Kelley (Indiana)

"My interview was with a second-year student and lasted around 35-40 minutes. The discussion covered the following topics: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Post-MBA goals 3. How would Kelley help you achieve your post-MBA goals? 4. (I mentioned my interest in marketing in one of my answers) When and how did I realize my passion for marketing? 5. Biggest Achievement 6. Leadership style. 7. Reason for switching companies. I was asked a lot of follow-up questions for each answer, but the interview felt very comfortable and conversational. Also, we talked about our shared interests (long-term goal) for a while. Then, I asked a few questions."

"Hi, I had my Interview with the MBA Admissions Counsellor at Kelley. She is a second-year student currently, and the entire discussion felt very easy and conversational in nature. She made sure I was comfortable and started by introducing herself. These were the questions in order: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Her next question was about one of my extracurricular experiences from my Resume (which I also mentioned in my Introduction). 3. Why MBA and Why Kelley? 4. What would be an ideal workplace environment for you? 5. What are your immediate short-term goals post-MBA? 6. What was your greatest professional accomplishment, and what was your role in achieving the same? 7. Any Questions for her? The interview lasted approximately 30 minutes. She mentioned that a few of the answers were very unique as compared to lots of interviews that she has had so far. She mentioned that the application reviewers will be different and she will simply provide her inputs based on the interview to the AdCom panel who will soon share the updates/decision. Overall, I have a good feeling about my interview."

"Hello, I am done with my interview. Completely different set of questions than usual after the first two: Introduce Why MBA now? What is leadership to you? How do you prioritise extra curricular and work? What is your leadership style? Define TEAM in your words. Do you think you are a good fit for this school, this time? (reapplicant) Ask any question that you want to ask."

"Hi My Interview was taken by a second year student and It was very conversational in nature. She made sure I was comfortable and started by introducing herself. Questions were normal : 1. TMAY 2. Why MBA 3. Why Kelley 4. 3 things that Adcom should remember about you 5. What is Leadership ? TMAT You had to solve a conflict in your team 6. What are you strengths and weaknesses 7. Any Questions for her? It lasted 30 minutes and I had a good feeling about my interview"

"Hi, I had my interview with a 2nd-year student. It was conversational. The interviewer first introduced himself and told me how the interview is intended to be taken and that he will be taking down the notes while I answer the questions. I had prepared for the interview mainly from interview debriefs, which proved helpful. The interviewer has a set of questions to ask and will ask only those. Most of them are available on this forum only". The interview went on for around 40 minutes.The following questions were asked: 1. Walk me through your Resume/ Introduce yourself. 2. Why MBA. 3. Why Kelley. Then he explicitly said that he will be asking behavioral questions. 4. Tell about your leadership style and what being a leader means to you. 5. TMAT when any member of the team was weighing the team down and how you resolved it. 6. TMAT you experienced failure. 7. TMAT when you received critical feedback. 8. Anything else you want to tell about yourself. 9. Any questions you have for me to ask. (For the last question which is a standard one, I would suggest that one should prepare 2-3 questions because the interviewer told me that no one for past few days has asked him any questions and he would be happy if I asked him something.)"

"Interviewed with a second year student from Adcom. She did a wonderful job of making me feel comfortable because I was a bit nervous. The interview lasted for about 35 mins. It’s a blind interview, meaning all they know about you is from your resume. They don’t know about your grades or gmat or anything. So give this your best shot and talk about yourself. It’s okay if you falter in between say once or twice, the interviewer is really kind and will give you that time and help you calm you down. Ensure that you’re answering the questions as asked, it’s okay if you’re a little verbose but as long as you answer the question, it’s fine. Give examples as much as you can. All the best to all others who are interviewing for Kelley! Questions asked- 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why MBA? Why now? 3. Why Kelley? 4. How do you resolve conflicts within a team? Can you give me an example when you did the same? 5. Tell me about your short term goals immediately post MBA 6. What’s your leadership style like? 7. What’s your role in a team? At the end she asked if I had any questions for her. I had about 2-3 questions and that’s all. She said the decisions will be out by mid March and all you gotta do is wait."

"Just had my interview with one of the Admissions team members. It was entirely conversational in nature. She started about asking my introduction (Who you are?) very candidly and followed up a standard Why MBA question? As I have done an exchange semester in US so she was interested to know about that. Almost all the questions during the conversation were focused on my leadership skills that I developed during my professional career. In the last she also asked about my hobbies in free time. She also asked if there is anything else I wanted to make a part of my application. Total time = 50 mins"

"I got interviewed just now by a 2nd year student of Kelley. It was conversational but he had questions prepared and was determined to ask all of them. Just added his own experiences after I answered. time: 1hr 1. Why MBA (Follow up from "Tell me about yourself" where I ended) 2. Why Kelley 3. Tell me about yourself 4. Tell me a time when you did not have to take up a leadership position but you did? 5. Tell me about constructive criticism 6. 3 things a teamplayer should have 7. Questions you have for me? 8. Anything you would like the AdCom to know? 9. Tell me a time when you lead a team? 10. How do you deal with conflict? When people dont necessarily agree with you? 11. In your career so far, what are you proud of?"

"I just had my interview with a 2Y. I don’t feel that I did very well. I was so sweaty and stressed. I did prep but I don’t think I communicated very well. Hopefully things work out. - Walk me through your resume? - Why an MBA now? - Why Kelley? - What value do you bring to a team? - How have you prioritized multiple projects when you were pressed for time? - How have you dealt with coworkers who didn’t pull their weight on a team project? - What are your weaknesses? - What are your post-MBA goals? What industry? - What other schools have you applied to? Have you been accepted anywhere yet? - Is there anything that you haven’t shared with me or in your application that you would like to add?"

"My interview was conducted by a second year. She asked the standard questions - why MBA? Why Kelley? Have you spoken to anyone at Kelley? Why now? Its blind interview. So you can probably use some of your essay questions Other questions such as what time of a leader would you say you are. Tell me about a time"

"The interview was with a second year student and lasted for about 25 mins. The interview was more on my Professional experience. following questions were asked as far as i remember - 1. Why MBA now? 2. What value will you bring to a team 3. How did you prioritize multiple tasks or projects when you were pressed for time? 4. Give 2-3 things you will bring to Kelley 5. Tell us about a cinstructive criticism you have got at work and how did you take and improve on that? 6. Tell me about a time when you took up a leadership role when it was not required."

"I submitted my application on 15th October, pretty much the last day I got my interview invite on 24th October asking to set up a call. Based on mutual availability my interview was set on 28th October with Tyler Neal, a current student in their second year. I was kind of amused to see I have been mapped to Tyler, both of us belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community and my profile being pro-LGBT. I don’t think that’s a coincidence though. Tyler was friendly throughout and clarified it would be more of a conversation. I will list out my questions: 1. Introduce yourself so that I may know you better. 2. Why Kelley School of Business? 3. What is your leadership style, and if not a leader than what role would you take? 4. Examples of organizational prowess that you have showed. 5. Community work (LGBT+NGO) 6. Example of a conflict and how you resolved it. 7. If you haven’t mentioned anything through your application or interview yet, please let us know. 8. Any questions that you have for me The interview lasted about 45 minutes . I was asked to look out for a decision after a month or so."

"My interview lasted for 40 minutes. A second-year student took my Kelley interview. My application is pro-LGBT as I belong to the community and I was actually shocked to see my interviewer was mapped based on it - they are the president of Kelley PRIDE and hence a lot of questions were focused on that. beyond that, there were questions on why this school, what is leadership to you, if not a leader what else?, what discipline you want to pursue? ( I am keen on marketing)- so why marketing? short-term goals, anything you would like to ask them."

"I was interviewed by a second-year student. The interview was extremely conversational and the interviewer made me feel extremely comfortable. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? 3. Which specialisation? 4. TMAT when you received constructive criticism. 5. What is your leadership style? 6. What will you bring to the team at Kelley? 7. Why Kelley? Then the interviewer asked if I had any questions? Overall, the interview experience was great. The interview was a two-way conversation throughout."

"Interviewer - Second year student Interview type - conversational 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Tell me about your work experience. 3. Why MBA? 4. Why Kelley? 5. How would your supervisor describe your leadership style? 6. Greatest professional accomplishment. 7. Anything you would like me to tell the Adcom on your behalf. 8. Tell me about the time you led a team. 9. Tell me about a time when you failed. 10. How would you handle a situation when there are multiple things on your hand? 11. TMAT when you had a conflict with a teammate. 12. Questions for me. Similar Language. Not in the same order."

"Interview was conducted by second year student- Brian Easley Conversational ( Around 30-35 mins) He first introduced himself and then started following questions. 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Kelley? 4) What is your leadership style? 5) What qualities you think are important to work in team? 6) If you faced any situation or hypothetically in situation where team member is not doing task properly, how will you handle such situation? 7) What things do you think, you need to improve in B-school? 8) What are your 2 major accomplishments( Personal/Professional) 9) Anything else you want us to consider but not asked? 10) Any question for me?"

"Interviewer - 2nd-year student Interview length - 40-45 min.s Interview style - Conversational Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. why MBA? Why Kelley? 3. Post MBA goals. 4. How would your supervisor describe your leadership style. 5. Constructive Feedback you have received. 6. Greatest professional accomplishment. 7. what do you think makes a team successful. 8. TMAT when you work with a difficult team and how did you resolve it. 9. TMAT when you took a risk. 10. Anything you would like me to tell the Adcom on your behalf. 11. Questions for me."

"It was a very conversational and calm interview. The interviewer (2nd-year student) made me comfortable, and I think we had a great conversation. It took 50mins overall (interview questions and answer 35mins) I put questions that I was asked. Hope this will be helpful. 1. Work me through resume 2. Why joined the company that now I work for? 3. What is your goal after your MBA? 4. Why Kelley particular? 5. What skill do you want to develop during your MBA? 6. Tell me about the time you led a team and your leadership style? 7. What do you think of “Team” 8. How do you motivate people to make move? Ex) How will you make people go to volunteer work besides they want to go home and take a rest? 9. Any other thing you would like to share with me or the admissions committee? 10. Any questions?"

"I was interviewed by a second-year student. Overall, I think it went for around 45-50 mins. The initial part was like a typical interview, but it got more conversational towards the behavioral questions. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA? Why Kelley? 3. Goals 4. In the era of digitization which industry do you think is the most impacted and why? 5. What is the latest constructive feedback that you’ve got and how have you worked towards it? 6. What is your leadership style? 7. Tell me about a time when you displayed leadership. 8. Tell me about a time when you failed. 9. How would you handle a situation when there are multiple things on your hand? 10. How do you deal with stress since management consulting is extremely stressful job? 11. Why do you have such a long stint (63 months) at my current company? 12. Since I mentioned that I am actively involved in recruitment activities, i.e. interviewing candidates for my team, he asked about what do I look for from an ideal candidate. 13. Last question was - what are the 3 thing I should be telling the AdComs about you? 14. Anything you would want to ask me? Not in the same order or wording."

"I was interviewed by a second-year student. It was very conversational and there were a few follow-up questions. Overall, it was around 40 mins. He asked me questions for 30 mins. Tell me about yourself Why MBA? Why MBA after my recent job change? Goals TMAT when you had a conflict with a teammate. What is your leadership style? TMAT when you displayed leadership. TMAT when you failed. How would you handle a situation when there are multiple things on your hand? How do you navigate through ambiguity? Anything that you want adcoms to know about you. Not in the same order or wording."