Columbia
Below are MBA admissions interview questions and experiences submitted by CBS MBA applicants. If you interviewed at Columbia, we encourage you to submit a report detailing your experience!Interview Questions & Reports
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alum / Zoom
Was notified of interview invite and was matched with a recent alum and instructed to schedule Zoom interview. I provided my resume to the interviewer when scheduling the interview, but the interviewer had not seem my application or read my essays. Questions asked: Why MBA / why CBS? Short term... Read more »
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Rolling / Alumna / Zoom
Interview was pretty standard: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? Why Columbia? 3. What is your leadership style? 4. Anything else you would like admissions team to know that’s not on your application? 5. Any questions for me? She submitted her feedback same day.
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumni / Virtual
Pretty standard small talk & intros for first 5 minutes. Talk me through your resume. Why do you want an MBA and why from Columbia? What are your short-term and long-term career goals? What is your backup plan if those goals don’t work out? How do you think you’ll contribute... Read more »
CBS Interview Questions & Report: Early Decision / Alumnus / Zoom
Interviewed 11/5. Interview was blind, although I had sent over my resume ahead of time. Questions: – Tell me about yourself / walk me through your resume. – Why an MBA – which flowed naturally into Why Columbia. – What does your team structure look like at work? – What... Read more »
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GPA: 3.99.GMAT: 730.Philadelphia.
GPA: 3.85.GMAT: 720.
GPA: 3.42.GMAT: 730.USA.
GPA: 3.7.Midwest US.
GPA: 3.44.DC.
GPA: 3.0.Pakistan.
GPA: 3.54.GMAT: 710.
Mexico.
GPA: 3.7.GMAT: 710.
GMAT: 720.Midwest.
MBA DecisionWire
Admitted: Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Duke / Fuqua, Harvard Business School, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU Stern, UVA / Darden
GRE: 317 GPA: 3.9
Post-MBA Career: Other
Admitted: Berkeley / Haas, Columbia, Georgetown / McDonough, NYU Stern
GMAT: 760 GPA: 3.9
Post-MBA Career: Media
Admitted: U. Chicago Booth, Columbia, Harvard Business School, NYU Stern, UPenn / Wharton
GMAT: 760
Post-MBA Career: Technology
Admitted: Columbia, Northwestern / Kellogg, Yale SOM
GRE: 323 GPA: 3.91
Post-MBA Career: Entrepreneurship
