Published: February 24, 2025
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Virtual
Very conversational discussion with an alumni. Skipped resume walkthrough and built in a lot more time for the interpersonal questions. Make sure to prep for as many of those as you can. Questions were: Why MBA? Why now? Why Booth? What do you want to get involved with and how do you want to contribute at Booth? Tell me about a time you faced a challenge working in a team. Tell me about a time you had to ask for help. Also tell me about a time you had to help someone else at work. Tell me about areas of
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Published: February 22, 2025
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
Date: February 2025 Interviewer: Second-Year Student Format: Virtual (Zoom) Duration: ~45 minutes Interview Experience: My Booth interview was conducted by a second-year student and was overall a structured, but somewhat frustrating experience. The interviewer did not have a background in my field, which led to several moments of disconnect during our conversation. Throughout the interview, I noticed that she zoned out multiple times and even yawned on a few occasions, which made the interaction feel disengaged. Additionally, she frequently interrupted my responses and asked me to repeat answers, even for relatively simple concepts. This made it
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Published: January 26, 2025
Chicago Booth MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
I was interviewed by a second-year student. Although she was super nice overall, she was also tough during the interview. Gave me a lot of follow-up questions for each answer I gave, asking details about each thing I said. But in the end, things worked out fine. – Tell me about yourself. – What are your career goals? Why MBA? – What was a time you worked with people from different backgrounds. What did you learn? – Tell me specifically about how this went down. (follow-up on previous questions) – How were you able to achieve
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