NYU Stern School of Business Dean Bowls, Publishes
In the midst of leading one of the top MBA programs in the world, Dean Peter Blair Henry of New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business somehow also finds time both to publish and to unwind with students.
A recent tweet from the school (#Stern2013) leads to photos of Henry just after he’s released a bowling ball down the lane. While scores aren’t revealed, he has the look of a cranker with a smooth delivery. Let’s just say, he didn’t throw a powder puff. Besides offering up an opportunity to show off their bowling lingo, MBA Bowling Night 2013 also gave Stern students a chance to unwind and celebrate the final weeks before graduation with both Dean Henry and Stern President John Sexton. Check out the slideshow for yourself. Continue reading…
Tell Us Tuesdays: Submit an MBA Interview Report from Berkeley / Haas, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU / Stern, or Dartmouth / Tuck and Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card!
Welcome to our weekly edition of Tell Us Tuesdays, where we highlight MBA interview reports that have recently been posted to our Interview Archive! Over the past week, applicants have sent us nearly three dozen new reports from schools such as MIT/Sloan and Berkeley/Haas .
Thank you to everyone who has contributed information to the Clear Admit Interview Archive this admissions season! If you’re interested in sharing your experience, we’ll be awarding a $10 Amazon gift certificate to every third applicant who submits an interview report for Berkeley / Haas, Northwestern / Kellogg, NYU / Stern, or Dartmouth / Tuck through next Tuesday, April 23rd at 4 p.m. EST! All you have to do is send us your interview field report for the selected schools for inclusion in the Interview Archive and we’ll send you a $10 Amazon gift certificate. We will notify the winners by e-mail (Limit: one gift card per person).
The most helpful and informative reports usually include the following information:
- Date/Admissions Round
- Description of visit and/or interview atmosphere
- Type of interview (alum vs. adcom, blind vs. application-based)
- List of interview questions
- Commentary (What did you think of the interview? What surprised you? What didn’t surprise you? What might you conclude about the school based on this experience?)
Applicants who would like to supplement the information available on the Interview Archive can check out our Clear Admit Interview Guides, which provide school-specific insight about admissions interviews. Good luck interviewing!
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / AdCom / Off-Campus Hub
I had my interview off-campus. To tell youthe truth I was pretty nervous. I reaced 15 min before time hoping to hang around and get used to the atmosphere, but I never got the chance. As soon as I reached I was handed a folder with my interests. Thanks to all the reviews I knew what to expect in this part. As I was the first candidate being interviewed that day the Adcom came right out to meet me and I was ushered in before the scheduled time. It was a very relaxed affair all in all. Once we got talking it was less of an interview and more of a conversation for me. The questions were never directly asked but instead the Adcom directed me to the issues he wanted to clarify. Guess being prepared didn’t hurt either.
It was pretty clear that the Adcom knew my application. In fact in our “chat” he kept referring back to what I had mentioned in the essays. The main tone was set to see if I knew what NYU Stern had to offer and if I had my goals as clearly in my head as in the essays I wrote. This part was a piece of cake as I was prepared. I got some good insights from the Adcom too and we bonded over some common characteristics and interests we shared. The rough list of questions follows -
1. Started with Personal expression essay and some more probing about what was mentioned
2. Why NYU?
3. What companies would you like to work in and why?
4. What are you backup plans (this one seems pretty important to them especially placement concerns – we talked at length)
5. What are you looking forward to at Stern?
6. What would you like me to think when I introduce you at your graduation? (translates to what do you want to achieve at Stern?)
7. Questions for Adcom
At the end the Adcom asked me for my transcripts and degree conferral proof and handed me a T-shirt. It was so quick and friendly I even forgot to be nervous. 
My interview finished in exactly half an hour. And as usual I was told to expect a reply in 2-3 weeks. Although I knew it would be much sooner and kept checking the status website everyday. Got my result in less than a week (Admit).
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 2 / Alumnus / On Campus
I had my interview during Diversity Connect with an alumnus, which I know is unusual for NYU, so I really wanted to share my experience. I will say, expecting to interview with an adcomm member meant that I prepared wrong for this interview. (About half of the Diversity Connect folks interviewed with the adcomm, the other half with alumnus that the adcomm had carefully matched us with.)
The alumnus still had all of my information and had read my full application. However, the answers she was looking for were totally different – I had professors names and course names to respond with when she asked me about what I wanted to study, but she wanted subject (like marketing, strategy, etc.) The interview felt more like my Columbia interview – talk about a difficult colleague, a time you failed, back-up options. She didn’t ask me specific questions about my interest area or about my current area like a lot of the reviews tell you to expect.
Overall, I was just in the wrong mindset for a traditional interview, so my responses sort of sat strangely. If you do have an alumnus, adjust your expectations as soon as you can, be more broad, and ask clarifying questions! Some of the questions I got – I just didn’t understand what she wanted to get at – there was clearly something she thought she was asking that wasn’t translating and I struggled. The good news is, I got in anyway, even though I completely felt like I blew the interview. Anyway, that might be a “con” to interviewing at one of the Connect events – it was helpful in terms of thinking about the school, but I wish I had interviewed in the “regular” process.
Clear Admit Weighs in on NYU Stern’s Top Place among Undergrads in Bloomberg BusinessWeek Survey
In a recent article about the most sought-after business schools for undergraduate students, New York University’s Stern School of Business topped the short list, along with Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Stanford Graduate School.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which reported the top five as lead-up to its 2013 Undergraduate Business School rankings, which will be published later this month, expressed surprise at NYU Stern’s inclusion in the mix. Continue reading…
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/Adcom/On-campus
These are the questions they asked me.
1. Tell me about yourself?
2. What do you feel is the weakest aspect of your resume?
3. Which achievement are you most proud of?
4. Is Stern your first choice? If you are admitted to other schools, what criteria your decision will be based on?
5. What’s the main difference between your current position and your goals? Why do you think you are ready for an MBA at this moment of your career?
6. What programs have made you interested in Stern? And what clubs will you participate?
7. What job do you imagine yourself doing during your first summer break?
8. Can you list some companies you’d like to work for post graduation?
9. What will you do if you can’t get a job in the domain you are looking for?
10. What would your manager say is one of your strengths? One of your weaknesses?
11. During the first few weeks at Stern, how will you distinguish yourself from the other students?
12. If 25 years from now you were asked to return to Stern to speak, how would you want to be introduced?
13. Is there anything else you’d like me to know?
I answered all of the questions with confidence and without getting nervous. I think I did pretty well, to be honest
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus
I interviewed with a “senior associate admissions director.” The conversation is very friendly. She took very few notes (which at the time to me could be good or bad). She definitely knows my application from inside out.
When we sat down she smiled and said “so you play the guitar?” (She was referring to part of my essay 3). “When/how did you start and what kind of songs do you play?”
Then the interview moved to real business:
- Tell me about how you ended up at your current role (job)?
- What’s your post-MBA career goal?
- How is your new career goal different from your current role? (to see if you are prepared to make a transfer)
- What 5 companies do you want to work for after MBA?
- What’s your preferred post MBA company to work for and WHY?
- What other schools are you applying to?
- If all the schools accept you, HOW would you make your decision?
- What makes Stern’s culture different from other schools?
- What if your top choice career goal is not available (your back up plans)?
- What else would you like to address the adcom? Questions for me? (I asked 4, I think 4-5 is good enough).
It was a nice interview overall, I came out feeling relaxed.
Tell Us Tuesdays: Submit an MBA Interview Report from NYU / Stern, UNC / Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, or Berkeley / Haas and Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card!
Welcome to our weekly addition of Tell Us Tuesdays, where we highlight MBA interview reports that have recently been posted to our Interview Archive! Over the past week, applicants have sent us nearly a dozen new reports from schools such as Harvard, Duke / Fuqua, Yale SOM, London Business School, and Kellogg / Northwestern.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed information to the Clear Admit Interview Archive this admissions season! If you’re interested in sharing your experience, we’ll be awarding a $10 Amazon gift certificate to every applicant who submits an interview report for NYU / Stern, UNC / Kenan-Flagler, USC / Marshall, or Berkeley / Haas through next Tuesday, March 5th at 4 p.m. EST! All you have to do is send us your interview field report for the selected schools for inclusion in the Interview Archive and we’ll send you a $10 Amazon gift certificate. We will notify the winners by e-mail (Limit: one gift card per person).
The most helpful and informative reports usually include the following information:
- Date/Admissions Round
- Description of visit and/or interview atmosphere
- Type of interview (alum vs. adcom, blind vs. application-based)
- List of interview questions
- Commentary (What did you think of the interview? What surprised you? What didn’t surprise you? What might you conclude about the school based on this experience?)
Applicants who would like to supplement the information available on the Interview Archive can check out our Clear Admit Interview Guides, which provide school-specific insight about admissions interviews. Good luck interviewing!
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1/Adcom/On-campus
I had my interview in New York. I live in Europe, so travelled to NY for the interview the day before. At 11.00 am on the day, I was greeted by the receptionist and given a Stern T-shirt and an information pack. My interviewer was one of the admissions directors . She was quite friendly and had clearly read my application materials really well. She started off with an informal question from my ‘creative essay’ – I had written about my hobbies and then moved on to the following more formal questions:
1. What made you switch to your current company from your previous employer
2. How did you get your first job
3. Why Stern
4. Why MBA
5. Why do you want to pursue your short-term post-MBA goals
6. Are you aware of any gaps that could deter you from achieving your short-term goal
7. What has been your greatest achievement (in your current job)
8. How will your post-MBA role be different from your current role
8. I had lived and worked abroad and given this context, she asked if I had a country I could visit as part of the ‘Doing Business In’ programme, which one would it be?
The interview lasted exactly 30 minutes. I felt quite a bit was covered in the half hour, but did not feel that intense! Overall, I quite enjoyed the experience.
NYU / Stern MBA Admissions Interview Questions: Round 1 / Adcom / On campus
I interviewed at Stern as part of Women’s Interview Day. Before the interview, the entire group of prospective students gathered around banquet tables where we had the opportunity to ask current students questions. Everyone was very friendly and informative, yet casual. We were then led into the interview reception area, where our individual interviewers greeted us one-by-one. My interviewer was a member of the admissions committee, however some of the women I talked to were interviewed by people in the financial aid office, career development office, etc. My interviewer was already well versed in my application, and she used the 30 minute interview to get to know me better. The interview was laid-back, conversational, and I felt that she was genuinely interested in my personal and professional goals. The reviews on this forum proved extremely helpful; I had prepared using the questions listed here and she didn’t ask me anything outside of what had been listed. Just prepare a few solid stories based on the questions here and you’ll do great! Here are the specific questions she asked:
- What one thing draws you to Stern?
- What do you like about New York? What neighborhoods would you consider living in?
- How would your boss describe you?
- What summer internship will you apply for – list specific companies (make sure to do research on what companies recruit on campus)? What’s your back-up plan?
- How would you get involved at Stern?
- How would you market yourself in your target industry?
- Tell me about a challenging time or time you failed? What did you learn?
- What would you change/enhance on the Stern website? (I have a background in digital which is why she asked!)
- Questions for interviewer
Overall the interview was a positive experience. My interviewer seemed very passionate about the school and students, and seemed to really enjoy her coworkers in the admissions office. I interviewed on Thursday and got admitted the following Wednesday, despite her telling me that a decision would take 2-3 weeks. Best of luck!
Trivia Tuesday: NYU Stern’s Entrepreneurs Challenge
It’s time for this week’s edition of Trivia Tuesday, in which we examine program elements that differentiate the leading MBA programs from their peers. Today we’re taking a look into the Clear Admit School Guide to New York University’s Stern School of Business in order to share with you an excerpt about the program’s Entrepreneurs Challenge.
“The NYU Stern Entrepreneurs Challenge, sponsored by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and open to all members of the greater NYU community, is among the largest business plan competitions in the U.S. Beginning in September, the challenge spans eight months and includes workshops, coaching sessions and networking events to help participants refine their business plans. Teams must include at least one current Stern student, alumnus or faculty member. All participating teams receive feedback from experienced industry professionals throughout the competition, and have ample opportunity to test their business ideas and practice their entrepreneurial skills in a risk-free environment.
“The challenge, which drew an unprecedented 175 teams in 2012, consists of three separate competitions: the NYU Stern New Venture Competition; the NYU Stern Social Venture Competition; and, new in 2011, the NYU Technology Venture Competition, divided into Life Sciences and IT & Clean Tech tracks. Winners of the three competitions are awarded a combined $200,000 in seed money. Alongside valuable funding and continual guidance throughout the competition, the winning teams receive access to a virtual “pod” in Stern’s new-venture incubator, where they will benefit from $10,000 in pro bono legal and consulting support, an extensive mentor network, ongoing technical assistance, educational programs and other university-sponsored resources. Continue reading…
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