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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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Published: February 12, 2018
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
The following NYU / Stern interview questions and report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 MBA applicant. Good luck to them! Once you schedule an interview, you have access to signing up for a class visit and lunch with a current student. I would recommend doing at least lunch before your interview. Helped give me a sense of the culture and gave me something to reference in my interview. The whole experience was very friendly and personalized (they give you a packet with info for all of the clubs you showed interest in and a t-shirt!) Read more
Published: February 9, 2018
Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Questions: Round 1 / 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! Visit was during Round 1 interview invite day and was with 2nd year student, blind. 1/2 of section interviewed first while the other 1/2 waited and then switched. Very friendly interviewer and atmosphere. After this the rest of the day’s activities commenced. The team exercise is not something I would advise preparing for – you either have it or you don’t. If you can function in a team setting it will show. I would suggest just being yourself and Read more
Published: February 7, 2018
Columbia MBA Interview Questions & Report: Rolling admissions / Alumnus / Off-campus
The following Columbia Business School MBA interview questions & report were submitted to Clear Admit by a Rolling Admissions applicant. Good luck to them! I met my interviewer for lunch in NYC, very relaxed and I ended up having a great time and learning a lot about the school. The interview was very conversational and took 75 minutes which I think is quite long for a Columbia interview. He knew nothing about me and looked at my resume in the restaurant while we were eating (I brought a copy). Questions 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Walk me Read more
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

MBA Applywire

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December 25, 2024 2:16pm ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgetown / McDonough, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, UNC Kenan-Flagler
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Strategy consulting
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Commercial Banking Companies: Bain , BCG , Deloitte , Ernst & Young , KPMG , McKinsey , PWC , Bank of America , Capital One , Citibank , PNC Bank , Wells Fargo
GRE: 323
GPA: 3.48
Years of Work Experience: 6
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December 25, 2024 10:52am ET
Applying: Berkeley / Haas, Carnegie Mellon / Tepper, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Indian School of Business, Indiana / Kelley, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Supply Chain Management
Post-MBA Target Industry: Other
GMAT: 655
GPA: 3.3
Years of Work Experience: 4.5
Location: India
Post MBA Location: USA
Notes:

Extensive Supply chain experience across Telecom and Aviation industries. Currently working with United Airlines in Supply Chain. Lots of international exposure and experience.
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December 25, 2024 7:51am ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Indian Chartered Accountant, Completed Undergrad and Grad in commernce (A and A+ grade)Fund Controlling - PE(Goldman Sachs) and IIF(JP Morgan)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Asset Management, inc. HF Companies: Blackrock , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan Asset Management
GRE: 320
GPA: A+
Years of Work Experience: 5.5
Location: India
Post MBA Location: US, UK
Notes:

I got waiver from Darden and applying to fuqua with GRE score. Planning to apply to only two schools in current round 2.
Post MBA goal is to transition career from accounting based role to front end asset management roles.
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December 23, 2024 7:48am ET
Applying: Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Georgia Tech / Scheller, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt / Owen
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Sports
Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Family Business, Other Companies: Accenture , Deloitte
GMAT: 655
GPA: 3.89
Years of Work Experience: 3
Location: South
Notes:

NCAA DI Athlete
Selected for the industry's inaugural women's leadership academy
Variety of volunteer work in and out of my work industry
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December 23, 2024 12:19am ET
Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Michigan / Ross, MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden
Intake Year: 2025
Pre-MBA Career: Construction & RE (2nd Gen Entrepreneur)
Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, inc. HF, Family Business Companies: Citibank , Credit Suisse , Morgan Stanley
GRE: 326
GPA: 3.80
Years of Work Experience: 5
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MBA LiveWire

December 26, 2024 2:34pm ET
Waitlisted at Harvard Business School
Round: Round 1
Received via email on December 09, 2024
GMAT: 770
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Latin America
December 23, 2024 10:00am ET
Accepted to Northwestern / Kellogg
Round: Round 1
Received via email
GMAT: 695
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Consulting
Application Location: Taiwan
December 22, 2024 9:40pm ET
Applied to Berkeley / Haas
Round: Round 2
Received via portal
GPA: 3.85
GRE: 339
Program Type: Traditional Two-Year
Target Career: Finance
Application Location: Brooklyn, New York
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
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