I was interviewed by 2 professors, and I alumni. Interview lasted for 25 mintues. Got the following questions: 1. About Zoom shares dipping, Guesstimates on number of people using zoom in a month in 1 state. 2. Why are Indian firms not the leaders in software development, and cloud?? Many more questions on this. 3. Instances, where I led my team to success. 4. Where u had to try something new how did you manage that team structure?? 5. STG, and Organizations you want to join and why?? some questions on this. 6. Why IIM C? 7. What is Quantum Physics? - I think it was just to push me off my balance, had some industry, and tech related questions before this. 8. Questions for us?

The admissions director had gone through my entire application, hence there were no generic questions. 1. Tell me about your passion? 2. Why did you choose your undergraduate degree? 3. How will you tell other automobile engineers, what you do at work? 4. Tell me about the research paper you submitted in undergrad? What problem did it solve? 5. Short-term and long term goals, followup questions on that- industry, function, geographic location, target companies, visa requirements in-depth. 6. Why IESE? 7. What other schools and reason for choosing those schools? 8. Hobbies in tennis and whether I still pursue it?

Hi I see its been a while and as I received my acceptance offer two days ago, I wanted to recall my interview experience. LBS interview is different from most others in the sense that they have a Case Study question as part of the interview process. I was interviewed by an alum (She graduated this year) and shared my geography- beside that she had little knowledge about my industry or my application and as she highlighted to me she hadn't received even my resume. The conversation began formally although she emphasised time and again it was a conversation. She introduced herself first and as an obvious response- I introduced myself with a quick walk through the resume which became the basis of our first few questions. There were the expected behavioural questions and many on why LBS. Which other schools have you applied to (in my case I mentioned the US Schools) and the why not there why LBS. I had to not only discuss specific advantages of LBS but also demonstrate my knowledge of my short term goal industry (health care) in UK, Europe and USA and how UK offered me the advantage. We also discussed the application question- One international experience and how it shaped me in great lengths. Finally towards the end I was given the Case Study based on the principles put forward by a Professor of Marketing I was reminded twice by her to stick to time limit and keep my points clear and concise- something I had practiced so was able to deliver on. The final question was about funding my MBA and how if scholarships were not offered- would it be my make or break situation. We later talked for another 15 minutes about her life post MBA and her MBA experience. It was a very pleasant interview and I must confess, given her expressions I could tell she wasn't satisfied with one or two of my answers but the interview was more about building a rapport and demonstrating passion. I thoroughly enjoyed and I'm very glad to get accepted :)

My interview was with a second year student. The interview lasted a little over 30 minutes. The interviewer introduced themselves and then went over the format of the interview. Questions asked (not in exact order) 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Short-term and long-term goals 3. Why an MBA and why McDonough? 4. If you get accepted into all the schools you applied to, how will you decide where to attend? 5. TMAT you worked with a diverse group 6. TMAT you dealt with conflict at work 7. What questions do you have for me? The interview was conversational and laid back. Interviewer was very helpful with answering my questions and discussing life at McDonough.

My interview was in the QnA format. I was asked the most basic and cliched questions such as ’a time where you had to overcome some conflict at work’, etc. Overall the interview went good. Shorter than 30min, including the greetings and questions from me.

1. Tell me about yourself and a rundown of your resume 2. Why MBA 3. Why Questrom 4. Short term & long-term goals 5. A time when you unexpectedly have to lead a team 6. A time you showed perseverance 7. A time you struggled and how you learned from that 8. Opinion about diversity & inclusivity 8. How do you spend your weekend 9. Any questions to ask?

I interviewed with the admissions director. She was amazing to speak with. The conversation went very smoothly. The questions were as follows: 1. What other schools have you applied to? Have you got admits from any? and scholarships from any? 2. What is your short term post MBA goal and then long term? 3. Tell me about yourself in 2 minutes 4. What do you like about your current role? 5. What do you dislike about your current role? 6. What would you say are your top 3 strengths? 7. Areas that you'd like to improve on via the MBA programme? 8. Soft Skills that you would want to highlight? 9. Why MBA at this point in your career? 10. Any questions I have The interview lasted about 45 minutes

I first came across BITSoM through my senior, who is a part of the founding class. However, having not heard of it before, I did not apply to it right-away. Instead, I gave my GRE (score- 322) in August 2021 with the aim of pursuing my MBA either from a top Indian B-School such as ISB or a foreign university to help me achieve my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Having co-founded a start-up before joining BITSoM, I had some entrepreneurial experience. But I wanted to set my foundation, increase my knowledge and learn from experts of different domains before pursuing my goals. This is where MBA came into the picture for me. So, while researching about B-Schools in India which accepted GRE, I came across BITSoM again. It was then that I went to BITSoM’s website and read about it. I must say I was impressed by what they had showcased- faculty from top universities across the world, Winning at the Workplace courses, the legacy of BITS Pilani, and of course, the London Business School Immersion Program! Their claims were impressive, but they seemed too good to be true. So, I decided to give my senior a ring to know her opinion of BITSoM. She told me about how the course is comprehensive and rigorous and helps us think with a 360-degree view. She told me about the diversity of her peers- from architects to doctors, from entrepreneurs to freshers. She told me about how faculty from Wharton, Kellogg, and even top IIMs came over to teach each block. For me, this eliminated the necessity of studying at a foreign university. Finally, she gave her opinion on each aspect of BITSoM, which was genuinely positive, and I was sold. I decided to apply to BITSoM! I then filled out my application which also consisted of two essays- Q1. Tell us a little bit about yourself, your beliefs, and your career aspirations and how an MBA would help your goals. A: Answering this essay was somewhat like putting down in stone what I had envisioned for myself. It helped me picture what I wanted more clearly, along with the path to achieving it. I wrote about wanting to start my own venture around social impact and sustainability and how an MBA will help me achieve my dream. Q2. Tell us about a time when you learnt something completely new, your experience learning it, what you learnt from it and how you applied this new learning. A: This essay got me racking my brains! Because till date I have learnt many things, but off the top of my head, I couldn’t think of something new I’d learnt and is worthwhile to mention in an important essay. After a lot of pondering, I wrote an essay on how I had learnt about the stock market on my own and had started investing. I had my misgivings about this because it might come across as something very ordinary. But nevertheless, I felt it was a big deal for me, so I decided to take a shot with this. Q3. Is there anything else you would like us to know. (non-mandatory question) A: The answer to this came easy to me. I wrote about my entrepreneurial experience, of co-founding my start-up and my learnings from it. I believe that the third question separates the real MBA and BITSoM aspirants from the rest, and two weeks later, I was called in for my interview! This is how it went- There were two panellists- One was a member of the admissions and outreach team at BITSoM, and the other, was an alumnus of BITS Pilani. The interview was held online on Zoom. After exchanging pleasantries, the first panellist told me this would be a conversation between them and me and not a stressful interview. He told me that they wanted to get to know me and gauge if I was a right fit for their B-School. This instantaneously put me at ease (phew). After this, the interview (or should I say conversation?) began- P1- So Neha, you have done engineering and are now working at Schneider Electric, which is a good company, why do you want to pursue MBA? Me- Answered. Told them about my career aspirations. P2- But why not continue with engineering? There is a lot of scope in technology now, especially in AI & ML, which you have studied. There is a lot of growth and money in it as well. Then why not continue with this? Me- Sir, I believe that technology is all-encompassing and is something that humankind and business cannot survive without. However, I am passionate about having my own venture and creating an impact on people directly. Coming from an engineering background, I will always give high priority to technology and will implement and use new-age technology in my start-up (answered this more elaborately). P1- Can you name any of your favourite subjects from engineering? Me- Engineering Mathematics. P1- Why don't you pursue a career in mathematics? Maybe academia? Especially since you are driven towards creating a social impact. Me- I believe that mathematics is fundamental to any domain, and we will find extensive usage of it in MBA and outside as well. However, I want to start my own start-up where I can learn new things and implement what I’ve learnt. And I am not inclined towards academia, though I have immense respect for it (again, answered this more elaborately). Essentially, many of the questions revolved around analysing if I was sure about my decision to pursue my MBA and achieve my career goals . When asked such questions, I always took a minute to think before answering despite being clear about the answer. I would not immediately dismiss the idea as it can come across as haughty. Instead, I would be mindful of their suggestion and try to incorporate it in what I want to do in the future (as in the previous questions). P2- You mentioned that you want to have your own social business in the future. What do you mean by it? What business would you like to run? Me- I told them about social issues currently plaguing society and what I would like to do to address them. P1- But for this, you can start an NGO or an NPO. Why do you want to start a business? Me- NGOs and NPOs have limitations because of their sources of funding (I listed out the sources and other limitations). However, if all the stakeholders have an incentive (such as monetary incentives) to be involved in a social cause, then I think it will have higher scope for growth and a greater impact, which is why I want to start a social business . The following questions were on my plans to start a social business and about my start up experience. I took them through my start up journey- from ideation and market research to procurement and implementation, I covered all aspects. They had many follow up questions on each of the aspects, which I answered in detail. I had anticipated such questions and so had introspected and formed a vague idea of the answers. I reflected on what I did, why I took the decisions I took, what went wrong, what I could have done instead, what were my learnings, how did I apply what I learnt later and so on. I then connected my start up experience to my future social venture plans and told them about what learnings I can apply and what I would do differently. I also told them about my business plan and answered the subsequent questions. My answers weren’t clear cut and definite for this, but I don’t think they expected me to know everything but have a general sense of what I wanted to do, when and how. P1- Ok, I think we are done here. Anything you would like to ask us? Me- How has your experience been so far working with a new B-School? The panellists were happy with the question and answered a little elaborately. This brought my BITSoM interview experience to an end. Duration: 40 minutes Verdict - Converted! It was a great interview experience! More than an interview, it was also a self-discovery process for me, as I got to introspect on many questions, I hadn't given much thought to! They do not expect us to have everything planned and figured out, but as long as they see our passion and understand we are genuine, I think we're good to go.

My interview was held at IIM Ahmedabad on 19th November. Reached the venue at 2 PM as the interview was scheduled at 3 PM. The interview was organized at the new campus building and reaching the interview room is pretty straightforward. They ask you to wait in a small room along with the other candidates which gives you an opportunity to know some of them and release pre interview jitters by talking to each other, sharing experiences and cracking nervous jokes! Anyway, I came to know there were 4 different panels taking the interview simultaneously. I don't know if they had divided the candidates between themselves at random or they had some method to sort the candidates between themselves. What I did come to know was each panel had two professors who would take the interview. The panels differed in their approach to the interview based on the personality of the professors. I heard in one panel the professor was deliberately aggressive while in other they were calm as cucumbers! :D In either case, the candidates came out with no clue how to judge the interview outcome once it was over. I already knew the extempore process and was little prepared as those who went ahead of me were reporting on the extempore topics. The topics included current topics from the corporate world. example: Should Zomato be banned due to rash driving of their delivery executives, Should quiet quitting be considered a cultural phenomenon or another word for lazy people etc. When i stepped in, the interviewers directly jumped to talking about why i had spent 10 years in the same company, what would a PGPX add to my profile now? whether i was seeking PGPX as a result of company not doing well in India etc. They then asked me about what kind of jobs would i be looking for after i finish PGPX. I replied that a product manager role would be suitable given my background. They pounced on that term and grilled me with hypotheticals. As a product manager, how would i re launch my company's product? why do i think the product failed, why go for a specific approach etc. The questions were all asked in a calm and inquisitive manner. Yet i had a hard time keeping up with their questions! Then the other panelist asked me to pick a chit and read it out loud. the topic was 'is diversity in workplace just increasing mediocrity? should companies abandon it and focus on meritocracy?'. I took a stand against it and then the usual back and forth ensued between me and the panelist. They didn't push me too much on my views but put a few simple arguments and asked me to give specific examples to back my point. The panelist then asked why choose IIM A when i've lived my whole life in Ahmedabad? I answered with my family and work history to highlight i have enough diversity and exposure. he still said MBA is an opportunity to explore new places. To which i replied if IIM A had been in Delhi i would have gone to Delhi! Since it happens to be in Ahmedabad i'm applying there :D .The other panelist gave a chuckle and the interview concluded on a positive note. In any case, I'm still not sure if i will be selected or not. As i said, you won't get an inkling of what they end up deciding once you leave the room

My interview lasted for 40 minutes. A second-year student took my Kelley interview. My application is pro-LGBT as I belong to the community and I was actually shocked to see my interviewer was mapped based on it - they are the president of Kelley PRIDE and hence a lot of questions were focused on that. beyond that, there were questions on why this school, what is leadership to you, if not a leader what else?, what discipline you want to pursue? ( I am keen on marketing)- so why marketing? short-term goals, anything you would like to ask them.

2 Panelists: CO 2011 and CO 2016; from Financial Services and Strategy Consulting. The interview started on time and went on for 25 mins hardly. (the duration of an interview is NOT proportional to your admit chances) One of the panelists offered me water in the first moment, suggested me to take time and get comfortable, as I was super anxious by then. The interview went from general to core discussions. Following were the questions: 1. Where are you from, have you visited the campus before and do you feel any difference now. 2. Tell me about your Undergrad subjects and College campus. 3. Tell me about your corporate journey, career progressions and Domain changes; your definition of success, do you think you have 'achieved it' or have that 'wow' moment till date. 4. Post MBA goal; Why is it niche specific and how did your current expertise help in choosing this. (Got roasted on this for straight 10 mins) 5. Is there anything that you want to change in your current job and how your targeted organisations would help in achieving this. 6. What's your typical day at office like, tell me about your job in-and-out. 7. Tell me about your Awards, ECs, Scholarships. 8. Tell me about your hobbies, how do you manage with work and other responsibilities aside. Ended this interview by asking me if I had any questions, I asked them one. (please do ask, do not come across like you aren't interested in the program) I was nervous throughout the interview, so I'd suggest you to take a couple of minutes to calm down before getting in the room, to not affect your admit chances.

My interview is Brent Nagamine. He's the new Director of Admission. The interview was more than a friendly conversation. Brent was very nice and his questions were straightforward. He already had full of my application package Some of questions in my review as far as I remember: - What are your value? List three. Some tmat(follow up questions) about these values to check my leadership skill - Why MBA, Why Foster - Short, long term career goal, plan B - Walk me through your resume - Questions for him Brent did share many things about his exp in Washington/Seattle and Foster. The interview was about 45 minutes. I think the key is you need to know your story, your own story, not anyone else

Had an interview with Allison hill. It was a 50 min interview. It was not a blind interview, and she had gone through my essay & video. It was conversational, she was patient and told me in advance to ask anything i may want to know during the interview too. 1) TMAY - and then she shared her background & prof exp. 2) Why MBA & Why Tepper - in any order. 3) How you plan to learn from your peers. 4) TMAT when you lead an initiative & failed & what you learnt from that. 5) TMAT you used strength to help a team or teammate succeed. 40 min interview & 10 min follow-up question...

Interviewer: 2nd year student Duration: 1hr 15min 50 mins for interview questions and introduction 35 mins for my questions 1. Tell me about yourself (Covered my long term goal here) 2. What is your leadership style (There was a follow up question here based on my answer) 3. Why Fuqua 4. TMAT you gave feedback to someone (There was a follow up question here) 5. What does diversity mean to you and your experience with diverse teams 6. How do you handle conflict 7. What does Team Fuqua mean to you 8. Questions for me (Asked about 4 questions) Experience: The interviewer made me feel comfortable and kept the interview conversationa

General Question Why MBA? Why Simon? Some cross-questioning on goals and professional career? Leadership style? What is DEI to you? Tell a story to substantiate. Team conflict? How you handled it? Learnings?

"The interview was conversational and with a member of the admissions team (Tony Gomez). It lasted ~30 mins. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Please clarify your long term goal. 3. What factors did you consider when applying to Tepper? 4. Tell me about a time you used a strength to help your team succeed. 5. How do you plan to learn from and contribute to your diverse peer group? 6. Anything else you would like to tell me? There were a few minutes for any questions I had to ask him."

Hi. It was the basic set of questions - why MBA? Why now? - Goals

My interview was with Karan Narang, who is great at putting you at ease. It was more of a conversation than an interview. The interview lasted exactly 30 mins. 1. Why Schulich? 2. In my last 7 years of work ex, I have worked across industries, so he wanted to understand more about my resume and the reason behind my choices 3. I was asked to describe specific aspects of my community involvement 4. What is your leadership style? 5. Biggest lessons from any mistakes you might have made All in all, the interview is about YOU. So being articulate about your story is all that matters. Pro tip: Do thorough research on what truly sets Schulich apart (Strategy field study etc.), this will make your answer to Q1 very solid All the best!

Interviewed by a Japanese alumnus (class of 2009) at his office. The interview was a quite friendly and relaxed one. - Self introduction by the interviewer (his background was consulting) - Introduction of my business career - Why MBA?/Post MBA career goals - Scholarship/sponsorship - Major success and failure in my business career - Leadership style/What makes someone a “good leader”? - Mentoring experience - What does “diversity” mean to you? - Tell me about the time diversity worked positively/negatively - International experience - Experience of team work - How to contribute to “Team Fuqua”? What kind of role can you take? - Programs/classes I am interested in Fuqua - What else do you know about Fuqua? - How can Fuqua help you achieve your goals? - Any questions to the interviewer?

I did the pre-recorded video. 5 questions, 45 sec to prepare and 3 minutes to answer each question. 1.DEI experience in the workplace 2.Why MBA and why Haas? 3.A time that you convinced someone to do things that are outside of their scopes of work 4.A time that you started an initiative in the workplace. What went through your mind? Results? 5.Anything else? Pretty straightforward and quick process.