Published: March 10, 2026
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Virtual
The interview was super conversational. We bonded (I think), and we started talking about my company and my country for a bit. Obviously the following questions were asked (he mentioned that he must ask them, as we were talking about other things): – Why MBA? Why CBS? Why now? (Take the chance to mention your experience with NYC, if you had any, as he was smiling when I was talking about NYC.) – Walk me through your resume. – Short- and long-term goals? – Plan B for Short- and long-term goals? – Talked about my extracurriculars.
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CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Zoom
I interviewed with a CBS alumnus who graduated 13 years ago. My biggest takeaway from having an alumnus as your interviewer is that you need to be ready to go deep into your short-term and long-term goals. We had a great conversation, he was extremely nice. The first question he asked me was, How do you envision yourself at age 50? From there, we went deep into a discussion about my goals and spent almost 30 minutes talking about them. Halfway through the interview, he asked me, Why CBS? and Why an MBA? But honestly, I don’t really think he
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Published: February 26, 2026
CBS MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Alumnus / Google Meet
Very pleasant and conversational. After a few simple pleasantries, he dove right in and asked me to tell him about myself. The conversation focused almost entirely on my goals, reasons for getting an MBA, and why I specifically wanted to go to CBS. The interviewer asked me no behavioral questions, explaining that in his experience, military applicants always knock those questions out of the park. Instead he focused on how well I had developed my goals and contributions to the Columbia community. Conversation lasted about 45 minutes in total, with the first 30 focused on his questions and the last
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