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Published: December 2, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / 2nd-Year Student / On-campus
I visited Wharton a couple of days ago, sat in on a class and then had an interview with a second year student. While waiting in the admissions office, first year students took turns sitting down with the prospective students and talked about their experiences at Wharton (what brought them to Wharton, their classes, extracurriculars, housing, etc.) and answered any questions. Promptly at 11:15, my interviewer approached me in the office and we went back to the interview rooms. The interview room is a small enclosed room with a table, two chairs and a clock. It was actually well suited
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Published: December 2, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / 2nd-Year Student / On-campus
I interviewed at Wharton on-campus on 12/1. Few questions I remember are Explain about your career progress since you graduated? How do you manage a global team? How do you motivate your team members? How do you deal with challenges in your team? What are you career goals? Why MBA? Why Wharton? What extra-curricular activities would you take part while you are at Wharton? What are the attributes of a good leader? What is your leadership style? Anything you want to add to say or add to your application? Questions for me? For details about my class visit and pictures
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Published: December 2, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Off-Campus / Alumnus in Mumbai, India
The regular questions I faced were: Tell me about your background – other than what I can see on your resume (this completely threw me off-guard as I was expecting a walk me through your resume type question. From the first question itself, the interview was more like a conversation) Walk me through the different phases in your life – mentioned in your resume. esp. your undergraduate experience as this will be closest to your MBA experience at Chicago What is your long term career vision? – paint me a vivid picture You’re doing quite well for yourself – so
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Published: December 1, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On-Campus / 2nd year Student
Courtesy of Soni’s MBA Adventure I got to the admissions office at 1:15pm, fifteen minutes before my interview. I talked to the first year greeter for a bit and she talked about her trip to Thailand with other Booth students. Finally, it was time for the interview. The interviewer was a second year student. She talked about her background, internship, and how she was returning to the company she interned for over the summer. Here are the questions I remember and some details of my answers — I’ve left out any details that may give away my
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Published: November 30, 2008
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / September intake / Off-campus
I had two alumni interviews in San Francisco. First interview: The first interview was at the office of the interviewer. Very comfortable and informal. Questions standard walk me through your resume why an MBA? Why international? Why INSEAD? where do you see your career developing following the program. Overall the it was a good experience. The alumni was able to answer all my questions and spoke extensively about her time at INSEAD and the experiences she had. In my case she was very interested to see why I wanted to do an international MBA since I have never lived abroad
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Published: November 30, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus
I applied to Chicago Booth in Round 1, and was invited to interview on Oct 29, the first day that the school started releasing the invites. The school provided options for alumni interviews in various cities in India, and I chose to attend an alumnus interview in the city of Mumbai. The interview took place at the alumnus’ office in Mumbai on a weekday after office hours. The interview was blind, and although I had submitted my resume a few days in advance, the interviewer had not read it, nor was he carrying a printed copy with him. I gave
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Published: November 25, 2008
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
Originally posted by Hakuna Matata Just back from an interview/conversation/informal chat with a Ross alumni at a coffee shop and inspite of trying to analyse it, I still don’t know what to make of it! I was interviewing with an alum and her ‘dress casual’ comment in one of the mails we exchanged had given me the hint that this is going to be a conversational interview but it turned out to be more of a chat… lasting almost 1-1/2 hours!! Frankly I don’t think she even asked me any specific MBA interview questions other than the
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Published: November 25, 2008
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Decision / Off-campus / Alumni
I met all the three potential interviewers in an information session a month before the interview invite. They are all nice, interesting and financial guys. One (’08 alum) of three interviewers knows me so well and it is unethical for him to interview me. One (’96 alum) just arrived in our place and seems to have a generation gap with me. I chose the one (’01 alum) who has done the interview for all CBS applicants in my place thus far despite that 70% interviewees have been dinged after interviews with him (it doesn’t seem to be because of him
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Published: November 23, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / 2nd-Year Student / On-campus
I had my Wharton interview recently on-campus with a 2nd year student. I had submitted my application in the 1st round. The interview lasted about 40 mins. The interviewer put me at ease immediately and the whole interview process was casual. Below are the questions that I was asked, Talk about your background? Talk about your most recent accomplishment from the resume? What are your short-term and long-term goals? Why MBA? Why Wharton? Talk about your most challenging interaction? What role would you play in your learning team? What would your teammates say about you in one year? What weaknesses
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Published: November 22, 2008
Published: November 20, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / Off-campus
The questions I remember: Talk about your college experience What would you change about your college experience What are your strengths and weaknesses Describe some leadership experiences Talk about a failure and how you dealt with it Describe your leadership style Tell me something that is not on your resume Why MBA/Why Kellogg How would you enhance fellow students’ experience Best of luck!
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Published: November 14, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On-campus
A tad late posting here, but this what I went through earlier this year. Met with an associate director in Admissions. Why computer engineering? Can you walk me through your key leadership experiences at company X? You have all this great experience (7+ years). Why do you want an MBA now? Can you talk about your community experience? Tell me 3 things you are good at? Or 3 good characteristics. What would your colleagues tell me about you? What kind of a person are you on a team? What is an ideal teammate like? What kind of a teammate is
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Published: November 11, 2008
UNC / Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / Phone Interview
I had an interview with Ed Davis on November 11th. Ed began by giving me a run down of his background and how he came to work with Kenan Flagler Questions Walk me through your resume? Why do you want to get an MBA? Why an MBA from Kenan Flagler? What qualities do you hope to develop during your MBA? What do you plan to do after your MBA? The only other question outside the standard interview questions was specifically about my membership in Slow Food USA, an organization that I am a member of. He actually started off the
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Published: November 11, 2008
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
I had a pleasant and informal 30 minute (25 minutes of questions for me, 5 minutes of questions for the interviewer) interview for Ross yesterday. We met at a local coffee shop after work. Here are the questions she asked: Walk me through your resume and why youʼre pursuing an MBA Why Ross? Tell me about your most significant leadership experience Tell me about a time you worked in a tough group setting What will you add to the Ross student body? What extra-curricular activities would you join at Ross?
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Published: November 6, 2008
Tuck MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Action / Student interview / On campus.
I interviewed on campus of Tuck. First of all I would applause the helping nature of the people at dartmouth college. Everyone over there is very helping in nature and you as a prospective candidate are also expected to be so. If you are not the helping kind forget about Tuck. It is a small school with a very vibrant community. If you are thinking to go to Tuck then think of it as another family and talk accordingly. I liked the school and the people very much as expected since I had been in touch with a few alums
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Published: November 6, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
I got my interview assignment on 23rd of Oct and I finally contacted the alumni on 1st Nov. The alumni, despite his high post (he is the vice president) in a large company, was quick to respond and his secretary booked an appointment for me on 6th Nov @ 11 am. Preparation for interview – Did not get much time to prepare though I kept aside two hours before the interview and tried to jot down some points and verbally rehearsed my answer, so as to clear my line of thought. Interview Day – Fortunately, his office was the building
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Published: October 23, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni / Off-campus
Kellogg gave me a month to schedule an interview with an alumni in my city. The interview took place at a Starbucks on a friday evening @ 6 pm. I wore a suit for the interview. I reached the location around 5:50 pm and the alumni arrived right on time. We ordered (and paid) for our individual coffees. We had already started an informal discussion about where the alum worked, as I used to live close to his office earlier and had something to relate to. We sat in the middle of Starbucks and promptly started around 6:05 pm. I
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Published: October 16, 2008
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Decision / Off-campus / Alumni / Status: Admitted
I had my alumni interview yesterday and it was very cordial and comfortable. The interviewer was a ’71 alum and was very senior in the organization he worked for. The interview itself was also very smooth. No cross-questioning just a good conversation. I was also asked the standard ‘ethical dilemma’ question which I was prepared for. So, that was sail through, although the interviewer asked for another one after I had narrated the first one. Overall, the interview went well. The questions were broadly why this school, why this company, why this swtich, why mba, why columbia and a lot
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London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 4 / Off-campus / Alum / Admitted!
I put in a last minute round 4 application to the London Business School and somehow landed an interview. I honestly didn’t expect to get an interview as the application was literally me deciding to bring my MBA plans forward after a frustrating week at work. But I thought on re-reading my essays that it was pretty solid, with a good GMAT and good career progression, so I got an interview. The interviewer contacted me on a Friday and arranged for the interview on the Sunday so I really didn’t have all that much time to prepare for it. I
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Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On campus / Adcom / R2 waitlist / Admitted!
I was very well prepared for the questions on this site and in the interview guide. I also did three mock interviews with a Clear Admit consultant. While this preparation was limited in its helpfulness to the actual questions I received, it did give me the utmost of confidence which is the key! The female adcom member, who was joined by another woman who was “in training to conduct interviews,” focused her questions on a leadership experience and my career vision that I presented in the application. Here’s an outline of the questions: An opening question about my experience at
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INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Interview 1 / Alumni / India
My first INSEAD interview was conducted today. My interviewer of was an old pass-out of INSEAD and current was the Managing Director of a Private Equity firm in India. I called her a day before the interview and she suggested that we meet the following day at her office. As usual, I left home late and reached her office on the exact time. INSEAD did not have her updated contacts so it actually had taken me a good amount of time to get in touch with her to set up the meeting. Anyways, here is a sample list of questions
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Published: April 30, 2008
London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 3 / Off-campus / Alum
Interview Date: 29 April Round 3 Interview Location: Weekday at his company’s offices Interviewer: Industry (Telecomms) Me: Military & Consulting, solid GMAT My interview lasted just about two hours. The first hour was the main interview question portion. After explaining how the interview would work, that he couldn’t provide me feedback, that there would be a short presentation, etc. we got started. Questions included: Why London Business School? Because of my background, what do I hope to get from the programme? (This was an essay question, and I think he wanted to sense-check based on my experience, which is fairly
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Published: April 30, 2008
Berkeley / Haas MBA Interview Report: Round 3 / Off-Campus / Alumni
I contacted the interviewer via e-mail and he got back to me very quickly. He was out of town for the next 3 weeks but checked with Haas to make sure that interviewing so late (April 18) would be ok. They said fine, and we scheduled. I met him at his office. I think Haas tries to pair people up with similar professional backgrounds, as we both had experience working in the government sector. Interviewer was friendly but professional, but became more chatty as the interview went on. It was a total of 1 hour on the dot. These were
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Published: April 29, 2008
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On campus / Adcom / R2 / Admitted!
The best advice I can give is to read through this site and prepare mock answers for most of the questions that appear. During the actual interview, the most important thing is to sound conversational. Overall, the questions I was asked tended to be more general than specific to my application. Some of the one’s I remember are below: What is your opinion on the HBS application process? Tell me about your leadership style. What would your subordinates say about your leadership style? What can you contribute to HBS? What is the biggest academic challenge you might face at HBS?
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Published: April 27, 2008
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / January 2009 Intake / Alumni / Off-campus
My interviewer was dressed very casually, and having come from work, I was more in business attire. I provided a print out of my one page resume so that the interviewer could easily see my career progression at a glance and allow him to visualize any specific questions. We started with the typical “tell me about yourself” and I gave a quick 5-10 minute intro on my career and relocations throughout it. A big theme of the interview was what exposure I had to culture shock in my personal and professional travels, I guess to see how I would be
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