Interview Questions

Were you able to secure an admissions interview? Congrats!

Prepare well by checking out the following common interview questions:

Undergraduate Degree

- Why did you choose your particular major?

- What classes did you enjoy most and why?
 
Work Experience

- Describe your current career history. Why did you make the choices you made?

- How did you transition into your current field (if your undergraduate major was something different)?

- What is your typical day/week at work like? What is your role?

- How has your role progressed over time?

- What project are you currently working on?

- What was your biggest challenge at work, and how did you handle it?

- Describe a recent conflict at your workplace (e.g with a subordinate, supervisor, co-worker, client etc.). How did you resolve it?

- When did you not meet a deadline and what did you do?

- When did you face an ethical dilemma and what did you do?

- When did a team project fail and what did you do (this could also be outside of work)?

Leadership

- Please describe your leadership resume, starting with whenever you like

- How has your leadership style evolved at your job? Provide examples other than ones mentioned in your essays.

- Describe a time when you helped someone succeed

- What do you think makes a great leader?

- When did you lead a team? When did you have to develop someone on the team?

- Describe a time you had to implement a change and make your team follow you

- Describe a leadership style you admire and try to emulate

- Describe a leadership experience where you had to depend upon another person/other people for success

- Provide leadership examples not mentioned in your essays, outside of work

- What would you do if a team member wasn't performing well?

- Describe a situation when you suggested an idea and failed

Career Vision

- Why do you want to pursue your particular post-MBA career?

- How will your current job help you achieve this?

- Why are you switching industries (if applicable)?

- Why do you want an MBA? Why now? How will it help you achieve your goal?

- What do you think will be most challenging in achieving that goal?

Random Questions

- What do you consider to be the most pressing issue in today's global economy today?

- If you could sit next to anyone in class / have dinner with a person in the past, present or future, who would it be?

- Tell me about a time when you eperienced culture shock

- In two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?

- What are you strengths and weaknesses?

Personal Questions

- What do you do outside of work? What do you do for fun?

- What inspires you most and why?

- What movies and books do you like? How have they made an impression on you?

- Name three words or phrases to describe yourself to others

- Describe any experiences you have had abroad

Entrepreneur Questions

- Why did you want to start your own business? What motivates you to succeed?

- Elaborate on the company you have started. Why did you go into that field?

- If your company were to succeed, what would it look like?

- How would you secure funding for your company?

- What will you do with your company once you are enrolled?

School Specific

- Why school XYZ? (This one will always come)

- Which other MBA programs are you applying to? How will you decide where to go if you get accepted to all schools [your answer of course should favor the school you are interviewing for :-]?

- What classes are you most interested in and why?

- Which extracurriculars will you become involved with, if accepted?

- How will you contribute to school XYZ? Name three things.

- What do you think your biggest challenge at school XYZ will be?

- What do you hope to get out of school XYZ, in and out of the classroom? Which specific skill-sets are you hoping to pick up?

Follow-up Questions for the Interviewer

- Generally, ask those questions that you really want to find out about. Don't ask questions for the sake of asking them or you will bore your interviewer.

- Discuss any significant event (e.g. promotion) since you submitted your application in case you haven't made the admissions office aware of this yet

- Discuss concentrations you are interested in (e.g. Finance, Entrepreneurship, etc.) and ask what the school offers in these fields aside from things you already researched

- Discuss any special programs, clubs, or initiatives that are of interest to you

- If financial aid is critical to you, ask about aid sources and its availability