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Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Action / On-campus / 2nd year student

I had visited the campus last year, so attending a class or taking a tour was not on my agenda. Moreover, my interview was scheduled on a Saturday, so no chance of attending a class. Overall, it was a nice experience but I felt that the interview perhaps could have gone more engaging.

  1. Walk me through the resume
  2. Why MBA
  3. Why Duke
  4. Why now
  5. Leadership experience outside work
  6. Leadership experience where I failed
  7. In a team, where one partner is quiet or unwilling to work, how will you motivate or work with him/her
  8. How will you contribute to duke
  9. How will you network at Duke
  10. How will your friends describe you
  11. How are you unique? why should we take you?
  12. What motivates you?

I was careful not to talk too much on one topic and answer to the point yet be more conversational. After going midway I was asked if I had any questions for the interviewer. I asked couple of them and then the rest of the interview proceeded with more questions from the interviewer. This was my first b-school interview, so I was a little nervous before the interview, but when it started, I got comfortable. The interview though took lot of notes, and there were no follow-up questions on the same topic. I felt like the interviewer wanted to finish the given list of questions. My interview lasted @ 45 mins. (including my questions to interviewer)