I had my interview last night with a 2Y, "Admissions Fellow." The interview was very conversational, and felt more just like interacting with a friend than anything else. My interviewer was very personable and I really enjoyed the interaction. All the basic questions were asked; here's a snapshot below: - Walk me through your resume. - Why MBA - Why Fuqua - Short term goals - Time you received constructive criticism - Time you failed - What does a typical Saturday look like? - What's the most important part of being on a team? - What activities do you want to get involved in at Fuqua? Don't be stressed about the Duke interview- it's actually a lot of fun. Good luck!

Here is my interview experience, if its still of anyone's use: Reached almost an hour early, there were almost 8-10 candidates for mine and the next slot. It's good to be early as you get comfortable with the atmosphere and the nervousness takes a back seat, at least till you are with the panel. Coming to the interview...it was almost 15-20 mins later than the allotted time. I was called by an alumni, greeted nicely. There were 3 alumni. In a matter of 10 secs we were on the questions. First was, tell us about yourself. They eagerly listened to me, so glad. Then they asked about my ventures and I hope I answered satisfactorily. I had prepared well, but somehow I was quite nervous even though the atmosphere was as friendly as it can get. After a couple of questions about my work, they asked about short term goal, what role am looking for and my knowledge about it. Please read about this well. It looks like just another question but they can get into the details of the role and your research in it. Next they asked about my extra curricular that I had mentioned. How I made a difference in a situation. Impact etc. And then a few questions to test my presence of mind, my opinion of the industry I was targeting in short term. They asked me why I want to do one year course. How does it fit, and why a 2nd MBA. I had prepared well for this, I don't know if they were happy with my answer as there was no reaction at all and no cross questions. Lastly they asked me if I had any questions. I asked. And one of them answered on behalf of all, very nicely and succinctly. The interview lasted for up to 30 mins. I didn't see the time when I entered but had a fair idea. Overall, the panel is friendly and aren't looking for faults. They were looking for a match between essays and me. I hope I didn't leave a gap there. I don't know how it went, there was hardly any emotion there except for nodding while I answered. And a couple of smiles to make me comfortable. Those experienced can tell me what to take away. As there was almost no cross questioning. I am so anxious now. Tips for future candidates: prepare your interview per your essays, short term plan. The importance of these can not be over expressed! I didn't make a questionnaire out of my essay, but I think this will make you super confident to tackle questions and you will look genuine. Confidence is the key. Practice practice practice!!! All the best!!

I would like to share my interview experience. I interviewed on 18th November at Mumbai in the afternoon slot. There were around 70 candidates - spread across several time slots and 12 panels, with 2 interviewers in each panel. Word of advise - reach the venue an hour before your slot, so that you are ready when your turn comes. The registration process is simple - fill your name, passport number and sign before and after the interview. (That's it) My interviewers were ISB alums (both from Co16). One of them (let's call him A) came over to invite me into the room. He asked me to bring a pen and paper along (which I was carrying in my bag, though we didn't use it). Then as we entered the room, he introduced me to the other panelist (call him B). Both greeted me in a happy mood. They had gone through my resume and essays thoroughly. 'A' started off with some of the points he noticed in my resume (about my extra-curricular and hobbies). It had piqued his interest, as he shared some of them, so he went on asking questions and cross-questions to understand my level of involvement. I was very confident and answered well here. I think this was largest segment in my interview. Then B asked me about my work (again details, role and some significant achievements); how I felt about working in teams; then jumped back to the projects that I had worked on. One project had the mention of Saudi Arabia, so then A started asking me about the latest news from SA (just to check my awareness). We then talked about my short term goal. My plan is to shift from data analytics to marketing. They were trying to assess how firm I was about my goal; my reasons; how I'm planning to make the shift. B then asked me about the beer-diaper syndrome (I read about this some years back, so could answer this). Finally, they asked the most customary questions of them all - Do you have any questions for us? I sought their advise on maintaining balance in academics and club activities at ISB and which according to them, would help achieve my goal. Overall, it was a casual interview. Takeaways - All questions are related to the points mentioned in your resume and essay, so make sure to go through them. Expect some questions such as the Saudi Arabia example I gave above (again this came from my resume). The interviewers may try to derail your arguments by providing contrary facts. At this point, be calm and state your understanding. (this happened quite a few times while discussing my short term goals). If you have any specific question, I'm happy to help. All the best.

I just wanted to give my interview experience: I went into the smallish admissions room and I was waiting for over an hour with the different interviewees. Every single one was a Consultant or Banker from huge firms. Our interviews were staggered, 15 minutes apart. There was a lunch with students, which was very nice. I was a little bit more nervous due to the impending interview. I went back into the waiting room to study after that. The interview started and it was incredibly casual. I had planned for questions about my GPA, job transitions, the additional essay, and why I, as a re-applicant, was more prepared this year as opposed to last. I got the sense that all interviewers asked "What, if anything, has changed since you submitted your application?" I took the opportunity to mention a new leadership experience at work, but I punctuated it with something interesting/fun that had happened to me recently. This was actually something she had done recently and we talked for a couple of moments about this mutual activity. This didn't last too long before I was asked a few standard behavioral questions that I had practiced for: "A time you received negative feedback." "A time you lead oppositional members of a team." Etc. Then, in a bit of a curveball, I was asked about my goals and how I could achieve them at Sloan. I hadn't practiced much for it because I wasn't expecting it at Sloan, but my other interviews helped me here. Overall I thought the experience was great! I felt comfortable, I felt loose, and most importantly, I think my passion shone through. Have a personality and don't be a business machine would be my advice. Very few people are, but don't get tense in the moment and forget that they want to get to know you, not the physical embodiment of your professional resume. I really do hope that I get in as I felt the experience went very well. I loved the environment and all the students were very friendly, outgoing, and down to earth. Hopefully that helps for anyone waiting for an interview or anyone looking at Sloan in general. Best of luck to everyone, and hopefully we all get good news on the 19th!

Less than 2 weeks before the decisions come out. As per my interviews, both were held at the alumni's office and I would say they were quite relaxed. First one was with a Japanese alumna who is a bit on the older side. She asked me the usual why INSEAD, why now, and which other schools was I applying for. She also probed my goals a bit, asking me why I need to transition to consulting in the short-term post-MBA instead of going straight to pursuing my real passion, social entrepreneurship. I just answered honestly and cited financial reasons, to which she laughed because she apparently did the same! Overall, it was a very fruitful experience. She was just checking my fit in the program. At the end of the interview, she told me that my personality and goals are a perfect fit for INSEAD. :D PS: It seems that INSEAD used to have this creative question, "Would you want to sit beside this person for 2 hours on a plane?", but she told me they scratched it out this year. The second one was with a Singaporean alumnus living in Tokyo and a fairly recent graduate. He came prepared with notes about my resume and job description essay. He was asking a lot of questions about the achievements I wrote on my resume, specifically on the scope of my contribution. I made the rookie mistake of not reviewing one tiny detail of my resume: I have close to zero recollection of a paper I published 10 years ago for an NGO I volunteered with for 4 months. Well, it was just 1 question and I think I did well on others so I'm hoping for the best. He also asked the usual why INSEAD. At the end of the interview, I asked him some questions about his INSEAD experience and recommendations on classes/professors to take. That's it for me. I wish everyone the best of luck!

Both the interviews done a few days ago. I was lucky to schedule both my interviews on the same day and both took place in coffee shop in London. Both alums did their MBA more than 10 years ago but were still able to recall their memories. Interview 1: The alumni is working in Ecom - the same sector where I am from. It was nice conversation mostly around walk me through your resume, why MBA, Why INSEAD and why now? Then she asked me about a time when I worked in multi-cultural team, how I resolve a conflict, a project where I succeeded, team I led etc. She also asked what I fear the most about studying at INSEAD. What other schools I applied to and how will I take the final decision if selected in all. I felt I could have done much better by being more structured but what's done is done. Interview 2: The venue was 45 minutes away from 1st interview place and I was scared to be late- even though I had good one and a half hour to cover that distance. Luckily I reached before time :). The interviewer was prepared and I could feel that he studied my application before meeting. He created a timeline of my entire professional career and switches that I made and asked specific questions to me why I did what I did. This was followed by usual Why MBA, why INSEAD and why now. What is my goal post MBA goal and if I'll chose to start my own venture instead of going to my dream job post MBA. Surprisingly, he asked me to tell about my family, where I come from to understand me better, if my husband will quit his job to join me at INSEAD. Once the interview was over, we had a conversation for more than 15 minutes about his country and his first international experience etc. Overall, both the interviews were good and conversational. My advice will be to be yourself and enjoy the conversation. Moreover, try to be short, concise and structured. Now waiting impatiently for the results - fingers crossed. Best wishes to everyone who's in the same boat as me.

Interview one done. Went pretty well. Was with an Alumni who works in the O&G sector. * Asked me to take him through my CV and my life story. Asked a few questions about details of projects highlighted on the CV. Dug a bit deeper to see how I had coped with some difficult situations, etc. * Got the 3 classic questions; why an MBA, why now, why INSEAD. * What do you wanna do, what's your plan after the MBA; why do you think you need an MBA to get there. After that, it was pretty much conversational; me asking him several questions, etc. Quite an interesting and insightful experience. Now unto the second one coming up tomorrow. EDIT: So I had my second interview on Friday. It went OK in my opinion. The alumni graduated in 2013 and was very chilled. He actually send me a mail the day before confirming the venue saying "See you tomorrow. And relax, no #pressure..". So I traded my suit for a more laid back chinos and shirt with a tie. He had prepared the interview quite well. We went through my CV and I presented myself and he inquired about the different career choices I made, the motivations, etc. He asked the classic Why MBA, Why now and Why INSEAD. We spoke about my career objectives post MBA. All this lastest for 45 mins. Then I asked him quite a few questions about the INSEAD experience, what he does now, etc. All in all, we spoke for 1h45 mins. It was a very interesting exchange. Now fingers crossed while I wait for the call. Cheers and goodluck to everyone.

Had my interviews. Generally pretty traditional interview. First one was with a consultant, so I was asked tougher and more specific questions. It was in the office. I was asked about my career progression and talked about my work experience. There were definitely questions on cultural sensitivity and awareness as well. I was asked about what other paths I considered and why an MBA. Typical interview questions. Second one was at a cafe near the office with someone in my profession. It focused more on my past experience and what I want to take away from the school. Had very traditional interview questions. All in all, pretty positive experiences.

I will also share my interview experience from yesterday. The alumni invited me to his office for a 30 minute chat and it was very informal and conversational. He didn't ask any trick questions--he asked why INSEAD, why MBA, why now and what I wanted to do after. We spent most of the time chatting about his experience at INSEAD, some of the traveling he did and how he stays involved with the school today. It was super relaxed and he mostly just wanted to understand what my motivations were and whether I had done enough research on the school. I'm looking forward to getting the next interview out of the way and hearing back on November 20th!

Completed my interviews recently. Both interviews were pretty normal and outgoing conversations, myself doing a lot of the talking and walking my interviewers through my resume. The usual stuff was present (why an MBA; why INSEAD; why now). I have a pretty compelling story (I want to move into management consulting) so these answers are all pretty straightforward and consistent in my case My first interviewer did make some tricky questions about when did I believe the EURO currency was going to collapse (¿?), probably to test my knowledge of Europe and its current political/economical situation. Even though my answer to this particular question was not very solid I believe I had in overall two very good interviews and I am definitely looking forward to decision day. My story made sense to both of them and the fact that I've worked abroad for some time definitely helps a lot.

I visited Kellogg during Diversity Preview Day (I'm not considered a diversity candidate, but it was the only time I could go). Overall, the programming was great and inspirational. Dean Blount is really something else. I was moved to tears! Hence, I did ask my interviewer what the goals are for Kellogg going forward, what's next and what kind of dean they will be looking for to replace Sally. A lot of this seems to be up in the air, since the search committee was just formed and of course they probably don't have enough information to disclose yet (given that people may post about it online, like I am now). I talked to over 2 dozen students while there and everyone was very good at representing Kellogg and showing me what it's all about. Having spoken to many other students at other schools, I honestly feel like Kellogg is the most cohesively represented school. Not sure how or why, but I was almost a little suspicious because it was starting to sound rehearsed (though I'm sure it's not). As everyone has probably read about, it's very social, fun and student-self-governed. What also really struck me, was the inclusiveness of families and significant others (or JVs they called them). The new global hub is also AMAZING. Interview was very standard behavioral questions that you can certainly prepare for in advance and everyone is very nice throughout it. If you do on campus interviews, you will be interviewed by a student or an admissions person who has not read your application. We're told that once your interviewer submits a report, the committee meets to review your file. By this point, your file will have been read by a student reviewer and a member of the admissions committee. After the interview, everyone (excluding your interviewer if he/she is a student or member of the admissions team - they still never see your files even after the interview) deliberates and comes to a decision.

Had my interview on campus. Prepared for an ad com interview but it turned out to be a first year student which threw me off a bit. It was conversational but I got a lot of questions I had never gotten before and I didn’t hit all the points I wanted to on the “why Kellogg” question. I think this is because she combined “why now, short term goal, and why Kellogg” as one question so I lost my focus a bit as I was talking for 5+ minutes. Why Kellogg was covered in the video essay so hopefully I’m good there.

Kellogg MMM Program Interview I applied R1, interviewed on campus on 10/3 by adcom. For what it’s worth, I felt like the interview went really well. Below are the questions I got... First one was a request to walk them through my resume. I have some tips for this one. (1) Don't read from your resume and don't repeat bullet points. Try to focus on what you learned at each stage, or what you took away from it. (2) Be intimately familiar with your resume so you don't have to look at it, but hit all the major milestones: college, first job, promotions, etc. They then asked why now? Your resume should be the arrow for this question so I would reference your experience and the next steps and why an MBA gets you into that next part of your path. Why Kellogg? I applied for MMM, but she didn't ask why MMM directly so I ended up adding in my why MMM to the tail end of why Kellogg. She seemed pretty happy with the specificity of my answers here. This is a gimme question for nearly every school so it's OK to sound practiced/rehearsed. Short term goals and backup plans. Lots of people want to work for Google, but obviously only a select few get in. I heard some stories from Kellogg students about applicants that said MBB or bust and that was looked upon unfavorably because it doesn't show a realistic, thought out plan. It doesn't make schools look good if their graduates don't accept positions because they're not the big named firms. Long term goals. Pretty straight forward. Biggest professional achievement. I think a person should approach this in a couple of ways. Definitely explain the impact of your achievement to the overall company. Definitely talk about what you learned about yourself and about your goals with this achievement. Try and loop nearly all your questions back to why this program and an MBA are the RIGHT fits for you. Greatest strength and weakness. I would have 3 top of each practiced for Kellogg. Students that have done interviews told me that sometimes they ask for greatest strength and then top 3 weaknesses or vice versa because everyone only practices one. For your weakness, be genuine. It helps show them you have self awareness. Describe a difficult team/leadership situation and how you handled it and what the outcome was. This will vary person to person. Again, try to show good leadership and collaborative spirit in your story and be genuine. If it got worse or didn't go well, explain why and what you learned. Describe when you faced an obstacle professionally. Again, straightforward. And finally, what do you feel you bring, uniquely, to Kellogg? I had actually practiced version of all of these which is why I felt pretty good about it, but your mileage may vary. I've also heard of applicants that had interviewers that were very friendly and chatty but didn't have much meat in their questions: this is not a good interview. If this happens to you, try to ask a question to bring the convo back around to Kellogg and you. Strangely, I didn't hear anything like this from any other school's I talked to so it might be a side-effect of Kellogg interviewing so many students. Hope that helps shed some light!

I had my interview with Jim Holmen on 18th Nov at Bangalore. We started early as I reached half an hour earlier than my scheduled time. Started with discussing about Bangalore traffic and jumped into the actual interview. 1. Why do you want to do an MBA? 2. In what position do you want to see yourself after MBA? 3. While selecting MBA schools, which aspects did you consider? 4. What motivates you? 5. What do you do in your free time? 6. How would you want your Kelley team to be? 7. What will your teammates learn from you? 8. What would your colleagues highlight as your strengths? 9. What would your colleagues highlight as your improvement areas? 10. Do you have any regrets in your journey till now? (Discussed about my Under Grad Major which got me nowhere) 11. Do you have any apprehensions to do an MBA now? 12. Tell me if there is anything you’d want me to know about you? 13. Questions if you have any. I really got a feel of a conversational interview. Discussed something or the other in almost every question. Hope this helps.

Ross was my top choice going into this interview, and that hasn't really changed since. Overall the experience was positive. I really enjoyed my 1 on 1 interview with a current student. The programming surrounding the interviews was great as well, although it made for a very long day. I didn't elect to do the afternoon activities (Tour, class visit, etc.), since I had already visited the school previously. The team exercise was very disappointing. I'm not a believer in the exercise being a good measuring stick. I was placed in a group of several military applicants and was not given a chance to really show who I was due to them taking over the discussion and exercise. It's pretty disappointing that a top school like Ross believes that a children's exercise is a good way to gauge team skills.

My interview was scheduled with an LBS alumnus. I was expected to fly to another city as LBS couldn't find a rep in my current city, fortunately the interviewer managed to get his friend (also LBS alum) do to it my city, which saved me the 5hrs flight. The interviewer is pretty high up in a M/B/B. The interview was short as it was scheduled for only 1 hour, had 3 parts: - Questions for me (based on resume, work experience, also behavioral). Questions were: have I led a team, what is the profiles of the people in the team, have I failed in a project, describe my international experience and cultural sensitivity, etc. Also typical ones like: why MBA, why LBS, is LBS my first choice. There was an oddball question to test my ability to handle ambiguity: "How many bathtubs in this country?". I didn't prepare for this kind of question and kinda bombed this part. - 5 minutes presentation (5 minutes to prepare): convince a CEO that he should hire a Data-analysis consultant to help with all major decision making. - Questions for alum, about 15 minutes. I asked him about his LBS experience and if there was any advice for me. He was surprised that I knew in depth about his CV, so I told him I looked him up on Linked In before. In summary, it was a fairly pleasant interview, I did OK. So far I've been waitlisted at LBS. The interviewer was surprised to know that, as he expected me to be admitted. Fingers crossed and see how things turn out!!

Just finished my interview with Mr. Philippe Barr. Lasted 22 mins. Was conversational. I would say it went pretty well. Questions: 1. Why MBA? Why now? 2. Why KF? 3. Experience handling a team and any problems you faced? 4. How will you seek information for a task your academic advisor at KF gives you in order to complete? 5. How will you involve in KF outside of class? 6. What accomplishment are you most proud of? 7. Questions? He told that his email is available for his Skype profile in case I have more questions. But I could not find it there. Anybody have his email id? Could you please help? I would like to send him a thank you note.

Had my interview with Donna Bauman recently. Those yet to interview, here are the questions I got: 1. Walk me through your resume (worded a little differently though) 2. Why are you looking for an MBA? Where do you see your career in the future? 3. Why does KF appeal to you? 4. What are the kind of activities outside KF (she hinted towards community activities) that you have participated in? 5. What kind of teamwork experiences have you had in your professional life and what have you learned from them? 6. Is there anything you'd like to add that I haven't asked you about? 7. Any questions for me? Good luck to all applicants.

Hey guys! Just had my interview, I really liked the style, but unfortunately we started a bit late (they had technical problems) and I didn't have an opportunity to ask questions about Kellogg that I had. It was a Skype interview with the adcom, very nice lady. Duration: 45 minutes. Questions: Why that major? Why that undergrad school? Why Kellogg? Why MBA? Why now? Your best achievement at work? Why you changed your job? Edited: "Is there anything else about yourself you want to tell me?" I felt like I spoke a bit too much, but this was very unusual format to me

I've just had an interview with a lady from admissions team via Skype. It lasted roughly 40 minutes and was quite relaxed. First, she asked me to walk her through my resume and my experience at college. Then we talked about my career progression at the current employer, and discussed my strengths and weaknesses. I also got several standard questions on "Why MBA? Why now? Why Kellogg" and also talked about my extracurricular activities. In the end, I was asked if there is anything else I would like to add, and got to ask questions myself. Overall, it was much less scarier experience that I anticipated, with no unexpected questions :wink: