Interviews
Published: November 18, 2012
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On-campus
I opted to do an on-campus interview and scheduled it for early November. Kellogg is my top choice program and I thought that taking the time to go there and interview in person with the adcom or a student would help prove my interest. Moreover, it would give me a chance to meet students and tour the campus. I don’t regret my decision to pick this option. I purposefully scheduled my interview for a Tuesday (no classes on Wednesday) so that I could spend Monday doing the class visit, building tour, etc. Doing this came in handy when my interviewer
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Published: November 15, 2012
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
I was invited for an interview with an alumnus in my local city in India. The alumnus invited me to her office for the interview. She started by introducing herself and walking me through her career. Then she asked me about myself. I was expecting 4-5 questions in total from her, but she ended up asking a lot of questions from me. She had a sample questionnaire with her (probably sent to her by Booth) and she kept on asking questions, and taking notes. Majority of questions were behavioral in nature. Though I do not remember all the questions that
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Published: September 28, 2012
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off Campus
I received interview invite a week before the deadline. I was originally given two different names but they were changed and two new names were provided by the end of the next week. I was to contact them and setup the interview within a month. As we all do, I tried to find information about interviewers. First interviewer was in private equity and second in a top three consultancy firm. As already mentioned elsewhere, both of the interviewers were in some way related to my profile – means they would in a good position to judge my profile. I got
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alum / Off Campus
I had my interview off campus with a first year out Booth Alum. We met at a local Starbucks which I think made me more comfortable for the interview than if I had done it in the formal on campus admissions office setting. Her questions were similar to the others posted here, outline as follows: Please give me your elevator pitch (I felt this was a slightly tough starter, as it was not clear whether she was talking about my resume, me, my desire to go to Booth or all of the above!). Why an MBA now Where do I
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INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off Campus
Hi. I’m giving back to this forum that helped me a lot. Here are my 2 cents. I received my 2 interviewers’ details a day before the deadline. I contacted them right away. I had to travel to Vancouver (British Columbia) for one and Calgary (Alberta) for the other. One interviewer dropped out in the middle, and the adcom assigned me a new one. One was a director at a Real Estate company and the other one was a CEO of an Energy company. You can read the other interviews to get an idea of how it happens. However, I
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Oxford / Saïd MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off Campus
I had an interview off-campus with an Admissions Officer of the program. The interviewer was friendly and easy to talk to. She assured me that she wanted this to be a casual, laid-back conversation and that I should not feel nervous. There were no surprises with this interview. It was standard and felt similar to other business school admissions interviews. I left with a good impression of Said. Tell me about your current job? Why MBA? Why Oxford? Tell me about a time when you were managing someone who was not performing well. What did you do? And if this
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IESE MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 7 / Off Campus / Adcom
After submitting my application for the March deadline (round 7), I received an invitation to interview within a week. I interviewed with an adcom member at a hotel in London. My interviewer offered me coffee, explained that the interview would be fairly conversational, and began. Questions included: Describe your childhood until the beginning of university. What was your greatest achievement during this time? Why did you choose your university? Describe your undergraduate experience Describe your employment history Why an MBA? Why now? Why IESE? What other schools have you applied to? What are your short-term and long-term career goals? Name
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Second-year Student / On Campus
walk me through your resume/tell me about yourself what are your short and long term goals why do you want an MBA why booth tell me about a challenge tell me about something you regret what is your leadership style do you have any questions for me The room was a small room round table with a few chairs. While you wait there are booth students that sit with you and are supposed to chat you up. Interview was 30 minutes sharp. Good Luck guys.
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Published: April 28, 2012
Tuck MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 (January Round) / On Campus / Student-initiated
I was interviewed by a T’12 student; I visited campus on Jan 25 for the campus tour and the interview. The interview was fairly straightforward and relaxed – nothing unexpected. I was admitted! Here are the questions I was asked, in no particular order: Walk me through your resume/Tell me about how you got to this point Why did you attend your undergraduate institution? How did you go from neuroscience (my undergrad major) to management consulting? A question about work style – how I approach working with people. This was a decidedly vague question, and I guess I had to
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Published: April 24, 2012
USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / First-year Student / Skype
Duration : 30 minutes The interview started off with he telling me that it is a blind interview and has only read my resume.He also said to take it easy as he just wants to know me better. Questions : Briefly share about your career progress Share more on your current position. Role and Responsibilities, Organization. Challenges you found in your current team. Share something innovative you did.I shared a personal experience. Your goals.I said entrepreneurship.He told me to elaborate on the business idea. What are the reasons that make you choose USC Marshall? What kind of contribution that will you bring
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Published: April 23, 2012
USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / First-year Student / Skype
Duration : 35 minutes Questions : Briefly share about yourself, your background, your career progress, your current position Share more on your current position. Role and Responsibilities, Organization. Challenges you found in your current team. What make you decide to take MBA, why now? What are the reasons that make you choose USC Marshall? How USC Marshall will help you achieve your goals? Other reasons why USC Marshall is the best for you? What kind of contribution that will you bring to the USC Community on campus / off campus? Any questions for interviewer?
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Published: April 23, 2012
USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Adcom / On Campus
Blind AdCom interview, resume in hand. She said that she will review my application later. List of interview questions: Tell me about your background – she asked follow up questions regarding my career and industry What are your career goals Why do you want an MBA Why USC Have you worked in a team with chemists…have you worked with a difficult customer Greatest accomplishments What do you like to do for fun Do you have any questions I was nervous. I think the interview was conversational and she made it that way. She has obviously done a lot of interviews
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Published: April 16, 2012
USC / Marshall MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
We discussed TFA and teaching for the first couple minutes….this was a blind interview so the person only has my resume in her hand and has not seen any part of my application. (I was interviewed on campus by Grace Kim who is the senior assoc. director of admissions) Tell me about a time you had to deal with a moral dilemma Describe yourself in three words Why an MBA, how does your background and previous work experience contribute to your desire to obtain an MBA Why USC What do you think is the biggest challenge in education reform? (this
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Published: April 16, 2012
Oxford / Saïd MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Outside Consultant / On Campus
The interview took place in a conference room inside the Said Business School. The dozen interviewees were encouraged to mingle with each other throughout the day. Only two current MBA students attended the luncheon, given that they were on break. Surprisingly, almost all of the applicants had flown long distances from Seattle, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, etc. Interview time: under 30 minutes The interviewer was a former headhunter who is now working as an outside consultant for the AdCom. She was knowledgeable, articulate, and friendly to converse with. We started with brief chit-chat about the program and the community, and
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IESE MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / New York Center / Adcom
I had my interview at the new IESE New York Center. This center is used for a various events at IESE from Executive programs, Short Open Programs, and many presentations throughout the year. Full-time MBA students can actually study for two weeks in NYC during their two year program. I have already attended a few visits here like Assessment Day and presentations from two IESE professors. This New York Center is a testament to IESE’s effort to expand in the US and globally. As far as the interview, I was interviewed by Itziar and she was very easy to talk
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INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off Campus
First interview Who: Mid 30s entrepeneur working at startup. Interview: Met at a restaurant for lunch in London, interviewer was extremely warm and friendly. Brought a copy of my resume and asked me to walk him through it with occasional follow-up questions. Then asked the usual: Why MBA? Why now? Why INSEAD? Then went into detail on some activities and his experience at INSEAD. Only tricky part was interviewer identified the biggest weakness on my app was lack of experience and drilled down into it. Very relaxed and informal. Second interview Who: Mid 50s investment banker running his own hedge
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Georgetown / McDonough MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus / Adcom
I interviewed on campus at Georgetown McDonough on January 19 with my case manager on the admissions committee. The interview was a bit more formal/structured than the conversational ones at other schools and lasted approximately 45 minutes. I was granted about 10 minutes to ask questions and follow up on any of the previous discussion. This part was a bit awkward as I asked about the curriculum redesign which at that point they weren’t ready to release any information on this topic yet. She took sporadic notes on my resume and seemed to mentally refer back to a list of
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UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / 2nd Year Student
The interviewer said I would have about 30 minutes to “Tell me your story, you can start from wherever you want, high school, college, your choice” He said he would chime in with questions every so often but after 30 minutes he would have some additional questions. It was very relaxed, more like a conversation than an interview. My advice would be to make sure to get through the early part of the story pretty quickly because my interviewer asked a lot of questions and I had to shorten the second half of my story because of it. After he
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Georgetown / McDonough MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Off-Campus / Adcom
I interviewed with Georgetown McDonough in Asia. They sent an Adcom member and we had the interview in a lounge a nice hotel. It was a really relaxed setting and the interviewer made sure I was comfortable. We had our own table, but there were definitely other people at tables around us. It felt much more like a chat than an interview. Very casual. Some pretty standard questions: walk me through your resume ( we discussed several points about my resume, transitions between jobs etc. ) why do you want an MBA? why now? what attracts you to Georgetown? describe
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Published: March 27, 2012
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Regular Decision / Alum / Off Campus
I met my interviewer at a coffee shop, and he was immediately very friendly and casual – extremely easy to talk to. I provided a copy of my resume. He began by letting me ask about his background. He and I both work in the retail industry, so it was good to establish some common ground at the beginning. then he pulled out a worksheet and ticked through some standard questions. walk me through your resume what is an ethical dilemma that you’ve faced? Do you wish you’d acted differently now? Why business school? Why now? Why Columbia? talk about
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Published: March 27, 2012
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Off-campus Hub
Had a brief five minute chat about the adcom member and his background and a little bit about the process. Then we jumped into questions Walk me through your resume (I wove in a bit of why MBA here) Tell me about a time when you managed a team and one person was less motivated Tell me about a time when you managed someone senior to you Tell me about a time when you participated in a successful negotiation Why do you want an MBA now? (I spoke a bit more about why MBA here) Why Wharton specifically? Do you
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Published: March 27, 2012
MIT / Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom
Any updates to your application or anything new you’ve accomplished at work? Tell me about a company in your industry that has caught your eye. Given your role at your company (work for a startup), what will it be like when you leave? Tell me about a time you helped a colleague who was struggling professionally. Tell me about a time you had to persuade your colleagues. Follow up questions about how I delegated analysis of the issue and how I felt my colleagues perceived my approach. Tell me about a time a colleauge had a contrasting opinion or gave
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Published: March 24, 2012
UT Austin / McCombs MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / On Campus / AdCom
Submitted application on 1/23, invited to interview on 2/8. US, non-Texas applicant. This was probably my most relaxed b-school interview yet (fourth one) – I nearly ended up in tears of laughter, which was completely unexpected. I chose to interview on-campus in Austin and since I interviewed on a Friday, my interview was with an AdCom member – not a second-year like I was told. Much of the focus and crux of the interview was atypical from the usual – in that there were no “Tell me about a time when…” questions or questions on leadership/teamwork… but the nature was
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Published: March 21, 2012
Published: March 20, 2012
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-year student / On Campus
I interviewed Round 2 with a second year student on-campus last week. The interview lasted 30 minutes. I was asked the following: Tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume. Why an MBA, and why UCLA? What student organizations would you get involved with? How would you describe a leader and what is your role? Tell me about a failure and what you learned. Questions for me? The interview was friendly and casual, and I left with a good impression about UCLA.
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