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Stanford GSB MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus

I had a R1 admissions interview in November at an alumn’s office. These are some of the questions and issues we addressed in the interview:

  • Take me through your resume. Then addressing how I made decisions to pursue different job opportunities, the biggest professional challenge I’ve faced and how I addressed it, and my biggest accomplishment
  • Why MBA?
  • Why Stanford?
  • What is your leadership style?
  • What would you do as a Plan B if your first choice for your career didn’t work out?

The interview went smoothly, and the interviewer was friendly and complimentary. We had a great discussion about what he took away from his MBA experience. The interviewer was a humble, impressive, and nice guy.