The interviewer (a senior adcom member who was also an HBS grad) was so nice and welcoming – really made me feel at ease throughout the process, and it felt really fun! 30 mins went by really quickly, and it did not feel like a rapid-fire Q&A at all. Was surprised at how many questions there are about my prior employer!
Here is the list of questions:
- Why did you pick your undergrad college?
- How was the exchange program (when you were a high school student) structured?
- How did you pick your prior employer and move to a different city?
- What is the big-picture view of your prior employer’s structure?
- What is your role at your prior employer? How did your role change as you moved to a more senior role?
- Which division would make the most revenue and which division would make the most profit at your prior employer?
- A follow-up related to my impromptu research on my prior employer.
- Was dividing your prior employer into different product companies a good idea?
- Why do you think a P/E firm would divide up the company?
- What was your thought process to go back to your home country and join your current startup from your prior employer and how did the transition go?
- What was the current startup’s mission, and how did it start? I answered the question, added on the long-term civic mission.
- A follow-up on how did the users use the product of the startup.
- How current startup is doing, is it still a 10-person startup and what is the business model?
- What were the customer segments and did they change as the current startup scaled?
- Who was the lead investor in the current startup?
- Did you participate in fundraising?
- Were there questions from investors that helped the current startup?
- How is working under the CEO?
- Outside of work, what do you like to do for fun?
