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Common MBA Interview Questions
Courtesy of the Aringo Admission Consulting research team.
THE BIG 9: VERY COMMON QUESTIONS
- • Could you walk me through your resume?
• Why MBA?
• Why do the MBA now?
• Why our school?
• What are your short term/long term post-MBA career goals?
• What are your 3 greatest strengths?
• What are your 2 greatest weaknesses?
• What do you think will be the biggest concern of the Admissions Committee
in evaluating your application?
• Do you have any questions for me?
OTHER QUESTIONS
Academic Experience
- • What was the most rewarding aspect of your undergraduate experience?
• What are you most proud of about your undergraduate period?
• Why did you select this undergraduate major? Would you have changed your
decision today?
• To what do you attribute your strong academic performance?
• In which campus activities did you participate? What did you learn or gain
from this involvement?
• Have you ever dropped a class? Why?
• Which college classes did you like the best/least? Why?
• Do you think you received a good education?
• Do your grades accurately reflect your ability?
Work Experience
- • Describe your work experience (in general or with specific employers).
• What did you find most frustrating at work?
• What kinds of changes would you make at your work if you could?
• Do you have any opportunity for innovative thinking?
• Could you describe an incident where you disagreed with a superior? How
was this settled?
• What aspect of your job do you most enjoy? Why?
• Of what accomplishment at work are you most proud?
• Could you compare your experience in these two jobs you had?
• If I ask your manager what he/she values in you, what will he/she say?
• What did you enjoy most/least about position X?
• Of which three accomplishments are you most proud?
• What problems have you solved in your previous positions?
• What have you disliked in your job with employer X?
• What are some recent responsibilities you have taken on?
Career Path
- • Why did you leave job A for job B?
• What will you do if you are not accepted to any of the MBA programs you
applied to?
• What will you do if you are not accepted to our MBA program?
• Why did you choose to do X?
• Describe your ideal job after completing the MBA.
• How does your education or work experience relate to your career goals?
Leadership
- • Give me two cases where you demonstrated leadership.
• How would others describe your leadership style?
• What do you think is the right way to get things done through others?
• What would you do if a team member wasn't pulling his own weight?
• What qualities should a successful manager possess?
• Have you ever spoken to a group of people? How large?
Teamwork
- • What role do you usually play in group situations? Could you give an
example?
• Do you prefer to work under supervision or on your own?
• Give me an example of your teamwork experience.
• Have you worked under deadline pressure? When?
• Do you prefer large or small companies? Why?
• What kinds of people do you enjoy working with?
• What kinds of people frustrate you?
• How do you contribute to groups?
Personal and Ethics
- • Tell me about yourself.
• Describe a time when you had to bend the rules a little in order to
accomplish a goal.
• What do you like doing outside of work?
• Tell me about something in your life you would have done differently if you
had the opportunity.
• What 3 adjectives would others use to describe you?
• Can you recall a creative/innovative activity of yours?
• Tell me about a time you took a risk and what the experience was like.
• If you were to establish a set of values and beliefs on which to build a
business, what would they be?
• Is there anything specific/else that you would like the admissions committee
to know about you?
• Define success/failure.
• Tell me about a time in which you failed.
• What would you like to change about yourself?
• Discuss any experience you have had abroad.
• Describe a life experience that had a strong impact on you?
Extracurricular / Volunteer Work
- • Have you ever done any volunteer work? What was it?
• Were your extracurricular activities worth the time you put into them? What
have they taught you?
The MBA Program
• What are you looking for in our program?
• What can you contribute to your class?
• Why do you think you would enjoy your chosen area of study?
• What clubs are you considering joining?
• It's two years after graduation, what three words would your MBA team
members use to describe you?
Typical “Behavioral Interview” Questions
- • In dealing with a customer, think of your most difficult situation and tell me
how you handled it.
• Give an example of a case when you felt your boss made a bad decision and
explain how you would have handled it differently.
• Describe a situation where 20 different things had to get done at once and
how you handled it.
• Describe a disagreement you had with your boss. What did he say? What did
you say?
• Describe a major problem you have faced on the job and how you handled it
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18 Oct 2013, 09:24
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Solid post.
Wish I had this available 8 months ago before I completely bombed my Booth interview. The leadership questions are right on the money.
Wish I had this available 8 months ago before I completely bombed my Booth interview. The leadership questions are right on the money.
25 Oct 2013, 03:51
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Great post Aringo. Much Thanks.+1
Do you have any answer to these questions - I mean any guidelines or something like that ?
Do you have any answer to these questions - I mean any guidelines or something like that ?
