Two interviewers (P1 and P2) P1: Tell us about your everyday job. What you do? Interrupted midway and asked do you have juniors. Do they report to you? P1: Tell us about a project of yours. P1: You mentioned a lot about IIM B in your SOP. Have you actually got in touch with anyone, alumni or student? P1: What is unique about Ganga in Banaras? Think geography-wise. P2: Shared his screen to ask inference on a graph of cumulative probability distribution. P2: What is the male:female ratio at your current workplace? P2: What do you think about the oil market future now that Trump has lost. Will it impact your industry? P1: How do you optimise your product performance (work-related)? P1: Any questions? Overall, ~15 mins interview and they seemed to be in a hurry. No questions from my SOP. I was interrupted on a few questions but never felt like a stress interview. Not sure what to make of the experience.

1. Self-introduction 2. Why MBA, Why know 3. Why consulting, what consulting firms you are interest about (say something other than MBB) 4. Why Johnson 5. Any projects you have worked during your career 5. Anything you want to mention and highlight? 6. Any other questions?

Interview was with a career consultant who had worked in the same industry as my post MBA goal as a recruiter. Interview lasted around 35 minutes and was mainly focused on why I wanted to do an MBA, my post MBA goal and what research I had done on it and some competency based questions. Following were some of the questions asked: 1) When did you decide on pursuing an MBA and what would you like to gain through an MBA program? 2) Which other schools have you applied to? 3) Why Oxford? 4) Have you aligned your current company on your MBA plan? Follow-up question – What would be your manager’s reaction to your MBA plan? 5) Why are you considering the management consulting firms that you listed in your application? 6) What networks do you have in those firms? 7) Talk more about what you plan to do between now and the time you join those firms to boost your chances? 8) Tell me about a time when you used your communication skills 9) Talk about a time when you failed in a team environment. What did you do to overcome it? 10) Which Oxford alumni have you interacted with during your research? Overall feedback: I felt that the interview was customized to my profile and background and felt different from any other interview as a lot of common questions such as “tell me about yourself” were not asked. The focus was on my career aspirations and how I plan to make that transition which is not surprising as the interview was taken by a career consultant.

Hi, my interview was done, questions on the lines of older debriefs, nothing specific to your work, just career goals, why georgetown, few behavioral and which other colleges you applied to. Just prepare why georgetown well, that is the main thing they are most interested to know

Start time: 1155 Hrs, End Time: 1216 Hrs Panel: 2 Professors Experience: I had a small hiccup even before the interview happened. The Adcom has instructed to be online @ 1145 Hrs; however, I lost broadband connectivity at the exact time. I was trying to set up the connection using a mobile hotspot when I got a call from the Admission team to come online as the panel was waiting to start the interview. I acknowledged and went online immediately. I joined the virtual room and exchanged greetings with the profs. The profs immediately explained me the Extempore process. I got the topic: "Should organisations increase House Rent Allowance (HRA) for the employees working from home? - For or Against". I choose to stick with the topic and got a minute or so to shape my thoughts. When Prof-1 asked me if I am ready, I confirmed and stated my stand. Meanwhile, I forgot to switch my MIC back on, so I was interrupted by Prof-1. Realising my mistake, I apologised for it and then started my argument. Firstly, I mentioned the effect of the pandemic that forced everyone to adopt this WFH culture and said to adapt to this setting employees have to meet specific requirements at their home. Although some companies are providing extra equipment and set up for the same, Companies should increase HRA to support the transition and help to maintain the cost of services. At this point, Prof-2 stepped in stating that if companies are providing the incentives, then why increase HRA? I tried to explain by saying that such incentives are sufficient to purchase those services. Imagine someone who lives at the outskirts of a city. At times even I, who lives in the heart of the town, faces issues with internet connectivity as it happened just before the interview. He/she might not even have those facilities available for purchase. So, the only solution would be relocating to a place where he/she can get those facilities. In this process, one eventually increases his/her cost of living and thus should be compensated. Secondly, I also presented a point from the company's perspective. If a company shows such an initiative, then it can prove to its employees that the company is not pushing technology on employees. Instead, the company want the employees to grow with the new culture and incorporates a safer approach to achieve maximum productivity. At this point, Prof-1 threw a counter-question. He stated that I am only considering pandemic time. What are my views on WFH post-pandemic? I was sort of ready with this, and I stated my belief that the WFH culture is here to stay even after the pandemic. Immediately, Prof-1 countered saying that how I am so sure as many companies, who initially were of the view that WFH is right, are now saying that the productivity of the employees has gone down. They want to switch back to the original method of working from offices. He also mentioned that he observes that employees tend to get distracted at home by family and are bound to get involved in household activities/matter. Here, I supported my argument by citing the example of my sister. I explained how my sister has been doing WFH since lockdown and how we, the family members, understand and co-operates with her requirements. At times she also faces issues, but it is up to the family members to realise her job responsibilities and support her by giving her space. Regarding productivity, I argued that in the light of the information provided by yourself that this very culture of realising the challenges and supporting employees in overcoming those need to be integrated into the company culture as well. The company should train its managers in methods of evaluating the productivity of an employee. Maybe rather than considering the no. of hours spent on the screen to assess the productivity of an employee, they might look at some other techniques which consider the total output. Here again, I supported the argument by telling how my sister got a promotion while doing WFH. The prof-1 then asked me if I consider that doing an engineering design project by a group of employees would be fast-paced if every participant is at one location physically rather than at remote areas? I stated that since I am not an engineer, I can only say from my little experience in designing a project from early years in my graduation that technology plays a vital role in mitigating these issues. Since past many years, technology has made significant advances and will continue to do so in future. We only need to be welcoming to adapt to such innovations and incorporate them into our work profiles to create a better virtual environment to address such issues. At this point, Prof-2 ended the topic by saying that I have made some good points and then shifted to profile-based questions. However, to my surprise, they only asked two questions with no counter questions. He started by stating my current rank and further designations and why I suddenly want to give up all of that (I can be a captain in 3-4 years - the ultimate rank on a ship)? I started off saying how it's not about giving up on something but about what I want in life. I had a well-thought answer to this. I also incorporated my love for Amazon services and the reason, my expertise in my current profession, my ultimate desire that included short- and long-term goals. I explained how my current job has acted as a catalyst towards the MBA decision, and that I intend to give back to society. After this came the last question from prof-2 when he asked what if I couldn't get the desired role in the supply chain at Amazon? I replied, saying that I am not constraining myself to a specific position or company. Here, Prof-2 again interjected and asked again if I have some other companies in mind. I took the name of few and also added that I am open to operations role in other industries as well. I can utilise my transferable skills such as planning, management, leadership, etc., to get a role in that domain. At this, Prof-1 concluded saying that I am looking at the supply chain, logistics and operations as overall options, and I acknowledged the same. After this, they said that they have enough from me, and we concluded the session with final greetings. I was a little taken aback here at such an abrupt end, but I left the room, informed the organiser and left the Zoom meeting. Overview: It was the smoothest interview session I could expect. No stress talks at all. I never felt any pressure and panel and other staff were very cordial. To be honest, I could not have guessed the result, and it came as a surprise to me just after five days. Suggestions: Honestly, I am no expert at MBA interviews or other professional interviews. I can only say that being honest and upfront is the key. State what you believe in with a clear mindset, be ready to face counter questions and do so with grace. Don't try to prove your knowledge as the panel is far more knowledgeable than us. Don't hesitate if you are not comfortable with the extempore topic, ask for the different one. Even if the second one doesn't go your way, don't sweat. They are just testing our skill at logical reasoning and presentation of an idea. Try to relate the topic to some of the real-life experiences, if possible. It gives credibility to your beliefs. In the end, be yourself and relish the achievement of making to that room. Here, I would like to thank GMAT Club, who was a great source of information and guidance throughout my MBA journey so far since 2017. I thank @BB, @Nikhil and other moderators and also my friends and sister who helped me shape my presentations.

Had a great interview - the interviewer was genuinely interested in me, polite, and clearly a knowledgeable and confident person. She asked me all the right questions and answered all of my questions extensively. I was asked about my CV, my career to date and why MBA and why now, so pretty standard but with some great comments and input while I was answering - I would say it was the best interview I had to date! Also she made me very excited about the range of electives and opportunities - and I have learnt more about the mentoring programme. This is the lesson how to conduct inverviews as well as a way to really get people even more exciting about WBS!

The interviewer was friendly and the full interview was quite tailored to my application. Not sure I remember all the questions (the interview was quite intense) but here are the ones I can recall: - Explain your industry and your current job - I mentioned a failure in my essay, he asked me why I thought I failed. - He asked me to rate myself in 3 areas (I don't remember..) - Current challenges in my job - He asked me about a trait I mentioned I had in my essay that didn't seem consistent with my management style - What did I know about HBS? How did I get my info? how would I thrive? What would be my challenges? - He asked about a hobby I mentioned in my resumé - A question I wish he asked.

Hi I had my interview in early October, with Erin Vuono through skype, it lasted for 20 mins, below are the questions asked. 1. Why MBA? 2. Your short term goals post MBA? 3. Why Katz? 4. What are the skillset required for consultant?(As my post MBA function is Consulting) 5. Leadership experience question? 6. How would you solve conflict between teams? Please note: Interview started off well but as you all know, this year interviews are through remote,she had a bad audio connection at her end and was literally not seeing the screen or focusing on what I was saying, her focus was trying to sort the audio issues as well as hardly made any notes during the interview. She has some disturbances at her side from kids or pet i guess not sure but she seemed disturbed in between the interview. I was asked about my GRE score and told that I was low for companies like BCG,Bains or McKinsey as stressed over it a lot but also stated that scores are above par for admission. I had spoken to 4 MBA candidates before the interview for more information regarding the program and post interview did mail them all to ask consulting companies do ask for standardize score for Internship or Full time employment. They said only the Top 3 MBB ask such but none of the companies which come to Katz ask any standardize score.So I felt there was some contradiction about what was being asked in the interview. I felt the interview experience should have been better in terms of technical issues and response. All the best all of you.

My interview was on 7th November 2020. There were two professors- P1 -the senior person and P2 was comparatively younger. Me- Good Afternoon Sirs P1,P2- Good afternoon Shivna P1- So tell us about yourself Me- (Answered) I am a CA in practice. I have 6 years of post qualification experience in Auditing , Taxation, Insolvency litigation, etc. My skills are legal research, auditing,etc P2- So you have been in the legal field as well Me- Yes( No more questions from P2 on profile ) P1- But why an MBA Me- Answered with example why I lack the managerial perspective and why as an advisor on compliance aspects I have not been able to develop the same (No further questions) In all, the questions on my profile did not last longer than 5 minutes P1- So we now move to the extempore(Explains the process) Your topic is -"In India, education should be free at all levels and should be subsidized as Government policies " After 1 minute I started presenting my points. Me- Free education up to the age of 14 is a Fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution of India. I believe that the same should be extended to High school and the first degree post high school. Focus should be on providing high quality education and relevant skills which makes the student ready for the workforce. Post Bachelors , need based scholarship for meritorious students, but those who can pay for masters should pay as once a free undergrad degree already equips you with relevant skills for the workforce, the masters than becomes an additional specific requirement . P1 and P2 countered me at every step. I was presented with statistics both in favour and against of whatever I said. I manage to concede where I was uninformed and again adapted my points . P1- Do you know any country which follows the model that you have illustrated. Me- Gave an example of an MBA degree from Copenhagen Business School which was chargeable for all , not only non-EU and non Scandinavian residents. Explained why MBA degree was to be paid in spite of free education provided by Nordic countries P2- You come from Gujarat. How different is Gujarat Board from CBSE/ICSE? Me- Answered with my opinion. P1- Is Gujarat doing well in education parameters Me- Answered with an honest opinion, gave a disclaimer that I was not aware of steps. (My extempore lasted for 22 minutes ) P2- You have strong extra curriculars. What have you learnt from the same ? Me- Answered about my two main hobbies- marathon running and trekking P1- What was the last Himalayan trek you did ?Which companies conduct such activities ? Are you a solo trekker Me- Answered (Extra curriculars lasted 6-7 minutes ) Interview ends Result- Admitted My key takeaways- have an honest discussion with the professors. I was expecting that I would be grilled on my work experience as a professional, but I got no questions on the same. If , like me, you have a long extempore try and back up your stance with a sound reasoning!

Had an interview over Zoom with Nia from their admissions committee. The whole thing was quite casual and fun. The following are the questions I was asked during the interview. Walk me through your resume and tell me about your most significant work achievement. Why MBA and why in Manchester? What are your goals post MBA? Have you spoken to any alumni? Any questions for me? I felt at ease throughout the interview and the overall vibe was friendly.

My interview took place a few weeks back. It was with a 2nd year MBA student and it was conversational and positive. Some of the questions asked: 1. Why MBA? 2. Why Kelley? 3. How would your friends describe you? 4. Tell me about a time you led a team. Those are the ones I remember. As long as you do your research, you will be fine. I hope this helps!

My interview was with Alexsis and she pretty much asked the questions that users have pointed out here. She did inform that she had gone through my profile but I didn't get any specific questions about it. Sharing the ones I received - 1. Why do you want to do an MBA? 2. Why Foster? 3. What are you most excited about from MBA? 4. What challenges do you think you will face here? 5. What is a piece of constructive feedback/criticism? 6. What was a professional compliment? 7. Describe a scenario when you had to work with minimal guidance? The interview lasted about 40 mins. I tried to make it conversational but it was a vain attempt. Looks like a lot of other candidates also had similar experience. I also sent her an e-mail after the interview, but didn't receive a response. All the best folks!

Just to give a brief idea of my experience- The interview was very personalised and the adcom had gone through my application already. The questions were extremely personal and were specific to my industry. As my goal was entrepreneurship, I was asked questions from my industry, future prospects, what challenges will I face.

**BIG YIKES** I had my interview with an Alumni off-site in LatAm. We coordinated to meet at a Starbucks at 8 am for a 30-45min interview. It lasted around two hours. I bought his coffee and got myself a green tea. As I sat down, he opened his laptop and started working, saying he had some essential emails to send. I sat still and didn't go on my phone while I waited. He then lowered his screen and asked me: "Ok, so I barely read your resume. Can you talk a little bit about yourself and walk me through it?" As I started to talk, he interrupted me and decided to introduce himself first. He spoke about his education, work experience, travels, family, and current ambitions for the following ten minutes. I made a couple of jokes trying to engage in his narrative, but he dismissed them quickly. He then received a call from his wife and spoke on the phone for two min and continued to send emails. Once again, I sat there politely without checking my phone, just sippin my tea. Finally, It was my turn to speaks: -Could you walk me through your resume? A bunch of follow-up questions about my previous work experience. It turns out his wife used to work at my last company. He made me go into detail about my life post my COVID-Lay off. -Why do you want to get an MBA now? -Why Kellogg? Follow up question: What clubs and activities do you plan to join? -What is your dream post MBA, and how will Kellogg help you achieve it? -What are your immediate goals post, Kellogg? Follow-up: do those companies recruit Kellogg students? His wife calls again. He doesn't pick up but starts texting and prompts me to continue speaking as he could "multi-task." He then opened his computer to take notes and mentioned he would skip some questions because I had already answered them. Up until then, I thought He was a little rude, but we were vibing. He was smiling and commenting positively on my responses. We continued: -What was your GRE/GMAT score? Why did you get that score? -Please give me an example where you made a mistake. -Please give me an example of a time when you demonstrated leadership. -Any questions for me? I asked him 3-4 questions about the Kellog culture, life as an alum, and what he considers a "successful" student. He barely answered them and then... He said, listen, I will do my best, but frankly, there is not much I can do with what you gave me today. He asked if he could be acid with his comments, and I obviously agreed. For the following 45min, he started lecturing me on how I was not the right candidate for Kellogg: -How I lacked confidence in my untraditional background. -How he hoped my essays were better than my resume. -How He had to study for two years for the GMAT before he got the score he wanted. -How he doesn't care to understand ADHD or dyslexia, but on how she was sure if I made a little bit more of an effort, I could get a higher score and overcome MY disabilities. -He commented on my appearance and said I looked terrific. -He said that my resume did not display my wholeness as a person/applicant. -He recommended that I withdrew my application and retook the GRE/GMAT so that I had a better chance of getting in next year. -How he thought that I should work on my start-ups more before going to business school (bruh, that's why I am trying to go to business school) -He told me that I had wasted my time applying. He said if you want to go to Kellogg, withdraw, give me a call next year, and I can help you with your essays. I hope you will have something more to show by then. -He flexed that out of the 18 applicants he interviews per year, at least seven get in. He made me feel like the smallest person in the room. I had to contain myself from crying. He was ranting so hard, everyone around us kept looking at our table. I continued to smile and agree with every stringent comment he made about me. SUPER TOUGH. Finally got a text from his wife again saying she needed to borrow the car. I was so relieved it was over. He stood up, we shook hands, and He left. I emailed him that night, thanking him for his time and for being so sincere with his comments. The thing is, I really want to go to Kellogg; I had to be nice. My hopes are not high anymore... I hope this post serves as a consolation for anyone who feels they bummed their interview. LatAm applicants, hmu/comment if you haven't interviewed yet. I won't disclose my interviewer's name, but I can confirm if this guy is yours. Best of luck to y'all out there!

I had my interview with Stephanie Brown over Zoom, and it lasted for about 50 mins. Stephanie was an absolute sweetheart!!! The conversation was so natural I nearly forgot it was an interview. The questions: -Please walk me through your resume. -Why MBA and why now -Why Notre Dame? -Tell me about a time when you made a mistake? -Tell me about a time when you showed leadership. Follow up question: how did the other person react to your approach? -Tell me about a time when you helped someone. -Tell me a fun fact about you that only very close friends and family know. -What are your hobbies? -What three words would your colleagues use to describe you. -What is your dream company/job, and why? -Case question: You are a consultant hired by a global hotel chain looking to build a hotel in Latin America (a specific country). Make a list considering what information you might need before picking a city and initiating construction?

My interviewer was friendly but the interview itself was very intense - with high pace, a lot of sudden changes of the topic, a big share of industry-related questions and almost no questions to my CV. Generally I would group all questions I received as follows: 1. Industry-related (very general examples) - 50% - explain what you do - what your competitors are currently doing - what fresh new regulation is there (she definitely informed herself in advance, so I did not fell toooo fit there) - explain your project in plain english 2. "Explain" the stuff in the application - 40% - why exactly you got promoted - how did you persuade your management - explain to me the overall industry environment at the moment you started the project - why you choose exactly that point of time to switch - what have you been doing the last two months 3. Random - 10% - what are your hobbies - what are you doing during Corona She did not stick to the above structure actually, rather she was throwing questions randomly and at a very high pace, sometimes asking 3 questions in a row (I tried to answer them all!). I was not completely satisfied with my answers relating to industry, so I decided to bring some more clarity in the post-interview reflection. I have no clue what reactions my interviewer had as I was very focused to look at the camera. It did not feel like my best shot, but I could not have prepared anything better - it was so tailored to my very specific situation! Best of luck to everyone!

I had my interview with Philip Drendall over Zoom and it lasted for about 40 mins. The interview started with the question why MBA and why now, and was followed by these questions: 1. Why MBA/MSBA? 2. Why Notre Dame? 3. What do you do in your role. A follow up question regarding my role. 4. A time when you showed leadership. 5. A time when you helped someone. Follow up question: how did the other person react to your approach? 6. What feedback would you give to your manager? 7. How your start-up experience will help you in your MBA? 8. What do you do in your leisure time? 9. A fun fact about you. 10. 3 words that describe you. 11. Your preferred job location and plan B. 12. Case question: You are an executive of a global hotel chain who is tasked to build first hotel of the group in Latin America. So, what should be his steps to consider location and what he should do before initiating the construction? At last, I was asked whether I have any question for him. Overall, the interview and interviewer were nice. Keep calm and go easy. All the best, everyone!

Interviewed over Zoom, scheduled for 4 PM, started at 4:20. Panel - 2 Profs., One older (driver of most questions), 1 younger (observer and few questions towards the end) Q1: Please enlighten us as to who you are, where you are right now, and what are you up to these days. A: Fairly standard, was prepared for this. Answered and deliberately dropped a few phrases to steer the interview in the direction I wanted it to take. Q2: Tell me about this last company where you have worked, what does it do? What is your role exactly? A: Fairly standard question, was prepared, answered for a minute. Q3: Question about whom exactly does my product benefit and how? A: Wasn't prepared but could articulate my views well. They seemed convinced. At this point, the profs. decided to take up the extempore. My topic was "Should traditional newspapers move away from the print based model to a digital one?" I think I lucked out here. I read a lot of digital news and can talk about it for hours. I took the stand Yes, they should, and backed it with data and examples (like that of NYT). They made a lot of counterpoints, but I could hold my ground and in the end, though they didn't agree with everything I said, they seemed satisfied with my response overall. Back to questions- Q4: Why PGPX? A: Couldn't be more prepared, talked about my past experience and future goals. Q5: But why Product Management (my post MBA goal)? A: Talked about how I'm a people person with high empathy, and technology is my core skill. Combine the two and Prod. Man. is the best-suited career goal for me. They seemed satisfied. Q6: You want to be a tech entrepreneur eventually and are working on your idea even now, so why not just try to startup now itself? A: Answered how I need knowledge as well as people from different business functions to complement my tech skills to be able to do that effectively. PGPX will provide both. Q7: What do you do apart from work? A: Travel & Photography Q8: Why these specific interests? A: Damn, wasn't expecting this line of questioning. Answered honestly. Q9: Where was the last place you traveled to? What did you learn? A: Fresh memory, answered. Q10: Tell us about the local tribe of the place and their beliefs. A: Wasn't prepared but was aware, answered. Some general wrapup convo. and then close. I had a few questions prepared but they didn't give me the opportunity to ask. Total time: ~25 mins. I was nervous before the start of the interview but overall it was a kind of conversation where I felt increasingly relaxed as the interview went on. The profs. made me feel comfortable and let me finish my sentences mostly (except during the extempore but that's expected). Tip: Maintain a smile. Be confident about your profile, know what you bring to the table, and exactly why you want to go through this program. Take well-calculated stands and defend your stand resolutely even when countered by the profs.

Interview was friendly but a little less conversational than some other reviews mention... Overall it was fairly straightforward and between these debriefs and Ellin Lollis questions, there were few surprises... Lasted around 35 mins. https://ellinlolis.com/blog/washington-foster-mba-interview-sample-questions/ Here are the questions I can remember answering: Why an MBA? How do you plan to use your MBA? How will you stand out in using your MBA when applying for jobs after graduation? Why Foster? How will you engage the community at foster? When have you received criticism at work? What was the last compliment you received at work? When have you handled teamwork? How have you dealt with a co-worker that has different views/opinions about diversity? What questions do you have for me?

Q1. Walk me through your Professional experience. Q2. What is a regular day at your current job and what do you like the most? Q3. What are your plans after MBA? Q4. How will an MBA help you with these goals? What are your current gaps Q5. Why did you chose Foster? Q6. How will you involve at Foster? Q7. Biggest challenge you will feel at Foster Q8. Time when your manager disagreed? Q9. Tell me about a time you got a negative feedback. Q10. If not your desired role then which other roles? Q11. Which companies are you looking for your post mba goals? Q10. Do you have any questions for me?