Interviews
Published: April 17, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Alumnus / Off-campus
The interview was in a coffee shop with a recent alumnus who apparently conducts many interviews in the Washington D.C. area. She followed very closely to a set of questions she was given, starting off with walking her through my resume. She had also not seen my application at all. She also asked: 1) What’s an accomplishment you’re proud of? 2) What’s a difficult obstacle you had to overcome as part of a team? 3) When did you creatively solve a problem? 4) What’s a difficult task you don’t enjoy doing? 5) What kind of leaders do
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Published: April 14, 2014
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
I received the interview invitation around 30 days after submitting my application to round 2, with my interviewer (alumnus) contact details. The interviewer was very prompt in replying and offering flexible dates to schedule the interview, which took place 10 days after the initial contact. Overall, the interview was very friendly and established a personal contact in the first few minutes. He had already had access to my complete application package. Main questions were: 1) Walk me through your resume. Focus on your most significant challenges and the accomplishments that make you most proud. 2) Tell me about
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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone who’s contributed here. These interview reports were very helpful. I hope this one helps future applicants too. We met at the interviewer’s offices. He was all things Kellogg – driven but warm and friendly. I don’t think he’d read my application beforehand. The questions were : 1. Why Kellogg? I put this in context of what my long-term plans were, why MBA, and finally the school. We spent quite a long time on this question. 2. Talk me through one project where you had to lead. What is your leadership style? 3. Talk
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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The interviewer was very nice. The interview took place over a Skype call. The interviewer began by introducing herself and explaining her role at Kellogg. 1. Tell me about your education. Why did you choose your majors? 2. Can you tell me about one class from your past that really made you learn how to critically think? 3. Walk me through your resume (employment only). 4. Why do you want an MBA? What are your career goals after your MBA? 5. Can you provide me reasons for why you want to go into this particular field
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Published: March 31, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interview took place on campus. Many other applicants were there for interviews that day. I also participated in a full day of activities (tour, class, lunch, panels, etc.). Overall, the students and staff at Kellogg were extremely welcoming. The interviewer launched straight into the interview without much small talk and without introducing herself (beyond her name), so I actually didn’t know what her relationship to the school was when I was responding to her questions (based on her age, I assumed she was on the Adcom, but I had heard that alumni interviewed as well). – Tell me about
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Published: March 31, 2014
NYU Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
My interview was on-campus, and I arrived one hour before my scheduled time as I was worried about getting late. There were other students too who came there for the interview. The interview atmosphere was not as tense as I thought it would be and the interviewer talked nicely and professionally. The interview went pretty fine and it took almost half an hour. I was asked these questions: * I was asked to tell briefly about my educational history. * Then I was asked why am I going for NYU Stern. * Then he asked if I considered
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Published: March 27, 2014
NYU Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
I reached the interview site early and was ushered in 10 minutes before the scheduled interview time as I was the first candidate being interviewed. The interview lasted 30 minutes and was pretty informal–more of a conversation than an interview. The interviewer seemed to know about my goals and was looking to gain greater perception about my motivations/interests. 1. How did you come about securing a job just after graduation (undergrad)? Tell me a bit about your education. 2. How did you come to know of your second job? What factors made you take it up? 3. Why do
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Published: March 25, 2014
Georgetown / McDonough MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interview was a fairly relaxed, one-on-one conversation. It was a blind interview and some questions my interviewer asked were: 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Tell me about a challenge at work 3) Tell me about a time you failed at work 4) Why an MBA, Why now? 5) Tell me about a time you worked in a team setting and what you would bring to the learning community I thoroughly enjoyed my interview. It was very conversational and she seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me. Accepted in Dec 2013
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Published: March 25, 2014
Published: March 25, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
My interview took place at a very casual site during breakfast. The interviewer was an alumni and currently works as a management consultant (like me). Apparently, the interviewer did not have access to my full application, but only to the résumé that I brought with me. Main questions asked: – Walk me through your resume/stories/decisions. – What are you most proud of? What was the largest challenge you had to overcome and how has that changed you? – Tell me about a failure and how you coped with it. – What attracts you about Kellogg? Overall,
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Published: March 23, 2014
Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-year Student / On-Campus
The interviewer put me at ease quickly. She had lived in the same city as I do prior to attending Fuqua, so we started off chatting about that. Then we launched into the interview. She took copious notes but maintained a conversational tone at the same time. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. Describe your greatest failure. 5. Describe 5 attributes of an ideal teammate. 6. Now describe a situation when you were on a team and showed at least three of those attributes. 7. Personal
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Published: March 23, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
The interviewer was professional and friendly. 1. Talk about your educational background / decisions 2. Went through my work experience 3. What does my current company do? 4. Post-MBA goals (naturally led to answering why Kellogg) 5. How would I contribute to Kellogg? 6. How would your coworkers describe you (strengths & weaknesses)? 7. Time when I had to tell a co-worker that he/she was wrong 8. Time when I was on a team when things weren’t going well and how I handled it. 9. Tell me about your hobbies / how you
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Published: March 20, 2014
MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Adcom / Skype
The interview was straightforward and pleasant. It focused a lot on what I had written in my essays. 1) Question about mentoring experience I described in one of my essays. 2) Question about progress with success of an initiative I promoted at work. 3) Follow-up question about how I persuaded someone for that initiative. 4) Question about an example when I delegated work to someone or a group. 5) Follow-up question about the result of that experience. 6) Question about what I like to do outside of work. 7) Question about my goals
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Published: March 19, 2014
Published: March 19, 2014
MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
-Elaboration on how I convinced senior management to adopt the model I wrote about in my application – Elaboration on my leadership role in my extracurricular activity – Describe a time I had to resolve a conflict. How did I do it? How did I feel? – Describe a recent initiative I took – Describe a time an idea was rejected. How did I feel? – Why an MBA? Why now? – Anything I want to add since application submission? – Any questions for her
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Published: March 19, 2014
Published: March 19, 2014
Cambridge / Judge MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-Campus
The interviewer asked me: 1. To walk him through my resume. 2. Why MBA? Why Now? 3. Why cambridge? What’s something you like? 4. If you had one minute to appeal to the Admission Committee, what would you say? 5. What makes a good leader? 6. Tell me about an experience where you worked in a team? 7. Your proudest achievement 8. One thing you regret in your career The interview went well indeed!
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Published: March 19, 2014
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
I interviewed with an older alumna with an investment banking background. Similar to other interviews on Clear Admit, my interview questions focused on: 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Columbia? 4) What other schools are you applying to? The interview was conversational though I would advise not getting too relaxed. Stay on your game. I found out 10 days later that I was accepted!
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Published: March 19, 2014
IE Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
My interview for IEBS (Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business School) happened in a coffee shop. It was a blind interview as the interviewer didn’t know anything about me and hadn’t read my resume or application. The interview went very well and felt a bit like a conversation. Some of the questions asked were: Walk me through your resume. What are your hobbies? Why MBA? What you can contribute to IEBS? Moment of failure It was a great experience.
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Published: March 17, 2014
Indian School of Business MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The following Indian School of Business MBA admissions interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Cycle 2 applicant. Good luck to them! The questions asked in my ISB interview were simple: – Why ISB? – Career goals? – How do I spend my leisure time? (This was basically checking how I manage my time when I am not working.) – Common interests / hobbies? – Do I have any previous work experience? The overall interview lasted for about 30 mins and she told that she would discuss with other fellows and will email
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Published: March 17, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Skype
My interviewer had a pleasant professional demeanor. She asked me the following questions. Tell me about why you chose your field of study. What was your biggest accomplishment at your previous company? (I recently switched employers) Tell me about a leadership experience at your current employer. Tell me about a time you took an initiative. What would your peers say about your strengths and your weaknesses? What are your goals? How does Kellogg fit into these goals? What else would you like the Admission Committee to know? Do you have any questions
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Published: March 16, 2014
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
I’m an American living abroad. I met with my alum interviewer at a Starbucks. The location wasn’t ideal because it was a bit noisy and he spoke softly, so I had trouble hearing him. Plus, my interviewer was 10 min late and had to leave a bit early, so we were pressed for time. So it wasn’t the best of circumstances. Also, all my other school interviews had asked for verification of my ID at the beginning so I assumed Kellogg wanted to see that too. I had just dropped off my passport at the embassy so I explained that
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Published: March 16, 2014
UT Austin / McCombs MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus Hub
My interview was pretty casual with the Admissions Officer; however, out of all the other interviews I had, the questions were the most “interview-y” (if that makes sense). Since I had interviewed with four other schools before this one, I had my story on pretty straight, but found the Admissions Blog for Texas very useful because they mentioned that one needed to demonstrate and “in-depth understanding” of the program. I had questions prepared about unique aspects that I only noticed at McCombs, and could tell that my interviewer appreciated my research. Specific questions I was asked: 1. What are you
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Published: March 16, 2014
Berkeley / Haas MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
We met in a quiet coffee shop close to his work. It was an alumnus who had graduated in the mid-2000s. He had my resume in hand, and after some small chat, he asked me to take him through my resume. Mid-way through my discussion however, he became interested in one particular part of my work experience and started asking me more in-depth questions about the clients I worked with, and the larger social issues that had led to them needing services. We talked about this for a bit before he realized that it was less relevant to my specific
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Published: March 16, 2014
Tepper MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-Campus
The following CMU / Tepper MBA admissions interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I had a great interview. The interviewer made me feel very comfortable and that I could say a lot of things. The following are the questions I was asked: 1. Why I want an MBA now? 2. How I work under stress? 3. How does my current job fit into my long-term goal? 4. What my long-term goals are? 5. What I intend to do with my MBA immediately after B-school? 6. I
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