UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

Published: March 1, 2025

Wharton/Feb 25, 2025/Admissions Round 2 Group interview took place over Zoom. Was overall a friendly and calming atmosphere. My group was friendly and collaborative. Everyone seemed to be aware that we weren’t necessarily competing against one another. Group interview was proctored by two second-year students. Was paired with one of them to do a quick 10minute 1:1 interview. Questions were just reflecting on the TBD, like how did you think it went, what would you do differently. Was less stressful than anticipated. Read more

Published: December 22, 2024

UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Students / Zoom

Group-based interview format. Felt very comfortable, although a bit rushed to finalize our thoughts and ideas for the group presentation. Everyone was very nice and open to each other’s ideas. I had a brief 1×1 interview with a 2Y student after the group interview. We all waited in the group zoom until our 1×1 time. My 1×1 was very relaxed and went notably over the planned 10-minute allotment. He asked about leadership experiences and how I thought the group interview went. Read more

Published: December 8, 2024

UPenn Wharton MBA & HCM Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Virtual

I applied for the Healthcare Management program at Wharton. This meant I had to do the team-based discussion and a separate interview with the Director of the HCM program. We started the team-based discussion by everyone going around in a circle and giving their pitch for the topic. The team-based discussion was challenging because the group did not ultimately pick the topic that I had prepared answers for, but I was still expected to give my thoughts along the prompt. Ultimately, we all have to divide our answer into a final recommendation for the two students observing us. Then, we Read more