

GPA: 3.63

Years of Work Experience: 9

Notes:

Submitting for R2, but retaking GRE after application deadline. Military Vet with Corporate experience.

December 20, 2024 5:17pm ET

Applying: Columbia, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Healthcare

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting Companies: Bain , BCG

GRE: 332

GPA: 3.5

Years of Work Experience: 3

Location: Florida

Post MBA Location: Consulting

Notes:

25F, lgbtq, 3 years as a registered nurse. also have started working for an early stage VC in the past several months.

December 19, 2024 4:44pm ET

Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Stanford GSB

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Insurance

Post-MBA Target Industry: Entrepreneurship

GRE: 318

GPA: 3.59

Years of Work Experience: 3.5

Location: Georgia

Post MBA Location: Southeast

Notes:

Looking to launch a tech startup post MBA, without any background in tech. Come from a quant heavy background and undergraduate coursework. I regularly attended admissions events, in person and online at my schools. I hope that focusing energy on my few top schools and spending a lot of time on essays will help me overcome the less than average test score (164 quant 154 verbal) and GPA.

Serial entrepreneur with a history of profitable small businesses. Was promoted twice in 3.5 years. Involved in many extracurricular activities in and outside of work. My background is very centered around financial services/insurance, is this a red flag for a pivot to Tech Entrepreneurship?

Transferred between two state schools in the southeast. School I graduated from is a top 25 undergrad business program. Obtained a few professionals designations post grad.

December 18, 2024 11:38am ET

Applying: Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Held various positions in Finance and Accounting in a healthcare institution

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Other Companies: BCG , Deloitte , Other

GPA: 3.0

Years of Work Experience: 11

Location: International

Notes:

I am passionate about healthcare enhancing patient quality care. So exploring in that field is what I would love. Got a 72k scholarship from Vandy and named Forte Fellow. UNC 50k. I'm having a hard time deciding though my heart is leaning towards Owen

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December 22, 2024 1:36pm ET

Accepted to UT Austin / McCombs

Round: Round 1

Received via email on December 16, 2024

GRE: 319

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: United Kingdom

Note:

$20k merit scholarship offer.

December 22, 2024 12:04pm ET

Accepted to Stanford GSB

Round: Round 1

Received via phone

GPA: 3.7

GMAT: 750

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: Asia

December 22, 2024 4:59am ET

Accepted to UPenn / Wharton

Round: Round 1

Received via portal

GMAT: 730

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: Southeast Asia

Note:

Elated and did not expect it!

December 21, 2024 8:37am ET

Accepted to Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 11, 2024

GMAT: 675

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

December 21, 2024 2:38am ET

Waitlisted at Duke / Fuqua

Round: Round 1

Received via phone on December 10, 2024

GPA: 3.27

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

Application Location: CA

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