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Published: October 19, 2025
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumnus / Google Meet
Very conversational. She shared about herself. Asked me to share about myself. Then asked the following questions: Why CBS? What are your short-term goals and how do they connect to your long-term goals? Tell me about a project where you led a team and produced a good result. What is your greatest challenge? What is your proudest achievement? (personal or professional) If you had to tell the admissions committee one sentence about you, what would it be? Tell me about a time you got feedback and what you did about it.
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Published: October 12, 2025
Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus
Very conversational. Got paired with someone from my college. Second year told me about their background. Gave me time at the end for questions. They asked me: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA, why Tuck? What is your short-term goal? Tell me about at time you worked with others. What is a strength? What is a weakness? Tell me about a time you got feedback and how you handled it. Anything else you want the adcom to know?
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Published: October 12, 2025
NYU Stern MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The adcom interviewer sarted the convo asking about one of my Pick Six. More questions: What is a project I am most proud of? What are your strengths? Provide an example on how you demonstrate them. What is a characteristic in a leader that you value? Why MBA? Why Stern? Why is consulting your short-term goal? Name companies you are looking to recruit with. How will you land the internship and full-time job? What will plan B look like for an internship/post grad job?
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Published: October 9, 2025
Minnesota Carlson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom
The interview lasted 30-minutes with an Adcom, she created a comfortable atmosphere throughout. The questions were a mix of fit-based and behavioral, covering both my background and motivations for pursuing an MBA. Here’s a summary of what was asked: – How did you hear about Carlson? – Why Carlson? – Tell me about a time you had to change your communication style. – Tell me about a time you used data to make a decision. – Walk me through your CV. – What are your short-term and long-term goals? – What other schools
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Published: September 14, 2025
Emory Goizueta Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Adcom / Zoom / One-Year MBA
I had a virtual Zoom interview with Ashly Galuppo. Interview went for about 30 mins. She was very courteous and started by giving a brief introduction about herself. Then asked me to: 1) Take her through my journey (both professional and personal) in 3 minutes. 2) Asked about my current role, a day in my work life and number of reportees I have. 3) Why MBA and Short-Term goals? 4) Which Full-Time program are you applying to? 5) Why the One Year program? 6) How will you leverage the program to achieve your goals? 7) TMAT when you faced setback
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UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Deferred Admission / Adcom / Zoom
This interview was a team-based discussion with 5 other applicants over Zoom. We arrived 10 mins before the beginning of the interview to meet each other and learn a bit about our backgrounds. After that, we began the team-based discussion. The prompt was to come up with a proposal for a new social impact community at Wharton. We each presented an idea for one minute, discussed for 25 minutes, and then presented to the adcom for 5 minutes. After this, we waited in the main Zoom room while each person was called into a breakout with the adcom for a
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Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
Interviewed by AdCom who was not the official reader of my application, but received notes from my reader. Interviewer also had questions that they ask all candidates. They were friendly and approachable! 1. That’s a bit about my background. Could you share about yours? I have your resume so I know you went to X School could you tell me a little bit about where you’re from and your undergrad experience and what you’re doing right now? 2. Yep tell me about your current position. What are some things that you do? In simple terms, what does your job
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Georgetown McDonough MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Zoom
Interviewed by alum in a senior position in Big 4. Felt good to be interviewed by someone in industry. He was nice. 1. If you could give me some background about yourself and walk me through your resume. What brings you here this evening? 2. You answered a bit about my next question which is why MBA and why now… seems like you want to develop the tool kit to pivot into X industry? 3. Did you consider out of undergrad? 4. What if X company has a hiring freeze? What is your plan B? 5.
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UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
1. Share more about your background… academic journey inside and outside of class… professional life… what has motivated you… some personal context on your upbringing that you may want to share (all in one question) 2. Why did you do your undergrad in the US> (I’m an international) 3. Could you talk about your time at X company? 4. What has growth looked like for you at work, and what are you particularly proud of? 5. You studied and worked away from your home culture, what has been your growth as it relates to working with
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CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Deferred / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It was very conversational. He was really nice and really tried to get to know me and share his experiences. There weren’t any structured questions, but more sharing an experience and then asking how I would react in that situation. Asked: – Tell me about yourself. – Why MBA? Why Columbia? – Tell me about how you would react in a team that didn’t work well together. – Asked more about specific clubs in Columbia I would join. – Any questions for me?
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MIT Sloan MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
Had a fantastic interview with the MIT Sloan Adcom team. I was a member of the waitlist from Round 2 and was invited for interview at Round 3 Decisions on 24 April. Very conversational, open and friendly, felt more like a thoughtful chat over coffee with a mentor compared to a formal interview. 1. Any updates since you submitted your application and waitlist updates? I spoke on activities that had materialized over the last couple of months, that I did not mention in the application or waitlist updates. It led to a tangential conversation on the current
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Published: April 30, 2025
Published: April 24, 2025
INSEAD MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Alumni / Off Campus
So my first interview was on 24th April and second on 25th April, 2025. The first interviewer graduated back in 2009 when she was already 35+. She mentioned initially that the interview would be quite conversational, but because she was majorly in Corporate Social Responsibility, it was very difficult to help her understand my career motives and ST/LT goals. We had a nice chat, but her questions seemed out of place and were not specific questions. She was trying to ask a question and then digress the topic in a different direction. This made me meander in multiple direction as
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Published: April 21, 2025
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Virtual
I really enjoyed the entire process at Johnson. My interview was with a 2nd-year student and was more conversational. You could tell that Johnson has a tight-knit community with everyone willing to help each other. The interview was mostly resume-based and open-ended questions. 1. Why MBA? Why Johnson? 2. What are your thoughts about living in Ithaca? 3. Walk me through your experiences. 4. What are your short-term and long-term goals? Why?
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Texas McCombs MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Video Assessment / Online
I just completed the Kira assessment today. It wasn’t that bad, and I got similar questions about what you will find on this site, among others. Definitely prep prep prep beforehand. I had rehearsed 4 of the 5 questions I got, and they felt like softball questions. I guess we shall see! 1. Tell about yourself outside of your professional experience. 2. TMAT, when someone above you changed your plan at the last minute, how did you respond, and what was the outcome? 3. TMAT where someone’s voice or input wasn’t being heard. What did you do, and
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Published: March 23, 2025
UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 3 / Adcom / Zoom
1. Why MBA? Why Now? 2. Why did you join your present job? What is the one thing that you are proud about yourself in the job? 3. What do you like about working in a team? What do you not like about working in a team? 4. What are some things that you want the UNC Kenan-Flagler Adcom to know about you? 5. Why UNC Kenan-Flagler? 6. Short-term and Long-term goals? 7. Questions for the interviewer? The interview was very friendly. It was taken by a staff member. The interview went well. I
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Published: March 21, 2025
Published: March 18, 2025
Cornell Johnson MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Resume-based interview with second year. It felt conversational, but that also meant some non-typical questions and follow-ups that dug into my experiences vs. more standard questions. Interviewer was helpful and chatty, was very talkative about her own experiences – 30-min interview and 30-min Q&A because of how willing she was to open up. Expected Qs include introduce yourself, why MBA now, experience managing people, thoughts on recruiting.
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Published: March 17, 2025
Northwestern Kellogg MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
(2Y FT MBA) The interview was with a member of the admissions committee, and it was a pleasant experience overall. She had only seen my resume and it lasted 35 minutes. – Tell me more about your role, what does a normal day in the life look like, if there is one? – Tell me about your experience with a team through an example. – What is your leadership style? – If we gathered the vast variety of people you work with, what are three positive qualities they would say about you? – Tell me about
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Published: March 15, 2025
Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Pre-Recorded / Kira
By the time I got my interview invite, there were no more slots available so the pre-recorded interview on Kira was the only option. I can’t say I wasn’t disappointed because they always say it is better to do an interview with a student or alumni but that’s life. Just as I’ve seen reported by previous interview reports, there were 3 fixed questions and 2 are random behavioural questions, so I made sure I had the 3 fixed questions prepped well and practiced a few key stories for the behavioural questions. Questions asked: – What do you hope to
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Published: March 11, 2025
Emory Goizueta MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Zoom
Short and brief interview, lasted around 20-25 mins. It was blind and interviewer only had my resume with them. Below are the questions asked: Tell me about your current role. How would you describe an effective team? Why MBA now? Traits of an effective leader? What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? How will you contribute to your cohort? What makes you unique? Interviewer gave 5 mins to ask them queries and interview ended.
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Stanford GSB MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alum / Virtual
Alum was a very senior exec. Relaxed, conversational interview, lasted just over an hour. About 30 minutes of behavioral questions followed by 30 minutes of more open chatting. No “tell me about yourself,” “why MBA,” or “why Stanford” questions, just three TMATs that we dug into a bit more detail on. Had a great time. The three TMAT questions were: 1. TMAT you accomplished something you were really proud of. 2. TMAT you went above and beyond. 3. TMAT you helped someone else develop their skill set. These were actually the only “planned” questions for me. All of the others
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USC Marshall MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / First-Year Student / Zoom
I had my interview earlier this week (3/4) with a first-year student. The interview was conversational and my interviewer was very nice and understanding of any nerves I had. Since I’m filling this out a few days after, I can’t quite remember what I was asked but I’d recommend you be prepared to address the following topics: – Tell me about yourself / walk me through your resume. – Why Marshall? – Short / Long-term Goals? – TMAT you faced a challenge. – Leadership example. – Questions for the interviewer. Another thing worth noting,
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