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> I joined the virtual meet up yesterday for interviewees. There were about 20 people who attended it.
> There are 3 such events which they are hosting for interviewees with current students.
> I feel all those invited for interviews should have attended it but 20 seems to be small number. May be others will join the other event as per their time zone.

I signed up for the Nov 12th virtual meetup. Can you give us a quick summary know what you learned from the virtual meetup for interviewees?
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it was like any other coffee chat with current student type of events that you’d have attended earlier. People asked from course curriculum to housing to interview perspectives.
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The virtual meetup yesterday has more than 30 interviewees and 2 current students. So the number is adding up to >50 invitees for R1.
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I spoke to a consultant a few months back and he told me that the students he worked with and got in(SFMBA) had two things in common :

Super good acads
And GMAT score of 740 or plus

He also mentioned that there are three broad parameters and a successful candidate must excel in 2 if those

1. Acads including the exam score
2. Work exp
3. Impact on society

Also since SFMBA makes the score optional - his response was sure, and these exceptions apply to exceptional of the exceptional folks - scientists who discovered something/have patents, athletes national/international, people who are really outliers.
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Hi could you please share the details of the consultant you spoke. I have been looking for one. It would be a great help . Thank you
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The virtual meetup yesterday has more than 30 interviewees and 2 current students. So the number is adding up to >50 invitees for R1.
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Hi everyone, today were 30 to 35 interviewees... so thats a total of 80/85 more or less
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Calling all MIT Sloan Fellows Applicants: (2026 Intake) Class of 2027 Updated on: 18 Nov 2025, 11:23
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Finally have time to pay it forward. Interviewed on 11/13.

My prep was based on scouring past debriefs on gmatclub and web search.

After receiving my interview invite, I reached out to an alumnus (class of 2025) from my hometown and had a good coffee chat about the program and life post-graduation.

Like any other interviews, prepare a strong 3 Whys (Why MBA, Why School X, Why Now).

First 5-10 minutes are questions on data visualization. Current student on virtual meetup mentioned it was 20 minutes. Mine was a work example and pretty clear cut, maybe that's why it's much shorter.

The rest are typical behavioral questions, I grouped my stories into themes so to not repeat examples, also not having to remember all different types of prompts. Think strength/weakness/TMAT when... type of questions. Sloan Fellow candidates should have many years of experience, so don't be afraid to go back to your first and second job (I did use a story from 10 years ago).

Last but not least, the current student mentioned you're basically 80% there once you got the interview invite. My insight from alumnus is similar, the interview is to corroborate the person to the application, and to ensure you're a good classmate to the cohort.

Good luck everyone!
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*alextakashi writes:*
Finally have time to pay it forward. Interviewed on 11/13.

My prep was based on scouring past debriefs on gmatclub and web search.

After receiving my interview invite, I reached out to an alumnus (class of 2025) from my hometown and had a good coffee chat about the program and life post-graduation.

Like any other interviews, prepare a strong 3 Whys (Why MBA, Why School X, Why Now).

First 5-10 minutes are question on data visualization. From the current student virtual meetup, some mentioned it was 20 minutes. Mine was a work example and pretty clear cut, so maybe that's why it's much shorter.

The rest are typical behavioral questions, I grouped my stories into themes so to not repeat examples, also not having to remember all different types of prompts. Think strength/weakness/TMAT when... type of questions. Sloan Fellow candidates should have many years of experience, so don't be afraid to go back to your first and second job (I did use a story from 10 years ago).

Last but not least, the current student mentioned you'll basically 80% there once you got the interview invite. My insight from alumnus is similar, the interview is to corroborate the person to the application, and to ensure you're a good classmate to the cohort.

Good luck everyone!
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thanks a ton. 🙂
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