Interviews
Published: January 24, 2022
UCLA Anderson Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Really conversational, very chill second-year student [interviewer]. Questions: Walk me through your resume. Why an MBA, why now? Short-term/long-term goals? Plan B short-term goals? Why are you interested in finance? Why Anderson? What will you contribute to Anderson? Greatest strength/weakness? What is your best quality when working in a team? Tell me about a time…
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Published: January 20, 2022
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 / long term goals? How…
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Published: January 19, 2022
Published: January 18, 2022
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.
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Published: January 17, 2022
Published: January 15, 2022
UPenn Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
WHARTON TBD: The TBD went as expected. The link was opened just a couple of minutes before starting. We introduced ourselves before the “clock” started ticking. When the time began, everyone presented their ideas in about 65-70 seconds. Then we started to attempt converging into an idea. It wasn’t easy at first, but everyone was…
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Published: January 15, 2022
Published: January 11, 2022
Published: January 10, 2022
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
It was really laid back and informal feeling! I spoke with Nirav Mehta (Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions), who was just so kind and easy to talk to and really put me at ease. Here’s the basic flow of the conversation. No curveballs. 1. Talk me through your resume. 2. Tell me more about…
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Published: January 3, 2022
Michigan Ross Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
I interviewed with an alumnus based out of Dallas. It seems like we were paired together based on background and location. He lives in Dallas and also works in Product Management so he was able to talk about my job and ask detailed questions about what I currently do. Questions Asked: -Walk me through your…
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Published: December 21, 2021
UVA Darden Batten Scholarship Interview: Early Action / Zoom
When I got the request for an interview, I couldn’t find much on the interview process. Given that, I thought I would share my experience. First thing to note – I got my notice of admission (EA September) well before notice of the scholarship. There were 4 people on the call, the MBA adcom I…
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Published: December 13, 2021
Published: December 10, 2021
Published: December 9, 2021
Published: December 7, 2021
Published: December 7, 2021
NYU Stern Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
Interview with Adcom. She was very nice and started the interview with a question about my pick six essay. She talked about herself as well. It was an application based interview and lasted 30 min. Questions asked: 1. About my Pick six 2. Tell me what you do at work 3. Leadership example 4. Why…
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Published: December 7, 2021
Published: December 7, 2021
USC Marshall Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / AdCom / Virtual
It was a very casual interview and she (Elaine Padilla) would ask further questions depending on what my answers were. Walk me through your resume (slowly) What are your short-term goals? Why MBA? What would your teammates say your strengths are? What is your proudest achievement? What is your favorite part of your current role?…
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Published: December 7, 2021
Published: December 5, 2021
INSEAD Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom
Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why MBA now? Why INSEAD? My short and long term goal? Leadership experience? A time I had an uncomfortable conversation at work? (This got me off guard) He noticed I had a prior masters 9 years ago and kept grilling me on my motivations. The rest of the…
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Published: December 2, 2021
UPenn Wharton Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Second-Year Students / Zoom
I participated in a team-based discussion with five other applicants. Two second-year students served as the facilitators. Immediately after the discussion, the facilitators created break-out rooms; they each met 3 participants for a 10-minute interview. The questions were standard for everyone. I know this because we (prospective students) discussed our experience before finally exiting the…
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Published: December 2, 2021
Published: December 2, 2021
Berkeley Haas Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Zoom
Interviewed in early November. As background, you get to pick an interview date and time, then you get an email with the interviewer name. You reach out to your interviewer, decide what technology platform (Google/Teams/Zoom) to use and then you set up the interview. In the interview, was asked to show form of ID, either…
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Published: December 2, 2021
Texas McCombs Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alum / Zoom
Rather standard interview, all the usual questions. (Not in this exact order): Walk through resume/professional experience. Why MBA? Why now? Short term/Long term goals? Strength and weakness in application? What did you learn about yourself from the application process? Plan B if goals don’t work out? DEI question of what global experiences have you had,…
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Published: December 2, 2021
CMU Tepper Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
I interviewed in mid-October. It was conversational and she was easy to talk to and put me at ease. She started off letting me know this was to get to know my professional background better and that it was a blind interview, she only had my resume. The questions were similar to what I had…
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