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Thanks everyone who shared their interview experiences here. In addition to what you have posted, I am re-posting here few good interview debriefs collected from previous UCLA discussions for those who are about to be interviewed.

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I interviewed with Anderson on campus. Overall, as others had mentioned, I had a great experience interacting with a 2nd year MBA student. He was very friendly and gave a lot of insights about his experiences at Anderson.

Walk me through your resume
Goals post MBA
Why Anderson
Clubs in Anderson - personal interests
A professional leadership experience
Elaborate on the most recent professional experience
Conflict with supervisor
What would you have done differently in life given a chance - say an alternate career path
Biggest strength coming to Anderson
Gave some time for questions at the end.

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I interviewed today with a second year student. It was completed in sharp 30 mins. Discussion took place around -

Tell me about yourself beyond professional life?
Story of developing your start-up from the beginning.
Goals?
Why MBA?
Why UCLA?

It was very conversational where my interviewer keep giving me the feedback about the things he liked in my answers while sharing his experience of the highly collaborative community of UCLA. He also helped me with the resources which would enable me to achieve my career goals. After the interaction, I have to say, I can't wait to to be a part of Anderson MBA community.
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Blast from the Past: Interview debriefs of previous UCLA applicants



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Applied on 1/4 (R2). Invited to interview on 1/7. Interviewed on 1/13 on campus with a 2nd year student. Interview debrief...

Tell me about yourself.
Why do you want an MBA? Why Anderson?
Tell me more about your goals (I discussed short term goals). Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
What do you want to work on at Anderson?
What is a failure you experienced at work?
Leadership/teamwork
Any questions for me?

The interview was very conversational! He had a lot of follow up questions about my volunteer work. He had a few questions about my transferable skills since I come from a “nontraditional” background. We discussed specific companies and brands I would like to work with. He was very open and honest with my questions and throughout the interview. It was my first b-school interview with a student instead of admissions and it was actually a lot of fun! I feel like it gave extra insight into the school.

Last year it looks like R2 applicants who interviewed in January got their decisions on February 19th! Hoping I'll have a hard decision to make :-)
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Can you please give your interview debrief? Who was your interviewer? What was he/she like?
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I had mine. It was very informal, much more so than my other two interviews. You're interviewing with a 2nd year student so that makes sense. Also, the whole thing only lasted half an hour (he may have been booked for another interview immediately after mine).

It was a second year student. He was dressed casually and overall demeanor was very informal. He gave me positive feedback throughout the interview on my answers which I appreciated because it showed he was engaged/interested versus other interviewers who just took notes and asked the next question. He asked me questions for about 20 minutes and then I asked questions for the last 10. Some of the questions he asked were:
- Walk me through your resume (I incorporated my ST goal here but he did not ask about my LT goal)
- Why Anderson
- What type of management style do you like
- What's a piece of feedback you were given recently
- What would your coworkers/direct reports say about you
- What's the most challenging thing about managing clients

Hope this helps. I imagine some of these questions were tailored to my experience since I do work with clients and have direct reports. I will say that Anderson was by far my favorite interview so far, makes me feel really good about the school and the types of students they admit. Good luck!
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Just to throw my interview debrief from last year in here:

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Had my interview on Monday, on-campus, in one of the adcom's offices. Very casual, went over Resume, ST/LT goals, why Anderson, some questions about my ambitions and plans. Then we got into questions and I had a slew already ready (and made clear that I've been very active with current students in the process, understanding the program). Talked a lot about the program from his point of view and what he liked. We ended up talking for an extra 15 minutes past the 30 minute mark, but I had no idea until we stepped out. I hope that's a good sign, the interviewer never gave any indication it was time up.

Crossing my fingers, UCLA is my top choice (returning Bruin!)
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Hi everyone, I am a recent UCLA Anderson alum. I was pretty active on these forums during my time at Anderson, because I knew the value they added to me during my application process. Although my schedule is a bit different now, being back in the work force, I am still passionate about Anderson and helping people with the b-school and career journeys. If you ever have any questions about Anderson, b-school in general, career, etc. please reach out. You can also follow me on Twitter or read my blog (see links below).

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Hi everyone, I am a recent UCLA Anderson alum. I was pretty active on these forums during my time at Anderson, because I knew the value they added to me during my application process. Although my schedule is a bit different now, being back in the work force, I am still passionate about Anderson and helping people with the b-school and career journeys. If you ever have any questions about Anderson, b-school in general, career, etc. please reach out. You can also follow me on Twitter or read my blog (see links below).

Good luck to all the Round 2 applicants!
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I just took a brief look at your blog and it is incredible!
I look forward to reading through each post and learning about your personal experience at Anderson, my top choice.
I only joined GMATClub recently and I don't plan on applying to Business school for another 2 years, but I appreciate your effort you've put forward for people like me looking to apply couple years down the line. The information is invaluable in learning about the schools!
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Guys, I am pretty freaked out. The admissions decision will be delivered in a couple of days, and I keep interpreting every single interaction with the AdCom... :?
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Guys, I am pretty freaked out. The admissions decision will be delivered in a couple of days, and I keep interpreting every single interaction with the AdCom... :?
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What interactions are you having with the adcom? After my interview I had no reason to interact with them.
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Guys, I am pretty freaked out. The admissions decision will be delivered in a couple of days, and I keep interpreting every single interaction with the AdCom... :?

What interactions are you having with the adcom? After my interview I had no reason to interact with them.
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Had an issue with my transcripts. Was really worried that it could jeopardize my whole application. Now seems to be resolved.
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When does the admission offers start rolling out for r1? I am aware that decision date is 15th December, but do they start calling successful applicants a day or two before?
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Last year they seemed to call a day early but not all of those accepted received an call.


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Last year they seemed to call a day early but not all of those accepted received an call.


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Will the emails also start rolling out a day before?
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