Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: R2 / Alum / Virtual

Published: February 16, 2025

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Interviewer was very calm. Introduced himself and mentioned that he had already read my resume. After that, he spoke about how he wanted to structure our conversation before proceeding to the set of questions he had prepared. Following were the questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. ⁠Why MBA? 3. TMAT I tackled a language barrier (because I mentioned my international work experience). 4. ⁠Failure and learning? 5. ⁠Who have you spoken with at Ross and what did you learn? After that we spent 20 minutes discussing his Ross experience and the questions I had Read more

Published: February 11, 2025

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Microsoft Teams

The alum was Class of 2019 and was extremely friendly. Made me very comfortable and the interview was conversational for one hour. Didn’t ask “tell me about yourself” as he had gone through the resume. He directly started with: Why MBA? Why Ross? TMAT when things didn’t go as expected. TMAT when you dealt with ambiguity. TMAT when you faced a setback. TMAT when you worked with people from different background or cross-cultural set up. A bit surprised as the first and third questions were both related to setback/failure. Thankfully I could think of two different instances. At last I Read more

Published: February 5, 2025

Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Google Meet

I interviewed via Google Meet via email after coordinating with my interviewer to select the format. The interview was résumé-based and conversational, lasting about 40 minutes—20 minutes of questions for me and 20 minutes for my questions. The interviewer asked: Why an MBA? Why Ross? Tell me about a time you had difficulties with a project at work. Have you visited other schools you are applying to? What makes you the perfect candidate for Ross? I found the interview engaging and straightforward. The atmosphere was welcoming, and the structure allowed for a balanced conversation. One thing Read more