CBS Interview Questions & Report: Deferred Program / Adcom / Online

Published: January 26, 2025

CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom

My interviewer was a recent alum. He was friendly, but a little bit stiff. Overall I enjoyed the experience. It was a very standard interview and he actually spoke a lot of the time (maybe more than 50%). For every answer I’d give, he would comment something about his experience/opinion. Which was nice, but left me wondering if I should have spoken more. Actual questions were super standard: – Tell me about yourself. – Why MBA? – Why Columbia? – Post-MBA goals? – How would you contribute to CBS? – What do you like Read more

Published: November 17, 2024

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

It was a very friendly interview that lasted about 40 minutes. 1. She walked me through how the interview is structured. 2. Started with my 5-10 minutes narrative on “tell me about yourself.” 3. She asked some follow-up questions: – Why do you want to go into that industry? – Why Darden? – Tell me about a challenge you had professionally and what you did to overcome it. 4. Wrap up with some questions from my end – I asked two questions. No curveball questions. Again, very friendly so I was a bit nervous Read more

Published: November 11, 2024

CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom

40 min interview hosted on Zoom. Instructed to send resume in advance. Very kind interviewer. More or less followed the questions below: Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your ST/LT goals and why MBA? Why MBA now specifically? What factors led you to your school list and where does Columbia fall on this list? TMAT you disagreed with a coworker. TMAT you led a project you’re particularly proud of. What contributions would you bring to Columbia and what types of clubs would you engage in? Is there anything we haven’t discussed that you’d like us to in the remaining Read more