MBA Interview Tips & Resources
Welcome to the MBA Interview Resource Hub
Are you about to interview at a top business school? Looking to ensure you can ace every MBA admissions interview question? We’ve gathered together all of our interview prep resources in one place to help ensure you spend your time efficiently and can excel in your interview.
In the interview, the MBA admissions committee is seeking to get a sense of who you are, the choices you have made to date, and your reasons for seeking an MBA at their program. The schools also use the interview to gauge your “fit” with their cultures and offerings.
Given the importance of the interview, it is essential for you to prepare. On this page you will find a list of key Clear Admit MBA admissions interview tips, advice and resources that will help you ace your interviews.
Clear Admit Admissions Tips: Interview Prep
Understanding Interview Procedures
Interview Preparation and Follow-Up Advice
Clear Admit Interview Strategy Videos
Be sure to review Clear Admit’s interview preparation videos where we review different interview formats as common interview questions in the Clear Admit+ Admissions Academy Series.
Watch the rest of our Admissions Academy Interview Strategy Videos at the links below:
LiveWire Interview Invite Updates
Notified of acceptance via email / Zoom webinar on 3/27. Checked decision letter via portal and was awarded $80K in scholarship - so grateful and excited!
Email just came out 11:30pm ET.
received call around 10AM Pacific Time
Clear Admit Interview Strategy Podcast Episodes
The following podcasts provide in-depth guidance on key strategies you can use to prepare for your interviews. Be sure to give them a listen.
7 Hardest MBA Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
5 Most Common MBA Interview Questions You Need to Ace
How to Interview at Harvard Business School
Tips for the Wharton Team-Based Discussion (TBD)
Interview Report Archives
Our free archive of over 2,000 MBA admissions interview reports includes self-reported accounts from applicants with thousands and thousands of questions asked! It is the largest repository of MBA interview reports on the web. What better way to prepare than to see what interview questions schools are asking recent applicants? You can sort the archive by the specific school and also find reports that match your interview type (alumni, current student, admissions officer). You can thank us for this amazing resource by uploading your own reports when you’ve finished interviewing 😊
Clear Admit Interview Guides
- Available for 21 leading MBA programs! Our interview guides provide you with school-specific insight and strategic advice to help you ace your admissions interviews. Each Clear Admit Interview Guide includes:
- School-specific strategy
- Evaluation of how the admissions committee weighs the interview
- First-hand interview accounts
- A comprehensive list of sample questions consistently asked
- In-depth analysis on how to answer the most popular questions by that particular program
- Detailed information on planning a campus visit
MBA Applywire
I have a few spikes in my profile which might be helpful:
1. Currently working as Strategy and Business lead at Sarvam AI, one of India's leading GenAI startups with funding from Sequioa, Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed VP.
2. Worked at McKinsey for 2.5 years - worked in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Europe and India on exciting topics like Drones, AI and EVs
3. In college, I pursued 2 successful startups. One startup, ICG is still running successfully and has 200+ members. It is an AI for Social Good startup, and we have worked with WHO when COVID hit, Ministry of Environment in India, Prime Ministers Office, Noora Health on impactful AI4SG projects.
4. Worked with Google AI for a year as an external project lead on 2 AI for Social Good projects in India and Africa
5. Worked on 2 impactful projects in Africa on deforestation reduction with the UNDP and Google AI
6. I have 1 patent and 7 publications in leading AI journals under my name, including 2 by McKinsey publications (only BA to publish an article on behalf of McKinsey as a first author)
7. Received best freshman of the year and most promising leader award from my undergrad institute (IIT)
8. Worked in Japan for 2 months towards a fully funded scholarship program (only 2 students from India are selected every year)
Background:
- Asian, first-gen, international
- Junior at T25 applying to deferred programs next year
- 745 on GMAT FE, 3.76 gpa for now - might drop to 3.68
- Work Experience so far: 3 months as a product manager intern at a startup, 8 months as a business operations intern at a local company, 3 months as SWE intern at a large start-up
- Incoming SWE intern at a big digital bank and aiming for SWE at big tech post-grad
Extra-curriculars:
- Project lead in a consulting club for 1.5 years, treasurer at two student clubs for 3 years, some volunteering here and there
- Club soccer and some other sports
- Mentoring at my old high school (starting this year)
Post-MBA goals:
- Want to move towards strategy/ops, maybe vc? Want to stay within tech for sure and eventually want to do something entrepreneurial
Need a reality check on whether my list is realistic - and would love some feedback on what to work on for my app, thanks!
Background:
-American and Middle Eastern dual Citizen
-Lead engineer and project lead in manufacturing and design roles at major car OEM. 3 promotions and youngest in department.
-3.0 MechE degree from T50 university. Hoping to offset the low engineering GPA with a gmat quant, six sigma greenbelt cert, and completed MBA MATH.
Goal:
-Want to leverage the transition to EV in transportation to swap from product development engineering at major OEM to corporate product planning and strategy.
Extracurriculars:
-D&I leadership role & major company wide projects.
-Teach community teen safe driving classes on local track.
-Volunteer in company young professionals organization.
Looking to apply round 1, specifically Early Action at Duke as it is my top choice. Promoted 3 times at current company, Project Leader for 3 separate technology implementation initiatives for vertical at Fortune 500 bank, as well as leadership team member for acquisition. GPA low due health situation that impacted first two years of undergrad, made Dean's List final two years at Top 50 undergrad. Have client facing/transaction experience in banking but have been drawn to strategic initiative implementation the past 3 years, leading me to a desire to shift into consulting, specifically strategic/management with a focus on organizational behavior/mergers. Recipient of Presidential Service Award for community service related to environmental protection, state champion lacrosse coach. Would love to be on the East Coast (Boston or DC) as I have family in both cities. Thank you for any feedback!
MBA LiveWire
Notified of acceptance via email / Zoom webinar on 3/27. Checked decision letter via portal and was awarded $80K in scholarship - so grateful and excited!
Email just came out 11:30pm ET.
received call around 10AM Pacific Time