Posted by Clear Admit on January 31, 2012, at 2:30 am
Posted in:  Interview Tips , Interview: NYU Stern Check out the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This Round 1 candidate for NYU / Stern shared the following interview experience with an adcom member:
“You are greeted with a t-shirt and a packet of information related to your interests. For myself it was Entertainment and Stern Women in Business. My interviewer came out a few minutes late to greet me, a member of the AdCom, and we made small talk on our way to the office about my trip to NYC.
The interviewer started out by asking me about one of my interests listed on my resume. From there the interview became more like a job interview with very directed questions:
Tell me about your job progression what are your strengths/weaknesses Why MBA now? Short-term/Long-term goals
Posted by Clear Admit on January 31, 2012, at 2:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Dartmouth / Tuck Welcome to another interview report posted recently to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource for MBA admissions applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process. This applicant to Dartmouth / Tuck interviewed on-campus with a second-year student:
“I was interviewed for 40 minutes as opposed to 30 minutes. My interviewer right away said that it was a 45 minute interview. Although one of the persons I was waiting with had a 1 hour interview and the other had only a half hour interview. I guess the duration was not strictly 30 minutes.
2. The questions were standard but asked in a different style. He asked all those questions using the resume.
Questions asked:
Walk me through your resume. Don’t worry about the time. Tell me about your undergrad experiences. What were your leadership roles and what were the challenges. Why did you choose this College. Why did you choose to pursue a Masters? Was your choice of work in line with what you studied? Explain.
Posted by Clear Admit on January 31, 2012, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Columbia Take a peek at the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This candidate for Columbia Business School shared the following account with an alumnus interviewer:
“Applied to Columbia back in mid-October 2011 and received an invite to interview on December 23. Emailed all of my interview ambassadors (nine in total) and had to wait about a week and a half before the first one responded, most likely due to the holidays. Set up the interview on the following Friday January 13th with a recent alumnus who just graduated in May. Sent him my resume beforehand.
The interview was very informal – took place at a Starbucks. It lasted for about a hour and he asked me some obligatory questions to be filled out on the Columbia form. It went like this:
Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why now? Why Columbia? How would you describe your leadership style?
Posted by Clear Admit on January 30, 2012, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Northwestern / Kellogg As Round 2 interview season heats up, this candidate for Northwestern / Kellogg shared the following interview with an AdCom member:
“The tone of my interview was conversational and the majority of questions the interviewer asked me I had seen before on the Clear Admit Wiki. There were two, however, that I had not seen and that took me by surprise:
1. What is a misconception people have about you?
2. Kellogg involves a lot of quant work. Can you tell me where on your resume you’ve had experience with quant? (In retrospect, this was a predictable question as I come from a liberal arts background and it’s an obvious weak point in my application. Luckily, my answer was the same as my “Tell us anything additional about yourself” essay.)
Posted by Clear Admit on January 21, 2012, at 2:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Dartmouth / Tuck Take a peek at the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This Round 3 candidate for Dartmouth / Tuck shared the following account with a second-year student interviewer:
“My visit to campus began with my interview with a second-year. Hanover just received 6 inches of snow the day before so the logical first question was ‘how was the trip’? From discussions with students and alumni, this question is more geared to understanding whether you are comfortable coming all the way out to Hanover, so I would advise to answer back accordingly even if there is 20 inches of snow on the ground. The rest of the interview was relaxed, but not quite as relaxing as expected. There were one or two questions thrown out from the interviewers list that were not expected, but the interview ultimately became more of a conversation as we talked about why he decided on Tuck and the impact on his wife and family (I am engaged so the Partners club became a hot topic for us). After the interview, I went into town to grab coffee with my fiancee and we ran into friends of hers from college. After they left, another couple from Tuck asked me if I was visiting campus and how things were going and they were extremely friendly. This was a reoccurring theme through the lunch and student tours as friendly faces met us wherever we went. Overall, it was a wonderful experience, which left me with higher impressions of Tuck than I had anticipated.
List of interview questions
How was the trip? Will your fiancée be coming with you if you attend here? . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on January 21, 2012, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Dartmouth / Tuck Welcome to another interview report posted recently to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource for MBA admissions applicants to share their experiences from the admissions process. This Round 1 applicant to Dartmouth / Tuck interviewed over Skype with an admissions officer:
“List of interview questions:
Where are you from? How was your undergraduate experience? Why an MBA? What do you want to do after your MBA? (long-term and short-term goals) What do you want to do during your internship? What is the most difficult piece of feedback that you received?
Posted by Clear Admit on January 20, 2012, at 2:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: UVA / Darden In the midst of Round 1 interviews, this candidate for UVA / Darden shared the following experience with a second-year student:
“I interviewed on campus with a second year student. There were numerous other activities scheduled for your interview day such as class visits and lunch with current students and professors. I had attended one of the Darden Open House days prior to my interview so I did not stay for any of the additional events. The student I interviewed with my very friendly and after answering the initial question it became much more conversational.
The interview was completely blind without a copy of my resume.
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Posted by Clear Admit on January 20, 2012, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Duke / Fuqua Take a peek at the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This November Round candidate for Duke / Fuqua faced the following queries from a second-year student:
“I interviewed on campus in conjunction with Fuqua’s Weekend for Women, a three day recruiting event. All attendees were invited to interview during the event. Interviews were with second year students. Interviews were conducted after the first day of the event which included classes and speaker events. My interview was very casual and more of a conversation than specific questions.
The interview was based off my resume but not any other information included in my application.
Posted by Clear Admit on January 19, 2012, at 2:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Cornell / Johnson Welcome to another interview report posted recently to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource for MBA admissions applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process. This Round 1 applicant to Cornell / Johnson interviewed on-campus with an adcom member:
“I interviewed on campus in conjunction with the Johnson Women in Business event, a two day women’s recruiting event. I received an invitation to interview prior to the event but all attendees were invited to interview regardless of if an invitation had been extended yet. The interviews were the first part of the event followed by two days of class visits and speaker events. My interview was with a member of the admissions staff and the interview was relatively formal with structured questions. I had met the person with whom I interviewed at a prior open house in my area so because we had met before and had kept in touch over email, the interview felt a bit more informal than it would have likely otherwise.
The interview was largely based off information in my resume. I had already submitted my application but I do not know if that information was used to ask specific questions.
Interview questions:
Walk me through your resume. What led you to this career path and why? What are your short and long term career goals? Why an MBA and why Johnson? . . . → Continue Reading
Posted by Clear Admit on January 6, 2012, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Penn / Wharton , School: Penn / Wharton Welcome to another interview report posted recently to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource for MBA admissions applicants to share their experiences from the admissions process. This Round 1 applicant interviewed on-campus with a second-year student.
“The 2nd year student that interviewed me was very friendly and made me feel comfortable. She described the process and told me she would be taking notes, which she would submit to the AdCom.
Her questions were:
Name a time that you had to manage upward/someone above you.
Posted by Clear Admit on January 5, 2012, at 2:00 pm
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Penn / Wharton , Interview: UCLA / Anderson The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management are among a growing number of business schools that are reassessing whether or not to have alumni conduct admissions interviews with prospective MBA applicants, according to an article this week in the Wall Street Journal.
Some schools are opting to send admissions staff around the globe – despite higher costs – to interview candidates themselves in an effort to ensure more consistent comparison among candidates and to keep interviewees and interviewers from lapsing into languages other than English.
Clear Admit co-founder Graham Richmond contributed to the article, confirming concerns schools have that foreign alumni may not always conduct interviews in English. “If you get two French people in a room and ask them to speak English together, it’s just not going to happen,” he told the WSJ. Richmond added that language is an even greater concern in Asia, where some applicants have hired proxies to take entrance exams or write essays. Here, even phone interviews aren’t enough to defer potential fraud, since someone other than the real candidate could be on the other end of the line, he points out.
For this and other reasons, Wharton this year is sending its six admissions officers to 12 hub cities around the world to conduct interviews with prospective applicants rather than relying on its network of 88,000 alumni, as it has in the past. On-campus interviews, meanwhile, are conducted by 45 trained second-year students.
Other schools, such as UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, are hoping videoconferencing via Skype may provide a solution. Beginning with candidates for this year’s fall class, Anderson began using Skype for interviews to ensure that potential students are fluent in English, according to the WSJ account.
For the complete Wall Street Journal article, click here.
Posted by Clear Admit on December 17, 2011, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Georgetown , School: Georgetown Check out the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This Round 1 candidate for Georgetown / McDonough shared the following interview experience with an adcom member:
“I was invited to interview for R1. I did not attend any classes or other sessions. I met with the Adcom woman for roughly 15 minutes. It was a blind interview (the interviewer had no previous knowledge of me or my application), and was very laid back. I was told it was “your interview”.
The interview started with the typical “Share a little about yourself, your life story, how you ended up here”. This lasted 5 – 8 minutes. I didn’t want to bore the woman to death and it seemed natural to move through this quickly.
Next were the common questions:
Why Georgetown? Why now?
Posted by Clear Admit on December 6, 2011, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: UVA / Darden , School: Virginia / Darden Take a peek at the latest addition to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free online resource for MBA applicants to share their experiences with the admissions process! This Round 1 candidate for UVA / Darden faced the following queries from an adcom member:
“I was invited to interview with Darden around November 20th. I was kind of shocked to get an invite because I thought they had all gone out. Nonetheless, I scheduled an interview for December 2nd.
I arrived at the Darden Gatehouse about 20 minutes early to get a parking pass. It’s an easy task requiring little more than two minutes. I parked and walked to Admissions, arriving about 10 minutes early. I checked in and got a folder with some materials in it. For the most part it’s the advertising pitch, but some stuff was geared specifically toward me based on my careers interests (consulting and sustainability).
I sat in the waiting room and began to worry that they’d forgotten about me. Finally, a second year student and Admissions Committee member came out to meet me. It was about 10 minutes after our appointed time, which was fine by me. I had previously visited Darden so I only came down to interview (i.e. no class visit, lunch, etc.).
The three of us walked back to the ADCOM member’s office and sat down. My interviewer and I sat in chairs while the ADCOM member sat on her couch. From there it was pretty straightforward. My interviewer was cordial and asked if I had any questions about the interview. I indicated that I felt good and appreciated him taking time out of his day to talk to me. From there, the floor was mine. He just wanted “to get to know me. Where are you coming from? What’s your story?”
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Posted by Clear Admit on December 2, 2011, at 1:00 am
Posted in: Interview Tips , Interview: Penn / Wharton , School: Penn / Wharton As interview season heats up, this Round 1 applicant to Wharton passed along the following questions posed by a second-year student:
“Interviewer jumped straight into behavioral questions without any background, resume or the three why questions. She used the remaining time for me to ask questions, which I used to piggy back on her responses to include my “whys.” Interview lasted about 35 minutes or so.
The questions that I got were (paraphrasing):
Tell me about a time you were managing a team and you perceived the outcome to be a failure.
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