My interview lasted about 30 minutes. My interviewer was a very friendly 2nd year student who genuinely seemed to love her Yale experience. We began by going through my resume and I was asked to walk through my academic background and my work experience. She took notes on my actual resume and she asked me what I would bring to Yale. She also asked why I needed an MBA, and more specifically, why Yale. The last portion of the interview centered on extra-curricular activities and what clubs I’d be interested in joining if I were a student. Overall it was a straight forward interview and I got the impression that she was looking for information to help get you accepted versus trying to ask tough questions to filter you out.
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MBA Livewire
January 2, 2026 10:16pm ET
Applied
to
UPenn / Wharton
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
United States, San Francisco
January 2, 2026 10:00pm ET
Applied
to
Harvard Business School
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
United States, San Francisco
January 2, 2026 9:59pm ET
Applied
to
Columbia
Round:
Round 2
Received via
portal
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
3.54
GRE:
332
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
January 2, 2026 4:53pm ET
Rejected
at
UVA / Darden
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
on
December 09, 2025
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.17
GRE:
334
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Post MBA Career:
Consulting
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Nigeria, Lagos
Note:
I was surprised at this decision, at the same time not very surprised as the interview didn’t go that well for me and I feel that was what possibly drove the decision, the interviewer (2Y MBA Student) was quite out of touch with my pre MBA career field and struggled to understand my response to the interview questions, she had to draw me back a couple of times to understand what I was speaking about, so I can imagine how she was able to make a case for me when she was struggling to understand me.
January 2, 2026 4:01pm ET
Waitlisted
at
Duke / Fuqua
Round:
Round 1
Received via
portal
on
December 10, 2025
Standardized Test:
GRE
GPA:
4.17
GRE:
334
Program Type:
Traditional Two-Year
Target Career:
Finance
Application Location:
Nigeria, Lagos