Just had my in person interview. Started off with a standard walk through the resume. There were some questions related to my resume during that. Next were some follow up professional questions and some professional/situational questions. Third group of questions started with why Foster and then how would an MBA utilize my strengths and help out my weaknesses. Finally some overall fit type questions to see how I would fit in with the school and the area. Overall it took 55 minutes and conversation was very natural and flowed easily.

Had my interview with Adcom member via Skype. great experience! Out of 4 interviews i had, i actually liked this one the best. First, of all, really friendly and just cool interviewer. Second, the interviewer is a marketing professional, and since i do want to pursue marketing post-mba, that made the conversation much more meaningful. i don't think it was done on purpose, since students are assigned interviewers when they select time slots. but still very nice it came out that way. Third, no questions like "name a leader that you emulate in your leadership style", etc. I don't want to say they are stupid, but personally, i do not think these questions are worth the MBA level and MBA candidates can speak about more meaningful things this. Fourth, be ready to speak about all your previous jobs - why you chose them, why you changed from one job to another, what you liked about a particular job, etc. Basically you want all your experiences, and changes in jobs to have logic behind them, and not just random jumping. I was asked even about a job that i had 11 years ago (!!!!), which was very unexpected. Do not listen to consultants when they say stuff from long ago is of no interest to the Adcom - turns out it sometimes is. I was even asked why i didn't want to pursue profession according to my undergrad major (my graduation was 13 years ago). Fifth, know your career goals very well. company, position, what skills are required, how you will get in the post-mba job, what will be a barrier, what will help (your previously gained skills), how will mba help you in terms of acquired skills to get the job. etc. They want to make sure you are totally employable and you are have solid well-worked post-mba plan. In addition, see interview reports about Foster which are out there, because they are all very consistent, and there is not much variability between what i read in these reports and what I actually had in my experience. And yes, i was asked how did i find students and alumni of Foster. i do not see this as challenging, because you just tell how you found these people and approached them. I know some people compalined on the forum that they were shocked when asked something unexpectedly plain and self-explainatory like this. so don't be shocked , just answer in the same plain way :cool:

This was a blind interview. The interviewer was extremely personable and we really just chatted about my leadership experiences and she asked a few questions. Resume Review 1. Post MBA career goal 2. Back up plan 2. Time when I didn't get alone in a group 3. Time when i had to make an unpopular decision 4. Time when I had to make a decision without much information 6. What clubs or student interactions have I pursued 5. Why Tepper? I think there was one other question but I cannot remember. Again, it was a very laid back interview and I almost had fun talking. Good Luck everyone!

Interview with a member of the admissions committee. Questions asked were very straightforward, and sometimes followed up my previous answers. Total time : 25 mins + 5 mins for my questions. Some of the questions asked: 1. Why MBA? 2. Goals after MBA - Long term, short term. 3. Questions on my international experience - managing teams, cross culture learnings. 4. What is the best thing about my current company? 5. Why UNC? 6. Some behavioural questions like my success and failure moments, how I learnt from those. Overall a very relaxed vibe, no surprise elements.

I was invited for a skype interview on 23rd January. Interview started on time and went on for 30 mins. There was only one interviewer named Sachin who was friendly. He asked me a few generic and profile related questions. Specific questions asked were: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. What does your company do? 3. How does it work, selling jewelry online, isn't it a little far fetched? (my company sells precious jewelry online) 4. How does it promote itself? 5. What do you think of Ecommerce market in India, how do you think they can move pass the obstacles? 6. Name a couple of ecommerce companies that you think have done well in Asia. 7. What motivates you? 8. How would you define your personality? 9. What do you like to do aside work? 10. Why Aisa and why HKU? 11. Do you have any questions for me? Do a little research on your industry and be updated. Be confident and you are good to go. :)

Bob interviewed me. Other than few general interview questions, he was very interested to know in detail about one of my leadership experience that I mentioned in the essay. There were no behavioral questions.

My interview was fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Meg and Bob. The interview had standard questions but those questions were used more as a means of getting to deeper questions about my candidacy that they had for me, leading to a very conversational interview. The latter half (20-30 mins) were used to hear more about what UConn has to offer and for me to ask questions. Frankly, Meg was so thorough that I had few questions that weren't already answered. Basically, I hope I sold them on my candidacy because they certainly sold me on UConn. They also indicated I should hear back within a couple of weeks.

I was interviewed by Mr. Bob Volle on the 9th of feb and i got an admit decision recently It was a general interview with traditional questions, why mba, why leave your job, why Uconn, etc. that lasted for about an hour. Try to speak about your leadership and team skills with supporting examples and be confident and relaxed. That would be my suggestion. All the best!!

The questions were run out of the mill. - Why MBA? - Why us? - Tell me about you? and stuffs. She took a lot of time to explain what makes the UConn mba stand out in comparison to other similarly ranked top MBA programs. Overall the session was extremely insightful. Hope this help!!

Hi Shaun, The interview is basically on the same generic questions like: 1.) Tell me about yourself. 2.) Why MBA? Why at this point of time? 3.) Why UConn? 4.) Any leadership experience? 5) Your Strength? 6.) Long term Goal 7.) Any Challenging Situation I had my interview with Meg and she is very supportive. I would advise you to practice, as many times as possible, these questions with someone interviewing you (friend or relative). Stay calm and relaxed before interview. Do not try to stick to specific words. Just grab the idea and explain it. I hope this will help!!! Best of luck.

The interview was very light and relaxing. Meg Warren is great to talk to. The questions are all about you: your goals, your experience and what you've learnt from that. Just do your research on the school, be confident, keep the conversation light, know your resume, remember to clearly state your goals and don't forget to ask questions :)

Interview was in an informal set-up. And all questions were on expected lines. It lasted around 30 mins. "Tell me about your work ex" "Any feedback you received and how did it help you" "A professional accomplishment you are proud of and required leadership" "Example of working in diverse set up" "What did you learn from the application process" "Anything that hasn't been covered in this interview or in essays" "Why McCombs" "Any questions for me"

Of all the schools that I interviewed with this season, the one with Smeal was by far the most intense. The interview lasted for around 45 minutes, and I was asked a lot of questions. I do not remember most of them, but two questions caught me off guard. I managed to improvise, and I consider myself lucky for that. 1. What is networking for you? How do you approach networking? 2. Have you ever had to deal with incorrect data? How did you respond to the situation? Apart from these two questions, I was also asked multiple behavioral questions such as the following 1. Walk me through your resume? 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Smeal? Here, I would like to emphasize that Smeal has a very small class size and hence it cares a lot about the fit. My advice would be to research their website, speak with current students/alum, adcoms, professors, and come up with points unique to Smeal, experiences that you want to have in your MBA. It was my approach to this question. 4. I was also asked questions regarding my short term and long term goals 5. I was asked questions regarding my resume. So again one more advice would be to know your resume thoroughly. Be prepared with anecdotes and stories for each part of the resume. Finally, I must emphasize that Smeal actually evaluates all the candidates holistically. So someone with a low GMAT score has an equal opportunity to get an admit as someone with a high score. Hope this helps, and all the best!!

Interview was with Katharyn Stober 1)Tell me about your hobbies 2)Why MBA 3)Why Now 4)Why Mays? Other Schools? 5)Discuss your career progression 6)Explain a time when you had an Idea but people were against it? 7)Your Leadership Style 8)Discuss a time when you went out of your way to help someone. 9)Any Questions for me? Total Duration = 28 mins. Really Smooth. If you are thorough with your work and have had some leadership roles, there wont be any problem. It was straight Q n A. Not much discussion about my answers.

Hello, I'd like to share my experience during the UCLA Anderson interview I have just had. The interviewer was a second-year student, who talked about his background in the beggining and, after, asked the following questions: 1) Walk me through your resume. 2) Short and long term goals. 3) What is your Plan-B if I you are not able to get into the industry of your choice? 4) How do you see yourself participating in the Anderson Community? 5) You have still 10 minutes. Do you have any questions? General impressions: - The interview was quicker than I thought it would be. I had 10 minutes for my questions, so, I asked three questions; - There were less questions than I was prepared. That's why, again, I asked three questions in the end. - He didn't asked for my ID. Best,

Very casual conversational interview on campus with adcom. Between follow-up questions and back-and-forth, the interview felt unstructured though there were definitely points and questions that were planned out. Adcom was very familiar with my application including background and essay. Due to conversational nature of interview, I won't have remembered every question asked, but general outline is below: -Intro to how interview would work -Observation/discussion of some points of interest on my resume -Goals/Why MBA -Intended concentration/subconcentration/areas of focus -Discussion of some key faculty in said concentration -Target companies and why I'm interested in those -Why Broad -Something I can improve about how I communicate -Example of someone I work well with and why -How I will frame my background and experience to potential hiring companies to justify capabilities for career switch -Other schools applied to, what aspects they share with Broad -Specific question about resume -Questions for Adcom In total about 40 minutes. Adcom indicated they'd be issuing a decision within a few weeks.

Profile: B.E. from BIT Mesra, 4 years in optical product development, extra-curriculars on public policy I interviewed in the Bangalore location. Panel comprised of an alumnus, an adcom and a prof. The alumnus was pretty much leading the interview. The ISB format is pretty stress-based. As I got up to go, the interviewer asked me to take something if I need. I denied, and he reinforced. I took my file which I didn't need to. Probably mistake no. 1. Questions were focused on the essay and the recommender review. 1. Tell me about your current role. 2. More details about it. (Keep it very high level. So much investment makes you tend to give more in-depth view. One might think (s)he is going in the right direction it but maintaining high-level and understandable stance against using technical language was a tricky balance for me.) 3. Tell me about this innovation+leadership experience of yours. 4. Walk me through what you did. 5. Some cross questions -> did this happen first or that happened first. 6. Your recommender has given great reviews. Show us how you showed innovation. I mentioned another example which wasn't as big. 7. More cross questions -> what did you do exactly other than processes. Concretely, what was the idea. Again, high-level/low-level needs to be maintained. 8. If you got to take this decision today, what would you do? Would you innovate similarly or differently. That was it. I hope it helps to understand what to intentionally avoid.

30 minutes interview - started with a brief about the process, followed by the questions from adcom followed by the questions I wanted to ask. 1. Post MBA career goal 2. Alternate goal 3. Time when you led something unpopular but it created an impact 4. Some learning from an out-of-work experience that you used at work-place 5. When you did something which had an adverse impact on some other team. What was the learning? 6. Experience of international-diversity. 7. Experience of working with someone you didn't get along with well. How did you manage? 8. Why Tepper? Interview was blind and not very conversational.

I did my interview at an on-campus event in December with a student. Pretty straightforward intro questions - goals, why MSU, what concentration in the Broad program interests you. We were crunched for time so I only had 2 other questions to leave room for my questions: - Tell me about a time you had to work extra/long hours and what was the outcome? (something along those lines; can't remember exactly) - What company do you like and tell me 3 reasons you admire the company? I think there's some other pretty good interview reports elsewhere on GMAT Club.

Hi all, My interview was over 3 days ago and it was a good experience. Interview happened over WebEx for about 45 min. 1. Overall experience was cool as it was more like a conversation. 2. Expect all basic questions of an MBA interview. You need to have clear answers for all questions like why MBA? why IESE? etc. 3. Something that was unexpected during the interview was related to professional experience. Seems that interviewer is familiar with my job profile and hence there were several in-depth questions related to job profile. I would suggest to prepare very well to present your achievements, international exposure and learnings when you talk about your professional experience. Hope this helps to someone whose interview is scheduled in next few days. Quick Intro - I am Krishna, an Indian staying in Thailand.