NUS Singapore MBA Program Guide 2025

Had my interview today, was very conversational. One interviewer was from the admissions committee a... Read More

Had my interview today, was very conversational. One interviewer was from the admissions committee and one was an alumnus. Questions: Please introduce yourself and help us understand the work you have done so far, your achievements Why MBA here in Singapore, is there any specific reason, how does that fit into what you are planning to do next You might be one of the more experienced students in the Full-time cohort. How do you envisage yourself with people who are less experienced than you? Have you considered EMBA? Have you had a major setback in your career and what did you do with it? You have a clear goal post MBA, have you ever thought of a career in Singapore or a branch office in Singapore? Opened up for any questions I had. Before ending the session, I was asked if I had applied to any other schools. Read Less

My interview format was pretty simple 1)General goal related questions - "Mid-term goal" ,... Read More

My interview format was pretty simple 1)General goal related questions - "Mid-term goal" , " Long term goal" 2)Why MBA? Why NUS? 3)Resume Specific questions about achievement / promotion 4)Essay Specific question 5)Scholarship question (Why do you deserve the scholarship - if you’ve applied for any of it) 6)Industry specific question ( This could be either about the industry you’re in or the one you’re looking to pivot to) 7)General Business Acumen question (For me it was "who’s your favourite business leader outside of Asia?") 8)Any questions for the interviewers My interviewers were skilled - 1 of them was an adcom member, the other an alumnus. The interview was easy going and felt like a simple conversation. Wishing you all the best for you interview. Read Less

• Briefly introduce yourself • How are you going to spend time at NUS? • What is your biggest ... Read More

• Briefly introduce yourself • How are you going to spend time at NUS? • What is your biggest challenge and how did you take the lead? • What is short term career goal? • PE is competitive. What is your plan B? • What do you think you need to develop? • Who do you admire as a global business leader? • What are you proud of the group you established? • Are you applying to other schools? Hope it helps! Read Less

I had my interview today. Sharing my experience with other candidates. The interview was conducted b... Read More

I had my interview today. Sharing my experience with other candidates. The interview was conducted by an adcom member and an alumni. Following were the questions: 1. Tell us about yourself 2. Tell us about how your day to day looks like at your current job 3. You have managed XX no. of people, what are some of the challenges you have faced 4. How can NUS help you in your goals? 5. Tell us about the automations you have mentioned in your application? What's your view on AI? 6. Have you interacted with folks from different geographies and cultures professionally? 7. What sets you apart from others? 8. An instance where you were curious about something? This went on for some 25 mins and then 5-10 mins were for my questions. They mentioned that they'll get back to me after 2-3 weeks. Read Less

R1 ­Interview experience (got dinged though) 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why NUS? 3. Why MBA? 4. ... Read More

R1 ­Interview experience (got dinged though) 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why NUS? 3. Why MBA? 4. Long term/short term goals? 5. What is plan B if you can't get your target goal? 6. What happens if you can't find a job in Singapore? 7. What happens if you can't find a job in Asia? 8. Whos is a personality you look upto a lot? 9. Any questions for us­ Read Less

A bit late to this, but I can share my experience which seems to be far different from what others a... Read More

A bit late to this, but I can share my experience which seems to be far different from what others are going through. Submitted my application a week before the end of Round 1. - Indian male - 690 GMAT - Engineering undergrad (very average gpa) - 7+ years experience in software operations (onboarding/implementation/project execution) A week later, I received a Zoom invitation to interview. The interview was set for the 1st week of November and conducted by two Admissions committee members in a conference call. - A very short interview, probably did not last the complete 30 minutes. - Wide range of questions touching on describing my work, a bit about myself, how I handle certain types of situations, my goals post the MBA. - Most of the questions you should prepare from beforehand already as they are very standard business school interview questions. Have stories that are malleable to multiple question types. Use the STAR method to answer the questions as they will help you come across as a professional. - Be careful with what you say. The interviewers will latch on to bits of information that you feel is harmless but they may ask you to expand on it later in the conversation. So if you want to casually mention a project that you worked on involving some cool tech, be ready to back that up when they probe you. - I made the mistake on not asking questions, although it did not impact the outcome, I feel it is important to have some pertinent questions to your career goals and expectations from the school. In the middle of November (approx. 2 weeks later) I received an email letting me know of my waitlist status. I was told a final decision will be provided to me within 30 days. Within a week, I received an offer letter for admission! So what I would say is if you haven't received anything yet, don't worry, keep your hopes up. The most important thing the school looks for is whether they can land you a job after your MBA. So it doesn't matter what you've done or what your background is, as long as you can share a clear, realistic goal that the school also feels they can help you achieve. Best of luck to everyone. Read Less

These were the questions asked 1. How does your day look like ? 2. Post MBA and long term goals 3. ... Read More

These were the questions asked 1. How does your day look like ? 2. Post MBA and long term goals 3. Plan - B 4. Why MBA, why Foster, contributions 5. What are the various DEI initiatives that u took 6. TMAT delegated a team 7. TMAT where you had conflict with manager and how did it got resolved 8. TMAT where you faced failure 9. Biggest achievement 10. Biggest constructive criticism 11. What are the challanges that u can face at Foster apart from MBA stuff 12. Hobbies apart from work and entrepreneur stuff 13. Leadership style and why Read Less

I received my interview invite on 16 Nov week and had the interview on 24 Nov. It lasted about 20 mi... Read More

I received my interview invite on 16 Nov week and had the interview on 24 Nov. It lasted about 20 minutes as scheduled. The interviewers were friendly and the interview was conversational. Posting my interview debrief below: 1. Introduce yourself 2. Why NUS MBA? 3. What are some aspects of the program you are looking forward to? 4. How will you prepare yourself for the competitive consulting roles, or what is your plan B? 5. How many cases are you willing to prepare, for consulting? 6. Why not explore joining back the Big4 as they too have a consulting wing, why MBB? (I currently work in the tax team of a Big4) 7. Briefly describe your current role and the kind of team you a built (I'd mentioned earlier and in my application that I'm a manager handling a team of 5-6 people) 8. Have you applied elsewhere? Read Less

Hi I got interviewed recently. There was an adcom rep and an alumni. The following questions were ... Read More

Hi I got interviewed recently. There was an adcom rep and an alumni. The following questions were discussed: 1. Tell us about yourself. 2. The biggest challenge you faced as a leader. (I have decent leadership experience in 2 of the last companies I worked for). 3. What are the biggest challenges in my industry. 4. Why NUS now and what do I bring to the school. 5. We also had general discussions on consumption trends in my industry. 6. What is the challenge I expect to face if I am part of the NUS MBA cohort as a student/candidate. This came from the fact that I have more experience and will be coming back to school after more than a decade. 7. Which companies I admire the most in my industry. The tonality was quite conversational and both the interviewers were very polite and friendly. They asked if I had questions for them and I asked about what precise value diverse profiles bring to the cohort (non-engineer/banker/tech, etc.). The interview lasted around 25 mins. Read Less

I remember being interview by the head of the experiential learning and the adcom people. It's like ... Read More

I remember being interview by the head of the experiential learning and the adcom people. It's like a conversation - Tell me about yourself - Why NUS MBA? - What do you want to learn from NUS? (I said leadership) - Tell me about the leader in your own company you admire (I mention my boss and Covid-19) - Oh, you shared about Covid-19. Tell me how you have helped your company overcome obstacles during such time After that, the second interviewer started asking me what I want to achieve from the NUS MBA with digital transformation, as I have achieved a lot. I said I want to learn how to sell technology solutions. I want to note that this is just a brief summary of the interview. The interviewers were very nice and it was actually this experience that made me choose NUS Read Less