The Harvard interview happened to be with the person who led an local reception in September. I had talked with her a little at the event. When she came to get me for my interview today, she said she recognized me. Also, once I knew it was her that was going to be interviewing me, I became much less nervous because I knew she was not likely to be too tough based on my past interaction with her and her personality. HBS is known for occasionally conducting stress interviews. She went out of her way to make sure I was comfortable (adjusting the blinds and such.) It was in her office. There was a table and two round chairs. We first talked about the weather in my city as compared to Boston and she encouraged me to be conversational in the interview. Mostly basic questions. No curve balls.
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MBA Livewire
January 2, 2026 10:16pm ET
Applied
to
UPenn / Wharton
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
United States, San Francisco
January 2, 2026 10:00pm ET
Applied
to
Harvard Business School
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
United States, San Francisco
January 2, 2026 9:59pm ET
Applied
to
Columbia
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
January 2, 2026 4:53pm ET
Rejected
at
UVA / Darden
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
on
December 09, 2025
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.17
GRE:
334
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Consulting
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Nigeria, Lagos
Note:
I was surprised at this decision, at the same time not very surprised as the interview didn’t go that well for me and I feel that was what possibly drove the decision, the interviewer (2Y MBA Student) was quite out of touch with my pre MBA career field and struggled to understand my response to the interview questions, she had to draw me back a couple of times to understand what I was speaking about, so I can imagine how she was able to make a case for me when she was struggling to understand me.
January 2, 2026 4:01pm ET
Waitlisted
at
Duke / Fuqua
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
on
December 10, 2025
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.17
GRE:
334
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Nigeria, Lagos