After the initial interview waiver, I received a request from the Kellogg Admission Office for a phone interview. The interviewer called exactly on the scheduled time and after greetings, she said that she had reviewed my application and just wanted to ask some more questions. I had heard that even post-waiver phone interviews are “blind” and the interviewer has only the applicant’s resume. However, it seems that it’s not always the case. Therefore, she didn’t ask me anything about my career path or something like “walk me through your resume”.
The interview lasted about 25 minutes and I felt that my interviewer was in a rush to ask as many questions as she could. I can not tell you anything about her reactions because right after I completed my answers, she just asked another question.
These are the questions I remember:
– Why did you study […] in college? Why did you switch to a career in business?
– Short/long term goals? Any specific firm (she asked me to name it) or region of the world you intend to work in after graduation? (Don’t worry. I think she asked me to name the company because I had mentioned it in my essays.)
– Why MBA?
– Why Kellogg?
– How have you developed professionally and personally in the past few years since you started working after college?
– What have been your greatest professional achievements? Highlights of your career?
– Have you ever faced any challenge working in a team?
– What are the three positive things your friends would tell about you?
– What would you bring to Kellogg?
– Anything you’d like to add that’s not covered in your application?
– Do you have any questions?
