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Stanford GSB MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Virtual
Alum was a very senior exec. Relaxed, conversational interview, lasted just over an hour. About 30 minutes of behavioral questions followed by 30 minutes of more open chatting. No “tell me about yourself,” “why MBA,” or “why Stanford” questions, just three TMATs that we dug into a bit more detail on. Had a great time. The three TMAT questions were: 1. TMAT you accomplished something you were really proud of. 2. TMAT you went above and beyond. 3. TMAT you helped someone else develop their skill set. These were actually the only “planned” questions for me. All of the others
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USC Marshall MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / Zoom
I had my interview earlier this week (3/4) with a first-year student. The interview was conversational and my interviewer was very nice and understanding of any nerves I had. Since I’m filling this out a few days after, I can’t quite remember what I was asked but I’d recommend you be prepared to address the following topics: – Tell me about yourself / walk me through your resume. – Why Marshall? – Short / Long-term Goals? – TMAT you faced a challenge. – Leadership example. – Questions for the interviewer. Another thing worth noting,
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WashU Olin MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Alumnus / Zoom
Interview happened over Zoom. The interviewer was friendly and let me know he had read my file, but wanted to learn more about my journey. Lasted 30 minutes. It was extremely engaging and interactive. 1. Tell me about yourself & why MBA. 2. TMAT you failed. 3. How will your colleagues describe you? 4. TMAT you used data to solve an issue. 5. What are you most excited about OLIN MBA? 6. What are you not looking forward to in B-school? 7. Any questions for me?
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NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
My interview was very nice – the adcom emphasized the purpose of the conversation as an opportunity to bring my application to life / get to know me better. This was the general flow/questions asked: – Acknowledged my pick 6, but didn’t ask any questions about it. – Why an MBA and why now? – Asked about my short-term goals (3-5 years), but I also took the opportunity to lightly mention my long-term goals. – How will I leverage NYU’s career resources? (generally talked about the recruiting process) – She gave me the opportunity to
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INSEAD MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / 2 Different Alumni / Zoom
I had 2 separate interviews that lasted about an hour each. The alumni I interviewed with seemed to be assigned based on my current geographic location. Each were very conversational and were a mix of behavioral and application/resume-based questions, with time for me to ask questions at the end. Some of the questions asked: Give me 2 things you would like to highlight from your resume. It is a 10-month accelerated program. Tell me about a time you worked under stress? Why MBA? Why INSEAD? How would INSEAD help you achieve career goals? What would
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LBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-Campus
It was very conversational, with a mix of application-based and behavioral questions. At the end, there was a presentation/case in which I had 5 minutes to prepare a 2-5 minute presentation. Some of the questions asked: Tell me about yourself. Why study an MBA? Why at LBS? Describe a typical day at work. Tell me about a time when you spoke up and it went well. Tell me about a time when you spoke up and it did not go well. Tell me about a time when you implemented an out-of-the-box idea.
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SMU Cox MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
They asked me 10 questions and then I had some time to ask questions. 1. Describe your career. 2. Day in the life doing your job? 3. Why did you choose your degree? 4. Career goal for after completing your MBA? 5. Back-up career goal? 6. How do you handle breaking bad news to a manager or peer? 7. How do you handle working on a team and someone isn’t pulling their weight? 8. International city you would want to spend time in and why? 9. How would you judge your
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UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Wharton/Feb 25, 2025/Admissions Round 2 Group interview took place over Zoom. Was overall a friendly and calming atmosphere. My group was friendly and collaborative. Everyone seemed to be aware that we weren’t necessarily competing against one another. Group interview was proctored by two second-year students. Was paired with one of them to do a quick 10minute 1:1 interview. Questions were just reflecting on the TBD, like how did you think it went, what would you do differently. Was less stressful than anticipated.
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HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus
The atmosphere of my HBS interview was slightly tense, but the admissions team did what they could to create a welcoming environment. Interviewees gathered in a designated welcome center, where many of us were visibly anxious while waiting for our assigned time slots. Once called, about ten of us were escorted to a second holding room before being brought individually into separate interview rooms. The interview itself was highly tailored—my interviewer was incredibly familiar with my application. The questions were deep and focused primarily on my industry experience, why I have excelled relative to my peers, what I have learned
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Published: February 27, 2025
Stanford GSB MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Off-campus
Interview lasted around 1 hour and 25 mins (schedule for 1 hour). Took place in the Alum’s office in London. I didn’t get the walk me through your resume/ tell me about yourself question. We just chit chatted about where in Italy I’m from since the alum is also Italian. Before he dove into questions, he told me what to expect: he told me he’d interrupt me because he knows what he’s looking for so if I were going in the wrong direction or if he already got what he wanted he’d move to the next question. Here are the
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Published: February 24, 2025
Yale SOM MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Interviewer was very friendly. 20 minutes for questions followed by “What questions do you have for me?” -Tell me about a time when you had to resolve a conflict. -Tell me about an accomplishment you’re proud of and why it was meaningful to you. -Why did you pick the quote you submitted? -What research did you do before applying to business school? -How would you contribute to the Yale SOM community? -Is there anything you wish I’d asked?
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Published: February 24, 2025
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual
Very conversational discussion with an alumni. Skipped resume walkthrough and built in a lot more time for the interpersonal questions. Make sure to prep for as many of those as you can. Questions were: Why MBA? Why now? Why Booth? What do you want to get involved with and how do you want to contribute at Booth? Tell me about a time you faced a challenge working in a team. Tell me about a time you had to ask for help. Also tell me about a time you had to help someone else at work. Tell me about areas of
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Published: February 24, 2025
Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
Straightforward interview with adcom – casual, but very 1 question/1 answer vibe. Not a lot of interactive questions. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA, why now, ST LT Goals? (all in one question) 3. Why McDonough? 4. How are you preparing for the quantitative nature of our program? 5. TMAT you received feedback. I believe a couple more TMAT, but nothing out of the ordinary – the other interview questions here were very helpful! Then left time to ask interviewer questions as well. Finished around 25 mins.
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Published: February 23, 2025
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom
Most of the time spent on tier 1 questions all interviews will have with focus on Why CBS / where does CBS rank, you need to have that prepped and ironclad for this program. Questions List: Resume walkthrough. Short- and long-term goals? Why MBA? Why CBS? Where else did you apply and where does CBS rank? Tell me about a time you were faced with a challenge at work and how you worked around it. Questions for the interviewer.
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Published: February 22, 2025
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Date: February 2025 Interviewer: Second-Year Student Format: Virtual (Zoom) Duration: ~45 minutes Interview Experience: My Booth interview was conducted by a second-year student and was overall a structured, but somewhat frustrating experience. The interviewer did not have a background in my field, which led to several moments of disconnect during our conversation. Throughout the interview, I noticed that she zoned out multiple times and even yawned on a few occasions, which made the interaction feel disengaged. Additionally, she frequently interrupted my responses and asked me to repeat answers, even for relatively simple concepts. This made it
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Published: February 19, 2025
Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It lasted for 45-50 minutes. It was conversational. She made comments and shared her point of view on my stories – which show that she really engaged with our conversation. It started with her introduction about herself/ her internship then some typical questions: Tell me about yourself. Why MBA? Why now? Why Fuqua? Then a series of TMA questions: 1. Ethical dilemma 2. Gave feedback to others 3. Miscommunication Then some questions about Fuqua 1. What you wanna do at Fuqua? 2. What team Fuqua mean to you?
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Published: February 18, 2025
Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual
Interview was a Zoom chat with a local alumnus. Pretty conversational / laid back demeanor. Questions included: (1) Resume walkthrough. (2) Why MBA? (3) Why Fuqua? (4) What do you want to be involved in on campus? (5) When did you run into an obstacle and how did you get past it? (6) Describe a couple leaders you’ve had exposure to and admire. And then thereafter gave me time to ask questions. Time: ~45 minutes.
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Published: February 18, 2025
HBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
I decided to go to a in-person interview, i went to some classes, had a little tour and was anxiously waiting for the hard-balled questions i was told i was going to get in the interview… To my surprise, they never came. The interview was very amicable with “easy,” sometimes superficial, questions. I had heard of deep questions been thrown at candidates, but I almost got none of those. I can’t seem to make out what this means, knowing that some other candidates did, in fact, get those types of questions and from my understanding that is the norm, and
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Published: February 17, 2025
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I had a great conversation with a second-year student. She asked me the following questions: 1. Tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume. 2. Why Anderson? Why is it the right school for you? 3. What are my career goals and how will Anderson help you prepare? 4. What’s your plan B? How will you manage that in your career search? 5. Tell me about a time you faced a challenge and how you overcame it. 6. Tell me about a time you made a positive impact that you are most
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Published: February 17, 2025
Carnegie Mellon MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
Interview was extremely conversational. The adcom was attentive and taking notes and commenting on specific aspects of my answers. She made me feel extremely comfortable and honestly, I enjoyed the conversation. Following were my questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why MBA Now? 4. Why Tepper? 5. What do you hope to learn from Tepper? 6. What would you contribute to Tepper? 7. What kind of a role do you play in a team setting? 8. TMAT – Conflict/ you had to convince someone. 9. What drives you/motivates
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Published: February 17, 2025
Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Virtual
Very chill and conversational interview. Interview ended in about 20- 25 mins with 5-10 mins to ask questions to the interviewer Tell me about yourself. Why MBA now? Why Tepper? Short term and long term goals? Where are you planning to work after your MBA? How will you learn from your peers and how will you contribute to your community? How do you approach working with different people in the team?
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Published: February 16, 2025
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was very laid back and straightforward – Super casual to begin where we discussed a bit about my work and appreciation for the Northern California area (I have family out there). We then started through the traditional questioning: 1. Tell me a bit about yourself. 2. Why do you want an MBA? 3. Why Haas? 4. Tell me about a time when you acted on creating Diversity & inclusion throughout your life. 5. How will you bring that perspective into Haas? 6. Tell me about a time that you encountered a challenge.
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Published: February 16, 2025
UCLA Anderson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interviewer was very friendly, but I could tell she had a list on hand and was in a bit of a hurry. No small talk in the beginning. She quickly introduced herself and started the questions. 1. Self-introduction. 2. Career goal? 3. What if things don’t go as expected (plan B)? 4. TMAT you had disagreement with your colleagues/ managers. 5. TMAT you encountered ambiguous project scope. 6. What clubs in Anderson would you like to participate in? Then she left the remaining 5 minutes for me to ask her questions.
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Published: February 16, 2025
Indiana Kelley MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The interview was 1 hour long, although I finished answering his questions in the first half an hour. It was primarily behavioral. He asked me the “tell me about yourself” part and then almost every question following was behavioral. I think he asked for my career goals, but didn’t ask me anything about why MBA, why Kelley, what would I bring, etc. He had a script and he stuck to it. I was prepared for some behavioral questions, but not so many. There were a lot and I can’t remember most, but here are a few I remember: -TMAT
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Published: February 16, 2025
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Virtual
The interview started with some informal conversation and introductions, which naturally flowed into some of the standard MBA interview questions (tell me about yourself, why MBA, why Haas, what are your goals). The conversation felt very genuine and not as scripted/formal as some other interviews. We then did a few behavioral questions – TMA an experience with diversity, TMAT you took a professional risk, TMAT you led a group to consensus/boosted morale, maybe 1 more. There were 10 min at the end to ask questions about Haas, and the whole interview lasted 1 hour. It was a great experience!
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