Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
The interview was resume-based, conducted in person, off campus by an alumnus. It started with Walk me through your resume and included questions about a surprising piece of feedback I have received, my greatest achievement, and my biggest challenge. I was also asked Why MBA, Why now, Why Booth, which clubs I am interested in joining, and what I would contribute to the Booth community. A significant part of the interview focused on my post-MBA goals, with several detailed follow-up questions about the specific areas and roles I want to pursue. The interview ended with time for my questions. It
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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
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Published: February 28, 2026
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I had opted for an off-campus, but in-person interview in Delhi-NCR region in India, but that was changed to virtual interview. I was matched with a 2nd-year student from Chinese descent, who had done an investment banking intern. She was awesome overall: super kind, comforting and really attentive. The overall interview was for over 50 minutes, with roughly 10 minute for questions and rest was our discussion. The only minor challenge I had was maybe she didn’t have the strongest command on English and didn’t understand some of my statements, but apart from it I felt my interview went really
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