ISB Interview held in Mumbai today. • What will you do if you are not selected for ISB this year? • There are a lot of people we have interviewed from your organization, ZS. How is your work different? • Why do you want to do an MBA now considering Data Science and ML are the booming sectors. • Management Consulting is poised for a massive downturn. Why do you want to touch a falling knife? • Have you considering doing a Data Science focused program instead of MBA? • You have mentioned that you want to do MBA to get knowledge of Finance, Ops, HR etc. You can take up courses on Udemy for them while still pursuing your professional career. Have you considered that? • You have mentioned that you are super excited about the intersection of GenAI and Management Consulting. Can you tell us a couple of things GenAI can’t do. • You play the guitar. Who are your favorite guitarists and why? • You have mentioned that you started a NGO for Disaster Management and Relief. Why such an initiative when there are so many Govt. schemes already existing. • How do you balance between self-growth vs team development? • Which is one course from your undergrad that you have applied in your professional career and how? • You are so passionate about building data science models. We fear that an MBA will actually digress your from this. Any thoughts? • What according to you are the Top 3 Attributes of a successful Hardware Product manager. Wishing all applicants who have their in person and virtual interviews all the very best !!

Hi guys, sharing my experience: On spot essay 1: one particular team member is slacking and others are showing discontent. what would you do? on spot essay 2: Came across competitor’s confidential business plan. Team wants to use it, what would you do? both of these topics were something I had practiced already since it had been asked to quite a few people last year and this year. Also probably pretty basic imo. Interview was a mixed bag. 3 panelists. 2M 1F, one graduated ~11 years ago and the other two are from Co’22. Started off normally, cracked a joke or two (something very interesting happened with me before my interview, so I used that to lighten the mood). Q1a. How are you today? Q1b. Tell us about yourself like you would in a street play (I had mentioned street play in my resume). Q2. Tell me more about this internal project you had taken on Q3. Why did you even initiate it? Q4. You are doing really well for yourself, what challenges have you faced along the way? Q5. How do you face disagreements with your seniors? Q6. You work a lot with partners & directors in your firm directly, is it not intimidating? (a lot of follow up questions on Q5 & 6) Q7. Personal challenges Q8. Personal interests, where does your free time go? Q9. What would you like to change about yourself? Q10. Any questions for us? There were a lot more questions in between that I don’t remember / follow ups on my work / too specific to a particular thing I had mentioned in my essay/resume. Got grilled quite a lot too. Looks like today’s panel was in the mood to grill based on other folks who have shared their experience above.

26 Oct - 12:30 slot, location - ISB campus Hyd On the spot essay topic Essay 1 - in your internship, your employer offers you high value gift after the successful delivery of the project. Your peers have already accepted the gifts What will you do in that case and how you'll maintain relation with your employer and peers Essay 2 - during presentation review, one of your teammate is raising his voice against the approach that your team is taking. Your team members are unhappy with this and expecting you to handle this situation. How you'll handle this situation Interview panel consist of 2 alums, one from 2018 batch and one from 2022 batch. Q1. How is your day going Q2. How did your switch happened to your current role Q3. What are the things that you consider while designing any course Q4. Like how you have improved your communication, similarly what you do when you see similar people during your training Q5. If you're already enjoying your work here, why you want to go for technical consulting role Q6. Since you're a reapplicant, what are the improvement or change happened in your professional experience Q7. What are the changes happened in you personally since the last time You've applied Q8. Since you said there are multiple ways to achieve a goal, why can't you learn about business from other sources like certification (why mba qus) Q9. Suppose if ISB doesn't happen this year, what are the back up plans you've? Q10. How do you propose your ideas in workplace Q11. If your colleague is not agreeing to your solution and you can't persuade him, what you'll do in that case Q12. Any qus for us Total duration was around 35 to 40 min. Alums were cool and very chill

Hello everyone just completed my interview at Hyd- Essay- 1. Your manager during your Mba internship gives you and your peers gifts on successful completion of project. What would you do? Evaluate the impact of your actions on your peers and employer. 2. One of your teammates is frequently late to office and takes leaves. Your other teammates are showing disapproval in this. What would you do? What outcome do you expect. Interview- 3 panelists- one from management consulting, one from aerospace and one from constructions. 1. They introduce themselves then asked my introduction 2. How your day looks like. 3. What intellectual learnings you got from your ngo experience 4. Questions around my 2nd essay 5. How would you handle the situation if you are given a chance to solve the same problem now( question from 2nd essay) 6. Questions on a custom gpt I created for my ngo 7. Why you want to transition to operations consulting 8. Detailed question on my 3rd essay ( I have mentioned about my training and placement exp) 9. One professional situation in which you have to hold your integrity. 10. Why should ISB select you. 11. What kind of research you did for your career goals 12. One guessestimate question( not expected as I have not mentioned it in my career goals) 13. Any questions for us. Overall the interview went for 40-45 mins. Panelists were extremely helpful and cooperative.

My Interview questions -Tell me about yourself -About role -Tell a business usecase you have solved -Tell a situation how you handled diversity -A situation or a setback and how did you handle -Why mba -Why isb -What are the skill gaps -You can bridge the gaps outside isb also so why isb -If you achieved your desired role say within 5 years of in mbb firms what would you do later on after 5 years

ISB interview question - You have moved from Mechanical Engineering to Software Development to now MBA why this shift - Whatever you are doing now you will still reach there why change the path or trajectory - Walk us through your profile - What is it that you cannot achieve from your current role - What other schools have you applied to - Why ISB - Why not a Product Management specific course if your goal is to become a Product Manager - What are your core skill sets - You have joined combat training what made you do that - Outside work how do you keep yourself engaged - If we ask you for a restaurant suggestion where would you take us - Explain reinforcement learning technique to a layman - The project deadline has been fast tracked and some team members are suggesting to cut corners what will you do.

Just had my interview with a current student. -5 minute intro on background, resume and clarifying questions -Why MBA? -Why now? -Why Darden -International experience example -Dealing with difficult situation example -Interests outside of work -My questions Was just a regular convo and would have a few clarifying back and forth

Just finished my interview with Christian West. 1. Monologue 2. Post MBA goals 3. Any international or diversity experience I have in my professional experience 4. Why MBA, framed this like "what have I identified that I lack that an MBA will fill" 5. Why Darden 6. Any questions

Had my interview today 1. Tell me about yourself (very conversational), asking questions on the way 2. an impactfull work i did (in my case a project) 3. Why mba? 4. Why darden? 5. I asked her a question 6. Tell me something fun about yourself

Hello guys! Wanted to share a small debrief about my Darden interview. It was on 22nd September. I was invited to interview on 16th September (EA applicant, didn't opt for open interviews hence invited by Darden) My interview was with an Associate Director of Admissions. Lasted around ~35 minutes total - Typical Darden Monologue (10 mins) - Why MBA - Why now - Why Darden - How will you contribute - Anything else you want to highlight - Questions (I asked 2 questions) Overall - it was extremely comfortable and conversational. She seemed really interested in my story. Let's see how the results pan out now, hoping for the best!

Had my Fuqua interview yesterday, I got asked these 1. TMAY 2. ST and LT Goals 3. Why Fuqua? 4. TMAY you resolved a conflict 5. What is your biggest strength? What do you plan to bring to Fuqua(something like this) 6. TMAT you failed 7. TMAT you responded to a constructive feedback 8. TMAT you leveraged your network in a professional setting 9. What does Fuqua mean to you? How is it different from the other schools 10. 1 min pitch to adcom 11. Then my questions

I had my interview yesterday. My interviewer was pretty chill. Question asked: Tell me about yourself Why mba, why fuqua TMAT you had to influence someone and what strategies u used TMAT you had to work with people with different working styles What quslities should a good leader have and how have you exhibited them TMAT when you failed in communication

I had my interview today and I was asked the following; Introduce yourself. Why Fuqua? Leadership experience without formal designation What you hope to contribute to Fuqua. The interview lasted for 45mins. Her questions lasted for about 25mins and we spent the rest of the time with my questions and follow up conversations. It was an interesting and relaxed conversation. Felt like I was over prepared. My advice would be that you should find a way to infuse your stories that you feel the need to share in your intro and with other questions. The time goes by very fast and you may not get asked questions you have prepared punchy responses for. A friend had his yesterday and he was asked the following; Tell me about yourself Failed project Leadership style Attributes you look out for in your team member Constructive feedback Looking out for in Fuqua mba Why mba and things you look to get out for Short and long term? How do you support teams in leadership How do you handle a non collaborative teammate. Goodluck guys! ❤️

It was very conversational interview. Didn’t even ask about my goals directly. I chipped it in -Why MBA -Why Ross -Time I got a negative feedback, how I reacted to it. -My leadership style -Time I did something within a very short deadline Then we started gisting.

Sharing some questions asked during INSEAD Interview: 1. How do you lead in ambiguous situations? 2. Tell me about a conflict in a multicultural team and how you resolved it. 3. What is your Plan B if your post-MBA goals don’t work out? 4. Why INSEAD over other global programs? 5. What is one aspect of your profile that might raise a concern, and how do you address it? 6. How will you contribute to the INSEAD community? 7. Tell me about a time you failed as a leader, what did you learn from it? 8. If you had to convince a skeptical investor or senior leader to back your idea, how would you approach it? 9. What challenges do you foresee in INSEAD’s diverse environment, and how will you adapt? 10. If anyone else has completed their INSEAD or ISB interviews, would love to connect and exchange insights. Hope it helps you guys for your interview. Good luck🙌

It was a friendly conversation, he started introducing himself and then he asked: - take me through your resume - why now / why mba / why CBS - which courses do you want to take (asked names and professors) And then we talked about his experience and what are really love of CBS

-Tell me about yourself -Why MBA? -Why Tuck? -TMAT when you worked with people who had different world views -TMA your biggest contribution, could be professional or personal -What unique quality would you bring to Tuck -Is there anything you would like to share which we haven't talked about -Do you have any questions? There were a few more TMAT questions but I can't recall them

Hello Everyone, I completed my interview today. The following questions were asked. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Short-term/Long-Term Goals 3. Why MBA? 4. Why Tuck? 5. TMAT you used your strength to help someone 6. TMAT you received a constructive feedback 7. Questions for me

It was a second year student. Be very thorough about your resume. They why and what of each bullet point. I was asked why I chose my current company. But the questions were not to validate but to understand. Then it’s all the usual question Why Tuck/MBA/now? What you will get and how you will contribute.

Just had my Kellogg interview, it was with an adcom. Very conversational 1. Why I joined Goldman Sachs with follow-ups 2. What teams I worked in, my role, team structure with follow-ups 3. Significant Leadership at work 4. What will my colleagues say about me 4. Experiences which taught me resilience 5. Why MBA 6. Why Kellogg 4. Anything I wanted to add 5. Questions for her, i didn't ask any lol