HEC Paris MBA Recommendation Questions 2024-2025
The HEC Paris MBA application for the September 2025 intake is now open, which means you can find the HEC Paris MBA recommendation questions here!
HEC Paris requires two references who can provide true and accurate feedback on your academic ability and professional qualifications. Admissions is looking for applicants who can collaborate within a team, are driven with a strong sense of personal direction, and can demonstrate excellence as a leader.
2024-2025 HEC MBA Recommendation Questions
Relationship to candidate:
Candidate’s abilities:
Referees are asked to rate the applicant on a list of qualities using the following scale: Unobserved, Below average, Average, Good (top 40%), Very good (top 25%), Excellent (top 15%), Outstanding (top 5%).
Qualities:
- Intellectual or academic ability
- Oral communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Teamwork skills
- Creativity / Innovative
- Competence in current position
- Written communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Initiative / problem solving skills
Proficiency in English:
Candidate’s first language?
Candidate’s strengths and weaknesses:
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I am a 29 yo black brazilian woman. I am civil engineer by the oldest civil engineer school of Brazil with full scholarship. I have been working with data since 2015 and now I am coordinator of a data team I the biggest Latin American Bank. Currently I am studying for toefl and improving my English. My main purposes joining a top tier mba are to improve my leadership skills and to learn with different people from different backgrounds (I am working in the same business since 2017).
I am originally from the UK (now a permanent resident) and went to community college (3.6 gpa), then transferred to a top 25 undergrad and severe health issues due to a disability causing me to get a 3.1 gpa. I then stayed there and did a master’s in finance with a 3.8 gpa. I am very passionate about giving back, especially about the homelessness epidemic. Before college I spent a year in Switzerland volunteering at homeless shelters. During college I led a campus ministry with a focus on helping the unhoused. After my experience with my disability, I started a nonprofit that has consulted with several shelters and foodbanks to help those with similar health issues as myself. I also personally raised capital to purchase and preserve an affordable multifamily property. My career has been in real estate since I graduated, but I have job hopped. My first job was 5 months, then I moved to be closer to family. My next job was for 7 months, but I quit as they were taking actions to make housing unaffordable for first time buyers. My next job was in acquisitions but I was laid off with about half the company due to the rising interest rates that affected the industry. I have been at an impact real estate private equity firm for almost 2 years in an acquisitions, development, and asset management role with a promotion. All my roles have been for REITs or PE firms. My post-mba goal is banking to better learn capital markets and long term to start an affordable real estate investment firm, perhaps in London. I would love to be a wire tap candidate, fingers crossed.
Applying for deferred programs at the mentioned schools. African woman studying Comp Sci and Math. GMAT Focus 98 %tile. Substantial community involvement and some experience at big tech working as a SWE. Thinking of consulting or product management post MBA.