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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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Published: January 31, 2008
INSEAD MBA Admissions Interview Questions: R2 / September 2008 Intake / Alumni
I had my alumni interview today. Have just been sent one interviwer name. It was quite simple and conducted in a very informal and relaxed manner. Lasted about 40 minutes. Out of these 40 minutes about 15-20 minutes were spent on my questions for the alumni. I was about 25 minutes early and as I let my interviewer know through his receptionist he came out to get me withing 5 min. Therefor my interview started 20 min before scheduled time. He asked me to tell him about myself, about my company and how long I have been there. Future goals
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Published: January 31, 2008
Stanford GSB MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Off-campus / Alumni
I met at the office of the alumni interviewer; he was extremely friendly and we chatted for about 5 minutes to break the ice. Went through resume chronologically, with branching questions every so often We had similar interests in organizational development, so that was a tangent He had worked for a current customer of ours; another tangent This entire aspect lasted about 35 minutes, and was simply a casual conversation Then – why MBA, why now Talk about activities outside of work Any questions for him All told, interview went about 75 minutes, which I think was more a function
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Published: January 30, 2008
Ross MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Telephone Interview / R1 / 2nd yr student
I was originally scheduled for an off-campus alumni interview, but due to high demand, was switched to a phone interview without my consent. Student was friendly and engaging, he set good expectations for the call. Walk through resume Why MBA, why now (I also addressed why Ross in this question) Most challenging criticism I received Challenging teamwork situation; what would I do differently Besides a couple extracurriculars on my resume, what else would I want to get involved with How would I balance b/w academics, recruiting and extracurriculars I had time to ask about the MAP’s and about the student
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Published: January 30, 2008
Tuck MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Action / Second Year Student / On-campus / Admitted!
Wonderful experience, Tuck’s strategy of bringing everyone in definitely ensures that students know the environment they will be in should they choose to go there. The interviewer was extremely friendly, I got the impression he had never done any interviewing before, whether for school or professionally. Started off focusing on my educational background, specifically my minor and why I chose that – talked about this much longer than I would have expected Why MBA Why Tuck Career plans Then we went into extracurriculars, which was another lengthy sidetrack. Was concerned that I was spending too much time here, but he
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Published: January 30, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On-campus / R1 / AdCom / Admitted
Very little chit chat to start, though adcom was very friendly. We dove right into Q&A, and she warned me not to worry about her taking copious notes or checking her watch. No questions out of the ordinary. Discuss undergrad choice Professional experience Why MBA, why Kellogg Career goals Teamwork experience Then it was time to switch. Adcom’s fiance was a 1Y, so we discussed the JV program; also discussed the current capital campaign for a new building – unfortunately, won’t happen soon enough for me.
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Published: January 30, 2008
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On-campus / R1 / Student / Decision: Waitlist
It could have just been the day I was there, but the environment was much more focused / cool than any other on-campus interview I’ve had. Not bad, just an observation. Interviewer was very friendly, but it was clear that I was one in a long line of interviews for her. Standard resume questions Why MBA, why now 2 good and 2 bad attributes that coworkers would describe Walk through a recent success; then a recent failure How will your cohort remember you What legacy will you leave behind at Wharton I asked what surprised her most, and she commented
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Published: January 24, 2008
UVA / Darden MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alum / Round 1
Originally shared by Dreamer Here goes my Darden Interview process experience. 13th December: I got a mail about status change of my Darden Application. It was an Alum Interview call. 22nd December: I was contacted by Office manager at Darden Admission Office about the busy state of Alum and possibility of Telephonic interview. Disappointment it was as I wanted to have a face to face interview. When I asked a current student, he also told me that I should try my best for Alum interview. 9th January: Another mail from office manager stating alum shud be contacting
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Published: January 20, 2008
Tepper MBA Admissions Interview Questions: 2007 for Flex-Time Program
I’d like to present a clear wiki for the interview process that I had experienced at CMU’s Tepper Flex-Time (Part-Time)Program, my thoughts and observations, and other miscellaneous topics. Perhaps this can jump-start discussion on the interview/application/admitted processes at Tepper, instead of focusing on airplane-delays etc. My job in Pittsburgh entails more than just a Full-Time position. It is an intense, marketing/finance/legal position at a mid-sized manufacturing firm that I was able to obtain through business contacts in NYC, where my previous employment was located. I had taken the GMATs about 5 years ago, and although I had applied and was
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Published: January 17, 2008
Harvard MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Hub Interview / Adcom / R1
Originally shared by B-School Bound Almost no introduction, but some small talk Why did you choose [your undergraduate college]? What is [the college group you led]? I’m a little unsure from your essay and resume. What big changes did you make? When did you discover your interest in your future career? How did you get your first internship? Why did you choose to do your second internship where you did? Why did you go to [country X]? What did you learn from being there? What did you do in [country Y]? What next? Have you considered a
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Published: January 14, 2008
Columbia MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Early Decision / Alum
Prior to interview I Googled all of my potential interviewers to determine the best option. One of the individuals was in the same industry as me and was in a position very similar to where I wanted to be after I complete my MBA, so I naturally chose him. When I arrived for the interview I was told that Columbia never sent the interview materials. However, the interviewer said that he had done several interviews in the past and could just “wing it”. Interview was very conversational. This was my 6th round 1 interview and was by far the most
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Published: January 14, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On-campus / R1 / AdCom
Standard MBA interview with AdCom in the admissions office. It was very friendly. The adcom’s effort to make small talk made it easy to develop rapport. . Interview went on for about 45 minutes; probably because I have a tendency to ramble. Prior to the interview she had reviewed my resume thoroughly and had several questions about areas of of interest on the resume. Some of the questions: Walk me through your resume Why an MBA? Why Kellogg? Long term/short term goals? What will my business do when I’m gone? (I’m an entrepreneur) Lots of questions about my overseas office
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Published: January 14, 2008
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / on-campus
As you probably know, the interviewer has reviewed all of your material. So obviously it is a bit different from most interviews. She asked a lot of the standard interview questions: Walk me through resume? Career goals? Why Stern? If you get into all the schools you applied to which will you choose? I think the most interesting question was: Compare Stern’s culture to your companies culture? (I am an entrepreneur) How would your current colleagues describe you? How do you want your classmates to describe you when you graduate? Strengths and weaknesses. She asked about specific aspects of my
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Published: January 14, 2008
MIT / Sloan MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Adcom Consultant / On-Campus / Round 1
I interviewed on-campus with a consultant that worked with the admissions committee. She was not a full-time member of adcom, but apparently worked with them during admissions season. At first glance, she appeared like she wasn’t going to be very friendly, but I pushed the small talk and we developed some good rapport early on. Like you probably know if you’re reading this the MIT interview is non-blind, they have read all of your material. At the beginning of the interview, she reiterated everything MIT provides in the interview guide about the behavioral interview. She wanted specific anecdotes and she
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Published: January 9, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Off-campus / R1 / Alumnus
Originally shared by B-School Bound It was a standard 30-minute interview at the alum’s office, with nothing unusual, save the last question: Walk me through your resume. (approximately 5 minutes) Why an MBA? (1 minute) Why Kellogg? (2 minutes) What do you want to do after your MBA? (2 minutes) Why? (1 minute) Why Kellogg, from an academic perspective? (my previous response was around the personality and style of Kellogg’s students and approach;2 minutes) What did you do at Organization X? (2 minutes) How did that compare to your internship at Y? (2 minutes) I’ve heard [general
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Published: January 8, 2008
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Phone Interview / R1
Courtesy of hazyblur I had a telephonic interview on Nov 29 last year, and it might not be too late to write a short note about it. Before my interview, I saw a pattern of questions being asked to other applicants over the phone. I was pretty sure (you might know by know that my gut feelings are never on target) that my first question would be “Please run me through your resume” and I prepared for it relentlessly. My question set. Why did you choose engineering as your undergraduate degree? (I was caught by surprise by
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Published: January 8, 2008
Yale SOM MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1, Second Year Student, On-campus
My interview took place on campus on 12/12/07. I interviewed with a 2nd year student. The tone of the conversation was friendly/casual though obviously substantive. The feel of the interview was very much “let’s get to know each other better” and not at all a hard-core grilling. The questions I was asked were very similar to what other people have reported here: Walk me through your resume Why MBA? Why Yale? Tell me about [a certain extracurricular activity on my resume] How would you contribute to Yale? Any questions? The interview lasted around 30 minutes. Here’s my advice for prepping
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Published: January 3, 2008
UNC / Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions Interview Questions
Walk me through your Resume? Describe Yourself? What do you think about Reliance Industries and its owner Mukesh Ambani? I have read in the news paper that he gave a $60m jet as a gift to his wife and is also building a $1B house in India. If given an opportunity would you join that company? Why UNC? Do you read novels? What concentration you want to pursue at UNC? Are you happy with the companies you have worked with? What companies you are targeting after your MBA? What is the biggest challenge in front of India in its growth?
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Published: December 26, 2007
Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Phone / R1
After the initial interview waiver, I received a request from the Kellogg Admission Office for a phone interview. The interviewer called exactly on the scheduled time and after greetings, she said that she had reviewed my application and just wanted to ask some more questions. I had heard that even post-waiver phone interviews are “blind” and the interviewer has only the applicant’s resume. However, it seems that it’s not always the case. Therefore, she didn’t ask me anything about my career path or something like “walk me through your resume”. The interview lasted about 25 minutes and I felt that
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Published: December 26, 2007
Wharton MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Health Care Management applicant
As a HCM applicant I needed to prepare for two interviews, one with the Associate Director of the HCM program, June Kinney, and the other one with an alumnus. My phone interview with June was really conversational. She had already read my file, so every time she asked a question she said that she knew what I wrote on my application, but wanted me to briefly answer again and add more details if I wanted to. She asked some questions about my career path and goals and after about 15 minutes she asked if I had any questions. I asked
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Published: December 18, 2007
Berkeley / Haas Evening and Weekend MBA Interview / Round 1
I arrived 30 min early. The interviewer was 10 min late. We walked into her office ( smaller than I had thought ) and she stated that this was essentially a blind interview because she hadn’t seen my essays, reccos, GMAT scores, etc. She had a copy of my resume and asked my to walk her through my resume. It went pretty well as I explained all the transitions and why I made those choices. Next, she asked about my career goals and why a b-school education would help. She also asked about what my boss would think of me
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Published: December 13, 2007
Chicago Booth MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Alumnus / R1 / Off-campus
I had my alumni interview in Delhi on 30th Nov 2007. The alumnus was a very senior person as belonging to class of early ‘90s. He told me in beginning that interview will be for 30mins out of which 20mins he will ask and rest 10 mins are for my questions (if any). He also tried to calm me down by saying interview is just another input in appas process like GMAT, LORs, Essays, Transcripts etc. He told me that he has set of 4-5 questions for me. Infact he was so well managed that irrespective of my answers length
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Published: December 10, 2007
Cornell / Johnson MBA Admissions Interview Questions: On campus / Admissions Officer / R1
Originally shared by MBAyatra This post describes my Cornell interview experience. I received the Cornell interview invite email on October 31, 2007. The email mentioned the name of the contact person and asked me to schedule an interview by calling her up. Also if I was in the US, the email mentioned a preference for on-campus interview. So Ithaca it was! This being my first interview invite of the year, I was very excited and called up the admissions contact person, the first thing next morning. I was able to schedule an interview over the phone after
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