My interview was a pleasant experience: very conversational and candid. Total duration: 90 minutes First 10 min: small talk about Spain/ weather/ COVID Questions: 1) Tell me about your family - what’s your background like/ where you grew up/ what do your parents and siblings do? >> we realised we had lived in a few common cities so spoke about that 2) Tell me about yourself + what motivates you? 3) Asked about the different languages I speak (this was mentioned in my resume) 4) Challenges faced as an entrepreneur 5) Biggest successes in life 6) Post MBA goals: plan A and plan B+ follow up questions 7) Why MBA + Why IESE 8) How will you contribute to the class 9) How will you finance your Mba + follow up questions 10) Give me a final sales pitch as to why we should admit you/ give you a scholarship 11) We wrapped up by me asking him a few questions: - what the alum experience is like - partner experience and managing that alongside school - founding and running a club in IESE The whole interview was like an extremely insightful coffee chat! A lot of back and forth conversation and follow up questions, and an overall easy flow. He even recommended professors/ alums to reach out to. Notes: 1) The interviewer will have your resume printed with him/ her during the interview, so make sure you know it inside out! Especially the extracurriculars section 2) Send the interviewer a thank you email following the interview 3) Speak to lots of students and alums and mention this in your interview. Talk about what you learned from the students and alums, how the networking helped you/ influenced your decisions etc

I think it went really well! Super conversational. For reference, I am from the US looking to work in pharma/healthcare in countries with single-payer systems. Here’s what I remember about the interview: Interview - 50 minutes 1) Tell me about yourself 2) What do you think has led to your success so far academically and professionally? 3) Tell me about a time you had to have a difficult conversation at work (asked a follow-up question here related to my story) 4) Tell me about your most intellectually challenging project 5) If you were given the opportunity to redesign the US healthcare system, what would your plan be? 6) [Provided brief overview of SUS, Brazil’s public healthcare system] In Brazil, they are considering privatizing certain services provided by SUS. What would be the potential consequences if this passed? 7) You mentioned a few pharma companies in one of your essays. Why would they want to hire you? 8) Tell me about a time you faced an ethical dilemma 9) Why MBA & Why IESE? 10) How are you going to make the decision between IESE and other schools I applied to? 11) What does your partner plan to do in Spain while you pursue your MBA? Q&A - 20 minutes (last interview of the day so went a little over)

The interview was with 2 adcom members. It was a casual explanatory conversation where they introduced themselves. 1. Asked to share my professional journey and then why I want to do an MBA 2. Asked about my post-MBA goal. 3. Asked about why was I a good candidate for my post MBA goal 4. Was asked about other achievements during my Masters 5. Was asked why would I be a good fit for my class 6. Was asked how would my friends/peers describe me, and then how would I like to describe myself. 7. Was asked about my interests 8. Was asked what would I do if I am not selected 9. Was asked why did I choose NUS

Questions were: - Why an MBA? - Why SDA Bocconi ? - Strenghts and weaknesses ? - Favourite and not favourite subjects in University? - Hobbies? - GMAT score? - Do you manage people in your current position?

Interviewd with MBA2 on Skype Q1. Tell me about yourself Q2. Which project or accomplishment are you most proud of as an entrepreneur? Q3. What is one thing you like most and one least about being an entrepreneur? Q4. Why MBA? Future Plans? Q5. Why did you chose Johnson? Q6. Which clubs will you join? Q7. What will other students gain from you? Q8. Any thing else you would like me to know? Q&A. Duration -35-40minutes

The interview was on skype. They had shared the details of my interviewee well in advance so I had a chance to go through his profile, research, etc. The interview started exactly on time. It was quite conversational and I was asked the following questions: 1) My work-experience so far, short-term and long-term goals, why MBA and why judge - (everything in one question yes) 2) What are some digital innovations that I feel are important? 3) Has there been a time when things didn't go as planned? How did you manage that situation? 4) Tell me about a time when you were a contrarian? 5) Any questions for me? In the last question I asked a question about his research and I also asked for opportunities to research and work with students from other disciplines. He listened to my answers carefully but with a straight face so I wasn't able to gauge much from the conversation. However, he did tie the conversation back to my answers and about what I want to do at Judge so I knew that my answers landed well with him. In all, I was quite honest in my answers and could talk about my experiences with clarity and depth. I got a favourable result 3 days after my interview.

I had an interview couple of weeks ago. It was pretty straight forward and short (25-30 mins). Questions were same as everyone else. Like, 1. Career journey pre-MBA in 2 min. 2. Why MBA? 3. Long term and short term goals, and back up plan? 4. A time when I thought I have achieved a target but client was not happy and how did I handle that. 5. A time in my life when I experienced success at my job 6. Why Rotman and how will I contribute to the Rotman community 7. If Rotman could grant you 3 wishes, what would they be? 8. Do you have any questions for me? Flux of applications to Rotman was apparent from the short and "kind of mechanical" interview. I also had few related small questions based on my profile and answers to the previous questions. I received my decision within 2 weeks of interview.

11 am zoom call with 3 alumni and one adcom. Started at 11.30 am. I was not given any intimation of delay (which is not normally the case), so I was staring at the screen for 15 minutes, waiting. Then I called the number on the email. He seemed to be an overall supervisory person and not the mentioned adcom. He mentioned that the delay might have happened because the panelists may be reviewing my profile. Got a call at 11.25 am from the adcom that the call will start at 11.30. All this is to say that such things can and will happen. Don't be unnerved. Think of other things (food, what will you do later etc) to keep you calm. The interviewers - 3 panelists - 1 from consulting, 1 working in culture experience in Singapore and 1 more (which I don't recall - he was the first one to introduce himself and I was a bit hassled by the delays myself) Questions: 1. Tell me about your life story 2. Why ISB - I mentioned academics, experiential learning opportunities, club culture and alumni network 3. Why not get into IIM executive education programs - you will get the same if not better experienced cohort and all other points you mentioned? Also, you are at the higher end of the spectrum in terms of work experience for ISB while you will be around average there. (I did not expect to be asked for such a direct comparison with another school) I mentioned good qualities of ISB first (similar to the previous answer). I mentioned that I have not heard good reviews of the IIM course. Also, I don't want to be in a learning zone and performance zone at the same time and want to upskill in a structured way. Plus, all my connects I spoke to had similar length of work experience as me when they joined ISB, so not sure why the work experience is a problem. 3. Further deep dive into Current work experience 4. Biggest deal in current job - Challenges, value add, what did you do there? 5. Why did your company get the above deal (Grilling over this)? 6. Show example of conflict at work - Here, the panelist wanted to hear of IB-like conflicts over mandates. I had to be frank about it and mentioned that it doesn't happen in my firm. We are not at each other's throats for stuff like that and work as a strong team. I said that I can provide you with examples of other conflicts that I have handled and proceeded to do the same. 7. Some questions on the sector - Cross questioning on the same 8. Any questions you have - I asked 3 questions on their ISB experience and careers. Few things to note: 1. Sometimes I had to answer the same questions twice to get the point across. I did not say something different from what I said the first time and just went about explaining the same thing in detail. 2. I did feel like they were trying to look at my work through their own preconceived notions of what it might be (may be it was an interview tactic). I had to go to deep lengths to tell them how it is different from what they are thinking it may be. I did not change the narrative as it would lead me to a hole that I would find difficult to come out of. 3. I would call my interview tough and a "grilling". They did not ask questions about goals, prior work experience, leadership qualities, team work qualities etc. They grilled me on my current work ex with a lot of counter questions. My wife (also admitted) had an interview in October and her's was a bit more conversational and like a general MBA interview with questions on leadership and teamwork. 4. I worked really hard on interviews and have a word document with more than 80 fully answered questions that I have read on GMATClub debriefs or thought of myself based on my work ex. It helped me a lot with my interview but this approach of writing full answers to questions can sometimes make you sound like you are reading from somewhere, rather than speaking from the heart. I had to practice a lot to remove that quirk out. 5. Be ready to defend your decisions and answers without changing your stance. It is not that difficult if you have various things to talk about to complement your answer. 6. One technique that really helped me was to create situation banks - Pick a few situations in your life that you can speak of. Write them out in detail using SCAR framework, ensuring that you don't get technical with your terminologies in case your interviewer is from a different background. You can use these situations for answers to various questions. I got this idea from a youtube video of a guy who got admits from Wharton, Booth and MIT. He advised to have 5-6 situations. I had 12-14. I also classified them in order of importance. 7. Constantly think about your profile as to what questions they can ask you, apart from the common ones (why mba, life story, why isb, example of team conflict, example of leadership etc). Note down these questions in your own word document and then formulate answers as and when you arrive at them. All in all, your interview can go in various ways - friendly and conversational (like my wife's) or tough and grilling (like mine - although I must say that at any given point of time there was at least one panelist who was smiling and being nice). Enough prep and you can do well in any scenario. I got my admit email 6 days later.

Short Interview - two panelists. Started with tell us about yourself, why MBA, short term and long term goals. Also asked what you are expecting from this course. Asked about the difficulties faced by the industry I work in and the steps taken for resolution; dug deeper into the responses I gave. Asked me if I read newspaper, I said yes. Asked me about the biggest news in present times. Asked if I had any questions.

The interview was conducted via the Kira platform. There were 6 questions in total, which are all behavioral questions 1. What was the work-related obstacle you have had to find a creative way to overcome? What would you have done differently? 2. A time you took responsibility for making a mistake. What would you have done to avoid it? 3. A time you were not well-prepared to receive an assigned task. 4. A time you had a disagreement with a coworker. How did you solve it? 5. A time you experienced an ethical dilemma. I was given 45s to prepare and around 1m30s to 2 minutes to answer each question. 6. Describe your greatest accomplishment. How has it shaped you as an employee and a contributor to the company? The last question is in written form, with 7 minutes to both prepare and write down the answer.

The interview was taken by three alums. They did not introduce themselves, so I could not figure their background. The interview started with the standard " take us through your profile". This was followed by in detailed discussion about my work. After which they asked me about the future of healthcare in India ( I'm from that domain). I was also given a case study for planning the distribution of covid vaccine in india. Then I was asked about my expectations from the program. They then shifted gears and discussed in detail about my hobby ( running). This interview was the most cordial interview I've ever been a part of. They were genuinely interested to understand where I come from and what I expect. I took help from preppie for my interview preparation. They not only helped me improvise my intro, but also helped me in keeping my answers to the point and crisp. Their feedback is very detailed and actionable. The mocks were very close to the actual interview. I was also connected with an alum from my field which was extremely helpful.

The interview started 1 hour late. Two profs, P1 - smiling with greying hair, P2 - reserved and younger. P1: Where shall we start? Me: up to you sir, P1: no, tell me. Me: Okay, I will introduce myself, my name is... P1: we know that, tell me about your hobbies... so you are into creativity? some conversation on it and he asked me to frame a short story on how a dish could have gotten it's name. After that he moved to my views on my industry situation in 3 sentenses. As I was telling him, he said it's just two, where is the third. He handed it over to P2. He asked me some technical questions on accounting, I tried to answer but floundered as I had a different concept in my mind while answering. He moved on and gave me a probability question, I tried to answer but could not. I gave him some answer and probed on how and why; I tried explaining but I knew I was wrong. Finally P1 joined back and asked me my post MBA salary expectation, told them my estimate for breakeven and they disagreed. I said my aim in doing MBA is not about the immediate benefit, though salaries are important, the learning will stay with me for a lifetime and some cross-questioning and answers later they asked me if I had any questions for them. The interview was done in about 20-25 mins. They were not aggressive but definitely put doubts into my mind. Keep calm and think before answering is what I can suggest.

I was interviewed by 3 alumni - of '02, '03 and '10 batches. Two of them were consultants and the third was from the manufacturing industry. An ad-com member was also present but with video off and muted. The whole interview was very cordial and pleasant. I felt like they were genuinely curious to know more about me and my aspirations. They started by directly diving into my current role and asked me to describe a challenge I faced and how I tackled it. A few follow-up questions later, we talked about why I wanted to do an MBA, and what I was expecting to gain from the program. They also asked me why I wanted to move to larger companies after having worked in startups until now; and what I would do in case the MBA did not happen. They also asked me about a stock markets certification I had done from NSE a long long time ago, what it was and why I had done it. So the lesson here is to be completely thorough with everything you've mentioned in your application. The interview ended with them thanking me for my time and effort in the application process. Got the admit a week later :) I would recommend Preppie and Hash MBA for the interview prep.

Interview started 20 minutes late as I was informed the Panel was discussing my profile. It was a very conversational, relax discussion which didn't feel like an interview. It was like they were getting to know me. There were total 4 people; 3 panelists and 1 Adcom member. Only one panelist was on video rest everyone on audio. It started with a quick - tell me about yourself question. Post that they started discussing about one of the major projects I had mentioned in my application. this discussion went on for another 20-25 minutes. then I was asked to talk about a conflict I have faced in my career. Post that I was given a case question and spent another 5 minutes on it. After this, I was asked, Why me or what will I bring to the class. Then another 10 minute discussion on my hobbies and extra curriculars post which I asked them questions and interview was over after around 40 minutes.

Timeline: I applied on the 23rd of September, Had my Interview on the 6th of October, Got a feedback on the 15th of October. My Interview was with Chris Jones over Zoom. It was pretty calm and conversational. Lasted for about 50 minutes. I can't remember everything in detail, but the questions were in line with every other debrief posted here. 1) Briefly Run me through your Resume, with more emphasis on your professional career. 2) When/How did you hear about Rotman? Why Rotman? Why Toronto? 3)If Rotman could grant me 3 wishes, what would they be? 4)What I hope to have achieved after 1 week, 1 month, 1 year in Rotman. 5) Post MBA Plans 6)TMAAT you failed 7)TMAA professional achievement you are proud of. 8) Do you have any questions for me? The 3 Questions I asked him got us chatting for about 15 minutes. My general advice is to be yourself, and see the interview as a 2-way conversation. They already like what they see in your profile (Duh-uh! that's why you got to the interview stage :) )

Hello! Just completed my interview with a current student of the flex mba program that is also part of the admissions team. 1-Why MBA and Why Georgetown 2- Leadership example 3- Recent transition of my career (I just pivoted from airline industry to tech) 4- How I strategize a project of my resume 5- MBA programs I applied 6- Questions that I would have Overall I felt that I was nervous and in some occasions felt that I should have paused more while talking. On the other hand, I felt that I addressed all questions with a reasonable time and felt that I made my case of why I want to be part of the Hoya community! She said that the interview should take 20 mins + time for questions, and that was what happened. I am a re-applicant! I hope this year I can make it! Best of luck for everyone!

I had an interview with Danielle Spence over Skype. She asked me eight questions in total of which I only remember the ones below but all of them were from debriefs I had read earlier on the GMATClub. 1-Explain in two minutes or less your career journey? 2-What are your short and long-term goals? 3-How will you contribute to the MBA program? 4-Why Rotman and why now? 5-In case you don't get into the companies you're targeting what is your Plan-B 6-If Rotman could grant you three wishes what would they be? She was a great interviewer and helped put me at ease as well. The first question threw me off just a bit since I wasn't expecting the need for brevity and I'm sure I went at least a minute above required but I made sure the overall interview ended in time for me to ask some questions and some chitchat as well. We talked briefly about the program and the surge of applications and the workload she must be facing before finishing the interview. She promised to get back to me within two weeks so I'm expecting a response any day now. She also seemed fairly positive about my chances and told me that getting an interview was a great step.

It was a conversational interview and I was asked the following questions: 1. Why Notre Dame? 2. Why MBA? 3. Why now? 4. What are my ST and LT goals? 5. Fun fact about myself? 6. Who do I admire? I was then asked a business case interview question. I was given a few minutes to think about my ideas and then I presented it.

It was very conversational! I enjoyed the interview and was asked the following: 1. Why Simon? 2. Why MBA? 3. Why now? 4. What are my ST and LT goals? I was then given 10 minute to ask questions about the program / admissions process. Overall, it was a great session!

My interview was conducted by Lynda Vanderburgh and lasted for roughly 20 mins. The questions asked were exactly the same as had reported by the earlier candidates. My responses were no more than 60-90 seconds and Lynda basically made notes the whole time. Her demeanour was warm and welcoming throughout. At the end of the interview, she told me that I should most likely get my result within a week but no more than 2 weeks. True to her word, I received my decision the following Friday.