My Sloan interview lasted about 30 minutes, with the last few minutes reserved for my questions. Below were the questions asked:
- Do you have your official transcript?
- Tell me about how/why you transitioned from your first job to your second.
- Tell me about a time where you had an impact on a group.
- Give me another example.
- Tell me about a time where you had to make two groups come to a consensus.
- What other schools are you applying to, and how does MIT rank against those schools?
- Is there anything else you would like to add?
- Do you have any questions for me?
My advice:
- Be prepared to have at least two examples for each possible question! Alternatively, have examples that are very versatile (one that can answer both leadership questions and impact questions for example).
- Be especially aware if you have a tendency to ramble on. Because the interviewer was taking copious notes, there were times of extended silence, which I initially filled by reiterating my points. I had to make a conscious effort to stop.
- If you’re interviewing in the NYC hub location, allow extra time to figure out the elevator system (seriously!). There are several banks of elevators and some only go to certain floors. It took me literally 10 minutes of walking around, perplexed, to get to the office.
