Interview Questions & Reports

The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with two alumni off-campus in Houston, TX. INSEAD alumni can ask a variety of questions as long as they have full answers to the following core questions: Why MBA? Why now? Why INSEAD Why XXX job after INSEAD?… Read more

The following Columbia MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by an Early Decision applicant. Good luck to them! This forum was a great resource in helping me prepare for the interview and get accepted to CBS, and I wanted to submit my experience in order to help others in the future. Where as in previous… Read more

The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant. Good luck to them! This report I’m writing is about my second interview with an alumnus who was a partner at an investment banking firm. It was by far the most intense and thorough interview I had experienced, which was a bit of a… Read more

The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! A few weeks after I submitted my INSEAD application, I was contacted by an INSEAD admission’s officer to schedule interviews with two alumni: an older alumni (10 years post-INSEAD) and a younger alumni (5+ years post-INSEAD). I was instructed to… Read more

The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! Background: Indian, Male, almost 7 years of work experience in Telecom projects with 5 of those years spent in Africa, short term goal- product management in technology space, GMAT- 760 Interview Experience: I… Read more

The following Dartmouth / Tuck interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 Applicant who was waitlisted.  Interviewed in February by a second year student. It was a very routine and relaxed interview. 30 mins of questions from the interviewer and 15 minutes afterwards spent answering my questions to him about Tuck and his experience. Here’s… Read more

The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! This interview made me understand what a conversational interview really means! And I also realized it is very important to have all points ready in your mind! The alumnus had been interviewing since 12 years,… Read more

The following UCLA Anderson interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! My MBA2 interviewer described the interview timeline to me – about 30 minutes for him to ask me questions and 5 minutes at the end for me to ask him questions. Walk me through your résumé. I gave… Read more

The following Northwestern / Kellogg interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them!  I got my interview invite around Jan 25 and I scheduled it for the furthest possible date…14 days after the invite. I drove to my alumnus interviewer’s startup within my city and reached there 45 mins… Read more

The following USC Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to interview after being placed on the waitlist originally at the decision nofitication date. I submitted supplementary application materials and was contacted about 10 days later. I am not sure if this means they are… Read more

The following Harvard Business School interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! This interview was different from what I had previously done in that it was 2 people interviewing me, both whom where members of the admission committee. One had read all application materials vs. other had only… Read more

The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Interview took place in a coffee shop and my interviewer came dressed in a suit and tie. I luckily had erred on the side of caution and had worn a suit as well. This is one of my final interviews… Read more

The following USC / Marshall MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Pretty straight forward interview which I was invited to after being waitlisted without interview. Was a skype interview with member of adcom and was blind interview (only had seen my résumé). Standard questions: • Why MBA? Why… Read more

The following IESE interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! Very informal interview, probably the most comfortable of all the interviews I have done. Started off with some small talk and background on my interviewer and then switched over to my experiences and extra-curriculars. • Asked the standard why mba?… Read more

The following INSEAD interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! First interview was with an ex-BCG consultant who graduated from INSEAD 20+ years ago. The interview took place at a local coffee shop near his office. Although he showed up in suits but the entire interview was very relaxed, and… Read more

The following NYU / Stern MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! Prior to the interview I was told that Stern’s interview style was very much a two-way street between interviewer and interviewee. In other words it was very conversational. Luckily I still did my… Read more

The following Duke / Fuqua interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! I submitted my application on the day of my deadline, May 4th, for the class of 2017. I’m not sure if that was the reason I was interviewed by the Admission Officer director, but I’m… Read more

The following Babson Olin MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I interviewed with a current student. It was approximately a 40-minute interview with all standard questions. No curveballs. It was a blind-interview as he had only seen my résumé (said to use examples from application if desired)… Read more

The following Indiana / Kelley MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! The interview was pretty straightforward interview with a current second year student. Typical questions that started with walking through résumé and explaining decisions on switching from job to job. Asked about leadership experiences and… Read more

The following Michigan / Ross MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I attended the Round 3 Interview Day at Ross. There is only one on-campus interview day for Round 3, and there were about 45 people there. A week before the interview, Ross will invite you to… Read more

The following CMU / Tepper interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to Tepper’s Women’s weekend, which was held on campus. There were about 50 women there, and there was a day of events geared towards showing women why Tepper is a good place to pursue… Read more

The following UPenn / Wharton interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant was who admitted. Congratulations to them! The atmosphere was competitive yet friendly. Since no one knows what to expect in the team-based dynamic (TBD), it is a good idea to arrive early in order to know the people in your group. The… Read more

The following Yale SOM interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 1 applicant.  Everyone was very friendly and welcoming. The school had a full day of activities planned out for us prospective students. At the same time, people were nervous, asking about how the interview went for you (if you went before them), etc. I… Read more

The following UVA / Darden MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 2 applicant who was admitted. Congratulations to them! Thank you Clear Admit for these wonderful interview reports! I completed an interview with Darden for the second round, and it was EXACTLY what I expected based on previous interview reports. Most other interviews… Read more

The following Cornell / Johnson MBA interview report was submitted to Clear Admit by a Round 3 applicant. Good luck to them! I was invited to attend the Johnson LEAD Event, which was a two-day leadership and team-building event/interview. It was an excellent opportunity to meet my potential future classmates, engage with current students and faculty, and talk with… Read more