Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual

Published: March 2, 2026

HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus

The interview was relatively straight forward. The Adcom was very warm and honestly enjoyable to talk to. As other interview reflections have mentioned in the past, you are brought up to a waiting room with other candidates and then called in one at a time. Interview questions focused on my career journey, industry, Why HBS?, and a few other resume based questions. Overall, I didn’t stress the prep and just focused on being “me.” I think it went over well and will be happy with the outcome as I put my best foot forward. Read more

Published: March 1, 2026

Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumna / Zoom

Interviewed 2/27 with a recent alum from Booth. Entirely resume based. It was a pretty standard Why MBA/Why Booth/Behavioral Questions interview. I had requested an in-person interview with an alum, but I guess there weren’t any available in my large city!! 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What three words would your coworkers use to describe you? 3. What three words would you use to describe yourself? 4. TMAT you had to work with a group of completely new people. 5. Why Booth? 6. Why Chicago? 7. What are you short-term and long-term career Read more

Published: March 1, 2026

INSEAD MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Alumni / Zoom

I interviewed with 2 different alumni and both conversations were pretty casual. Both had why INSEAD, long/short-term goals, how I would adjust to the global environment/pace. Some interesting questions were: How do your friends view my strengths and weaknesses? Talk about your personal interests and who you are outside of work. How do you view leadership and ambiguity? Other questions: TMAT I dealt with conflict TMAT I asked for help TMAT I advocated for change TMAT I updated a process Read more