Good day beautiful people! My interview went well. Question asked were related to my job. 1. Tell me about a typical day in your job. 2. Tell about about a project you worked on did not go well. What did you do to overcome the difficulty? 3. Tell me about a project mentioned on my resume. 4. Why this specialization? SCM? 5. What companies are you targeting for internship and post MBA jobs? 6. What will you contribute to the class? 7. What do you want to gain from your classmates? Keep smiling. Hope to hear a positive reply on 9th Dec.

Hi everyone, My interview happened today. The interviewer was the director of the Center for Brand & Product Management and we talked for 40 minutes. He was super nice and asked me general questions such as ''why an MBA now?", "why UW?", "where do you see yourself professionally in the future?". I don't think they have a rigorous script of questions and my conversation flowed smoothly and naturally. In the end, he asked me questions about my specific career goals (industry and country) and B plans. I think the main point is to know for sure what you want to do with your career. I'm sorry for those who were dinged this time. I was dinged in the last round of UW's last admission process. I decided to improve my Gmat score to reapply now and it seems that it made a difference. I wish you all luck in other processes.

My interview happened last week. Was not my best one and having caught the flu did not help. Otherwise questions were general ones and interview was quite conversational. Some qs - goals, why mba, some leadership exo qs, personal achievements, etc.

Just finished with my skype interview (MBA in marketing research) with Kristin Branch. Below are the highlights and questions asked! - Started 20 min. late, lasted close to 45 minutes as promised - There was a connection problem at her end and it was practically an audio interview - Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Specific question about my profile (moving offices) 3. Why MBA at this time 4. Short term long term goals 5. 1 Leadership experience 6. Working country preference 7. Conflict with the manager 8. Example of the marketing impact in the real world 9. Asked if I had any questions 10. 4 terms that your peers would use to describe you Overall, it went okay minus the technical glitches and was mostly conversational. Feel free to reach out if you have any specific questions.

I had My Wisconsin interview yesterday via sparkhire- it was great! -Walk through resume -why mba and now -what are my career goals -tell me about recognition given to an employee -tell me about a challenge motivating a team or employee

Hi, Just received my NTU admit 2 weeks back and honestly I am too happy for words. :) The first part of the interview went along expected lines - the usual why MBA, why MBA now questions. I was interviewed in Mumbai, India. There were 2 gentlemen from NTU physically and the associate Dean on Skype. They do go through the applications in detail, so please make sure you can defend your essays well. Mine was in no way a blind interview. The second part of the interview was based on specifics. Why Singapore- again, they expect you to shown an interest in Asian markets , try to align your short term and long term goals in context of Asia. Why NTU and have you applied to NUS, NTU is particularly interested in this question and how you chose to frame your answers depends entirely on you. They do ask questions about your industry. For example, they asked me about key developments in my industry in the last 6 months . Be prepared for questions such as - key industry developments in SE Asia/ Asia related to your industry. A particularly uneasy question to handle - what happens if you do not get a job 1 in Singapore 2. don't get a job at all . Now here are some facts: The Nanyang employment report states that 98 % of the students get placed within 3 months. NTU intake is about 100 , so what happens if (god forbid) you are one of the 2 graduates who do not get a job (this was the precise question asked to me :) ). Here, they are probably expecting to answer that you have the necessary industry networks from your previous experience to land you a job, coupled with the NTU brand name , this should be achievable in the short. Regarding 1 - 40% of the grads get placed in Singapore, but we have to remember roughly 10%-15% of the batch is native to Singapore and they are very likely to work in Singapore. Therefore, 85- 90 students are vying for 25-30 spots. Competition is intense and they are particularly interested to see that you often have to prove a point about your employability ( This was particularly hard for me as my work ex is on the lower side) :) Also be prepared to answer questions related to socio- economic issues in Asia. I was asked to compare India and China in terms on the economy and ease of doing business. This was extremely difficult for me since I have no background in economics. Somehow stuttered through. Over all it was an amazing experience- the admit of course being the icing on the cake! Hope this helps! all the best! Thanks,

I had my IIMA interview on campus. The official reporting time was 8:45 am and I reached around 8:30. Initially I thought that all the candidates are called at the same time but when I reached there I realized these slots have limited candidates so do reach on time, if called for an interview. Had interaction with current students and that helped in calming down the nerves. I already had an admit from other B school so in hindsight, the pressure was comparatively less. At 9:10 I was called into the interview room. There were two profs (PGPX chairman and one another). I was asked to pick the topic for extempore and the topic was "Should politics be left to politicians". The extempore topics are actually selected for its controversial nature and there is no right or wrong side to these. I spoke for couple of minutes and then there were barrage of questions from the panels. I had to justify my stand with example, counter their point and help them understand my thought process. Then we moved to the normal question answers. PGPX chairman comes from an analytics background and I come from a data background, so we had a lot in common. While this commanlity sounds great on hearing, this also meant I had to be very clear about "Why MBA?". PGPX chairman has some close to three decade in analytics and our discussion was more like a teacher-student discussion, where the teacher disagreed with the student on everything. :) In the middle of the interview, PGPX chairman decided to cut the interview short and told me that he had nothing more to ask. Perplexed, I answered all the questions the other professor asked. I was able to make solid points on certain things. I think the one thing that helped me secure my admit was the point I made about their electives. This left both the professors defending the program and they eventually agreed my point was valid. The suggestion I made about elective now actually reflects in the current curriculum, hence I believe I made a solid point. To future applicant, be original in your answers and do some research about the program. Professors do like people who knows the program beforehand. It will also help you understand if this is the right program for you and save the confusion when you have the confusion on multiple admits.

I had my IIMA interview on campus. The official reporting time was 8:45 am and I reached around 8:30. Initially I thought that all the candidates are called at the same time but when I reached there I realized these slots have limited candidates so do reach on time, if called for an interview. Had interaction with current students and that helped in calming down the nerves. I already had an admit from other B school so in hindsight, the pressure was comparetively less. At 9:10 I was called into the interview room. There were two profs (PGPX chairman and one another). I was asked to pick the topic for extempore and the topic was "Should politics be left to politicians". The extempore topics are actually selected for its controversial nature and there is no right or wrong side to these. I spoke for couple of minutes and then there were barrage of questions from the panels. I had to justify my stand with example, counter their point and help them understand my thought process. Then we moved to the normal question answers. PGPX chairman comes from an analytics background and I come from a data background, so we had a lot in common. While this commanlity sounds great on hearing, this also meant I had to be very clear about "Why MBA?". PGPX chairman has some close to three decade in analytics and our discussion was more like a teacher-student discussion, where the teacher disagreed with the student on everything. :) In the middle of the interview, PGPX chairman decided to cut the interview short and told me that he had nothing more to ask. Perplexed, I answered all the questions the other professor asked. I was able to make solid points on certain things. I think the one thing that helped me secure my admit was the point I made about their electives. This left both the professors defending the program and they eventually agreed my point was valid. The suggestion I made about elective now actually reflects in the current curriculum, hence I believe I made a solid point. To future applicant, be original in your answers and do some research about the program. Professors do like people who knows the program beforehand. It will also help you understand if this is the right program for you and save the confusion when you have the confusion on multiple admits.

Applied on Oct 30th, got news on Nov 16th that I will have interview, but I need to travel outside of Canada for 3 weeks, so I asked to postpone. Finally had my interview on Dec 17th on campus since I live here. Very basic questions: 1. Tell me something you do outside of work? 2. What is your post MBA goal? Do you have plan B? 3. Why McGill? Why MBA? 4. Some details about my project management work experience 5. How did you find your 1st job? 6. What do you like most about your job? 7. What do you like least about your job? 8. Why did you change your job? What are you looking for each time when you change a job? 9. A scenario question, you have interview, networking and group project, how do you prioritize them? 10. How did you describe yourself in three words? why? 11. Do you have anything else you want to share with admission committee? 12. Do you have question for me? The interview last around 45 mins I think. It is like any normal interview, not really difficult. Interviewer is very nice, so nothing to stress. She promised to give an answer by Dec 21st since this is last working day of 2018. And yeah, she did give me the answer. Remember you write a thank you letter after the interview. Nothing fancy to write, just offer your appreciation for his/her time. Good luck to all.

Applied on Nov 1st, 2018, got invite for Skype interview on Dec 14th. Had my Skype interview on Dec 17th, got admission on Dec 19th, Should definitely dress in suit like you would do for a face to face interview. Very basic interview questions: 1. Walk me through your resume in 2 mins 2. Why MBA? Why now? Why Rotman? 3. What is your short term and long term goal? How can Rotman MBA help you? 4. What are three characters you think a leader should have? Do you have one of them and can you show me an example? 5. What is your biggest failure? 6. What is your biggest strength? 7. Did you apply to other school? did you get any offer? 8. If someone is not performing as per your expectation, what would you do? 9. Do you have any thing else you want to share with admission committee that we don't know? 10. Do you have questions for me? It last 35 mins I think. Very typical questions about the school, program, your goal, etc. You just need to be familiar with yourself and your stories. Be authentic and relaxed. They just want to confirm what the application paper shows is aligned with real people through interview. After interview, you should write a thank you letter to the interviewer . They usually give you answer by the date or even earlier than they promised. Good luck to all.

Surprised to see no IMD assessment challenge interview details, so let me add my experience. In April 2018, IMD announced a "Mumbai Assessment challenge" in Mumbai, India. This was the first time IMD came over to India for a full day assessment. Many folks applied to it, some even without any idea about IMD MBA, since there was no application fees plus no recommendation as well :) 56 folks were chosen to come for a 2 day event. Day 1 evening and day 2 full day event. Day 1 evening : It was a networking event in the Trident Hotel, Mumbai. The alumni's were there - 1992 (Harsh Goenka), 2002 , 2016 and 2017 graduates. The adcoms and the dean of IMD MBA were also present. It was a nice enjoyable evening. When I asked the adcoms about the number of candidates they wanted to select out of 56, they told me it was not fixed, whereas the assessment challenge mentioned 4 folks were to be selected. Adcoms didn't disclose anything about what was supposed to happen the next day. Day 2 : The event started at 9 am and we were divided in a group of 6 on each round table. It was a big hall facing the sea (the view was awesome). There were 1 problem statement placed on each of the table ; 3 tables had one common problem. The overall process was as follows a. take the problem statement, discuss among the folks seated on your table. b. come up with a solution to the problem statement c. create a company for it. d. create a business model for the company. In short, it was more like a "capstone" project done in B schools, but done in a single day. Everything was organized smoothly and there was a framework to take your idea from concept to a company. It was pretty interesting to say the least. But we were here for an interview?? Sadly that didn't happen. There were no one-on-one interviews. So how did they choose 4 people out of 56? Well that is a mystery for everyone; even the ones who were selected. ( If someone asks the selected folks as to why they were selected they wont have a convincing answer for it. Read the IMD website for this part ;) ). There were 9 teams and only 6 judges to do the marking; looked like IMD adcoms missed out basic some calculations or may be some judges didn't turn up at the last moment. Anyways, The 6 judges moved from one table to another and kept marking against the criteria (no one knew what was the criteria). To make matter worse, the 6 judges would also talk among themselves, so at times teams would be discussing something very important and people would be making some solid points but there was no judge to listen to our conversations. Plus there was a lot of bias among judges; they would stay one table for 2 minutes and another for 20 minutes, where they personally found something interesting. In short, the overall marking was non transparent and left everyone with a feeling of disappointment. The results were supposed to be announced next day, as per initial communication but it took them 2 weeks to come up with 3 admits and 1 was announced some another couple of weeks later. Though I was dinged but when I talked to folks who were selected in on-campus interviews and even the alumni's ; all of them were surprised with "No personal interview" policy of IMD in this assessment, as it is not the case with usual on-campus interview. Everyone asked me the same question - "So how did IMD knew that they had selected the right candidate (in absence of an interview)". IMD is known for it's super personalized interviews and everyone believed that they had dropped the ball this time around.

My interview was centered around my work experience and company I work for. Be ready with questions on goal, singapore, plan b and some of the generic ones such as tell me about yourself, why mba etc.

My interview was all about my work experience in my current organization, my future goals. They also asked me why I applied at Nanyang and how will it help me get to where I want to. But most of it was on my current work experience. For details on my profile, you can see Maitrayee Pathak on LinkedIn. Hope this helped you. All the best guys for your interviews and hope to see you in Singapore

All the best to everybody with an interview invite! My 2 cents for the interview preparation - a) Be thorough with why MBA and why an MBA at this time specifically. Especially if you're a younger candidate with ~3 years of WE, make sure your response is articulated properly, tying back to your goals. b) Goals - short and long c) Relevant industry knowledge (I'm in e-commerce and I was asked quite a few questions on how the e-comm industry is doing in the Asian markets, my company's plans/performance in the asian markets, competitors, etc. d) Why should you be selected and how would you add value to the batch (your value proposition) e) Employment plans and back-up plan Interviews generally last for 30 min (+/-5 min). Make sure you're able to effectively communicate your clarity of thought. Finally, smile and try to have a great time :)

MBA interview preparation is similar to doing a work out - Core and supplementary. Core Questions in any interview (80% of the questions) 1. Your career progress (tell me about yourself) 2. Why MBA? 3. Why now? 4. Why NTU? 5. Why not NUS? 6. Why Singapore? 7. Goals - Short and long 8. Hobbies? 9. What can you bring to the class? 10. Strengths and weaknesses ... Supplemental questions can be any behavioral related questions 1. How do you work in teams? 2. Have you ever faced a situation in which team was going nowhere and what you did to streamline? 3. Conflict resolution scenarios 4. Leadership scenarios you have faced ..... These are few example questions. I think this set applies to any business school and more often than not majority of the questions revolve around this. Good Luck and please do share your experience so that thread members can prepare in accordance with it.

Hello All, I was invited for the coffee chat on 26th November in Mumbai but was unable to attend because I was not in India. They arranged for an interview over Skype on 28th November with professor Nilanjan Sen and Sasha Chernyshenko. The interview was more of a conversation related to my work experience and my reason for taking up the different roles in my CV. We also touched the topic of why MBA ? Why Nanyang? and Why Asia? At the end of the interview they said that I can expect an update on their decision by 15th December. Also regarding the status being application under process, do not worry because even after the interview my status is still application under process. My advice will be to attend information sessions and make the school aware of your interest.

The interview was more of a casual chat. I feel what they are looking for is if you have thought through doing an MBA and that too why the Nanyang MBA. The questions were typical interview questions and included some about my current role 1) Why do an mba? 2) Why not a part time MBA? 3) Why not NUS? 4) And why MBA in particular and not any other masters or specialization course. Just an advise, have at least 2(min)-3 questions ready for them because they kept asking me if I had any questions for them. Hope this helps. All the best to the other applicants

A behavioral interview which lasted about 30 minutes. Some of the questions I can recollect are : 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Post MBA career goals. 4. Plan B if Plan A does not work out. 5. Why Tepper Tell me about : 6. An instance where your team was utilized by another team 7. a failure story (Don't remember the exact question, but I asked to talk about an instance when I failed) 8. Experience working with different cultures. What did you learn? 9. What do you do outside work? - I spoke about a meditation practice cultivated a year ago. It was blind interview where the interviewer had not seen the rest of my application.

My interview took place at Haskayne Campus and conducted by 3 members of Adcom, including, Admissions counsellors & Director. Felt super professional during entire process. Interview had pre-defined set of 7 questions: 1. About yourself & Work Ex. 2. Why MBA & Why Haskayne 3. Short & Long Term Goals 4. Strengths & Weaknesses 5. State 2 scenarios where you showed leadership skills 6. Any Questions! Overall, it was a semi-formal discussion which lasted for about 35 mins and the final result was received within a week. Got funding :)

Hi all, I had interview with Natalie Dillon , She was Associate Director of Admissions. The interview lasted for 30 mins, with questions mostly as shared in the thread. But there were few surprises too. sharing all the Q's asked to me. 1. Started of with walk me through your resume 2. Why MBA. 3. Why Now 4. LT and ST Q's 5. Why Carlson. 6.What other schools have you applied or thinking of and why in those. 7. Most difficult decision you have taken 8. Risk you have taken and why 9. How you handled yourself in difficult Scenarios ( I quoted an example to explain her) 10. What is your thought on Leadership After this there was 10 min conversation where i asked her Q's (Make sure to ask innovative Q's) To tell you all, be frank with answers, and try to minimize gaps in resume. The more the gaps in your resume expect lot of questions in terms of your past experience and they will correlate with your essay. But not to worry much. Essays will come handy as most questions will be from that only. All the Best for upcoming interviews.