Originally Shared by Choc Heaven
As I’m an international applicant, and Booth could not find any available alumni in my country, I had a phone interview with an admissions representative. We set up the time and date well in advance.. and here’s what the conversation was like (about 35 mins long); no surprises, usual MBA interview questions –
- Why MBA?
- Why Now?
- Tell me about yourself starting off with early years.
- Why did you switch from x job to x job?
- What surprised you when moving from x job to x job?
- Why Booth?How would you contribute?
- What do you outside of work?
- Why do you want to come all the way to America? 🙂
- ST and LT goals?
- What student clubs are you interested in?
- Any questions for me? (I had quite a few)
Some interesting questions I remember are:
- How do you think the work environment / work culture would be different in the US compared to x country (where I am from).
- Where else have you travelled in the world?
We even had a brief discussion on New York, as a city 😛 so all in all, was quite interesting..the interviewer was friendly, relaxed and an easy conversationalist..
My advice to any future applicants / interview awaitees would be…have smart questions to ask at the end..be well prepared, re-read your essays and app.. look up previous interview experiences from accepted.com and clear admit.. the most important thing is to be yourself and know WHY you will be a great fit at Chicago Booth! 🙂
ciao 🙂
