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Only five main questions asked (follow up questions in brackets):Why MBA? (Asked if I know what companies/positions)
Why Rice? (added questions of if I’ve visited campus, talked to students)
How will I decide between the schools I am given acceptances to?
How will I contribute to the school? (asked if I do any community work)
Diversity at work? (asked some more of how I view diversity as it is important to Rice)
Anything else I’d like to tell admissions?The questions took about 15 minutes, very quick.
Rather standard interview, all the usual questions.
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Rejected
at
Stanford GSB
via portal.
GPA: 3.7.
GMAT: 770.
Accepted
to
U. Chicago Booth
via portal.
GMAT: 710.
Peru.
Accepted
to
London Business School
via email.
GMAT: 710.
Rejected
at
U. Chicago Booth
via portal.
GPA: 8.2/10.
GMAT: 720.
India.
Accepted
to
U. Chicago Booth
via portal.
GPA: 3.84.
GMAT: 750.
Washington, D.C..
Accepted
to
USC / Marshall
via phone.
GPA: 3.38.
GMAT: 700.
Accepted
to
U. Chicago Booth
via portal.
GPA: 3.9.
GMAT: 710.
USA Southeast.
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Enrolled: Columbia Admitted: Columbia GMAT: 740 GPA: 8.4 Post-MBA Career: Consulting
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Enrolled: Columbia Admitted: Columbia GMAT: 740 GPA: 3.4 Post-MBA Career: Other
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The interview was conducted thru Zoom with a second-year student. The student seemed to have a set of questions to ask and then proceeded to follow up depending on my response.
1) Can you go introduce yourself?
2) Why an mba?
2) Why booth? What specifically does Booth offer you that you are looking for?
3) What are your short-term and long-term goals? Do you have a backup plan?
4) Who is a leader you admire and why?
5) What leadership type do you have? What are you doing to actively improve your leadership?
6) Tell me about a time you were overwhelmed and had time constraints. What did you do and how did you handle it?
7) What are three words that would describe your leadership type?
8) Tell about a time you failed and how did you respond?
9) Are there any organizations at Booth that interest you?
10) Where else are you applying?
11) What questions do you have for me?
The interview was resume based and it seemed that the only information she had was my resume. I thought the interview went fine, but the interviewer seemed very robotic. I was surprised that they asked where else I applied and why. Most of my other interviews did not ask during our conversations. Leadership and basic why MBA questions were expected. This wasn’t the most friendly interviewer I’ve had so far, but sometimes people have bad days. I think the interview could have went better, but that’s how things go in life!
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