Interviews
Published: March 11, 2020
MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
2020: the year of…coronavirus? Yes, Round 2 interviews for Sloan conducted via Skype due to coronavirus concerns, so that was disappointing because I was banking on going to campus to see a class and be able to talk about it/express my interest. Due to Sloan’s small class size, they are very selective and really need to see that you want to be there versus other schools and aren’t just going through the motions to see if you can get in. So, I was logged on to Skype at 1:45PM, my scheduled time and started to get a little nervous, but
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Published: March 11, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
I interviewed for Round 2 on-campus with a second-year student. My interview was the first of the day at 8am, and there were at least a dozen other candidates at the school at the same time as me. Everyone (faculty, current students, applicants) were all very welcoming and friendly, which certainly calmed the nerves. For the interview itself, Darden is unique in its approach. My interviewer explained that we’d use about 20-25 minutes for me to “tell my story,” followed by any follow-up questions she may have. I talked through my life chronologically, making sure to spend time talking through
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Published: March 11, 2020
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The interview was with an alumnus in Bangalore and was a blind interview with the alumnus having just my CV. The interviewer was friendly and the interview went smoothly. He was an entrepreneur himself and I had a similar background, so we connected really well. The questions were standard and he went into details of all the answers I gave especially the why MBA and why Duke part. The interviewer also focused on the Team Fuqua, which I mentioned was one of the reasons why I wanted to join Fuqua. In my job I had worked with different nationalities, so
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Published: March 11, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Skype
The interview lasted for about 40 minutes. Skype is really unstable in China. I’d recommend using a VPN. It was a totally blind interview. The interviewer didn’t have my resume, so I started with an long self introduction. Tell me about yourself. It can be your personal background, academic, work or whatever is important to you. (15 min) What is your career goals? Long-term and short-term Why Darden? Why are you passionate about healthcare? Tell me about a time when you were in a diversified group. How did you handle the conflicts within the group? Any questions for me?
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Published: March 11, 2020
Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Skype
I was invited to interview via skype. My interviewer was a 2nd-year student and he started off with speaking about himself. The questions I was asked are as follows (in no particular order): Run me through your resume. What has been your greatest professional achievement? Strengths and Weaknesses? Tell me about a time you had to resolve a conflict. Why MBA? Why Tuck? How will you contribute at Tuck?
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Published: March 10, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
List of interview questions: “Tell me about your early life.” “Tell me about your professional career.” “Why MBA/Darden?” Commentary: Did you receive your admissions decision? Not yet, expected next week. What did you think of the interview? They give you a few long answer questions and it is on you to manage that time and what you want to capture in the responses because they are unlikely to ask follow up questions on that subject. What surprised you? It is less of a conversation than other schools. Much more of a monologue. What didn’t surprise you?
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Published: March 10, 2020
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
I interviewed during a prospective student visit day at Fuqua. There were 60 or so other students interviewing on the same day to wait with. Talking to other prospective students beforehand calmed my nerves a bit. Not sure if Duke paired interviewers and interviewees purposefully, but my interviewer was second-year student who had accepted an offer in the same job function and industry that I’m working towards. It made making a connection much easier. It was a very conversational interview. My interviewer started with an introduction and then jumped into mostly standard questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2.
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Published: March 10, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Interviewed in the afternoon with a second-year student. I waited in the lobby with 10-15 other interviewees and was the first to be taken to one of the “learning team” rooms to be interviewed. Questions were mostly as expected. My interviewer laid out the interview and explained that it was a completely blind interview (my interviewer had not even seen my resume). Spend 25 minutes telling me about yourself – where you’re from, your professional background, why you want an MBA, and why you want to come to Darden. (My interviewer guided me through this process by restating some of
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Published: March 10, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Future Year Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
Blind interview just like a typical Darden blind interview. There’s nothing special other than that you will be interviewed by a member from Adcom. Domestic students also have the chance to interview via Skype. Just talk through your life for 30-45 mins. Prepare your story that you can say for 30mins. There will be follow-up questions or ask you to clarify some points. Generally, they are warm and no need to stress. You have time to ask questions even when they walked you out of the office. They really care about your story and your ability to say it.
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Published: March 10, 2020
Published: March 10, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / On-Campus
Very straightforward, as others have noted. Was told it was a blind interview and that I would have a chance to tell the interviewer about my past experiences. Began walking through my resume and interviewer chimed in a number of times, but more or less spoke uninterrupted for 20 minutes. Interviewer followed up with a number of standard questions about my goals and timing. Ended interview with questions for the interviewer.
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Published: March 10, 2020
Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Blind interview – interviewer only had my resume. It lasted about 40 minutes, but I asked plenty of questions at the end. Interview was casual, and my interviewer was deliberate in his attempts to make me feel comfortable. First questions were as expected: walk me through your resume, why MBA, why Fuqua. After that, he asked me a few behavioral questions: When did you manage someone older than yourself? Tell me about a situation in which you had to proceed with little information. Describe your leadership style.
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Published: March 10, 2020
UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The interview started off with the Interviewer asking me about my childhood and how I grew up. We then moved on to discussing my undergrad experience and spoke about how I chose my school of attending and specialization. She then asked me about my work experience, Why MBA and Why Darden. The interviewer was extremely friendly and made it a point to make me comfortable with the process.
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Dartmouth Tuck Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Skype
20 minutes. Very standard questions. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Tuck? 4. What is an ideal leader for you? 5. Tell me a time when you had conflicts within your team and how you handled that. 10 minutes. I asked two questions. 1. What is the most unexpected thing that you have had happen after you started your journey in Tuck? 2. Do you have any suggestion for international students?
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UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
My interviewer was a second-year student. We started off with a pretty standard resume walk through followed by why MBA, why Anderson, why now. Probably we talked about the professional side for too long, the interviewer asked about my hobbies and we happened to both love soccer. For my long-term and post-MBA plans, he was genuinely interested and offered to introduce me to someone in the consulting club who he thought should be able to help. The interview lasted 40min, was really chill. The interviewer did spend a lot of time taking down notes on his form.
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UVA Darden Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
Blind interview on campus. Per my understanding, majority of candidates are interviewed by second-year students and I happened to be interviewed by a member of admissions. I had prepped for a student so this threw me off a bit. We started with tell me about yourself – I began with high school – and the interviewer asked questions throughout. I didn’t love the fully blind interview process as I felt I had to explain basic facts that could have been easily learned from my resume. Everyone was incredibly friendly.
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Duke Fuqua Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-campus
I did my interview on-campus on a Saturday. They had the option to sign up for various sessions before and/or after your interview. Since my interview was at 10AM, I signed up for a career management session, led the by the director, that began at 9AM, and then a tour of the building with lunch post-interview. The career management session was helpful, as it provided detailed/helpful information about what Fuqua students do post-graduation. The tour was short, but nice to see the school nonetheless. The interview itself lasted about 45 minutes. We sat in small room, and a second-year student
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London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Off-Campus
Background: The LBS adcom spends a lot of time (sometimes upto two weeks) to match you to an alumnus in your preferred location and usually s/he is in a field similar to yours. My interviewer was a recent graduate (2018) and was back in India to head her family business. I was requested to meet at her home office. She had already gone through my entire application and had certain portions highlighted to delve deeper into. Introductory questions: Walk me through your resume. Why LBS? Why MBA? Why MBA now? If not MBA, then what?
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Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / On-Campus
The interview was on March 4th at the Haas campus, it was with a first-year student, and it was blind. The interview took place in a small study room at Haas. My interviewer was super friendly and she asked a few behavioral questions. Examples include: tell me about yourself, why MBA, why Haas, etc. I was surprised with how laid-back and casual the interview felt. The interview experience really gave me an idea of the type of students that Haas attracts. I really enjoyed my experience. I am awaiting my admissions decision still! The advice I have for future interviewees
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Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
I interviewed for HBS with two adcom members on Skype. I had one interviewer and one observer. Overall, the interviewer created a very comfortable environment and would nod at my answers encouraging me to tell more. My questions were very tailored to my work experience, asking me about specific assignments at each of my jobs and why I switched workplaces. She had follow-up questions for sure and wanted to get as many details as possible. She asked me indirectly about my leadership style by asking me what I like and don’t like about my boss’s leadership. In the end, she
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NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interview was with adcom and it was application-based. The interview was very tailored to my application, resume, and interests. They already had a clear idea of who I was, but wanted to know more about the “why” behind my interests. It was a 30-minute interview and was fairly casual, very conversational. It was a great experience overall and I appreciated that they took the time to read through my application beforehand in detail. It allowed for the interview to get straight to the point and dive deeper.
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NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / AdCom / On-campus
I interviewed on campus with a member of the admissions team. Flew in the day before so spent time around campus before the interview. I highly, highly, highly recommend getting to campus for your interview or before to get a feel – and this is especially true for Stern, which has a different vibe being in a big city. Interview was very conversational. You can tell they are truly trying to validate fit with the school more than anything else. A question that caught me off guard was: 1) What will your recruitment strategy be for internships? Other than that,
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MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
Met with Adcom member at the local Bain & Co. Office (this is where all individuals were interviewing with MIT for the day). They were running on a tight 40-minute schedule and appeared to immediately submit their notes on each candidate (room walls were glass). The interviewer had all of my materials and asked a few questions about specific points on my resume. The questions they asked included: 1. Why MBA? 2. Why MIT? 3. What would you do if the MBA didn’t exist? 4. Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a coworker
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Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / On-Campus
I signed up for lunch and classes before my interview with a Haas Student Ambassador. The whole day was very casual and informal. Interview lasted about 45 minutes, with about 30 minutes of questions and 15 minutes of asking the interviewer questions. I was asked a couple main questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. Why MBA, why Haas, why now? 2. Tell me about a time when you promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion. 3. Tell me about a time when you applied a Defining Principle in your life. 4. Tell me about a time when you took
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Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
I flew in 2 days before my interview so I could spend the day before on campus attending all activities. I’ve never been to Boston or Cambridge and wanted to have time to get a good grasp of what HBS was like, but also what the city I was going to live in for 2 years would be like. Day before interview I sat in on a class, had lunch with current student panel, student campus tour, career development activity, and coffee chat with current students. Beyond allowing myself to get some jitters out, I really enjoyed the chance to
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