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Published: February 5, 2018

MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus

The following MIT Sloan interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed Round 2 for the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program with Lisa Cummings. She was a very nice interviewer who made sure to establish up front that MIT does not like to give stressful interviews. The questions/discussion went as follows: 1. How was the drive up? I hope you took advantage of the offerings today for visitors. 2. Is there anything new to your application since you applied? 3. Tell me about a time you had Read more

Published: February 5, 2018

Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 1/ 2nd Year Student / On Campus.

The following Duke / Fuqua interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! 30 minutes. Standard interview format -> tell me about yourself, why mba, why fuqua. The next portion of the interview focused on team/ leadership scenarios and qualities (tell me a time you worked on a diverse team, what is your leadership style). Very informal and fun interview. 5 min at the end to ask two questions for the interviewerr. Read more

Published: February 5, 2018

Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus

The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had the interview on campus in the Adcom’s office. She let me know at the beginning that she would be timing the interview because she had interviews after me. The Adcom was very friendly and the interview was very conversational. The interview is blind and the interviewer comes in with no prior information of you or your application. A We started with the basics. -walk me through your resume. -why an mba? -future goals? and Read more

Published: February 5, 2018

Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus

The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Hello! I interviewed when I was in New Haven. I arrived to campus and had a chance to check out a class and speak to students. I had an interview with an AdCom member, and the interview was 30 minutes in length. It was similar to interviews that I had with other schools and I got similar questions but with SOM specific. I had the following questions: ” Walk me through your resume” “Tell me more about [bullet on my Read more

Published: February 3, 2018

Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-Campus

The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview on-campus at Yale SOM (I received my invite a couple weeks after applying). My interview was first thing in the morning, and then there were planned activities for the rest of the day (class visit, campus tour, etc.) The interviewer (a second-year student) was very friendly, just wanted to get to know me and my motivations for applying. The interview lasted ~30 minutes. They asked most of the standard questions. Questions asked: Tell me Read more

Published: February 2, 2018

UC Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus

The following Berkeley / Haas MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! We met at the Starbucks located on the first floor of the interviewer’s company. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why did you choose these positions 3. Small talks about my hobby 4. The interviewer talking about her experience founding her company 5. Why MBA, Haas 6. Interviewer talking about Haas’s culture, environment, and location The interview was super casual, it lasted little less than an hour. The interviewer and I Read more

Published: February 2, 2018

MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub

The following MIT Sloan MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The adcom and I interview in the hotel lobby in HK. She knew everything about my history, background, and resume. We started chatting about our mutual background, which was my college neighborhood. Her best friend lives in that area, and how she like the city. Then we went on talking about my past decisions, my career history, why I jumped from this position to that position. How I ended up founding my own startup. Why MBA, why Read more

Published: February 1, 2018

Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus

The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewed in November 2017 at the admissions office inside the Hariri Building. The experience was way more laid back than I expected. My interviewer was a second-year student wearing jeans and an untucked polo. He hadn’t seen my resume before so most of the questions he asked me were just trying to paint a picture of where I was in my career and what my goals are. Questions included: 1. Tell me about yourself/describe your resume 2. Greatest strengths Read more

Published: January 31, 2018

Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On Campus

The following Dartmouth / Tuck MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant. Good luck to them! Student interviewer didn’t seem well-prepared and disjointedly jumped from question to question. Admissions office also seemed annoyed by all of the students there for interviews rather than welcoming, was a very weird environment and all candidates talked about it. This may be the downside of applicant-initiated interviews. Questions: – Walk me through your CV – Why an MBA? – Why Tuck? – Why now? – What are your strengths? – What are Read more

Published: January 31, 2018

Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 2/ Second-year student/ On-campus

The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! This was a big interview day at Ross. We had a whole program and the Admissions team was tremendous in laying out where we needed to be and facilitating communication between interviewees. The interview was in the morning in a study room in one of Ross’ buildings. My interviewer was very welcoming, engaging, conversational, and kind of laid back. We chatted for a couple minutes and then got into it. I’m not sure if I remember all of the Read more

Published: January 29, 2018

Not-to-Miss Ross Interview Tips Straight from the Admissions Director

If you’ve gone to schedule an on-campus Round 2 interview at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business only to learn that all the slots are full, you’re not alone. Soojin Kwon, Ross managing director of full-time MBA admissions and program, shared these and other updates—as well as valuable Ross interview tips—in a post today to her MBA Admissions Blog. “Shortly after posting the interview schedule, nearly all of our on-campus slots filled up,” she wrote. So her team reached out to student interviewers to volunteer more time and opened up more slots—only those filled, too! Read more

Published: January 29, 2018

HBS Admissions Director on Round 2 Next Steps

Chad Losee, managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid at Harvard Business School, again shared news about Round 2 interview invitations on his Direct from the Director blog yesterday. He alerted those Round 2 candidates who hadn’t received word in the first wave of notifications last week that a final wave would go out today at noon. True to his word, that wave has just gone out—and unfortunately for many, MBA LiveWire is reflecting a “sea of red” with most candidates reporting they’ve been “released” from consideration. “Unfortunately, we can’t move everyone forward to the next Read more

Published: January 25, 2018

London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2, Alumni, Mumbai

The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Alumni talked about my background, commonalities. Then went to basic questions on why LBS, why the career I’d chosen. He asked about the decisions I’d taken in life and how I ended up working investment banking. He also made sure I was a genuine person and looked for common contacts in my firm and asked me if I knew them. He was from the Trading side while I was in IBD in another bank. He asked me questions on the Read more

Published: January 25, 2018

UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / AdCom / Skype

The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interviewer was very friendly and conversational. It almost felt like he was trying to sell me on UNC because he kept talking about how it was the best school he had ever worked for, and how amazing the environment was. He had a copy of my resume but had not looked through the rest of my application. Overall good experience, waiting to hear back. Questions asked: 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why did you choose Read more

Published: January 24, 2018

MIT Sloan Round 2 Interview Invites to Go Out in Two Waves

If you applied to MIT Sloan School of Management in Round 2, listen up. According to a blog post today from Admissions Director Dawna Levenson, MIT Sloan Round 2 interview invites will go out in two waves, one on February 22nd and a second on March 1st. Dawna Levenson, MIT Sloan director of MBA and Master of finance admissions “Thank you to all of our Round 2 MBA applicants!” Levenson wrote as introduction. “I know how much time and effort goes into completing each part of the application. Thank you for sharing your accomplishments, Read more

Published: January 22, 2018

UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Second-year student / On-Campus

The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Pretty chill and straight forward interview: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why do you want to do an MBA now? 3. Why Anderson? 4. Short and Long Term Goals 5. Why an MBA and not a masters? 6. How can you contribute to Anderson’s community, and which clubs would you join? 7. Tell me about an innovative lasting contribution you made in your current job? 8. Questions for me? I Read more

Published: January 19, 2018

HBS Round 2 Interview Invites to Go Out in Two Waves Next Week

Chad Losee, Harvard Business School (HBS) managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid, took to his blog earlier this week to share details about the school’s upcoming scheduled release of interview invitations to Round 2 applicants. “We will send two waves of interview invitations: January 25 and January 30,” he wrote. “I know it’s tough to wait that additional few days, but we do need the time to finalize interview invitations,” he added. On January 25th, some applicants will receive a message inviting them to interview while others will hear nothing, he shared. The Read more

Published: January 17, 2018

Yale SOM Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Video Questions/ Online

The following Yale MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was fretting a lot over video questions but the process was very smooth and I did not find it very hard. The questions in the order for the video essay prompt are: 1.) Why you this is the right time for you to do MBA? 2.) Tell us about a time when you had to maintain your calm. Describe the situation and how you handled it? 3.) “Globalization can be effective only when companies do not have to worry Read more

Published: January 17, 2018

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student/ Skype

The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Interviewer mentioned that it was a blind interview (only CV he had) so I am allowed to repeat anything I have written on my application) Questions: Run me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Cornell specifically? What are your long and short term goals? What alternate career will you consider in case you do not get into consulting? Tell me about three values that you follow in your life. The course is pretty intensive. Read more

Published: January 14, 2018

Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype

The following Cornell Johnson MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was application-based but the admissions officer focused mainly on my resume. The atmosphere was very friendly and casual. – What is your leadership style? Please describe a situation where you were a leader. — Follow-up question: Did you have any conflicts during this leadership experience? If so, how did you solve them? – How did you make the transitions between different roles in your firm? (I received 3 promotions in different functions) – Why MBA? Read more

Published: January 13, 2018

MIT Sloan Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus

The following MIT Sloan admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! My ad-com interviewer was extremely kind, professional, and put me at ease. Interview felt structured but conversational, with a lot of smiling and laughing and positive reinforcement. Sloan was my favorite interview because the questions are very behavioral, straightforward, and not trying to trick you. Clearly seeking good examples of the qualities that they seek. Some of the questions I got: Tell me about a time when you dealt with conflict Tell me about a time you had to deal Read more

Published: January 12, 2018

Harvard Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus

The following Harvard Business School interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I was interviewed by two admissions people — one who had read my app in full (who asked all the questions) and one who had only read my resume (who was less engaged but made a lot of facial expressions). The interview tone was VERY friendly overall, which caught me by surprise. I did a lot of smiling and laughing and it felt very natural. Mix of super straightforward questions, like: – why did you go Read more

Published: January 9, 2018

Ross Round 2 Interview Invite Details Revealed

In the delightfully transparent manner Ross School of Business Managing Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions and Program Soojin Kwon is known for, she took to her MBA Admissions Blog today to provide some insight into what those of you who submitted Round 2 applications should expect in terms of next steps. Round 2 is Ross’s biggest round, Kwon notes, so to give all applications a proper review, interview invitations will go out in two waves. “The first group of invitations will be sent later this week,” she wrote. “The second (and final) batch will Read more

Published: December 26, 2017

UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom – C.S. – Skype

The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Right dot on time. Very friendly and easy. Questions were varied and fun. – Who is your inspiration? – Why UNC and what you expect to gain from UNC MBA? – Why MBA and what are your short-term goals? – What is your plan B? – Explain your volunteer work. – What is your proudest accomplishment – professionally and personally? – Anything you want to add? – Questions for me. Read more

Published: December 26, 2017

UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-year student / Skype

The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! Blind interview. Student was very nice, friendly, and responded to the things I said. Straightforward. Questions asked: 1. Walk through resume 2. SR/LR goals 3. Alternate career plan 4. Why certain industry 5. Why I chose a past job 6. How I will get involved at Anderson 7. What background/perspective I will share at Anderson 8. My global experience in the international business environment 9. How I address conflicts at Read more

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MBA Applywire

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.

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

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).

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?

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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MBA LiveWire

November 23, 2024 7:37am ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on November 21, 2024

GPA: 6.42

GMAT: 760

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: India

November 23, 2024 12:41am ET

Accepted to SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via email November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.6

GRE: 331

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Marketing

Application Location: Delta, Nigeria

November 22, 2024 11:09pm ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 1

Received via portal November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.65

Program Type: One Year Program

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: NY

Note:

Submitted on 9/1, interview invite on 10/8, interviewed on 10/30. No phone call but portal updated on 11/22 around 1pm est. No scholarship..

November 22, 2024 8:42pm ET

Accepted to SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via phone November 22, 2024

GPA: 3.9

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Mississippi

November 22, 2024 8:34pm ET

Rejected at SMU Cox

Round: Round 1

Received via portal on November 21, 2024

GPA: 3.89/4

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Asia

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