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Published: February 22, 2015

Duke Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Report: Round 2 / Second Year Student / On Campus

The following is a summary of a Duke Fuqua MBA admissions interview provided by a recent applicant: I found other Interview Reports extraordinarily helpful in prepping for my interview, so I want to pay it forward. Read more

Published: February 22, 2015

Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus

We just received the following Columbia MBA admissions interview report from an applicant who just received an acceptance from Columbia. Congratulations!! I told myself no matter what the outcome of my interview I would give back to this site because it helped SO MUCH in interview prep and making me feel prepared. Read more

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Published: February 22, 2015

Michigan Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-Year / On-Campus

The following is a Michigan Ross MBA Admissions Interview Report provided to Clear Admit by a recent applicant: Really fun experience, they take a lot of time and effort to get to know your personality and who you are through the process, and are one of the few schools who really seem to want you to come if you think Michigan is a good fit (or if not, perhaps its not right for you). Read more

Published: February 22, 2015

Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / On Campus

The following is a report from an applicant who was invited to interview at Chicago Booth. The applicant shares their Booth MBA admissions interview questions: The interview was very informal and conversational. The interviewer (2nd year student) started by telling his own background. The he asked me questions. The questions were as follows: Read more

Published: February 22, 2015

Duke / Fuqua Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-year student / On-campus

The following Duke / Fuqua interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I found other Interview Reports extraordinarily helpful in prepping for my interview, so I want to pay it forward. Truly, there was nothing unexpected here. I was interviewed by a really wonderful second year student. He was friendly and made me feel very comfortable. If you prep with Clear Admit’s Fuqua interview questions, you’ll be more than fine. Know your résumé, know your story, anticipate answers to all iterations of sample questions. Questions definitely had a team/leadership focus. Read more

Published: February 20, 2015

Michigan / Ross MBA Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-Year / On-Campus

The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Really fun experience, they take a lot of time and effort to get to know your personality and who you are through the process, and are one of the few schools who really seem to want you to come if you think Michigan is a good fit (or if not, perhaps its not right for you). 1. Interview with Second Year: I had an unusual situation where my interviewer was not a fully fluent English speaker, and I was concerned Read more

Published: February 20, 2015

Columbia MBA Interview Report: Regular Decision / Alumnus / Off-campus

The following Columbia MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Regular Decision applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I told myself no matter what the outcome of my interview I would give back to this site because it helped SO MUCH in interview prep and making me feel prepared. Spoiler Alert: I got in! So extra points because this site really did help 🙂 I applied 1/5/15, got an interview invitation 1/26/15, had my interview 2/4, interviewer submitted review 2/5, and got an acceptance call 2/17. Overall, I agree with most of the posts in that Read more

Published: February 15, 2015

Duke Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On Campus

The following is a summary of a Duke Fuqua MBA admissions interview provided by a recent applicant: Friendly, really nice. 45-1 hour time limit, we went up against the hour. Very conversational and the interviewer had prepared against my resume really well. Read more

Published: February 15, 2015

Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Video Questions

A recent applicant provided us with their Yale SOM MBA admissions interview questions: There's a video of Bruce Delmonico explaining the video process, and then unlimited opportunities to practice listening to video questions and recording your answers. Once you're ready, you move onto the next portion and a 3 separate videos of members of the adcom reading different questions come on, with a prep and answer period after each question. At the end, you don't get to view your video answers and you are done. Now onto the questions: Read more

Published: February 13, 2015

Duke / Fuqua Interview Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Durham

The following Duke / Fuqua interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! Friendly, really nice. 45-1 hour time limit, we went up against the hour. Very conversational and the interviewer had prepared against my résumé really well. 1. Tell me about yourself/walk me through your résumé 2. Why an MBA? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. What do you think you’ll contribute to Fuqua? 5. If I spoke with your managers and colleagues, what would they say? (Strengths question) 6. What does “Team Fuqua” mean to you? Read more

Published: February 8, 2015

UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions Interview: Round 1/ Adcom / On-campus

The following UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA admissions interview questions were provided to us by a recent Kenan-Flagler Applicant. My interview at UNC was my first b school interview, and I was very nervous beforehand. One thing I really appreciated about interviewing at UNC was that they had current students sitting in the lobby to talk to prospective students and essentially calm them down (as well as answer any questions about the program). My interviewer was also incredibly nice and really tried to make the interview more like a conversation. Her questions were: Read more

Published: February 8, 2015

Northwestern Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumus / Off Campus

The following is a Northwestern Kellogg MBA admissions interview description provided by a recent applicant: It was a 1.5 hour, no stress interview. Following were the questions that were asked. Since I am applying for a second MBA, some questions were very specific to that. Read more

Published: February 8, 2015

Cornell Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Report: Round 2 / AdCom / On Campus

The following Cornell Johnson MBA admissions interview questions were provided by a recent Johnson applicant. My Cornell Johnson interview was a semi blind Interview. So the interviewer had my resume as well as some notes by people who had read through my application. It was a relaxed atmosphere and the atmosphere was really friendly. At the start of the interview she tried to strike a conversation which unexpectedly gave me the opportunity to talk about how many people i had connected with in the institution. Then when the interview started she asked me the following questions. Read more

Published: February 3, 2015

Cornell / Johnson MBA Interview Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus

The following Cornell / Johnson MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! My Cornell Johnson was a semi-blind Interview. So the interviewer had my résumé as well as some notes by people who had read through my application. It was a relaxed atmosphere and the atmosphere was really friendly. At the start of the interview she tried to strike a conversation which unexpectedly gave me the opportunity to talk about how many people I had connected with in the institution. Then when the interview started she asked me the following questions. Read more

Published: February 3, 2015

Northwestern / Kellogg Interview Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off Campus

The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! It was a 1.5 hour, no stress interview. Following were the questions that were asked. Since I am applying for a second MBA, some questions were very specific to that. 1) Walk me through your résumé 2) Why first company? 3) Why second company? 4) Challenging situation in first company 5) Significant accomplishment in second job 6) Why another MBA? 7) Didn’t you study operations in in your first MBA? (This happened Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

Emory / Goizueta MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / AdCom / Off-Campus

The following Emory / Goizueta MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! I had my interview with a person from the admissions team. The questions I was asked were: Tell me more about your role at your job and what you like about it. What do think are the most important attributes of a successful team? What would your past colleagues say about you? Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

Stanford MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off Campus

The following is a list of Stanford MBA admissions interview questions provided by a recent applicant: We had to wrangle schedules because I was out of the country but when we met he was very pleasant. The interview was casual. He gave me a brief background about himself and then he asked me questions from a list he had. He was taking notes while I was talking. These are the questions he asked: Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus / Admit

The following Harvard MBA Admissions Interview summary was provided by a former applicant who was admitted to Harvard in Round One. My interview was very standard. It lasted for 30 minutes, I interviewed with two members of the Adcom, who were very nice and tried to make me feel comfortable during the whole process. Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

MIT Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / AdCom / Off Campus

A recent MIT Sloan applicant provided us with a list of their MIT Sloan MBA admissions interview questions: It was 30 minutes long. The interviewer was very positive, smiled a lot, and made me feel at ease. She explained to me who she was and how the interview related to the admissions process. During the interview, she drilled down into my answers to extract more details. The questions asked (in no particular order) were: Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

MIT Sloan Interview Report: Round 1/ Admissions Officer / Skype

The following MIT Sloan interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! It was 30 minutes long. The interviewer was very positive, smiled a lot, and made me feel at ease. She explained to me who she was and how the interview related to the admissions process. During the interview, she drilled down into my answers to extract more details. The questions asked (in no particular order) were: – What about the LGO program piqued your interest? – Why do you want to get into management and operations? Read more

Published: February 1, 2015

UNC Kenan-Flagler Interview Report: Round 1/ Adcom / On-campus

The following UNC Kenan-Flagler interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview at UNC was my first b-school interview, and I was very nervous beforehand. One thing I really appreciated about interviewing at UNC was that they had current students sitting in the lobby to talk to prospective students and essentially calm them down (as well as answer any questions about the program). My interviewer was also incredibly nice and really tried to make the interview more like a conversation. Her questions were: Walk me through your résumé What’s been your Read more

Published: January 31, 2015

Harvard Business School Interview Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus

The following Harvard Business School interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! My interview was very standard. It lasted for 30 minutes, I interviewed with two members of the Adcom, who were very nice and tried to make me feel comfortable during the whole process. The questions I was asked were: – Tell me about yourself – You want to work in sector A , why? – You did an internship in sector B, was it related to sector A ? – What was your other internship Read more

Published: January 28, 2015

Stanford MBA Interview Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus

The following Stanford MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. We had to wrangle schedules because I was out of the country but when we met he was very pleasant. The interview was casual. He gave me a brief background about himself and then he asked me questions from a list he had. He was taking notes while I was talking. These are the questions he asked: – Tell me about a time you felt you were effective. – Tell me about a time when you felt blocked from achieving a goal Read more

Published: January 25, 2015

LBS MBA Admissions Interview Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Off-Campus

The following is a London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Report provided by a recent applicant: I received my invitation email, which said I should reach out to the alumna assigned as my interviewer in Dubai and set up an interview within two weeks. I did just that and we had to wrangle schedules before settling on a date. I had been a bit worried about the impromptu presentation because just as the name suggests it’s not something you can prepare for, so I didn’t know what to expect. My interviewer showed up and she seemed excited about the Read more

Published: January 25, 2015

Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Decision / Adcom / On-Campus

The following is a report from a recent applicant who provided their Columbia EMBA admissions interview questions: I applied early decision to the EMBA - Saturday program. My interview was on Wednesday and I received an offer for admission the next day. The interview lasted only 30 mins. The atmosphere was formal. I wore a business suit and my interviewer was dressed in business formal as well. There was a third person in the room taking notes. This is not common. I was told that this person is new and will be listening in. I was asked the following questions. Read more

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February 4, 2025 9:07am ET

Interview Invite to UNC Kenan-Flagler

Round: Round 2

Received via email on January 09, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GMAT: 635

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: Peru, Lima

February 4, 2025 8:20am ET

Interview Invite to NYU Stern

Round: Round 2

Received via email on February 02, 2025

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.83

GRE: 307

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

February 4, 2025 3:56am ET

Applied to Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 2

Received via portal

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 7.6/10

GRE: 329

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: India, Chennai

February 4, 2025 3:27am ET

Interview Invite to Berkeley / Haas

Round: Round 2

Received via email on February 02, 2025

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 4.00

GRE: 328

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Technology

Application Location: United States, Mountain View

Note:

International student working in the US at a well-known tech company

February 4, 2025 1:04am ET

Applying to Brigham Young

Round: Early Decision

Received via email

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.9

GMAT: 730

Program Type: Deferred Enrollment

Target Career: Operations Management

Application Location: United States

Note:

Hi Graham and Alex! Love your show and have seen all the episodes (: Can you wiretap me??

Education:
BYU Undergraduate (applying to deffered MBA)
B.S. Statistics, Minor in Urdu 3.9 GPA
USMC Officer (Commissioning as 2L @Graduation)

Work Exp:
* Junior Year: Bain&Co ACI (Dallas)
* Sophomore Year: F500 Energy Company

Extras/Awards:
* Wind Energy Association -- competed in national wind turbine comp (on campus club)
* Pro-bono consulting work (Energy/Utility projects)
* Department of State Critical Language Scholar (Urdu)

worried about my gpa... deferred cohorts seem so competitive??

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