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Kellogg
Full Time MBA
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
My interview was with a member of the Adcom. She was very friendly and calm.
The zoom interview lasted close to 40 minutes. The questions were quite generic-
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why MBA? Why now? Why Kellogg?
3. ST / LT Goals
4. Leadership style
5. Experience working in teams
6. Experience with people from diverse backgrounds
7. A professional setback and how did you navigate it?
9. How would you contribute to the Kellogg community?
10. What do you do outside of work?
11. How would your colleagues describe you?
12. Tell me one thing about you that is not on your resume.
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Simon
Full Time MBA
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
It was a pleasant conversation, no pressure was felt. We started by touching on topics from my resume, studies and work experience. The interviewer indicated that she had not reviewed my documents, so there are several responses from the essays that were repeated in the interview questions.
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why an MBA?
3. Why Simon?
4. Short-term goals. Specific company?
5. Alternative plan?
6. Cross cultural experience.
7. Any Questions for me?
The interview was super relaxed and felt more like a conversation. Lasted 30 minutes.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
I had my ISB interview on 9th Jan and there were 3 interviewers and 1 admission committee member present on the call. The interview started a bit late and lasted about 40-45 minutes in total.
My interview was mostly centered around my work experience - what, why, how, and everything in between! So make sure you are thorough with your CV and job profile. There were other basic questions like:
1. Introduction
2. Why MBA?
3. What will you do if not selected?
4. One question about activities that I had mentioned in the application
5. Questions for the panelist
It was an interactive session with few jokes in between, and was an exciting interview altogether, so fingers crossed :)
I had used Preppie's ISB mock interview to prepare the standard questions. Preppie was really proactive in their approach and the interviewer gave me helpful feedback. The team was also answering the questions that came to my mind one or two days after the mock interview so all-in-all it was a good experience with them!
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Owen Vanderbilt
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Off Campus with Student
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
I had my interview with a 2nd year MBA student. The questions asked were pretty standard ones.
1. Walk me through your resume.
2. Why MBA? Why now?
3. Why Owen?
4. How will you contribute to the Owen Community?
5. And what are your expectations from your classmates?
6. What other schools are you considering? What is the criteria for your selection?
7. Tell me about a time you showed leadership?
8. What would you call your weakness is?
9. Tell me about a time when a project your were working on failed? What did you do?
10. Any questions for me?
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
I had my Interview with 3 alumni. Not aware of their area of expertise.
They did not introduce themselves neither did they ask me to introduce myself, no "tell me about yourself/ walk me through your resume" type question. The panelists were amicable and stated that it will not be a stress interview.
1. Lots n lots of questions around my extracurriculars/hobbies. Lots of cross questioning around it.
2. Questions around teamwork, conflict. These were behavioral questions.
3. Short term and long term goal. and why those goals?
4. Why ISB
5. Again a question around my hobby
6. Any questions for the interview panel ?
The interview was conversational. (I cannot stress enough on how conversational it was). They were listening carefully and all the follow up questions were based on my previous answers. Tip : Be cautious of words used. Next question could be around it.
Before the interview, I took Preppie's interview training package. They are a wonderful team of ISB alum. The detailed feedback provided by them was of great help.
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W.P. Carey
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Waitlisted with Interview
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Interview Exp(3rd jan)
2 Panelist-
One adcom and one career management services (lady)
Duration-1 hr
3rd Jan 2022
Started with Introduction of the Interviewers...they gave me a brief overview of the session and what they expect from me
1)Introduce yourself
2)Walk me through ur cv
3)ST And LT goals
4)Case study questions (If i was a ceo of a company, what would i face in the covid time how i would resolve)
5)Follow up questions on case study
6)my strength and weakness
7)projects i worked on where conflicts were common and how i resolved them
8)diversity and team collaboration example
9)yes one more why asu carey and any other programs i applied to why and if i get selected in those how i am gonna decide which one to go for(i said cohort size, location, fees and scholarship opportunities matter to me the most and i am quite certain asu carey fulfills that and its the best fit for me)
Keep it engaging, smile and be yourself...all they want is to get to know u better...thats the gist...
All the best - cheers🤞🤞🙏❤️🤞
Each question they used to ask and always gave a brief explanation on what they wanna hear...(i mean not the ans bt brief explanation on the questions)
Tip-
Make eye contact , be conversational,
For case study questions - do not just start with answering the situation- ask them clarifying questions if the the information is not adequate, they want to judge u on your problem solving skills, how u will solve a problem, what approach u take and how u are able to ans the follow up questions
Specially to those with ops consulting as a career aim...
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They will give u feedback of sort if you did ok , great or poor then there...(atleast in my case - said it was good how i answered the case study question)
I feel it went well...the perception i got was positive and they panelist told me he felt it was engaging and quite conversational....they are trying to make u comfortable and always take some breather moment- ask for it....
Till date this has to be one of the most engaging interview exp...went well..(atleast thats what i felt)
Hoping for the best, can't be sure- lets see if they give me a seat at their program.
Fingers crossed 🤞 Jai Shree Ram 🙏🙏
Regards
Sk........
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Marshall
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Waitlisted with Interview
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Marshall Interview Exp
Laura from Adcom
What I felt was I could have done better....though i answered all questions to the best of my ability at the moment
Questions asked are as below -
1)Walk Me through Resume
2)Follow u questions on the parts related to my journey
3)What was the project that was related to diversity and how i achieved wht i had said.
3)she asked me about my international exp in CV(she has the cv , not the entire app- i believe, pls do not quote me)
4) Why MBA and Why now
5)Follow up questions- st and lt goals
6)some more examples of my leadership and team leading exp
7)how would i describe myself
8)how would others describe me
9)What is my leadership style
10)Any questions for me ?
Yes forgot to mention Why Marshall??
Overall a decent exp not the best though.
She (laura) i believe has a set of questions and she is asking them to all ...
Internet connection failure in between the interview, so make sure everything is good at your end(though the issue was from her side)
All n all a decent avg exp..not bad not great either
Cheers ...all the best
Fingers crossed 🤞 jai shree ram🙏🙏
Regards
Sk
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Kellogg
MMM
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Off Campus with Alumni
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Introduce yourself
Asked questions about a specific project on my resume
What do you want to do post MBA?
Asked questions about a transition I made in my organization
What are your long-term and short-term goals?
Why MBA/Kellogg?
Most challenging thing you expect at Kellogg
What clubs/activities are you interested in joining?
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Stanford GSB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Off Campus with Alumni
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Tell me about a time where you did something you're proud of?
Tell me about a time you saw a challenge or problem and addressed it?
Tell me about a time you taught someone something new or a skill?
Why MBA / Stanford?
Why are you interested in this specific industry?
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Goizueta
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Some questions I summarized for the video interviews. Hope it helps!
1/ Do you have a mentor? Describe the importance of that relationship.
2/ What is the best gift you have ever received?
3/ What book do you like and why?
4/ What is your fav song and why?
5/ If you had to live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
6/ Of Goizueta Business School’s Core Values (Courage, Integrity, Accountability, Rigor, Diversity, Team, Community), which one resonates the most with you and why?
7/ Why did you choose your undergrad major?
8/ Tell us a time you were challenged by a coworker. How did you handle the situation?
9/ (tell us about a belief you challenged and what triggered it) OR tell us about your first job?
10/ If you could visit anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
11/ What do you think are the defining characteristics of a leader?
12/ Tell us about a professional or personal situation where you have served as a mentor to another.
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IIM (All Schools)
IIM Bangalore EPGP
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
My Background: 6+ years of work ex. in the Construction/ Infrastructure Industry. Skilled in Operations, Project Management, and stakeholder management. Client Facing role.
Interview Panel- 3 people. No introduction, but I think they were professors.
I had mentioned in my application about Pragati Portal(The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programs and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments). I was grilled on this.
Why a new portal?
Who operates it?
What's the benefit?
How is it better than the way the review that was done earlier?
Is it of any benefit?
This was the majority part of the interview.
Thereafter, some questions from my application and CV:
About my current role- 1-2 specifics that I had mentioned in my SOP.
what is the size of the team I lead?
If at any instance, I've had to say NO to the client?
The interview ended with me asking them a question.
The interview lasted for about 20- 25 mins.
There was a lot of cross-questioning. I was hardly able to complete my answers. At times, I had to mark that I'll answer this question first and then the next.
My assessment: Above Average but I could have performed better.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
There were 3 panelists, all alumni from 2015 and 2018 cohorts. We started 15 minutes late. All of them were very friendly and the interview was done in 30-35 minutes.
1. Tell us what you've been working on in the past few years
2. Follow up questions about work experience - what are your responsibilities? How many people are there in your team? What does a typical workday look like?
3. Tell us about a time you failed at work. What's the hardest part of the job?
4. Why ISB, why MBA now? Why do you want to switch? (my goals included switching from IT change management to marketing)
5. Have you done any activities to upskill yourself to make the switch?
6. What drew you to marketing?
7. Tell us about one brand's marketing campaign which you absolutely hated and one which you loved.
8. Questions about background, hobbies
9. Why did you choose to do engineering when you were clearly good at writing even in school?
10. Why do you like writing and performing poetry? Who influenced you to start writing?
11. Any questions for us?
Overall, the panelists were chill and very responsive. I still felt like I could have explained my work experience a little better. Make sure you're thorough with your essays and be prepared for cross questioning about work experience. I took Preppie's mock interview which was incredibly helpful. Received very specific feedback.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
There were three alumni in the panel and one person from the ad com who shadowed the conversation. The panel members set the tone of the interview upfront and introduced themselves. They were very friendly and the 40 minute interview was very conversational. Two of them were from a consulting background and another from a marketing background. After I introduced myself, I was given couple of situational questions which were followed by an overview of my work experience. Then we moved to questions on why I want to do an MBA and why ISB. I was asked to explain my approach to developing a strategy, had a few followup questions based on my answer.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Had an interview with Panel 2, 9th Jan 2022, 10:00 AM
The panel members were from Co'2010 and Co'2012.
The interview started 10 mins late....
At the start, the panel introduced themselves and told me that they had gone through my application and were satisfied with the academics, so the interview would look to dive deeper into the work experiences.
1. Explain leadership opportunities at work.
2. Have you had some leadership opportunities outside of work?
(Explained about a experience and sneaked in my hobbies)
3. Have you faced conflict in any of your experiences?
4. Conflict at the workplace?
5. How would you drive consensus when say 30% are disagreeing?
I told something like, we should understand their perspectives and
try to negotiate and come to a middle ground.
6. What to do if still there are disagreements and some people are
still holding out ?
7. (I had mentioned about working with stakeholders across multiple
countries, in my essay) How was the interaction? What kind of
tasks were being done across the countries I mentioned ?
8. Any questions for the interview panel ?
One of the panelists shared a candid experience from his campus
life
The interview was very conversational in nature. Just like in a normal conversation, occasionally they asked follow-up questions on certain aspects, can't recollect all those.
I was not asked the conventional questions such as Why MBA? Why ISB? How will you contribute to the class? etc.
The interview got over in 25 mins.... I might have had a shorter interview than others.... Don't know if I should worry about the same....
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
The interview started about 10 minutes late but focused on the below questions -
1) What has your 4 years of work experience been like?
2) Specific challenges you faced at work
3) Hobbies
4) I mentioned CSR so - what have I done and contributions.
5) Long term and short term goals
6) Do you read any business books?
7) Any questions for us.
It was a panel of 2 including one from 2008 batch and another from 2014 batch. It was well rounded around work experience and everything you basically mention in the interview.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
So I was having Covid like symptoms immense fever and body ache before the D day,
I woke up feeling slight pain and feverish, joined the meeting and adcom were supportive and asked if I wanted to reschedule but I went ahead.
Questions were along the following lines
1) Tell me about yourself,
2) Why MBA and ISB
3) Why marketing, when did you decide ( I mentioned this as my short term goal ) slight grilling was done.
4) What i was doing to pursue this goal
5) Conflict at work you faced
6) Leadership initiative and learnings
7) Deep diving into my work experience, projects and achievements, mild grilling on that.
Basically it was very professional and light hearted but they cross questioned throughly on most things, in retrospect I think i could have answered better on a plenty of questions. My advice is know your applications and goals two layers deep, have a very sound line of reasoning and stay calm! :)
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Interview Panel comprised of 3 Alums and 1 Adcom member (who was on mute with video off)
The interviewers made me feel comfortable at the beginning itself by saying it won't be a stress interview or a deep dive into my achievements etc. They just wanted to know more about me as a person.
Some questions that I remember:
1) Where all I have travelled and which place I liked the most (Mentioned in the application about Travelling)
2) Why consulting post ISB and how would you work towards getting into one while at ISB?
3) If not consulting, what is plan B? How will you work towards it?
4) Most challenging situation at workplace and how did you overcome/navigate through it?
5) Challenges pertaining to consulting field
6) Having core engg background, what made you inclined towards consulting post undergrad? Any experiences related to that
7)How will you add value to the cohort?
8) What all are you planning to pursue at ISB apart from core acads?
9) Any questions?
Overall it was a nice discussion which went for around 45 mins.No grilling as such. I worked with the S4GMAT team throughout the process, both application and mock interviews. It was super helpful and the honest feedbacks after mock interviews really helped.I worked with Manan for the mocks and his insights/advice really helped to structure the answers, I highly recommend S4GMAT to the aspirants looking for one stop solution for all the problems across different phases of the ISB journey.
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ISB
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Waitlisted with Interview
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Decided the give back to this community via which I have learnt a lot! SO here goes my experience.
I had my Interview today with 2 alumni and one person from ISB who was just a spectator.
The interview started with both the alums introducing themselves. After that I introduced myself.
They asked me about my goals. Cross questioned on my response. Gave me one hypothetical situation and asked me how I would react.
They asked about an Experience where I would feel that an MBA would be required to change the outcome.
Questions on hobbies, quite in depth about details on the same.
Questions about what my mangers and peers would think about me if asked.
Example of displaying teamwork.
Example of a role that I would like to be part of post ISB and in depth cross questioning.
Example of a tough situation I was part of in personal and professional life. what was my opinion of the same and How did I react.
What difference perspective I would bring to ISB
I then asked them some of my doubts which they answered really well.
Overall, both the alums were very polite and showed genuine interest in each of my answers. At the same time. they gave absolutely nothing away in terms whether they liked my answers or not.
One can always do better after the event, but let's see. Fingers crossed !
The interview lasted a total of 40-45 minutes.
Advice: Be very thorough with your application.
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Owen Vanderbilt
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Off Campus with Student
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
I had my interview with a 2nd year MBA student. It was very conversational.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why Owen?
3. What will you bring to the Owen Community?
4. What other schools are you considering?
5. Tell me about a time you showed leadership
6. What are your expectations from your classmates?
7. Outside of work what do you do for fun
8. How will your friends and family describe you
9. How will co-workers describe you
10. Any questions for me?
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NTU Nanyang
Professional MBA (Part Time)
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago May 8, 2022
4 years ago May 8, 2022 08:05
Part-time MBA
I took EA, scored 151
The interview was very different compared to other candidates, they told me they like my profile so it was just a casual chat.
1. How I see the world now compared to the last decade
2. What I feel about the US-China Geopolitical Situation
3. Recent trends in the pharma/med-tech industry
All the best guys!
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