AdCom initiated interview. I interviewed on 15th April 2019 with a second year student over Skype. Overall it was more of a conversation and she really had some insightful and thoughtful questions to ask (specially the follow-up questions she asked). Overview: She started with her introduction. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. What are your career goals, short-term and long-term? 3. Why MBA now? 4. Why Tuck? Then she went onto behavioral questions: 5. Tell me a situation when you had a significant impact on your organization. 6. A situation when I was asked to resolve a conflict or differing views on a topic (a couple of follow-up questions on my answer) 7. A situation when I received constructive feedback from someone. 8. Tell me a situation when I had a difficult interaction with someone (This question threw me off a little about as I was sort of not prepared for this one and no situation as such came onto top of my mind as well :D Eventually I explained one such situation. She then asked quite many follow-up questions to get deeper behavioral insights during the situation, specifically probably concentrating on nice criteria of Tuck) 9. How will I contribute to Tuck community? 10. What did you learn about recently? Any fact/news/books/articles etc. 11. Which criteria from Tuck's Admissions criteria of smart, nice, accomplished and aware resonates with you the most? 12. Any question that you believe I should have asked you about. Then she opened the floor to ask questions from her. Total interview lasted about 40 minutes. This was the most insightful interview that I had in the whole process over the last few months. I could have done better I feel, fingers crossed now! Hope this debrief helps all the applicants. Good luck!

Hello. A brief introduction first. I am a design graduate from NIFT with extensive work ex in apparel retail at India's leading organizations namely Raymond and Fabindia. I'd quit my full- time role as a designer to expand my scope mainly into the field of marketing a few months before this interview. At that time I'd taken up a freelance project as a marketing manager for a private label based out of Delhi. Now that you know my profile briefly, let me take you through that one hour of the interview, which changed my life forever! My interview was scheduled at at 10.40 AM, I arrived the location (Sheraton, New Delhi) by 10 AM and headed straight to register myself. This is when, probably the best part of the entire interview process happened to me- when the Adcom rep asked me- "Are you here to take an interview or are you giving one?" I was like- "Umm.. Can I? Nevermind. I am Shruti and I am here for my interview at 10.40 AM." I was guided to a waiting room filled with other candidates waiting for their 10.40 AM slot who were completing their verification formalities. This is the time you should use to pace yourself and tell yourself that you'll be the best of you today. This can be done in multiple ways- either you can talk to your fellow mates or you can shut your yes and draw deep breaths or you can call someone for a pep talk! Whatever works for you. I indulged in some small talk with the candidates sitting next to me before I was called in at 11 AM by a member of my own interview panel (that's how it is). Here’s how the questions were like .. Q: Hi Shruti. I am XYZ. How are you feeling? Q: So, (glancing though my application) Tell us something about you on this application? Q: Howcome the transition from engineering prep to NIFT? Q: Oh but you are a 9 pointer and a gold medalist, then what more did Raymond want? Q. What are you doing currently? 5 minutes gone by. Q. Give us a strategy right now for this brand you are working with right now? You have a paper and pencil and there is a glass of water if you want to drink water. You have a minute. Q. It is not a sustainable business model. How will these guys remember you 10 years from now? Q. Ok. Forget this. Now you are a marketing head at ABC, What will be your strategy? Take a minute. Think. Q. Not sure. This is not enough. Anyway, how will you implement this? 55 minutes gone by. Q. Alright. Tell us something about your family? Q. Huge sum. How will you repay the loan? Q. Any questions for us? Q. Shruti. I still don’t know why MBA? Anyway. Bye. I was sure that I needed to start working harder on my plan B since plan A would yield a negative result. However, upon receiving an admit, when I look back I realize that there were two key behavioral tactics that might have worked in my favor. First, never contradict yourself even if they try to push you over the edge. Hold your ground strong and back it up with a rational reasoning. Second, take your time to answer when stumped with an unexpected question. Being a designer, lacking understanding of marketing or strategy my only support was common sense and my experience. I made the best of that one minute by recollecting similar instances from my past.

Your basic MBA questions. Why Rutgers? Why Now? Who was a great leader to you and why? (2nd interview that I have had this question so seems like it ranks as a typical MBA interview question) I recently changed jobs so asked me why I did I submitted an optional essay and asked me questions about it. Not too bad of an interview.

After applying, you get an automated email 2 days later to do the KIRA video interview. My questions were 1) What are your career aspirations with an MBA and how can Degroote help. 2) Tell us a time about your proudest achievement and what was the impact. 3) Tell us a time where you had to do a group presentation, what did you do, what was the outcome, what did you learn, and how would you do it differently next time 4) How do you prioritize? I forgot my written question. Two weeks after the KIRA, I got no response so I followed up. The next day, they invited me for the co-op interview. Before the co-op interview, they would call students to give them coaching lessons on how to prepare for the questions. After my coaching session, I sent a thank you letter but didn't hear back so I thought that was odd. Honestly, I was expecting a courtesy reply such as "Good luck" or "Call me any time before your meeting" since one of the current students mentioned during the webinar that he went back and forth with the recruiter many times before the actual interview. My interviewer was polite but was not conversational and seemed unauthentic. Every answer I gave, whether good or bad, she would end with generic thank you so I couldn't gauge how well I was doing. I would purposely leave a sub-question unanswered to test if she would follow up as normal interviewers do but she just kept writing and moved on. So in my experience, it felt rushed and she wasn't listening. The questions I got were: 1) why do you want to do an MBA and what makes you a suitable candidate. 2) Tell me about a time where you demonstrated leadership skills to solve a problem 3) Tell me about a time where you worked really hard but still did not get the results you wanted 4) How do you get to know your new teammates to ensure a smooth collaboration? 5) What kind of co-op jobs and full-time jobs are you targeting? What have you done so far to ensure that you will get those jobs? 6) Ethics question, if you have already accepted a mediocre job offer but then your dream job offer comes along, what would you do? 7) Name some companies in the industry you are targeting, which one would you prefer and why 8) Tell me about a time where you used innovation to solve a problem. For the ethics question, I am not sure if they are testing if you would answer truthfully, as in yes I would take the dream job because these kinds of situations happen all the time in real life, or they want to hear you lie and say you would turn down your dream job.

KIRA Interview Total Questions: 8 Verbal : 7 Written/Essay: 1 Some of the questions: 1) Why Canada? 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Brock? 4) Leadership exp and skills ? 5) If you are handling a team for sales how you will increase loyal customer base ?

Hi yeah my application was considered in round 2 since my transcripts reached a bit delayed. I was interviewed by one my Mr Albert Turner. Went on for a solid hour and fifteen minutes. Outside the generic why MBA why Rutgers, there were a lot of questions from the essay on ethical dilemma. I was asked to explain in detail about the situation. And he picked questions from the answers I gave. Asked a lot of questions about my profile. My work experience. My other activities. There were questions on type of leadership, being a team player, Specific questions on ways to handle team dynamics. I'd recommend a thorough research on the school and relate it to your answers.

Gaurav: Most of the questions are related to my current and previous work experience. They then asked about my extracurricular activities and one question on my Family background. Two panels- One from PGPPro, and other one looks to be from PGPMAX. I felt it was completed in Relatively short time.

Tough to remember all the questions but they were your basic MBA interview questions. A couple off the top of my head: Who is a great leader to me? What drove me to want to get an MBA? Why Northeastern? Describe a great challenge

The panel comprised of 2 alumni members - A PGPMAX alum and a PGPPro alum (was on skype). The interview lasted about 40 mins. Most of the questions asked were situational and related to my work experience and leadership experience. A few questions were asked on my plans post ISB, family and my hobbies. They also gave an opportunity, in case I have any questions for them. It was very conversational.

Finished both my interviews. First interview was two weeks ago and was incredibly chilled out and conversational. We started by me talking about my current job and from there we kind of backtracked to what got me where I am today. The interviewer also really dug into how I think I will fit into the INSEAD culture and what will I focus on while there. Really, it felt like a conversation with an acquaintance. He continually followed up with questions to get a better understanding of why I want to do this. We concluded with him telling me about his own experience at INSEAD. Overall, a very positive experience. It lasted 1.5 hours. Second interview felt more formal. It started with a "tell me about yourself starting from your childhood", followed by Why MBA, Why INSEAD, how will I manage my time at INSEAD etc. It was also conversational but felt less casual than the first one. It lasted about an hour. I couldn't judge if the interviewer liked chatting with me or not, but I tried my best to answer all their questions.

Hi, The interview was pretty straightforward, at least in my case. The interviewer was from the admissions committee and asked me questions like : Walk me through your resume, why MBA and why now, how would your future classmates describe you, examples of your leadership, how do you handle conflict at work, if you could change one thing from your past then what would it be...etc

The interview lasted for 45 mins. All the questions are very generic. 1) Tell me your short term and long term goals 2) Why MBA and why IE? 3) What inspired you to do an MBA? 4) How can you add value to the class if admitted? 5) Tell me the biggest challenge you overcome recently and your role in persuading other members during the process. 6) Tell me about your leisure time activities and on what basis you chose them. 7) How did your career evolve? These are the questions asked to me. The interview went very smoothly and the interviewer said I will be informed about the decision, not more than by 2 weeks. Luckily, I was informed in 8 days.

Had a Skype interview but unfortunately the connection kept freezing. I feel like the constant stopping had a negative effect on my interview. As far as questions go I got a few that were a little different than others. "Tell me about a time you had to network" was one question I never got or read about, maybe others have. Thankfully I had to network to obtain a previous job so I was able to go into detail about that. I would recommend studying the Zicklin curriculum. I was asked "what electives are you interested in to help you achieve..." which was a question I will admit I was not ready for. I have a set goal I want to achieve with an MBA so I have only spent time research core curriculum for that goal. I tried to come up with something but they perhaps saw right through me. I guess I'll find out in 2 weeks.

Interview was by a senior admissions member who is also an alum. The interview lasted 30 minutes and was really conversational. I enjoyed the conversation. She let me know about what they were looking for, and the process. It was the usual expected questions such as: Walk me through your resume Why MBA now? Why Kellogg? Short-term/Long-term goals with MBA. What role do you play in a group setting/group project? Tell me about a time you lead a team. How would your colleagues describe you? What clubs would you like to join? What do I do when I'm not working? Any questions for her? There was back and forth during the conversation with her trying to dig deeper into my experience as a leader with pointed questions. So, you can't really make up stuff, which is good. The entire process was enjoyable.

The debrief is quite similar to the thread I've seen regarding the interview. Off the top of my head, they asked me to run through my CV and identify what I think the highlight of it is, they asked me for an instance where networking benefitted me and to talk about how I, as a leader would handle someone in a team who isn't pulling their weight. Richard (my lovely interviewer) also asked about my long term and short term goals, and why I picked Rotman. I got a call this morning from Richard, saying I've been accepted with scholarship :) So, to give you a timeline I applied on March 4th, got my invitation for an interview on March 14th, scheduled my interview for March 18th and finally got a decision today on March 22nd :)

I was interviewed by a Professor over a Skype call, which lasted about 20-25 minutes. The conversation was enjoyable. I shortly introduced my self and briefly answered questions regarding my essays. We then talked about my post-MBA goals, the reasons I chose Cambridge, and how I could contribute to the school. Other questions were about my leadership style and the book I read. After the interview, I also sent a short thank you note to the interviewer.

Conducted in alum's office. Interview was very detailed which is why I felt I had a good idea at the end that it went well. At the same time, it was very conversational and my interviewer was very friendly. Typical questions: tell me about yourself, why MBA, why now, why LBS, career goals Behavioral questions, but very contextualized: pick one project you did and in that context tell me about your strengths and weaknesses; apart from that, other behaviorals: tell me about a time when you contributed in a team, resolved a conflict, etc; leadership style All behaviorals went in depth - so he asked me follow up questions on my answers so you can't fake it till you make it. One odd ball question: Is there something in the world of business which you think is an issue/problem but people aren't talking about it much right now? At the end there was a case question: interviewer gave me the option to choose between 2 questions, gave me 5 minutes to think of an answer (he left the room for this), returned and ask me my answer and then asked me to elaborate on one of the points I had made. It was a business situation like this company wants to achieve XYZ goal, how should they do this? It's very easy if you have experience in consulting/other business background - you can't really prepare for this, just be structured and articulate - that's what they care about, there's no right or wrong answer. I'd also say be creative. I have heard some case questions be not really business cases but a current affairs question. I'd say the LBS interview is unique in the sense that it is actually a pressure test - know current affairs, read about business problems, common topics (like ethics, corporate taxes, globalization, wage equality etc), brush up on consulting frameworks. On a similar note, I encourage all candidates to read about the program in detail and know everything even if you are not interested in some aspects, e.g., know which classes and professors you want to take, which GBE you want to do, clubs you want to join / start etc. Video Questions: This was super straightforward but I know some people get some oddball questions. They give you the first question in advance - why MBA, why now, why LBS The second is random - mine was behavioral - tell me about a time when..... Don't think you should stress about this component but again know current affairs, everything about the LBS program, practice some behaviorals

My second interview was with a 2002 alumni. He was super friendly and at all times it felt like a casual conversation more than an interview. He asked about my work, and what I did, sounding more interested and curious rather than "testing me". He asked why MBA, why now, where do you see yourself 5 years after the MBA, what is your plan if you don't get in. I think it was smooth and friendly. it lasted an hour

Had my prelim interview today, with Adcom Sheila. She was pretty conversational. The questions were: 1. Elevator Pitch 2. Post MBA goal 3. Why MBA now and why NUS 4. Plan B 5. What are your views about the job market in Singapore? 6. What do you know about the current legislation upon job option? < I didn't know> 7. Now that I have told you, do you have any different ideas about NUS or Singapore job? I did screw up considering companies which didn't recruit internationals.. :D I hope I satisfied them with answers! All the best to prospects!

Interview was purely conversational. Most of the questions were around my work and my motivations for an MBA. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why MBA and why now 3. Why CEIBS 4. What were some of the mistakes made by you in your entrepreneurial journey? 5. Given a chance what would you do differently? 6. What will you add to the class? 7. What are your post-MBA goals? 8. Describe a work challenge you encountered and how you handled it? 9. Any questions for the interviewer.