Both interviews were very chill, one more than the other. First interviewer is in the same field as me currently. We had a bit of problem nailing the interview time due to her busy schedule. It started with some chit-chatting about working-from-home arrangement for both of us. Then I spent the next 20 minutes telling my story from birth to where I am today, touching various aspects of life. She then asked me the standard questions: - Which other schools have I applied? - Why only INSEAD? - What if I didn't get in? - How would I prepare myself and deal with the high-pace life in INSEAD? We were left with only a couple of minutes for Q&A so i asked about her post-MBA career choice and how she has grown in INSEAD. Second interviewer is from the industry that I want to go to post-MBA. We started more unstructured but we still cover the basic questions: - Why MBA? - Why INSEAD? - Why now? Once my story made sense, the interviewer was very supportive and shared with me his experience before, during and after MBA. Overall, it was a very good experience. Now finger-crossed, waiting for the final result.

1st Interview was with an alumni from 2008 batch, who has her own startup now. The overall interview lasted for around 75 minutes. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why did you launch your start-up after under-grad? 3. Why did you left your start-up after working for five years and moved to United States? 4. Why Master's in Supply Chain? 5. Tell me some of the challenging aspects of your job? 6. What motivates me to go to job every-day? 7. Walk me through your career progression in your current job? 8. Why do you want to leave your current job since you're progressing rapidly? 9. Tell me about a situation where I led or worked on a team in a cross-cultural setting? 10. What are your short term and long term goals? 11. Why can't you achieve them now without MBA? 12. Why INSEAD? 13. Why Singapore? 14. What would you do if you don't get selected? 15. How can you contribute to the class? 16. What would you do if you aren't selected? 17. What do you like to do outside of work? Overall, it was an amazing and very conversational interview. Honestly, didn't feel like an interview, more like two people speaking candidly to each other, talking about work, life, COVID and INSEAD.

Interviewed with a Booth alum over the phone. They tried to match me with someone who works in a similar industry. We spoke for about 50 minutes and I felt like it went well overall! See below for questions: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why MBA now, why Booth, why Weekend MBA? 3. Tell me about your short-term and long-term career goals. 3. What is a strength you're hoping to expand upon at Booth? A weakness you're hoping to improve? 4. Tell me about a time you didn't see eye to eye with a colleague; how did you resolve it? 5. Tell me about a time you had a miscommunication with someone; how did you resolve it? (This was tricky because it was a similar question to the last one) 6. Describe your leadership style. 7. What does leadership mean to you?

I just completed my virtual interview for the Foster Evening MBA program, class of 2023. I was interviewed by Alexsis Scott, Associate Director of Foster MBA Admissions. I was asked the following questions: 1. Why do you want to pursue an MBA? Why now? 2. Why Foster? 3. How would you contribute to the Foster community? 4. Tell me about a time you received negative/constructive feedback from a coworker or manager? 5. Tell me about a time you received a professional compliment? 6. What challenges/opportunities do you expect to face at Foster and how do you plan on adapting to them? I was then able to ask Alexsis questions which she responded with very thoughtful insight into aspects of Foster's program that you can't necessarily read about on their website or forums. Overall, like others mentioned previously, the interview was very conversational and lasted 30 minutes.

As others have written, the interview is straight-forward and casual. My interviewer started with some small talk, which put me at ease. She seemed very kind. She asked the same questions others have written: Why MBA? Why USC? Resume walk-through What do you like to do in your free time? What are you most proud of? Is there anything else you want me to know about you? What questions do you have for me?

I'm surprised that there's no debrief for Queen's, so I thought I should include mine. It was my first MBA interview out of the 3 schools I applied to, and it was abysmal. I was really nervous and stumbled a lot. I also did the interview at 8:30pm after a very VERY long and stressful day at work so there was one point where I even spaced out a bit. They skipped the why MBA/background questions. Jumped straight into the following: - Why now? -> I quoted professional reasons and also personal reasons (woman, wanna start a family in the future so now is the time for an MBA) - What unique value would you bring to the program? - Did you talk to any past/current MBA candidates from Queen's? - What extracurricular activity you know of and want to participate in at Queen's? - I didn't know any and I admitted that. I turned the answer into "Here are the xyz activities I participated in throughout undergrad and at work. I look forward to do the same at Queen's" - What if someone isn't pulling his/her weight on your team? -> seeing that Queen's is team-based, they will dig into this question. I gave the usual "be nice, listen to that person's difficulties" answer but they know it's BS. They followed with "okay but what if there's only 1 week left before your team has to submit the paper/project and the person is still not pulling their weight and s/he will only do 70-80% of what s/he is supposed to". So be prepared. - What do you want the AdCom to know about you? There were maybe 1-2 more questions but again, I was very tired and do not recall what they were. My 2 other interviews after Queen's were way better because I learned from this one, and I got admitted to both schools. I'm still waiting for Queen's decision so I can have all my options available. Lessons: - Do a mock interview - Make sure you're in a good physical state before the interview. I rushed home an hour before the interview starts, tried to eat dinner and shower in a hurry and paid the price. If your interview is at 8pm, ask to leave work early around 3pm that day. - Maybe even schedule your least favorite/not targeted school's interview first so you can do a little practice run. - Research more Do as I say, not as I do. Good luck! ** Update: I got admitted with $$ so I guess it wasn't that bad after all. I think the rest of my profile carried me through.

I interviewed on the 15th and got admitted 2 days later with scholarship so I'd say they move really fast. I may just be lucky that I scheduled my interview right before AdCom has their meeting though. Before the application + interview: did a lot of research online so I know exactly why I want Schulich, but I didn't talk to anyone from the school. I'd advise you to NOT do what I did. Talk to someone and get a vibe of the school. Interview: quicker than Ivey and Queen's. I talked to Jessica Morgan, and we had a nice and relaxing interview. Questions include: - Why MBA? Why now? Why Schulich? - Describe how you resolved a conflict - How would you describe your style of leadership? - A time you had a failure? - What is one thing we'd never expect about you? -> this aims at finding who you really are. I already included traveling and stand-up comedy as my hobbies in the resume, so I'm out of quirky little things to say. I gave a boring answer (reading) but delivered in a tongue-in-cheek way. Made her laugh so I guess it worked. Prepare questions to ask them as well. Good luck!

Prior to application + interview: - Talked to a person on the recruitment team - Connected to a current candidate in the program Interview process: fairly quick at 40-45 minutes. I got asked the following: - Why MBA? - Why now? -> for me I included professional reasons and also personal reasons (woman, wants to start a family in the future so it's time to do MBA now). - How did you resolve a conflict? -> I described a situation at work, which was followed up with "So how is your relationship with that co-worker now?" - Tell me of a time you take an initiative, or demonstrate leadership? - Tell me of a time you receive feedback at work and what did you do about it? - Why did you choose to attend college in the US? -> I decided to pursue undergraduate degree in the US myself (didn't get support from friends/family at first) so it was easy for me to explain my decision making process: I chose my alma mater because of xyz factors including location, financial reasons, etc. In the admit call, they said they were impressed that I take that initiative to find success and that shows determination, which I was pleasantly surprised because to me that's just a thing I did :) This question is not applicable to everyone but I guess it shows that they were looking to see a peak of who you are and your life story. - How did you learn/seek more information? -> I said I usually get a story from the news, and then when I want to delve deeper into a topic I go to books. - What do you know about Canada? -> I got into troubles with this question since I'm not too well-versed. I said I got some information from my favorite Youtubers who are Canadians, which are straight facts. I also brought up racial inequality/BLM situation in Canada. Don't think I gave the most convincing answers though. I think what they were looking for is more current economics news, etc. Looking back, I could've said things about Canadian economy but my brain farted. Other questions I'd prepare for before your interview: - A time when you make mistake/failure - What value do you bring to the program? - A time you make decision with lack of info - Any good idea for a case study? - Describe your style of leadership/communication? - What would you do if someone doesn't pull the weight? - Achievement inside/outside of work you are most proud of? Good luck!

Interviewed with a 2nd year student over Skype. They had previous access to my resume. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why do you want an MBA, and why do you want it now? 3. What field do you plan to transition to after graduation? 4. Tell me about a time you had a challenge at work and succeeded despite it. 5. Tell me about a time you had a challenge at work and failed (and what you learned). 6. Why do you want to attend Booth specifically? 7. Tell me about your leadership style. Overall, a pretty casual interview.

I had 2 interviews, both with members of the Admissions Committee. I had scheduled both on the same day. The first was a classic behavioural interview (Behavioural interviews are becoming the norm across institutions and industries). Some of the questions I was asked were: 1) Tell me about yourself. Talk about your career choices and the rationale behind those choices. 2) Why MBA? What would be your career options post MBA? 3) I see you have applied to other schools (HEC, IMD, INSEAD, and LBS). What was the rationale behind applying to these schools? 4) Why IESE? What do you think IESE has to offer for you? 5) Consulting is a highly sought-after profession post MBA. If you don’t end up in consulting, what is your plan-B? 6) Tell me about a time when you had to resolve a conflict. How did you do it? 7) Tell me about a time when you had experienced culture shock. 8) Was there a time you have changed your mind after receiving feedback from someone? What was the feedback and why did you change your mind? 9) Would you prefer to stay in the EU or return to your home country post MBA? (Do your research for such questions) 10) How do you plan to finance your MBA? 11) What are some of the soft skills you would pick up from now till the start of the program? 12) You are slightly older than the average IESEian. Do you think you would be able to blend in? 13) What are some clubs/committees in IESE you would want to join? (Do not cook up answers for such questions) 14) Have you visited Spain or Western Europe before? What memories do you have? 15) Have you told your family about your interest in pursuing an MBA? What was their reaction? Some reflections on the first interview: This one was a clinical interview and the interviewer clearly wanted to understand the strength of my candidature, my motivation for applying to the MBA program, and how I would contribute to the class. The second was more of an exploratory interview. Some of the questions I was asked were: 1) Tell me about yourself – Talk about those aspects that are not covered in your CV. 2) Walk me through your resume and talk about what you did in each of your professional roles. Explain it as you would to your grandmother. 3) Why have you applied so late in the process? (I applied in R4 and I understand scholarships are much harder to come by in R4). 4) What would you say is your biggest weakness? 5) Which 3 words would your friends use to describe you? 6) How would you finance your MBA? (Although this was a repeat, this interviewer wanted to understand all the details) 7) Have you spoken to some of the alumni? (I had) What was their feedback about the program? 8) What are some of the factors based on which you would evaluate which MBA program to pursue? Some reflections on the second interview: The interviewer happened to be the regional admission director for the MBA program. Since I had already interacted with this interviewer (and also had my profile evaluated by her), it was more conversational, and I could let my guard down. But this was by no means a formality and I could not afford to appear flippant or superficial. I did have a good couple of questions to ask both the interviewers (I had checked their profiles on LinkedIn and had done my research about their career paths et al, so that came of use). Overall, I did not really feel I had done extraordinarily well in the interviews but was definitely my genuine and authentic self. I believe that helped me secure an admit!

My honest opinion of my interview was that it was not at all challenging if you have good interview/people skills and prepare the night before. Some questions asked to me were: "walk me through your resume," "why Kelogg?", "tell me what you look for in a leader," "tell me how you showcase your leadership skills in your everyday life," "tell me about your extracurricular activities," "tell me about some areas of self-improvement." It was supposed to be a 30 min interview and ended up going 45. I asked her 3 questions I had designed as well. Overall, it definitely was not aimed to be stressful or intimidating. They just want to put a face to your app and get to know you. We had a great convo and I think its a big reason I got in. Hope this helps!

Both my interviews were virtual (on Zoom/Skype). The first alumnus worked in a different industry than me. First he made me comfortable and we had a casual chat for a few mins. He was based out of singapore, so told me about the situation there and asked me about the same in India. He had gone through my application and resume, and so asked me to clarify a few things mentioned there. Major Questions: How have you grown in your workplace? Elaborate on your international experience? How do you demonstrate leadership? What are your short-term and long-term goal? Why MBA? Why INSEAD? Why 1-yr vs traditional 2-yr (Since I am on the young side with 3 yrs exp)? Singy or Fonty? We talked about his career (he had dual MBA - i.e. one in India and then in INSEAD), career advice, industry trends and etc. It lasted around 60 minutes. ************************************************************************ My second interview with an alumna was again very casual. She had a sort of a checklist. First was a long conversation on my resume (about 15 mins). She asked me about almost each and every position/work I had done in detail. Then she spent about 15 mins asking me about my story. Bascially connecting the dots from undergrad, pre-mba, mba-school, and then post-mba. How it all made sense? How have you evolved? Your realisations? Major Questions: Why MBA? Why INSEAD? What other schools are you applying? Give me an example of Leadership? Give me an example of Conflict? Singy or Fonty? Long term/Short term goals? Drilled downed a bit on my short term goals. Then we talked about her career since she has graduated. In total it lasted for about 60 mins. There is no surprising question. A lot of stress was put on my fit for the program and that INSEAD is my one and only choice for MBA. Both of them were friendly.

Interview with someone from the AdComm. Skype and lasted 30 minutes: 1. Tell me about yourself / walk me through resume 2. Why do you want to get your MBA 3. What value would you bring to the program (picked 1 of KF's 5 values) 4. How would you motivate a team 5. Explain a leadership role 6. Explain where you went beyond what was asked of you Very casual and pleasant interview.

I was interviewed by Admission's Director. Overall interview was a smooth experience as it was highly interactive. Following were the questions: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why do you want to do an MBA? 3. How will Cornell help you attain your goal? 4. What are some other schools you are interviewing with? 5. What's your backup plan if your first choice doesn't work out? 6. What are some of the challenging situations you faced at your workplace? 7. Give me an example of a time you were under a time crunch and performed successfully. 8. Describe a time when you managed or lead other people 9. How do you plan on making an impact at Cornell? 10. How do you plan on being back to the classroom again after such a long break? (as I completed my masters in 2012) 11. Any questions for me (the adcom interviewer)?

Friendly one.. mostly without much deviation 1) Tell me about yourself ? 2) Why Said ? 3) What would you add to said ? 4) Long term-short term goal? Which companies are you looking in particular sector ? 5) Recent achievements? 6) Challenges ? 7 ) Circumstance when you convince someone ? 8) Something negative which you manager would say about you ? 9) What skills do you expect to gain in next 1 yr. ? 10) How will your friends describe you ?

Motivation Why Oxford and what sets the institution apart from other Universities? Why an MBA? Why now? Why do you need the programme, what do you think the programme would help in? Explain your post-MBA career? What if your plan A doesn’t work, what would you do? What will you bring to the team/cohort? Have you met or spoken to any alumni from the programme? Competency What creative solution have you come up with to improve a situation? Major setback and how did you respond? Odd question If you were a superhero, what power would you have and why? Although I was not accepted, good luck. Be calm and be yourself in the interview.

Had my interview with a current second year student. They were absolutely lovely on the call and made it feel extremely natural and conversational - easily the best interview format I ever had (either as a student or a professional). It started off with some light small talk and chatting to establish a rapport/baseline, then the interview formally started with the following questions: 1) Tell me about yourself (personal and professional). - I personally limited my response to 2.5 mins. 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Georgetown? 4) Tell me about a time you worked with someone diverse from you or in an environment diverse to you. 5) What do you want to get involved in at Georgetown? 6) Is there anything preventing you from attending Georgetown? If yes, what? 7) Longterm and short term goals. 8) What other schools did you apply to and how's it going? 9) When did you challenge the status quo? (Stick to the S.T.A.R. approach for answering this type of question) There's a couple more that I unfortunately do not recall, but just know that I relied almost entirely off these interview debriefs with HEAVY deep dives into Georgetown's own blogs, webinars, ClearAdmit profiles, P&Q profiles, etc. and I felt way over prepared (which is a great feeling to have). My questions I asked: 1) How will the current pandemic affect the heavy international nature of GTown and its program? 2) Based on your personal experience, what's the best way to reach out to the current GTown community? 3) What are the best orgs to get involved in immediately as a 1st Year? Best of luck future interviewers! I wish you all many, many, many, MANY well wishes and just know that people came before you who did the interviews and got in, and people will come after you who'll do the the interviews and get it, so there's nothing stopping you from getting in, too! Shelly Heinrich estimated on a webinar that ~80% of interviewees are admitted!

Interview was with a senior member of AdComm. It started out with a brief introduction by the interviewer, followed by a reassurance that this is going to be a conversation more than anything. The interviewer was very, very warm and kind, which made the nerves (for the most part) melt away. Definitely different from any other interview I had. The questions were as follows: 1. Tell me your academic and professional history. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Johnson? 4. Several very particular questions to my application that would out me if I listed them (just remember to be prepared for anything folks!). 5. What do you want to get involved in on campus? 6. Anything else you want to express? I asked a couple questions related to the general COVID-19 updates, decision turn around, program offers, etc. Overall, a great experience. I would recommend knowing everything about your app inside and out and being prepared for some questions particular to you as a candidate, unlike other interviews which work solely off of a resume (or less). I also would recommend just being comfortable and at ease because I really do mean it when I say the Cornell AdComm team does a PHENOMENAL job actually making everything a conversation between interviewer and interviewee. You got this, future applicant! I'm rooting for you!

Why MBA Why Marshall What can you contribute What are your strengths 3 qualities in effective leader Fall back if post MBA doesnt work out Any questions

I had my interview with one of FEMBA alumni and below are some of questions from the interview. 1. Why MBA 2. Why Anderson 3. What can you contribute to the community 4. What’s your weakness to improve upon 5. How do you plan ti manage your study while working at the same time 6. How do you see yourself fit in with the Anderson’s community 7. Anything you want the admission to know 8. Any questions