Had my Chicago Booth interview in late February with an alum in my city. Questions included:
- Walk me through your resume
- Why did you pick your majors — double majored in humanities/social science disciplines — he actually majored in one of my concentrations and asked me about my favorite writers and even about my thesis topic and what I concluded
- How did you become interested in investment banking
- He also asked me specific details about my current role and what I would recommend a potential investor to consider before making an investment decision. This lasted ~5 minutes
- Why MBA
- Why Chicago Booth
- Can you tell me about a time that you led your team / convinced your team to do something
- Can you tell me about a time that you led a team over a period of time
- Can you tell me about a time that you resolved conflict within your team
- Can you tell me about a time when you disagreed with someone at your level
- Can you tell me about a time when you made an unpopular decision
- What do you think is a weakness that people can have inside or outside of work
- What do you do outside of work
- What do you think of people who are not that analytical
- What is your most defining leadership experience — I mentioned a personal experience rather than a professional one
- Is there anything else that you would like me to know
The interview was very pleasant and lasted ~1hr 15 minutes. Even though the questions he posed were expected b-school interview questions, it felt like a conversation, and I recommend everyone to treat their Booth interviews as such — you don’t want to sound rehearsed. Take time to pause and then respond. My interviewer even encouraged me to take a moment to think about good examples to present to him.
Good luck to everyone.
