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Published: December 7, 2010
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Video Skype
The interview was conducted by an Adcom officer, it was very informal and pleasant. There were no probing questions about how, what or why. She said I would have about 30-45 min to simply “ tell my story”. She asked me to hit upon the following points: College Grad school Work experiences Why I made some of the choices in my career Why MBA and why now I went into detail about why I picked my undergrad college, why that major and what I really gained from it. How I got my masters degree picked my first job. A little
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Published: December 7, 2010
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: ound 1 / Hub office Off-campus / Adcom
Here are some questions I was asked (lots of them were prob related to my personal background): Why did you choose [my college]? Where else did you apply? You didn’t get to visit [my college] right? So what did you find about [my college] that was different than what you were expecting? How would you compare the culture between [IBank #1] and [IBank #2] during your two internships? What did you do during each internship? Lets say you’re in your learning team, and your teammate knows nothing in finance. Explain to him about this [M&A sell-side deal at my previous
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Published: December 7, 2010
Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alum / On Campus / Round 1
I wanted to share my Johnson interview experience. My interview was scheduled for 6th of December at 3:15 PM. Starting from Pittsburgh, I had no idea what I was entering into. The GPS took me through the Allgheny forest with its icy roads and my car nearly skidded of the road. The highways were no better as they were mostly covered in the snow storm coming out of the lakes. I finally reached Ithaca by 5 in the evening (night probably 🙂 )…. I attended the Information session at Johnson with Surabh Prasad, a current 1st year student. I would recommend
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Published: December 5, 2010
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On campus / Second-year student
The Super Saturday event started with an hour-long registration – 30-minute interviews were scheduled throughout the afternoon and each interviewee was assigned a slot. After registration, the dean welcomed the interviewees and answered any question that interviewees wanted to ask for about an hour – he spoke about himself and why he started as dean, current events at the school, and the future direction of Ross. The dean was extremely conversational and informal in his speech, making everyone feel welcome and comfortable (or as much as one can be waiting for an interview.) Besides the interview, there were multiple 1-hour
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Published: December 4, 2010
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
After the first round acceptance, I was informed that I would be contacted by the admin team who would provide me with the details of my interviewer. We then had to schedule an interview prior to the 30th of Nov. The interview was at my interviewer’s office @ 8 am. My interviewer had graduated from LBS over 15 years ago, but has maintained good contact with the school. Our careers were not related, but we had both began in Engineering. Although it was scheduled for an hour, it went on for 2 hours (more because of both parties had alot
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Published: December 2, 2010
Published: December 2, 2010
UCLA / Anderson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
My interviewer was an executive at my former workplace and had booked a meeting room at his office. It was a mixture of formal and informal questions. He had a list of questions that he said was mandated to him by the admissions staff + general questions that he was interested in. List of interview questions: Walk me through your resume Why MBA? Why Now? Why UCLA? What other schools did you apply to? Based on your current interests, have you looked into schools x and y? If you got into all your schools, why would you pick UCLA over
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Published: December 2, 2010
Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alum / Off-Campus / Round 1
I had an alumni interview in November where we met at the interviewer’s office. Everything was pretty relaxed and total time was about 30-35 minutes during which the interviewer wrote notes on my responses using forms provided by Cornell. Tell me about yourself. Why Cornell? What other schools did you apply to? Why? Why MBA? What are your career goals? Why are you applying to the other schools? (the interviewer seemed to want more detail to show the connection between the schools) Tell me about a time you displayed leadership. Tell me about a time you had to overcome a
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Published: November 30, 2010
UNC / Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions Interview Questions: EA Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
I recently completed my UNC interview on the 27th of November. The interview lasted roughly 1 hr 20 mins and was with an alumnus in Mumbai. Location: his office Time : morning, 11:30 am Resources used : it was a blind interview , he asked me for my resume and read through it before we began A summary of questions asked top 3 accomplishments team work walk me through your resume community involvement and extra curriculars a lot of grilling on why MBA, why UNC and short term and long term goals plan B if the school rejects you small town/ big
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Published: November 30, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
Lauder Interview Had my interview in a meeting room at the alumnus’ office.. thankfully we stopped to grab some water before going in to the meeting room. Interviewer started off by telling me a little bit about his background and then asked me to do the same. The interview overall was pretty laid-back and conversational and I asked questions throughout the interview as well as at the end. Specific questions I was asked included: Tell me about yourself. What are your short term and long term goals? – We discussed these in more depth – he had some follow up
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Published: November 29, 2010
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alumni / Off-campus
First Interview: My interviewer is a CEO of an Investment Company in Abu Dhabi, he’s Lebanese and so down-to-earth; a graduate of McGill (Engineering) and Stanford (Ms Eng). The interview time was 45 minutes, and i felt it went very positive especially that i was very motivated and passionate. Major questions asked: Tell me about yourself… it’s like walk me through your resume.. he wanted to know about my background and experience, and the major events in my life. He then asked a lot of questions (even in details) about my company (structure, activity, how do we get projects/clients etc…)
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Published: November 29, 2010
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
I just completed my offcampus interview today with an alum at Starbucks. The conversation was causal for me and it lasted about 45 minutes. Most questions are general: Why MBA? Why Booth? short and long term goals? What’s my background? I also had question about my internship in college. My interviewer definitely studied my resume beforehand. This question below came to me as an odd ball, but I just went with my first instinct: What do I consider successful? Good luck people.
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Published: November 28, 2010
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
I had my interview a few days back and I have listed some of the questions that I was asked (at least the ones I remember!) My interviewer was from the same industry as me; in fact the company she works for is a major client of ours! We met in her office at 5 pm and the interview lasted a little more than an hour. The questions in random order are listed below.. What would your team mates have to say about you? How do you handle pressure/ stress? What are some of your limitations/ weaknesses? Example of when
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Published: November 23, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Second-year student / On-campus
For the morning interview with 2nd year student, it’s 3 behavior questions on resolving team conflict, being in a team that others aren’t focused, and defend your idea when people disagree with you. During the beginning introduction 5min and the finishing question sessions, the conversation between the interviewer and me was very friendly, I think I’ve delivered my passion for the school, and made a few jokes that made the interviewer genuinely laugh, and I seemed to have built the rapport between us. However, during these two phases, he did not take any notes. Then during the 3 behavior questions
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Published: November 22, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On-campus / Second-year Student
The interview atmosphere was very casual. After waiting for about ten minutes in the admissions office waiting room, I was escorted to an interview room by a second-year MBA student. The first five minutes of the interview was a casual conversation outlining the items on my resume. The interviewer then said he had to “get through” some specific questions. After he asked a question, I would respond, and he would frequently comment on my responses, or ask follow-up questions. It was a very casual, conversational interview. Some specific questions that were asked: Tell me some of your weaknesses Describe your
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Published: November 21, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus
I completed my Wharton interview today. Very briefly, a few notes on the interview: 1. About 30 minutes (however I was allowed to ask quite a few questions and therefore it was about 35-40 minutes I think) 2. Questions: A time when you had to consider others’ feelings/opinions while working on a project. A time when there was no formally assigned leader. A time when you had to get others’ buy in. Questions for the interviewer
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Published: November 21, 2010
Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alum / Off-Campus / Round 1
I had my alum interview recently. It was a fairly relaxed interview for about 40-50 min. I was asked the below questions – Talk about yourself Why MBA Why Cornell? What other schools are you applying to and why? What have you done to learn about Cornell? Team handling – various situations What do you expect from Cornell? What can Cornell expect from you (During Cornell and after Cornell)? Why not Indian BSchool? Why US ? (I had spoken about returning to India as my long term goal)
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Published: November 19, 2010
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
I had an interview with an alum from the MMM program (since that’s what I’m applying for). It was a very relaxed interview. I took the train to meet up with the interviewer, and then we walked from the station to a coffee place. During the walk, we talked about basic introductory things, just basically getting to know each other. I actually answered the “Why do you want to go to business school” question while in line waiting for my drink! When we sat down, I produced my resume and we went through it. Most of the questions were actually
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Published: November 18, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-Campus
The interview lasted for 35-40 minutes. The interviewer was really nice and encouraging throughout. After talking generally for 2-3 minutes, the interviewer told me that we would have some serious questions now and that the interviewer would be writing a lot and that I shouldn’t stop or get disturbed on that account. Inspite of that, the interviewer made decent eye contact and did not stop me while I spoke. I was asked three questions with follow-up questions after my initial reply to each of them. Tell me about a time when while working in a group, you considered the opinions
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Published: November 18, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
The interview lasted for 45 minutes. The interviewer was a recent alum who created a really laid-back, straight to the point, low-pressure atmosphere. After chatting for a few minutes about her work experience, we went straight into the behavioral questions. She said she would ask me 3 serious behavioral questions, followed by an open session to ask questions of her afterwards. After our interview, she commented that Wharton had changed their interview format this year from previous years and the focus on behavioral questions was entirely new. 1. Tell me about a time when you worked in a group to
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Published: November 18, 2010
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
Just finished my interview with an alumni (2010 graduate). It went well, it was definitely fun. 90 minutes in total, at a Starbucks. We talked briefly about each others day at work, and she led that conversation into describing my current role. It wasn’t strictly structured, more conversational but covered all of the questions: Why Booth Why MBA Why now What if I hate my internship what is Plan B Describe my leadership style with an example Teamwork Professional groups at Booth Social clubs at Booth 3 things my friends would describe about me What other schools I’ve applied to
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Published: November 15, 2010
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alum / Off-Campus
The interview was 30 minutes long. After chatting for a few minutes, the interview explained that we would be conducting a behavioral interview and that she would be taking lots of notes. For the next 23 minutes I was asked a total of three questions. Tell me when you have ensured that a task has been completed, when others seemed less focused than you on completing it. Describe a time when you worked towards an important goal and had to address conflict between two or more team members. Explain a time when you persuaded others to your way of thinking,
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Published: November 14, 2010
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
My interviewer was an Alumnus in an international city. The guy holds an important position of an Investment Bank and the interview was in a meeting room at his office. He arrived 20 min late to our appointment (I waited him in the meeting room). When he finally arrived he apologized for keeping me waiting and quickly started talking. We exchanged business cards and he presented himself briefly. He told me that he had been working and living in several continents (as I did) and explained about his different positions he has held. He was clearly a successful finance guy.
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Published: November 14, 2010
Tepper MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Phone / Adcom
The questions for my interview (11th November, 2010) were: Discuss your profile work & responsibilities, How does a typical work day looks like for you Why MBA , why now. Why Tepper Some leadership experience Something that you will like to share from outside work. What will be your biggest contribution to Tepper community. What do you think you have to gain most out of Tepper community. Any questions for me. My interview was with Krystal Brooks and she seems to be a nice person with a very sweet voice and you should have no problems understanding her. (if you
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Published: November 13, 2010
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
Hey all, I just finished my off-campus alumni interview this evening. My interviewer was very pleasant and the interview, quite conversational. The interview lasted an hour and was at a Starbucks. I’ve paraphrased some of the questions as I don’t remember them verbatim. Tell me about yourself. So why’re you seeking an MBA now? Why Booth? Talk about your leadership experience. What/who has influenced your leadership style? Give an example of a leadership-based conflict. What role do you take on in a team? How have you handled a team-based conflict? (Follow-up questions specific to my story) Booth has classes that
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