Chicago Booth Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Zoom

Published: February 24, 2025

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual

Very conversational discussion with an alumni. Skipped resume walkthrough and built in a lot more time for the interpersonal questions. Make sure to prep for as many of those as you can. Questions were: Why MBA? Why now? Why Booth? What do you want to get involved with and how do you want to contribute at Booth? Tell me about a time you faced a challenge working in a team. Tell me about a time you had to ask for help. Also tell me about a time you had to help someone else at work. Tell me about areas of Read more

Published: February 22, 2025

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Date: February 2025 Interviewer: Second-Year Student Format: Virtual (Zoom) Duration: ~45 minutes Interview Experience: My Booth interview was conducted by a second-year student and was overall a structured, but somewhat frustrating experience. The interviewer did not have a background in my field, which led to several moments of disconnect during our conversation. Throughout the interview, I noticed that she zoned out multiple times and even yawned on a few occasions, which made the interaction feel disengaged. Additionally, she frequently interrupted my responses and asked me to repeat answers, even for relatively simple concepts. This made it Read more

Published: January 26, 2025

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

I was interviewed by a second-year student. Although she was super nice overall, she was also tough during the interview. Gave me a lot of follow-up questions for each answer I gave, asking details about each thing I said. But in the end, things worked out fine. – Tell me about yourself. – What are your career goals? Why MBA? – What was a time you worked with people from different backgrounds. What did you learn? – Tell me specifically about how this went down. (follow-up on previous questions) – How were you able to achieve Read more