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Published: November 20, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Date of interview: Nov 9 Interview atmosphere: Second-years are casual and friendly. Among the group, there is definitely an effort to be friendly and supportive. However, there is always a hint of competition as expected. Type of interview: Team-based interview followed by a 10-min chat with second years Interview question: Why MBA and why is Wharton the ideal place to do the MBA? Commentary: Team-based discussion went pretty well with robust time management. Everyone had a chance to speak up, but you could see some individuals getting annoyed/upset that their choice of country was not picked. Read more
Published: November 20, 2022
Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview took place on Zoom with two second-year students. They let us into the room about 10 minutes before the TBD was scheduled to start. There were 6 prospective students participating. We were all American. I actually knew one of the other interviewees, but neither of us let on to the rest of the group that we knew each other. We spent this time with getting to know each other. After 10 minutes, the two second-year students gave us instructions and read us the prompt. Then, they had all of us go around and introduce ourselves with our name, Read more
Published: November 16, 2022
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Pretty friendly second-year 1. Walk me through your resume. 2 Why MBA? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. What will you contribute to Fuqua? 5. What do you know of the Team Fuqua Spirit? 6. Tell me about a time when you helped advance a team. 7. Tell me about a time when you disagreed in a team. 8. Tell me a leadership success story. Read more
Published: November 15, 2022
Michigan Ross Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
I had my interview with a 2019 alum. He was in fact very responsive and quick in setting up time. We scheduled an hour, but when we started he said we will do 30-40 mins of Q/A and then questions for him: 1. Started with tell me about yourself and overview of resume. 2. Short-term and long term goals? 3. Why MBA? 4. Why Ross? why now? Then we jumped to behavioural questions: 5. Time when you didn’t know anything in project and still went ahead. 6. Time when some colleague disagreed. 7. Time when Read more
Published: November 15, 2022
Cornell Johnson Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
List of interview questions 1. Walk me through your resume. (I was cut off after a very short amount of time. I only got to mention my undergrad and one of my three jobs) 2. Why an MBA? Why now? 3. What attracts you to Johnson? 4. Do you feel you will be at a disadvantage going into consulting (I’m not sure why they thought this. It’s not my plan. The interview seemed very robotic and all questions were pre-planned rather than questions to learn more about me or expand on what I had said earlier.) Read more
Published: November 14, 2022
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / On-Campus
I went through an interview day at the Haas campus. There was a lunch, campus tour, student panel, and a team building session with fellow candidates who were there, followed by a reception/happy hour. All in all it was about a 7-hour long day including the interview and a great time meeting fellow prospective students as well as current students! My interview was a standard 45 minute interview with an alumnus in the middle of the events mentioned above. My interviewer was incredibly friendly and took the time to put me at ease before getting into the questions by going Read more
Published: November 13, 2022
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview experience was amazing. First, an icebreaker comment regarding my pick-six. Then, the questions were: i. My day-to-day at my current role. ii. Describe my leadership style. iii. Why an MBA? iv. What are the key aspects you consider to choose a business school? v. Recruitment strategy while at business school & alternative plan. vi. Describe a time when you faced a challenging situation/setback at work? vii. What are the positive things and the challenges of working with me from a perspective of a coworker? The interview took about 25 minutes, and then Read more
Published: November 13, 2022
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Virtual
Interviewed with a second year, was conversational and the interviewer was very friendly and willing to share own experiences. Started with a brief about the procedure and how the interview will go on and then intro about self. Then the questions were as follows – – Intro – Why MBA? Why Haas? – in same question – Time you took a risk in professional setting. – Time you convinced someone to do something out of their job description. – Anything else you wanted to discuss? – Any Questions? Went on for about 35 Read more
Published: November 13, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
I had a lot of help from Clear Admit, so I thought I might pay it forward. Very nice interviewer. He started by introducing himself. What year he graduated. What he does at his current job. Questions were: – Walk me through your resume. – (Then he stopped me and asked – Who is the biggest player in the industry?) – Tell me more about the AI project you did. – Why MBA? – Why now? – Where did they do their MBA? – What’s your short-term and long-term goal? – Read more
Published: November 13, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It was one of the most difficult interviews I had. The second-year student had 3-4 follow up questions for each of my stories, which really made me think in-depth. It didn’t go well for me. 1. Walk me through your story. – why you made the decisions on some instances. 2. Tell me a time when you had to face challenge. – How did you manage the situation? – What was the result? – What would you have done differently? 3. A situation when you made a decision, but then you thought you could Read more
Published: November 9, 2022
Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was really straightforward: “I want you to tell my why MBA and Why Wharton.” The student listened to me, not saying a word and asked in the remaining 1’30” if I had any questions. Not much of an interaction. Read more
Published: November 8, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
The interviewer was a second-year student who did not belong to my target industry. She seemed welcoming and friendly, and made the interview conversational. It lasted about 45 mins in total. It started with her congratulating me on getting to this step and introducing themselves. Questions asked: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why now? ST/LT goals? Tell me about a time you led a team and what your experience was? Tell me about a time you tried to incorporate an external source of inspiration into an actual team project? What 3 words Read more
Published: November 8, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
Pretty informal interview, was 30 minutes long including my questions, was asked the following: -Tell me about yourself. -Why MBA? Why now? -Why Booth? And what specific things are offered for your concentration? -Short-term and Long-term goals? How will you reach them? -How do you plan to recruit for your targeted industry post-MBA? -Any questions for me? I had prepared for behavioral questions, but wasn’t asked any which was surprising. Good luck to everyone! Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Virtual
The overall interview was quite conversational. The interviewer ensured on keeping it quite casual throughout. The questions asked were very similar to standard ones; however, in terms of categories, the first was related to your background and purpose, the second was pertaining to behavioral questions and examples, and the third was pertaining to some questions that the candidate has pertaining to Booth and more about Booth. List of questions: Walk me through your resume. Clarity on job switches. Why MBA and Why Now? Tell me about a time when you had to accommodate a divergent opinion from a team or Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
I was interviewed by an Adcom member at HBS. The Adcom member was very warm and welcoming and started off by warning me about some internet connectivity issues they were having. The interview went mostly smoothly with a few spikes in the internet so we had to turn off the video feed for a minute towards the end. The questions were very specific to my application, but here are some questions from the interview: 1. Explain what your company does and the technology (I work at a life science start up). 2. Follow up on the technology. 3. Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Wharton’s Team-Based Discussion Prompt 2022-2023
The prompt for the Wharton School’s Team-Based Discussion (TBD) for the 2022-2023 MBA admissions season is below. The exercise focuses on the Global Immersion Program: “Wharton’s commitment to global engagement prepares MBA students for any challenge in the international business environment. As of the 2022 school year, all global travel at Wharton is back to normal operations. Wharton MBAs will once again have the opportunity to participate in a Global Immersion Program (GIP), a credit-bearing elective course, which is designed to provide a high-level survey of the economic, cultural, and geo-political drivers behind regions Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Walk me through your resume with lots of specific follow-up questions on my responsibilities. Why do you want the MBA and why Booth? What is your backup plan if your first-choice industry isn’t hiring? Why don’t you want to go back to your pre-MBA industry? Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
The interview was with an alumnus, but he was from a different industry than I am. It was an hour long conversation. And honestly one of the most conversational interviews. It started off with him introducing himself, his career trajectory before and after Booth. Then he asked me: 1. About myself (here we connected on our personal stories) 2. My goals (long term & short term) 3. Why MBA? Why now? 4. Ideal team? What role would I see myself playing? (He mentioned Booth’s culture around teams) 5. My leadership experiences 6. A time I Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview was conversational, with a member of the admissions committee who had read my entire application and was eager to know about the motivations behind my life’s transitions (primarily professional) and about my industry of work. It was a 30min interview, which maybe went ~1-2min over the mark. The questions she asked were specific to my resume, application and profile: 1. She asked about a social impact organization I was part of at college and what we did there 2. We spoke about the improvement in gender ratio in IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology – premier institutes Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
The interviewer (second-year student) put me at ease, congratulating me for making it to this stage and said that this is just to have a conversation to get to know me better. She only had access to my resume. Questions asked: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why MBA and why now? 3. Experience leading a team on a project? 4. Tell me about a time when you applied a real-life learning on how teams work to your job (the only question I hadn’t really prepped for). 5. ST/LT goals? 6. Anything else Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was extremely friendly and conversational. The second-year student was engaged throughout the 60 minutes and was genuinely adding on top of my stories with her own experience at and beyond Booth. It was 50 minutes of questions by the interviewer and the last 10 minutes were spent in her answering my questions. It was very exhaustive and exhausting at the same time. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Tell me about a time you had to motivate your team – what strategies/ tools did you use? 3. Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
LBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interviewer was very friendly and asked a bunch of questions around my work experiences, how I handled conflicts/issues in the workplace, international experience and the standard Why LBS/Why MBA/Why now. There is a presentation portion, which I also found to be straightforward. I was given a topic that was relevant to my industry (tech) and asked to present on it. It really didn’t require any prep and I actually enjoyed this part of the interview. I was asked follow-up questions on my answer. Spent the last 10-15 minutes talking about my interviewer’s experience at LBS. Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
I interviewed with an Adcom and had an observer present. The tone of the interview was conversational, mostly resume-based to begin with and a couple of deeper follow-ups on resume as per HBS’s typical interview style. Nothing was very surprising, although there were two questions that made me think a bit more before I responded. One of the questions had to do with how my client responded to my recommendation as a consultant; the follow-up was, what would I have done as a C-suite executive at the client’s company? The other question was about companies I wanted to join post-business Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
Stanford GSB Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Zoom
It seems like they run a pretty personal interview-matching process, where I got matched to an alumna who was female, was in the same pre-MBA industry (banking), and currently works in my target post-MBA industry (media). Interviewer only had my CV. Overall very relaxed, was more of a conversation rather than interview. Started quite naturally given the parallels between our experiences: on my background, why I decided to go into banking, why I want to go into media, why MBA. More structured questions included: – Tell me about a time when you put forward an initiative that aimed to Read more
Published: November 7, 2022
HBS Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interviewer had no time to spare, and she jumped right into asking me about a failure that I wrote about in my essay. Her questions made it clear that she was well-informed on my entire application, but she had my resume pulled up for reference and asked me specific questions about lines from my resume. At one point I was surprised that she mentioned a very personal detail about herself, and there were also some spontaneous questions as I revealed some jobs I worked during college, which had not been on the resume. The questions were much more broad Read more

MBA Applywire

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November 20, 2024 9:42pm ET
Applying: Babson / Olin, , Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Emory / Goizueta, Rice / Jones, Rochester / Simon, SMU Cox, UCI Merage, Washington U. / Olin
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Technology - Entrepreneurship
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Entrepreneurship
GRE: 333
GPA: 2.56
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Lagos
Notes:

I just got rejected for WashU Olin and I have an interview invitation with Questrom. GPA continues to bother me but I addressed it in my supporting essays.
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November 19, 2024 12:51pm ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Tech in government
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Entrepreneurship Companies: Bain , McKinsey
GRE: 319
GPA: 2.9
Years of Work Experience: 7
Notes:

I got cancer when I was undergrad that's why my undergrad GPA is low. After MBA I want to work in consulting then make a social impact in Africa through entrepreneurship
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November 19, 2024 12:06pm ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, U. Washington / Foster, UNC Kenan-Flagler, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Pre-MBA Career: Wealth Management and Military
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Asset Management, inc. HF, Other Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management , State Street , Vanguard
GPA: 3.80
Years of Work Experience: 7
Location: San Diego
Post MBA Location: Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis, Charlotte
Notes:

UG Degree: BBA Financial Markets at an Accredited Institution.

Civilian Work History: 3 years as Wealth Advisor under an RIA in Minneapolis and Denver. Total AUM of ~$350-400M, served as a salaried advisor in a primary and secondary capacity. Holistic services to include investment management, estate planning, retirement planning, insurance planning, tax planning, etc.

Military History: 4 years as a supply/logistics officer heading efforts for air/ground mobility, defense contracting, supply and procurement, and fiscal budget management while located at various bases within CONUS and multiple forward deployed locations.

Professional Certifications: Obtained Certified Financial Planner designation (2022) and Series 65 (2019).
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November 18, 2024 12:50am ET
Applying: Columbia, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, NYU Stern, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Yale SOM
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , Barclays , Citibank , Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Chase
GRE: 323
GPA: 3.32
Years of Work Experience: 7
Notes:

Education:
- Combined Major in Economics and Statistics
- CFA Charterholder (passed all three levels on the first attempt)

Professional Experience:
- Manager at a Big 4 firm Specializing in capital projects and infrastructure, with a role similar to investment banking
- Seven years of experience, mainly in financial services in Ghana

Extracurricular Activities:
- Pro bono capital-raising services for SMEs
- Aspiring to run a full advisory firm for SMEs in the future
- CFA exam coaching and tutorial classes for candidates
- Founder of a travel and tour club offering affordable trips to explore beautiful and historic scenes in Ghana

Will being 32 years old affect the attractiveness of my candidacy?
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November 17, 2024 9:24am ET
Applying: Columbia, , Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, Stanford GSB, UCLA Anderson, Yale SOM
Pre-MBA Career: Higher Education
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Media, Undecided Companies: Bain , BCG , McKinsey , JP Morgan , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Andressen Horowitz , Charles River , Sequoia Capital , Blackstone , KKR , 21st Century Fox , Comcast , Walt Disney
GPA: 3.97
Years of Work Experience: 5
Location: Denver, Colorado
Post MBA Location: New York City
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November 22, 2024 8:08am ET
Accepted to Cambridge / Judge
Round: Round 2
Received via email November 22, 2024
GMAT: 695
Program Type: One Year Program
Application Location: Asia
November 22, 2024 1:39am ET
Rejected at Columbia
Round: Round 1
Received via portal on November 14, 2024
GMAT: 695
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: India
November 22, 2024 1:07am ET
Interview Invite to Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Round: Round 1
Received via email
Note:

Interview with admissions team member
November 22, 2024 1:02am ET
Accepted to Rochester / Simon
Round: Round 1
Received via phone November 21, 2024
GMAT: 625
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Entrepreneurship
Application Location: India
November 21, 2024 6:44pm ET
Accepted to Rochester / Simon
Round: Round 1
Received via phone November 21, 2024
GPA: 3.82
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Operations Management
Application Location: Nigeria
Note:

Application submission was on the 14th of October. Interview was on the 7th of November. Admitted with scholarship.
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