Compilation of Chicago Booth interview questions

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Latest Chicago Booth interview questions compilation

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Interview questions

Walk me through resume
ST, LT Goals
Why MBA
Tell me about a time when you had to convince a team or a group of something
Tell me about a time when you faced conflict
Tell me about a time when you helped someone - personally
Tell me about a time when you helped someone - professionally
Tell me about a time when you received feedback that surprised you
Tell me about your greatest weaknesses
2 years from now - looking back after you graduate from Booth - what legacy would you have left
Any questions for me.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why do you want an MBA, and why do you want it now?
3. What field do you plan to transition to after graduation?
4. Tell me about a time you had a challenge at work and succeeded despite it.
5. Tell me about a time you had a challenge at work and failed (and what you learned).
6. Why do you want to attend Booth specifically?
7. Tell me about your leadership style.

-Walk me through your resume.
-What did you learn from your volunteering experience?
-(Regarding my internship at Strategic Planning at Coca Cola) What were the insights you gathered through a specific project?
-How did pursuing a career in marketing help you with your people skills? Give me an example where you convinced someone in a challenging situation.
-How did you handle a challenging situation at work? (After I mentioned I worked without any line managers for more than 6 months)
-Give me an example where you worked in a team with different point of views.
-What are your strenghts & development areas according to your managers?
-Elaborate on your development area.
-Post MBA goals & target companies
-Why Booth?
-My view on Chicago Approach and how it will be different from education at college.
-Which courses you want to take?
-Which clubs you want to join?
-How will you contribute to Booth?
-What do you think will be the most challenging part of your time at Booth?

1. Walk me through your resume/background.
2. What professional improvement do you want to get out of an MBA?
3. Why MBA?
4. Why Booth?
5. Follow up questions challenging my intended post-MBA career path.
6. Tell me about a challenging situation at work and what you did to resolve it.
7. Tell me about when you have had a disagreement with someone at work and what the outcome was.
8. Follow up questions on the stories I told.
9. Hobbies/interests outside of work?
10. Anything I didn't ask about but you feel is important?
11. Any questions for me?

Why I took the jobs I have
Why MBA
Why Booth
Do I visit my friends who went to Booth? What classes I visited during my campus visit?
He asked if I knew anything about the clubs at Booth
Gender dynamic where I work
Any questions for me? I asked him about the network at SEA, and he said that the network is small, but the connect is super deep. He was in one of the chat social group who is active every day. Something I really look for

1)Resume walkthrough: He dug very very very deep into my family background, childhood influences, motivations to choose a social impact path. He also focused a lot on decisions behind key points in my career
2)Short term and long term objectives: He asked clarifying questions wherever I rambled and was unclear in my communication.
3)Why MBA: Since he was from a finance background and lacked social impact knowledge, it was tough to convince him about why I really need an MBA (should've prepared better!)
4) Top 3 schools and Why Booth: Here is where I fumbled because of the way he asked the question. Instead of "which other schools did you apply to?", he asked, "what are you top 3 schools?". That threw me off a little, and I said Yale, Booth, and Fuqua (shouldn't have put Yale first and put two lower-ranked schools alongside Booth!). He was not very sure if Booth fared as well in social impact as Yale and Fuqua. At this point, I pivoted to Why Booth and talked about how Booth's data-driven approach and flexible curriculum and its experiential learning opportunities makes it unique and why I fit in with the program. He was mildly surprised at the level of research I did.
5)Anything else I would want him to know: I just reviewed the highlights of my career and said that I couldn't think of anything else to talk about.
6)Any questions for him: I asked about the one most important learning he had at Booth that he uses to date and what motivates him to volunteer for interviewing candidates.

- Tell me about yourself.
- After tell me about yourself, he asked a few followups to clarify things I said and make sure he was writing my story down right in the evaluation.
- What accomplishment are you most proud of?
- Use 3 words to describe yourself.
- Why Booth, of course.
- Why did you change jobs in the middle of application season (obviously I changed jobs), will you still come to Booth if we admit you?
- What is something that isn't on your resume?
- If you could tell adcomms one thing, what would it be?
- What clubs do you want to join at Booth?
- Do you have any questions for me? (left a little more than 5 mins for this)
- Give me an example where things were difficult but you did the right thing.

1) Resume walkthrough; he asked specifics on why I took certain jobs and my impact in different roles.
2) Short and long term objectives.
3) Why MBA and why now? (I felt the why now kind of redundant after my short term goals)
4) Why Booth?
5) Behavioral Qs ("tell me about a time..." or "what would you do...", including topics like leadership, multicultural teams, when things didn't go as expected)
6) Any questions for him?

- Why MBA? Why now?
- What are your post MBA plans?
- How did you become interested in XYZ?
- Tell me about a professional success
- Tell me about a professional failure
- What do you like to do outside of work?
- Why Booth?

- Walk me through your resume
- Why MBA
- Why now
- How do you handle unfamiliar situations / tell me about a time you dealt with an unfamiliar situation (the context being that I'm looking to career switch)
- Questions for the interviewer

- Tell me your story
- Why pursue an MBA now?
- ST/LT goals -- really dug in here
- Why Booth?
- How do you think you'd fit into Booth's culture?
- What would you contribute to Booth?
- Tell me about a time you demonstrated leadership
- Tell me about a time you dealt with a high-stress situation
- Questions for interviewer

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Latest Booth Evening and Weekend MBA interview questions compilation for 2021 intake

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Booth Evening and Weekend MBA Interview questions

I had 2 interviews previously with other programs and I was interviewed by adcom member. This is the first time when I was interviewed by an Alumni, which is really the easiest among all.
When interviewed by adcom member, the questions are very standard. Questions asked would be what people typically see online, e.g. Why MBA, why our program, walk me through your resume, what are you strengths and weaknesses, some scenario questions, etc.
When interviewed by alumni, she only asked me 2 standard questions. 1. Walk me through your resume, 2. Why our program. And after that, it was all about me asking her questions of any type. We talked about school life, sports, holidays, etc.
However, we should not take this for granted because the purpose of the interview is to "get to know you more". In another word, it means that if this candidate is sitting right next to you in the classroom, would you like to talk to him or have him as your classmate? If the answer is yes, then good for you, you will get a recommendation from the interviewer. If the interviewer doesn't feel comfortable speaking with you, then good luck.

1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why MBA now, why Booth, why Weekend MBA?
3. Tell me about your short-term and long-term career goals.
3. What is a strength you're hoping to expand upon at Booth? A weakness you're hoping to improve?
4. Tell me about a time you didn't see eye to eye with a colleague; how did you resolve it?
5. Tell me about a time you had a miscommunication with someone; how did you resolve it? (This was tricky because it was a similar question to the last one)
6. Describe your leadership style.
7. What does leadership mean to you?

⁃ Tell me something which is not there on the resume
⁃ Walk me through your professional experience
⁃ Why do you want to do an MBA now and why not two-three years down the line
⁃ ST and LT goal
⁃ Questions on leading a team
-> how do you manage to lead a big team of {#} people
-> how do you make the offshore employees keep motivated considering the cultural and time difference
⁃ Ever had a difference of opinion with the team members and how did you handle it?
⁃ Favorite means of communication at work
⁃ How will you contribute to the class
⁃ One of the volunteering efforts I had mentioned in my resume was something atypical. She had put a star mark on it and asked me to detail that. This opened up as a good story conversation
⁃ How do I plan to commute to Chicago and if my family is okay with doing this (getting away every weekend)
⁃ Weaknesses that I want to cover while at Booth
⁃ Open questions for her (I had only prepared one question and another one I made up while waiting for the interview)
Takeaway - should have prepared a little more questions for her
⁃ In the last, I asked about a famous Professor Raghu Rajan and that I’m looking forward to his class as he had been the Governor Of Reserve Bank of India. The interviewer liked this info and added this to her sheet that I wanted to attend this particular class. I think it was a good stint and kind of covered my lack of questions for her.
The interviewer was making notes for every answer I was giving. I couldn’t read the gibberish but I guess it was the key points like my ST goals, volunteering efforts, Professors I’m interested in etc.

My interview was during the polar vortex (-20F) on campus in Chicago, so that created an interesting dynamic and conversation starter!
I was interviewed by a 2nd-year female student. The entire interview was about 30 minutes. It was incredibly casual, and as soon as we started she emphasized that she would prefer to keep it as casual as possible so the questions were a bit more natural and flowed well with our dialogue. They weren't direct questions since they were leading off from my answers, so I'll try my best to summarize the questions she was asking.
Tell me about yourself (I used this to not talk about my resume and more about myself personally).
Walk me through your resume (Next four questions were lumped into one answer for me since it was more conversational but I could tell this was what she was interested in).
Why MBA now?
Why Booth?
Short-term/Long-term goals with MBA.
What role do you play in a group setting/group project?
How would your friends describe you in one word?
What do you like to do in your free time?
Any questions for her?
During our banter, I asked several questions naturally between these "questions" and provided information in that direction as well. Such as, what classes I would like to take. I asked her what her favorite classes were while we were on the "Why Booth?" part. She was part of clubs that I was interested in so we chatted about that heavily. I asked how much interaction she had with FT and weekend/weekday students, etc.
I definitely recommend emphasizing why you want Booth specifically and knowing what makes them stand apart from the others, and coming prepared with questions that show a specific genuine interest deeper than just information you can find online about the program. Find a club or professor/class that interests you! Also knowing what you can contribute and provide to their program as well. I specifically spoke with several Booth alumni to find the answers to these questions, and to create a better picture of what student life would truly be like if I were to attend.
Overall, I was genuinely interested since this was my number one choice and she was very easy to speak to, so the conversation flowed very well and it was highly enjoyable. My favorite interview from the schools I interviewed at!

I met with a current student at the Gleacher Center. Make sure you bring a copy of your resume. All interviews for the evening/weekend program are conducted blind so you don't know who you are interviewing with and they don't know anything about you besides the 3 minutes scanning your resume.
On the interview day, I showed up roughly 15 minutes early for my interview. One of the assistant directors of admissions welcomed me when I walked in and briefly went over what to expect for the interview. About 5 minutes before my scheduled interview, my interviewer came in. They were provided a copy of my resume. 5 minutes later, the assistant director that welcomed me walked me back to the room where I would interview.
Questions were mostly behavioral. What are your plans? Why an MBA? Why a Booth MBA? At Booth, you sometimes work in groups -- tell me a time when you worked with a difficult person and how did you deal with it? Tell me about a time you miscommunicated something, how it impacted work and how you fixed it to ensure it wouldn't happen again.
That was around 30 minutes. After the interviewer spent 10 minutes answering some of the questions I had. After, the assistant director of admissions that welcomed me asked me how I thought it went, told me I would hear back in 2-3 weeks and to let me know if I needed a decision earlier as he walked me out.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience that felt more conversational than a traditional "work" interview.

Nikhil · Answer

Latest Booth Executive MBA interview questions compilation for 2021 intake

The detailed interview debriefs can found at this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/booth-189/in ... brief.html

My interview happened 10 days ago. It was a conversation with some interview questions. Why MBA, what value I will bring, if my management is supportive of my plan to study, a conflict I managed in a matrix organization. Waiting to hear from the school

I had my interview a few hours ago. It was with the admissions director for the London campus. It was mostly about my work experience and what I want to do with the MBA

I applied early round and am heading there next fall so I'll share my experience a bit:
Upper 30s female in marketing. Fair EA (thankfully stronger quant score) I bought the GMAC bundle and took it online.
Applied right before the deadline, an invitation to interview the following day. Interviewed with an alum for about 45 minutes. I think they have much more flexibility with interviews and just have to hit on certain questions. We obviously talked about Why MBA/Why Now/Why Booth, some leadership talk, a little on my background, etc.

I met with a current student at the Gleacher Center. Make sure you bring a copy of your resume. All interviews for the evening/weekend program are conducted blind so you don't know who you are interviewing with and they don't know anything about you besides the 3 minutes scanning your resume.
On the interview day, I showed up roughly 15 minutes early for my interview. One of the assistant directors of admissions welcomed me when I walked in and briefly went over what to expect for the interview. About 5 minutes before my scheduled interview, my interviewer came in. They were provided a copy of my resume. 5 minutes later, the assistant director that welcomed me walked me back to the room where I would interview.
Questions were mostly behavioral. What are your plans? Why an MBA? Why a Booth MBA? At Booth, you sometimes work in groups -- tell me a time when you worked with a difficult person and how did you deal with it? Tell me about a time you miscommunicated something, how it impacted work and how you fixed it to ensure it wouldn't happen again.
That was around 30 minutes. After the interviewer spent 10 minutes answering some of the questions I had. After, the assistant director of admissions that welcomed me asked me how I thought it went, told me I would hear back in 2-3 weeks, and to let me know if I needed a decision earlier as he walked me out.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience that felt more conversational than a traditional "work" interview.

- walk me through your resume
- leadership example
- a time you worked with someone with different working styles than yours
- a time you failed
- a time you worked under uncertainty and ambiguity
- a time when you had to say no
- what I can bring to the Booth MBA
- anything else I would like to add

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