Published: December 3, 2025
UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
It was a 30 minute group discussion about creating a leadership retreat experience that’s hypothetical. We had 2 second-year students interview us and observe us during the group based discussion, then we broke off individually with each second-year student where they interviewed us for 10 mins. They asked us what our takeaway from the discussion was then asked us behaviorals such as what our proudest work achievement/accomplishment was and how we plan on adding value to the community. What surprised me was how we couldn’t ask questions after the interview, but what didn’t surprise us was how the group discussion
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Published: December 3, 2025
Penn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom
The group interview had 7 students, and people were friendly, but a bit aggressive in making sure they had speaking time (which was different compared to the multiple mocks I did). The follow up 1:1 interview was with a 2nd year who asked about what I learned from the group interview, any application updates, what I look forward to doing at Wharton, and about my goals. The 2nd year was quite friendly, and this portion felt very conversational.
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Published: November 20, 2025
UPenn Wharton MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Students / Zoom
I applied to Wharton Round 1 and was invited to do a Zoom TBD with other applicants – we had two second-year students reviewing our session and doing the individual portions. Our TBD group was pretty on-top of it, except our presentation ended about a minute and a half early, which we couldn’t do much about. This year’s prompt was about Leadership Initiative ventures, and our group had a bunch of really creative ideas. All in all, the experience took a full hour and forty minutes, including waiting for my turn for the 1 on 1 portion. As for the
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