HEC Paris MBA Recommendation Questions
The HEC Paris MBA application for the September 2026 intake is now open, which means you can find the HEC Paris MBA recommendation questions here!
HEC Paris requires two references who can provide true and accurate feedback on your academic ability and professional qualifications. Admissions is looking for applicants who can collaborate within a team, are driven with a strong sense of personal direction, and can demonstrate excellence as a leader.
2025-2026 HEC MBA Recommendation Questions
Relationship to candidate:
How long and in what capacity have you known the candidate?
If this is a work related reference, in what position is/was the candidate employed and for how long?
Candidate’s abilities:
Referees are asked to rate the applicant on a list of qualities using the following scale: Unobserved, Below average, Average, Good (top 40%), Very good (top 25%), Excellent (top 15%), Outstanding (top 5%).
Qualities:
- Intellectual or academic ability
- Oral communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Teamwork skills
- Creativity / Innovative
- Competence in current position
- Written communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Initiative / problem solving skills
Proficiency in English:
Candidate’s first language?
Candidate’s strengths and weaknesses:
What do you consider to be the candidate’s principal strengths / talents?
What do you consider to be the candidate’s weaknesses or areas that need improvement?
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GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.
I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.
My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.
I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)
For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector
Background: 27, male, SouthAsia (non Indian). Top national undergrad, GPA just under 3, strong GRE (330/167Q).
Experience 5 years: Founder of a cross border consumer-electronics venture (led a successful B2B pivot) operating over 3 continents, and Director of Ops & Supply Chain at a Regional distribution company (in a similar domain to my own business).
Leadership: Elected civic role (thousands of constituents); founded an award-winning COVID relief effort.
Goals: Short-term consulting (MBB/T2, ops & transformation). long-term to build an advisory firm for emerging-market SMEs.