The interviewer (a Kellogg 2Y alum from my home country) was nice and straightforward, asking questions related to points on my resume and then the typical Why MBA now/why Kellogg (which was closer to the end of the interview, surprisingly).
She seemed genuinely curious about my career transitions, my work and community service, and my values as a collaborative team player.
The interview lasted about an hour, with the last 10-15 mins for me to ask her some questions about her exp at Kellogg. Here is the list of questions:
- Walk me through your resume.
- Is your current community service part of your work at your current startup?
- More clarification on what my current community service is, and that it is not related to my current startup in terms of recipients.
- Asking about the transition from the first corporation to current startup – why and was it a seamless transition?
- Tell me about a time that you worked in a team with people from different backgrounds. Follow-up: did your team talk directly with the customers?
- If your co-workers had to describe you in 3 words, what would they be?
- Tell me about a time when you worked on feedback from other members.
- Tell me about a time when you had to bring people from different viewpoints together. Follow-up about the roles of the people in the story.
- What is your biggest contribution/impact in your current professional role? Follow-up: how long has your startup’s current product been on the market?
- Why MBA now?
- Why Kellogg?
- For your career goal, why don’t you continue to work in your current startup and then lateral before building out your own company instead of going to business school?
- What will be the biggest challenges as you attend Kellogg?
