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Published: November 9, 2025
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Very conversational interview. Opened with the student sharing about her background and introducing herself. Shared some laughs and mostly asked behavioral questions followed by Q&A. – Walk me through your resume. – Why MBA and why now? – Why Ross & how will you contribute? – Tell me about a time (TMAT) when you failed. – TMAT when you had a setback / things didn’t go as planned. – TMAT when you had to adjust cultures. – TMAT when you had to deal with ambiguity. – TMAT when (hard to remember this one.
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Published: November 8, 2025
Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
My Duke Fuqua interview took place on campus with a second-year MBA student. The interview lasted an hour and followed a structured, but conversational flow. The first few minutes were for introductions, followed by roughly 40 minutes of formal questions and 15 minutes for questions of my own. The interview was held in a small, quiet room, which initially felt a bit sterile, but the tone quickly shifted once we began talking. The interviewer started with some light small talk before diving into multi-part questions, often two- or three-part prompts that required thoughtful pacing to answer clearly. The first question
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Published: November 4, 2025
Emory Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The Interviewer was friendly and very professional. Resume-based interview. Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What does your role entail on a day-to-day basis? 3. Do you have any direct reports or how have you demonstrated leadership? 4. What 3 words will your co-workers or collaborators use to describe you? 5. Short-term and Long-term post-MBA career goals and why MBA? 6. Why Goizueta? 7. Any questions?
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Published: November 2, 2025
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
3rd party interviewer, unsure of her relation to the MBA program or school. Tell me about yourself, and motivations for all the choices you made professionally leading to today. ST / LT Career Goals? Why MBA now? Why Kenan-Flagler? TMAT you displayed leadership. TMAT you worked under tight deadlines. TMAT when your ethics were compromised, what did you do? Anything else the committee should know about you? Given the chance to ask 2 questions before running out of time. Conversational, a little more rigid compared to other schools that have 2nd-year students interview, but the interviewer was nice and easy
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Published: November 2, 2025
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview lasted about 23 minutes and was friendly. The Adcom was very receptive throughout. Questions Asked: – Why an MBA and why UNC? – Tell me about a time you received constructive criticism. – Tell me about a time you had to make a hard decision. – What do you like about working in a team, and what do you not like? – What is one thing you’ve done that you’re most proud of? – What type of environment do you enjoy working in? – What are two or three things you
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Published: November 1, 2025
Published: October 28, 2025
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The officer started by asking me to introduce myself. Because of the time difference, we also had a quick chat about whether I’m a daytime/nighttime person. These are the major questions she asked: 1. How would you describe your role and leading style in a team? 2. Why MBA now? Why Stern and NYC? 3. What will you do to secure a seat of internship and a post-MBA offer for a consulting firm? 4. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 5. What will you bring to Stern? 6. Questions for the officer herself. The
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Published: October 26, 2025
SMU Cox MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
It was pretty casual and conversational. Some of the questions I got asked were: Tell me about yourself – not related to work. Walk me through your resume. TMAT you received constructive feedback. If you could travel somewhere, where would you go? How would your teammates describe you? TMA your greatest achievement. Then I had time to ask questions at the end and learned about next steps.
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Published: October 26, 2025
Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / First-Year Student / Zoom
1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Why MBA? Why now? 3) Why McDonough? 4) Short/Long Term Goals? 5) Are you/how are you prepared for the quantitative rigor of the course? 6) How would you contribute to the community if you were a student? 7) Where does McDonough rank out of the schools you applied to? What would be the decision making factor if you got in to all schools? 8) Tell me something that is not on your resume that you would like for me to know. Not a single TMAT or behavioral
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Published: October 21, 2025
Michigan Ross MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Zoom
The interview was very low threat and conversational. He introduced himself and outlined some of the mandatory questions he had to ask (tell me about yourself, why Ross, etc.) and then dove in to personality questions that frankly I wasn’t prepared for, but felt like I came up with a good enough answer on the spot. He asked: Who is your favorite historical figure? What company do you think has had the biggest impact on the world and why? What are you most proud of from your work experience? If you had a magic wand to change one thing in
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Published: October 21, 2025
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview was with an adcom member. It was pretty cool and really conversational. The questions were: I have your resume, but could you please walk me through your academic and professional experience? What are your short- and long-term goals? Why is Cornell a good fit to achieve them? How have you prepared for recruitment? What clubs do you plan to join and how do you intend to contribute to Cornell?
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Published: October 20, 2025
Published: October 20, 2025
Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Report: Early Round / Current Student / Zoom
Interviewed by a Year 2 current student, interview lasts for ~43min + 15min of “ask me a question.” I got the following questions: Self-introduction (addressed my career goal in this part) Why Fuqua? Why do you think you are ready for MBA? How would your colleague describe you and your leadership style? What is your weakness and how will Fuqua help you become a better leader? TMAT handling conflict. What makes you stand out comparing with your peers? TMAT when you made a positive impact. Any questions for me? The interviewer was nice and willing to share her perspective. And
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Published: October 19, 2025
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumna / Zoom
The interview was very on-script, it ran long so I was not able to ask any questions, she kind of cut me off and said have a nice day. The questions I got were: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why now for an MBA & Why UNC? 3. TMAT you made a mistake / failed at work. 4. TMAT you had a disagreement with your manager or someone on your team. 5. TMAT your manager or someone has said you were hard to work with. 6. TMAT you received constructive criticism.
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Published: October 19, 2025
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Google Meet
Very conversational. She shared about herself. Asked me to share about myself. Then asked the following questions: Why CBS? What are your short-term goals and how do they connect to your long-term goals? Tell me about a project where you led a team and produced a good result. What is your greatest challenge? What is your proudest achievement? (personal or professional) If you had to tell the admissions committee one sentence about you, what would it be? Tell me about a time you got feedback and what you did about it.
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Published: October 12, 2025
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Very conversational. Got paired with someone from my college. Second year told me about their background. Gave me time at the end for questions. They asked me: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA, why Tuck? What is your short-term goal? Tell me about at time you worked with others. What is a strength? What is a weakness? Tell me about a time you got feedback and how you handled it. Anything else you want the adcom to know?
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Published: October 12, 2025
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The adcom interviewer sarted the convo asking about one of my Pick Six. More questions: What is a project I am most proud of? What are your strengths? Provide an example on how you demonstrate them. What is a characteristic in a leader that you value? Why MBA? Why Stern? Why is consulting your short-term goal? Name companies you are looking to recruit with. How will you land the internship and full-time job? What will plan B look like for an internship/post grad job?
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Published: October 9, 2025
Minnesota Carlson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview lasted 30-minutes with an Adcom, she created a comfortable atmosphere throughout. The questions were a mix of fit-based and behavioral, covering both my background and motivations for pursuing an MBA. Here’s a summary of what was asked: – How did you hear about Carlson? – Why Carlson? – Tell me about a time you had to change your communication style. – Tell me about a time you used data to make a decision. – Walk me through your CV. – What are your short-term and long-term goals? – What other schools
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Published: September 14, 2025
Emory Goizueta Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom / One-Year MBA
I had a virtual Zoom interview with Ashly Galuppo. Interview went for about 30 mins. She was very courteous and started by giving a brief introduction about herself. Then asked me to: 1) Take her through my journey (both professional and personal) in 3 minutes. 2) Asked about my current role, a day in my work life and number of reportees I have. 3) Why MBA and Short-Term goals? 4) Which Full-Time program are you applying to? 5) Why the One Year program? 6) How will you leverage the program to achieve your goals? 7) TMAT when you faced setback
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UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Deferred Admission / Adcom / Zoom
This interview was a team-based discussion with 5 other applicants over Zoom. We arrived 10 mins before the beginning of the interview to meet each other and learn a bit about our backgrounds. After that, we began the team-based discussion. The prompt was to come up with a proposal for a new social impact community at Wharton. We each presented an idea for one minute, discussed for 25 minutes, and then presented to the adcom for 5 minutes. After this, we waited in the main Zoom room while each person was called into a breakout with the adcom for a
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Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
Interviewed by AdCom who was not the official reader of my application, but received notes from my reader. Interviewer also had questions that they ask all candidates. They were friendly and approachable! 1. That’s a bit about my background. Could you share about yours? I have your resume so I know you went to X School could you tell me a little bit about where you’re from and your undergrad experience and what you’re doing right now? 2. Yep tell me about your current position. What are some things that you do? In simple terms, what does your job
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Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Zoom
Interviewed by alum in a senior position in Big 4. Felt good to be interviewed by someone in industry. He was nice. 1. If you could give me some background about yourself and walk me through your resume. What brings you here this evening? 2. You answered a bit about my next question which is why MBA and why now… seems like you want to develop the tool kit to pivot into X industry? 3. Did you consider out of undergrad? 4. What if X company has a hiring freeze? What is your plan B? 5.
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UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
1. Share more about your background… academic journey inside and outside of class… professional life… what has motivated you… some personal context on your upbringing that you may want to share (all in one question) 2. Why did you do your undergrad in the US> (I’m an international) 3. Could you talk about your time at X company? 4. What has growth looked like for you at work, and what are you particularly proud of? 5. You studied and worked away from your home culture, what has been your growth as it relates to working with
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CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Deferred / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It was very conversational. He was really nice and really tried to get to know me and share his experiences. There weren’t any structured questions, but more sharing an experience and then asking how I would react in that situation. Asked: – Tell me about yourself. – Why MBA? Why Columbia? – Tell me about how you would react in a team that didn’t work well together. – Asked more about specific clubs in Columbia I would join. – Any questions for me?
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MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
Had a fantastic interview with the MIT Sloan Adcom team. I was a member of the waitlist from Round 2 and was invited for interview at Round 3 Decisions on 24 April. Very conversational, open and friendly, felt more like a thoughtful chat over coffee with a mentor compared to a formal interview. 1. Any updates since you submitted your application and waitlist updates? I spoke on activities that had materialized over the last couple of months, that I did not mention in the application or waitlist updates. It led to a tangential conversation on the current
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