Interviews
Published: February 28, 2018
Four Reasons You Need to Visit Clear Admit’s Interview Archive
As interview invitations for Round 2 MBA candidates continue to roll out, we wanted to remind Class of 2020 hopefuls that Clear Admit can help with the final hurdle to acceptance: the interview. The Clear Admit Interview Archive is a repository of first-hand accounts shared directly by MBA applicants after they have interviewed with one or more of their target top-tier business schools. The details shared in these reports—from the questions asked to what the applicant would do differently if he or she had it to do over—provide invaluable information as you prepare for your interviews.
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Published: February 27, 2018
Georgetown / McDonough Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The following Georgetown McDonough interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was via skype and while I prefer face to face interviews, the interviewer made me feel very comfortable and showed a genuine interest in knowing me. It was quite conversational in nature and lasted exactly 30 minutes. The questions that I had were as follows: 1) Tell me something interesting that you read recently 2) Why an MBA at this point in your career? 3) What are your short term and long term goals?
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Published: February 27, 2018
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus
The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was fairly relaxed with the adcom member genuinely interested in knowing me personally. He made sure to tell me that the interview will last no more than 30 minutes and thus to answer his questions keeping that in mind. He was extremely polite and made me feel at ease throughout. The questions asked were: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Marshall? 4) Three strengths 5) What was one
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Published: February 26, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Alum/ Mumbai
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The alum asked me in length about my background, right from why I decided to major in my chosen field at undergrad to why I decided to take up the work that I did. He was keen to understand me as an individual and what motivates me in life. I was asked some standard questions such as Why MBA? Why LBS? Why now? I was also asked some behavioural questions such as to elaborate on a leadership exp, a
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Published: February 26, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! At the start I waited in a room with other fellow interviewees and a first-year student volunteering his time to be with us. Pleasant guy. I guess the intent is to be there as a resource for any last minute questions. His presence probably helped in getting into the mindset of the interview as all the interviewees talked a bit about themselves and what they’re looking to gain from Booth. One thing to note, my interview started
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Published: February 25, 2018
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Local Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Met with my interviewer at his office in Mexico City. Super friendly interviewer. Most of the time it felt like he was trying to sell me Kellogg. Questions: 1) Tell me about yourself? 2) Why an MBA? 3) Why Kellogg? 4) Tell me about a time that you worked with a complicated team? 5) Tell me about a time you showed leadership? 6) What would be one professional and personal area of improvement?
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Published: February 25, 2018
Top Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions and Tips from Actual Interviewees
As Ross MBA candidates head to Ann Arbor or meet up with alumni interviewers elsewhere around the globe, we wanted to round up some of the most common questions and pass on some advice from actual interviewees.
The one-on-one admissions interviews are conducted by students on campus or by alumni off campus. They are “blind” in nature, meaning that the interviewer has not seen candidates’ applications—just their résumés. In addition to these solo interviews, Ross candidates are also encouraged to take part in a team-based activity in Ann Arbor. For the team activity, a group of five or six candidates is given two random words; the students then must work together to develop a business challenge and solution around these words.
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Published: February 22, 2018
Acing the Wharton TBD: Advice from Former Wharton Admissions Staffers
There’s been a steady stream of bright yellow interview invites to Wharton lighting up Clear Admit’s LiveWire for two weeks running, suggesting that many of you are in the throes of preparing for the school’s unique team-based discussion (TBD). The prompt Wharton used for the TBD with Round 1 applicants in the fall was as follows: “For many students, the global perspective fostered by Wharton’s international community is brought into focus through immersive learning opportunities like Global Modular Courses (GMCs). GMCs are full-credit courses in an intensive workshop format that take place in a location relevant
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Published: February 22, 2018
Listening to LiveWire: Importance of the Interview
As MBA hopefuls endeavor to succeed in the admissions process, the pathway to an acceptance call or letter can be wrought with challenges. Clear Admit offers tools, such as MBA LiveWire, so community members can come together and ease each other’s way to business school. Today we’re taking a closer look at an entry in MBA LiveWire, dealing with angst over an interview at Chicago Booth.
The original poster sought feedback on their interview experience:
Some candidates in the same boat offered reassuring perspectives:
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Published: February 22, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with Suresh Sugavanam, Booth Alum ’02 in his office (UL India) in Bangalore, India. The interview was conversational, more focused on understanding my background and inclination towards Booth MBA. List of questions: 1. Introduce yourself. 2. Why Consulting post Engineering school? 3. Why Start-up after consulting? What did you learn? 4. Why present job at growth stage tech company? What are your responsibilities and challenges? 5. What are your short term career plans? 6. Why MBA?
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Published: February 21, 2018
Why You Should Consider Yourself Lucky to Get to Write the MIT Sloan Pre-Interview Essay
Did you get invited to interview at MIT Sloan today? If so, a hearty congratulations. And if not—there’s still hope! Another batch of invites is slated to go out a week from today, on March 1st. In case you don’t know it already, for those of you who did or still might receive an invitation to interview—you’re also going to get to write an additional essay. That’s right. MIT Sloan is unique among top business schools in that it saves an application essay question for only those candidates it invites to interview. Before you groan and say, “Another essay?” you’d do
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Published: February 21, 2018
London Business School Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Bangalore
The following LBS interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview was at the Alumnus’s office in the morning. The interview was largely conversational and friendly. Although it was a non-blind interview, the alumnus did not seem to have read through my materials. Started off with him introducing himself and then we moved on to a standard list of questions with probes on individual projects based on my answers. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA? 3. Why LBS? How does it fit in with long term
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Published: February 20, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 2nd Year Student Interviewer / On-campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed on-campus. My interview was done by a second-year student. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. How did you become interested in Booth? 3. Short/long term goals? 3. How will Booth help you reach your goals? 4. Why MBA? 5. Tell me about you a time you were a leader 6. What clubs will you be involved in? 7. How will you be able to contribute to Booth? 8.
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Published: February 20, 2018
Chicago Booth Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-Campus
The following U. Chicago Booth interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Attended “Booth Live” event, and appeared for interview the following day. Interviewed with 2nd year student who was friendly and made the environment pretty comfortable. Started with giving a brief overview of how the interview was structured. Questions- 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Why MBA at this stage? 3) Why Booth? (stressed on this.. after I gave a couple of reasons I was asked if there was more?) 4) Tell us
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Published: February 20, 2018
Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The following Northwestern / Kellogg admission interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Started with casual chat since I’ve traveled from abroad for the interview 1- Walk me through your resume? 2- Short and Long Term Goals? 3- Why MBA and Why Kellogg? 4- Could you reach your goals without an MBA? Clear Admit Resources Preparing for your Northwestern / Kellogg admissions interview? Check out Clear Admit’s other resources: Clear Admit Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Guide: Strategic tips for approaching Kellogg’s interview
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Published: February 20, 2018
Emory / Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Alumnus / On-Campus
The following Emory / Goizueta MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I applied to the one and two year full time MBA programs simultaneously but the interview was targeted towards the one year program. Questions (not in order): * Talk me through your resume and career path? * What are your goals? (and how can Goizueta help you achieve them) * How do you plan to achieve that goal without an internship? * Why are you looking for an MBA? * What is your
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Published: February 20, 2018
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-year / On-Campus
The following UCLA Anderson interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interviewer was a second-year and a great listener. We had a 40-minute casual conversation. I felt immediately comfortable to be myself. They do ask for a copy of your id as well as a copy of your resume at the front desk. The interviewer had a marked up copy of my resume as well so he prepped before-hand. The question that threw me most was how I would connect with international students. Questions: – Walk me through
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Published: February 20, 2018
Dartmouth / Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / 2nd 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! Lasted about 45 minutes. My interviewer was very pleasant and made the effort to keep the conversation as fluid as possible, leading questions from my responses which I appreciated. The interviewer also took A LOT of notes during the session. Questions included: 1) Why MBA? Why Tuck? 2) What did I know about Tuck’s Learning teams and what would be unique about my contribution? 3) What specific clubs do you see yourself taking an active part
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Published: February 19, 2018
Duke / Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Second-year student / Skype
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very friendly and casual interview. Standard questions: 1) Tell me about yourself? 2) How does Fuqua help you achieve your career goal? 3) How will you contribute to Fuqua? 4) What does team Fuqua mean to you? and Why? 5) Tell me about a time when you receive constructive feedback and how do you apply it? 6) Tell me about the achievement you most proud of outside of work? 7) What
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Published: February 18, 2018
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2/ Adcom/skype
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was done by Kelly Wilson, nevertheless, the person who interviewed me seemed different than the picture from the email. the questions were: 1. Tell me what you do at your job 2. plans after the mba 3. Plan B if my plans didnt go as planned 4. Ho i worked with people with whom i didnt get along 5. How did people utilise me at work 6. How did i feel with different
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Published: February 16, 2018
Duke / Fuqua Interview Questions & Reports: Round 2 / Alumni / Off-Campus (International)
The following Duke / Fuqua MBA admissions interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Very conversational, kept the questions coming one after the other. Ended with 2-3 questions on their experience and background. Questions 1) Why Fuqua? Why MBA and now? 2) What specific about Fuqua’s culture made you apply? 3) Talk about your professional aspirations 4) What is the most important piece of constructive feedback you have received? 5) What will you bring to the class? 7) What is your leadership angle? Clear Admit Resources
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Published: February 15, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: R2/ Alum/ Off-campus
The following Michigan Ross MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was fairly relaxed with the alum ensuring that I was comfortable at all times. It was a blind interview with the alum having read only my resume. I was asked the following questions; 1) What brings you here? 2) Tell me something about yourself 3) Why MBA? 4) Why Ross? 5) What’s the craziest thing that you’ve ever done? 6) One time you failed 7) Biggest weakness The alum let
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Published: February 15, 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 a senior Adcom member. Very friendly and conversational. We started off by talking about my current city in Chile. He came here a few years ago and had lovely memories of this city. He had a copy of my resume and told me that he had not seen my file, so it was a blind interview. Towards the end, he talked a lot about UNC and the kind of opportunities that exist there. Also, he told
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Published: February 14, 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! Very conversational. questions: Why now? Why Yale? What do you think you will bring to the classroom? Tell me about a time when you faced confrontation? How did you resolve it? What about your personality helped you here? What was your most outstanding achievement? What does your quote of choice say about you? (You have to submit your favorite quote beforehand) My interviewer ended with some specific questions about my candidacy. Lasted about 45 minutes. Preparing for an upcoming Yale
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Published: February 13, 2018
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
The following CMU Tepper interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Questions: 1. I’ve read through your resume, could you tell me about your current position with your company? 2. What are you interested in doing next, after your MBA? (read what are your career goals) 3. Tell me about a time you worked in a team setting where you had to compromise for the team to succeed 4. Tell me about a situation where a team member disagreed with you and how you deal with it
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