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Duke / Fuqua MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On-campus / Round 2
These are the questions that I was asked during an on-campus Duke interview..40 min It was not a conversational interview but one in which the interviewer just read one questions after another from a sheet of paper 3 words to describe yourself What motivates you in the morning? What experience has shaped your life and why? Why duke? Why mba? Why now? What contribution will you make on campus? What clubs would you join? Leadership example and what you learned. Constructive criticism that you received. One success and what you learned and one failure and what you learned. Leadership example
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Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumni
Just wanted to share my experience from my alumni interview today. The interview lasted 1.5 hours but it certainly didn’t feel like that. It was entirely conversational as we shared common ground in our background and MBA goals. We talked in length about about the industry I’d like to target and where the market is going. Questions: Tell me about yourself (with a few follow up questions based on my walk through of my resume) Why MBA? Why Chicago? What do you plan to do post-graduation? What other schools did you apply to? The interview was very friendly and if
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Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Alumni
Originally shared by Bee to B-School Finally, I’m done with Kellogg interview. It’s a bit late in the game, I know. However, I think I did alright. Also, my interviewer apologizes a couple of times because he had to re-scheduled several times. Anyway, I got into his office pretty early. I didn’t feel nervous at all. He was very relaxed & nice. Immediately, he told me that the purpose of the interview is just to get to know me more and he’ll also try to answer my questions about the school. These are the questions: Walk me through your resume.
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumni / London
The interview was very conversational. He started off with his introduction of what he does and ow ended up in London. He briefed me about his professional background. He later asked me to brief about my profile. In general, the questions covered included the following. Resume walkthrough LT/ST goals Why MBA at this point of time Why Wharton Example of leadership Significant achievement in my current role Any questions for interviewer Overall, it was a very conversational interview. The interviewer’s office was in West End of London and close to stamford bridge. We had a small talk about the current
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London Business School MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumni
Location & Time: A meeting room in his apartment, early morning His Profile : Finance. Working in a big MNC. My background : Advertising. 4 years experience. Strong GMAT Summary Very friendly. It was more like a chat than an interview. We spent more time talking about the LBS experience than “interviewing”. The interviewer had read the application thoroughly. He only had 4-5 questions he wanted to ask. He started the interview by walking me through some crucial facts about LBS (Shadowing Project, Second Year Project, and etc.) and we spent a lot of time discussing about them. Some of the few questions I recalled
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Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumni
My interview was with an alum. Lasted about 45 minutes. As most of the alumni interviews are, it was a casual discussion as follows: Reasons for decisions made throughout career Why MBA, Why Wharton, Why now How would you describe yourself Tell me about an ethical dilemma you faced Tell me about an incidence where you led a team without any formal authority Questions for him I received a couple of feedback points during and after the interview, which were good. At the end of the interview, I have an even more positive feeling and respect for Wharton. Advice: Be
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Published: February 28, 2008
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Telephonic / Second-year Student / Blind
List of interview questions: Tell me about yourself Why ross Why MBA Tell me three words that describe your personality Tell me about a leadership experience What do you like to do outside of work? You only have two years of work experience–the average at Ross is 5. Why not wait for a couple years? Tell me your greatest strength and biggest weakness I thought the interview went really well. The interviewer was very personable and down-to-earth. I was caught off-guard by the personality question, stumbled a bit but I eventually was able to describe my personality truthfully. The interview
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Published: February 28, 2008
Published: February 28, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2
Discuss/identify Two accomplishments If you were to teach someone how to invest, what would you say to them? Leadership strengths and weaknesses (what would your staff say your weaknesses are) Why MBA? Why Chicago? Why investments? How can you contribute to Chicago? If you can go back to your career and redo something what would you do? Toughest decision to date?
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Published: February 27, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 /Alumni Interview
Overall feeling was mixed. Well, I can say that it was okay, as the interviewer is a very nice guy. I can’t really read his responses though. Hopefully I did good enough for him. I wasn’t really nervous, however, he asks so many follow up questions after asking me something, and I guess I didn’t get to finish a lot of my answers. Here are the questions: So, tell me about yourself? then alot of follow up questions.. Why XX company? What is XX graduate program in YY company? What was the highlight of your career in YY company? Don’t
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Published: February 27, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2/On Campus Interview/ 2nd Yr Student
I had a on campus interview on Feb 27th 2008 with a 2nd year student. It was a pretty standard conversational interview. The interviewer began with congratulating me on making it to this stage of the process. Then, she explained how the process works and how the interview fits into the process. She introduced herself and talked a little about her background and her plans post MBA. Then she jumped into my resume. Walk me through my resume? (with 2-3 follow questions) What are your long term and short term goals? How does an MBA or an MBA at Chicago
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Published: February 26, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Alumni Interview
My interview was also held in the alumn’s office in NYC and lasted for 30 minutes with questions and another 30 minutes with lunch and some casual discussion/questions Thanks for coming, sorry for the delay How are you? How’s work? So you’re ready for B-school, Wharton is a great place, I had a wonderful experience and I highly recommend it. Give me a few minutes to glance over your resume (note: definitely go to the interview with a resume just in case) Why don’t you walk me through your resume, starting anywhere you’d like. Why an MBA, why now? What
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Published: February 25, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Alumni
My alumni interview was held in the alumn’s office and lasted approx. 1 hr. Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Wharton? Tell me why this is the best time for your MBA What are your post-MBA goals? Discussion about options for my short-term goals. How does your work experience with your current company fit in with your long-term career goals? Some talk about what I’m currently doing in this city, the politics between the US and the country in which I’m currently living, and discussion about previous work experience. What weakness in your application would the Admissions Committee
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Published: February 23, 2008
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / Alum
When Columbia invited me to interview they asked me to choose an alumnus interviewer in my area through their online system. I googled the names and chose a guy that I thought I would connect with the most. The interview was conducted in his office. Tone was friendly and casual, though maybe slightly too casual as you’ll see by some of the qns that came up. He started the interview by saying that his goal was to help me get in, not to stand in my way (sweet!). The interviewer was typing my answers into some electronic form on his
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Published: February 19, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2/Alum Interview
My interview was with an alum. We met at a local Starbucks cafe. I arrived a few minutes before he did. He arrived on time, and apologized for having to read my resume in front of me before we began the interview. He hadn’t had time to read it beforehand. He then jumped straight into, “Walk me through your resume” and interjected with additional questions as I did so. Then he asked the “why MBA”, “why Chicago” questions and interjected with follow-up questions as well. Specifically, he asked if specific companies recruiting in my area of interest do so at
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Published: February 18, 2008
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / September 2008 Intake / Alumni
Originally shared by Applying to INSEAD Just got done with my first interview. It lined up very much with what others had to say about their experiences. The interview was casual and conversation-like. Here were the questions asked: Tell me about yourself. Walk me through your resume. Give me a few examples that demonstrate your strengths & weaknesses. Why INSEAD? Why not American schools (I’m in the US)? Why not Indian Schools (I had mentioned that I want to pursue an entrepreneurial career)? Why MBA? I was surprised this came after #3, but perhaps I botched #3.
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Published: February 18, 2008
Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Adcom / On Campus
Overall my experience was very consistent with other posters. The school has a small, intimate feel to it and the admissions folks are very welcoming. I interviewed with a person on the adcom, who was very friendly and conversational. The interview is all about getting to know you. We spent most of the time speaking about my professional experience and reasoms for various career decisions I have made, as well as “Why MBA?” / “Why yale”? Only one complaint, the 30 min time limit is too short. We ended up rushing through the last questions because we ran out of
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Published: February 17, 2008
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / On-campus / Adcom
Originally shared by Achilles As is required by Stern, I went for an onsite interview at Stern campus in New York for the interview. Anyways, since I didn’t visit the school before so I really wanted to experience everything first hand. My interview was taken by an Associate Director of admissions. She was really a very nice lady and made me feel comfortable before we jumped on the actual questions. She asked me about my plan for the New York trip and how I am finding the city and also talked about SF (where I am living
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Published: February 17, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2
My own interview was very standard (walk me through your resume, why mba, why now, why chicago). However, a few of my friends got slightly tricky questions: If you could compare GSB to a top company, which one would it be and why? Here’s a marker. There’s the board. Go and teach me about something for the next 2 minutes. What undergraduate course that you took changed the way that you think? Talk about a course that is not related to your profession. Give me a list of websites that you read regularly. Give me an instance of something where
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Published: February 17, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Second Year Student
Interview with 2nd year student. Interview lasted 45 mins. She was extremely professional and made me feel very much at ease. I did not know that she was not adcom until the end of the interview. Good rapport and my use of humor made both her and me feel very conversational. She started by asking about my interest in painting which I had mentioned on my resume. Was a good icebreaker. Questions: Tell me about how you got to this point? You seem to have had an interesting journey (grad school, biotech startup, ops/strat consulting) Tell me about how you
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Published: February 13, 2008
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom
20 mins for Adcom questions: Tell me about Accenture – you haven’t been there that long – it seems like a significant step up – tell me about your role How do you get the client managers and directors to accept the solutions you present? Why Stern? What do you want to have accomplished 15 – 20 years from now? 10 mins for questions from me.
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Published: February 12, 2008
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alumni / R2 / Off-campus
Today, I interviewed with an alumna in a non-US city. (Too far from Chicago or any of the adcom hubs.) After some pleasantries, we jumped into the 30 minutes of questions: Why an MBA? (I walked through my resume and gave examples of what lead me to my decision to apply to a MBA program.) Why GSB? Why did you choose your most recent position? What was the most important skill you gained/knowledge you learned in your career to date? What will you contribute to the GSB? What can other GSB students gain from your career leadership experience? Surprisingly, there
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Published: February 11, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom
With a member of the admissions committee: Come in Hello Was it difficult to find this place? Do you have a copy of your resume? Great! (glanced at it silently for about 5 seconds) So walk me through your resume. (15 minutes, including interjections of interest but little else) What kind of roles do you play on your teams? (4) What’s a typical day like? (3) What was it like to be in [country X, Y]? (3) How did you choose your undergraduate college? (2) There are lots of great schools; why Wharton? (3) But why do you need an
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