7 years
United Arab Emirates
3 years ago Nov 19, 2022 11:11
Interviewed with a current second year student. Very friendly and conversational. Total duration close to 50 minutes.
Questions were:
- Tell me about yourself.
- What are your goals?
- Why MBA?
- How do you motivate others on your team?
- What type of leader are you? How would you get others to follow you?
- How would you contribute at Fuqua?
- How would you integrate someone who has not been exposed to different cultures into a multicultural team?
- What does Decency Quotient (DQ) mean to you?
- What questions do you have for me?
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
It was a very conversational and pleasant interview. My interviewer started off with telling me how the process works, and then a little about his background. He then asked me some questions, and was very engaging and interactive throughout. The interview lasted for 50 mins, including the questions I asked. Had a truly lovely experience.
Tell me about who you are, and walk me through your resume
Tell me about a leadership experience in your life
Why MBA?
Why Duke?
What is a team experience that you think has impacted you and how?
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interview lasted for only 25 min and I didn't get to ask any questions. It was with a second year student.
Fuqua is one school that values fit. Please have a very personal and well researched answer for Why Fuqua? What does #TeamFuqua mean to you? How will you contribute at Fuqua?
Here are the questions I was asked in the interview
1) Tell me about yourself
2) Why Fuqua?
3) What does #TeamFuqua mean to you?
4) How will you contribute at Fuqua?
5) Ethical dilemma situation
6) Strengths
7) What does leadership mean to you?
8) How will Fuqua help you become a better leader? (Weakness question in disguise)
Contrary to popular belief, the length of the interview doesn't matter. Don't get stressed if yours is shorter than others.
Good luck!
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
"My interview was with current 2nd year student that lasted 30 minutes " . Overall it was a chilled out conversation.
1) Tell me about yourself?
2) Why MBA at this point?
3) Why Duke?
4) Post MBA goals
5) What was your leadership style?
6) What is you communication style?
7) What are the main qualities of a team?
8) Describe a time when your team member is not pulling his own weight?
All these questions were completed in 22-24 minutes. Post that I asked 3 questions.
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Open interview was with a 2nd year student. Lasted ~50 minutes. Was very conversational/casual and genuinely a lovely conversation.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why MBA
3. Walk me through your resume
4. Career goals
5. Leadership style / what you want to improve on
6. Why Fuqua
7. Any questions for me
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Had my open interview with a 2nd year via zoom for R1 admission. Really nice, lasted 60 minutes.
1. Walk me through your resume
2. What are your goals and why Fuqua (combined, took a bit of time to answer)
3. What in your experience makes for a good leader?
4. What has been your favorite leadership experience?
5. How will you improve your leadership skills at Fuqua?
6. How can you use the Fuqua network to create new opportunities (interesting one, hadn't seen it before)
7. How will you use your diversity to improve Fuqua (also interesting)
I think one or two more, but can't remember now. Notably I wasn't asked about weaknesses, failures, or feedback. Lasted the full hour including my own questions.
Overall very nice, and she responded to all my answers with more information on the program so I learned a lot as well. Made me excited to potentially join the program.
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interview was with a 2nd year student and went on for 50mins including QnA.
1)Tell me about yourself?
2)Why MBA? Goals?
3)Leadership style? Experience example
4)Ideal team work and example
5)What does team Fuqua mean to you
6)What's your take on diversity? And tell me one challenge you have faced working in diverse teams
7)What does DQ mean to you and state an example of DQ in your life
8)How will you contribute to Fuqua
9)What clubs are you interested in
10)Greatest strength, and weakness you want to improve at Fuqua
11)Tell me about a time you gave negative feedback to your team and how did it go
12)How would you inspire people to follow you
13)What components make a successful team
14)Any questions for me
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interviewer was a current student, and she was so friendly.
She first explained the interview flow and introduced herself. The interview was 50min, including Q&A.
1. introduce yourself/ why MBA/ why now?
2. why Fuqua?
3. how can you contribute?
4. what is your leadership style?
5. Any given and received constructive feedback?
6. what weaknesses do you plan to work on in the MBA program?
7. what is your greatest accomplishment within a team?
8. backup plan if Fuqua rejects you?
9. have any experience that showed DQ (decency quotient)? Even if you feel not right, you had to follow the instruction or supervisor?
10. Any experience with working with diverse people?
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interviewer was so nice, but also very professional. Would nod or chuckle at certain points but always made sure we stayed on track. I genuinely enjoyed the interview! Nothing super out of left field that I wasn’t prepared for.
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why an MBA?
3. Why Fuqua?
4. What kind of leader are you?
5. What piece of constructive feedback have you been given and what did you do?
6. What are your short term and long term goals?
7. What’s your greatest accomplishment (professional and personal)?
8. How do you plan to be involved with the Fuqua community?
9. What’s your backup plan if Fuqua rejects you?
Overall 45min
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interview was with a 2nd year student and went on for 50mins including QnA.
1) Tell me about yourself
2) Why MBA
3) Short term goals
4) Tell me about a time you failed. What did you learn?
5) Looking back, what is one career decision that you would want to change?
6) What motivates you?
7) How do you inspire your team to follow you?
8) Tell me about a time you gave negative feedback to your team
9) Tell me about a time you gave negative feedback to your team and it did not go well
10) What are your expectations of qualities that your teammates should have?
11) Tell me about a time you worked in a team and achieved results. What was your contribution?
12) Tell me about a time you worked in diverse teams. What did you learn?
13) Tell me about a time you had to explain a complicated issue to someone. What strategies you used?
14) Why Duke?
15) How will you contribute to Duke?
16) If you were CEO of your firm and had to change one thing, what would you do, and how would you do it?
17) Any questions for me?
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Interview went on for ~50 minutes
Interviewed by a current Daytime MBA student. Overall very conversational. The interview lasted for 50 minutes including QnA.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Your goals.
3. One negative feedback you had to give to your teammate and how did he/she take it?
4. Tell me about a time when you gave an advice to someone and what.
5. Any favorite business subjects.
6. How do you plan to get engaged within the Fuqua community?
7. Your experience with working with a diverse team.
8. Do you have any questions for me?
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
My interview was with a second year student. She first introduced herself and then asked me to introduce myself. She made sure I was comfortable speaking with her and the interview felt like a conversation, as it should. She asked the following-
1. Why MBA?
2. Why Fuqua?
3. Why did I pick my post-MBA career?
4. Plan 5-7 year down the line
5. A time I led a project
6. A time I failed, what did I learn?
7. My leadership style
8. What are few components that make a team successful?
9. How are you going to develop your leadership skills as Fuqua?
10. What motivates you?
11. How have you promoted diversity, and how are you going to do the same at Fuqua?
The interview was about 45 minutes - 35mins interview, 10mins Q&A. I loved the experience!
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
I interviewed with Adcom. She was super friendly and the format was interactive. Below questions were asked:
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why MBA? Why Fuqua?
3. How will you add to your class?
4. What is your leadership style?
5. 3 Most important traits you look in a team member?
6. What would your colleagues say about you?
7. A situation where you handled conflict and what strategies you adopted?
8. What is one most important thing for you as a leader?
9. In today's organizations, what is one thing would you say they should do different?
10. Describe a situation where you failed and how did you respond to it?
11. What is your plan B you are not selected?
Then I asked a few questions.
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Interviewed by a current Daytime MBA student. Overall very conversational and informal. The interview lasted for 40 minutes including 10 minutes for QnA.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. One conflict situation
3. How would you motivate a team member to speak up/participate
4. Situation when someone on your team did not complete a task
5. Why Fuqua
6. What do you think people look up to you for
7. What will you bring to Fuqua
8. What's your leadership style
9. Anything else you would like the Adcom to know
There were a few follow-up questions
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Friendly interviewer, typed a-lot while listening. straightforward interview
1) walk me through resume
2) goals
3) why mba
4) tell me about your biggest accomplishment
5) tell me about a time working in a diverse team
6) tell me about a time giving feedback to someone
7) why duke fuqua
Got 10 minutes to ask questions. Got a positive vibe overall.
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
I had my interview with a current daytime MBA student. She was very warm and friendly. She first explained the process of the interview and said she'll ask a set of questions she has.
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What are your goals and why Duke MBA
3. Tell me about a time when you failed as a leader
4. What does equality in the workplace mean to you
5. What are the challenges and merits of having a diverse team
6. Tell me about a time you had to influence someone and what strategies did you adopt
7. Do you have any questions for me
Overall it went well. I felt we had quite a few things in common.
I see that the questions and interview format is largely in line with the debriefs shared here.
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Hey All,
Interview Debrief as below:
1) Walk me through your resume
2) Goals and Why Fuqua (Why for goals and fit)
3) What does equality at workplace mean to you?
4) Biggest challenge and reward of workplace diversity
5) How did you influence a decision and what strategy did you use?
6) Biggest failure and your learnings?
7) Questions for me
My recommendation: Use the standard questions we have here, they will set you prepared for the interview.
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4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
I was interviewed by a 2nd-year student. She introduced herself and explained how the interview would work (30 mins + 5-10 mins for Q&A)
She asked me the following questions:
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Tell me about a time you were working in a group and you failed
3. Who is one leader you look up to
4. What is leadership/team management style
5. How would you describe your communication style
6. Tell me about a time when you worked in a diverse environment
7. Why MBA + short term goal
8. What clubs do you want to join
9. Why Fuqua
10. Do you have any questions for me
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
1-Introduced herself including an interesting fact about myself. She was super cheerful and laughed and acknowledged.
2-Take me through your resume (lots of acknowledgment here as well)
3-In the resume you mentioned XXXX ,, can you tell me the type of xxxx (some leadership question )
4-Goals and how Duke can help you
4- Tell me a time you had to work in a diverse time
5-What do equality means to you in the workplace
6-Tell me a time when you had to influence someone and the strategies you adopted
7-Maybe one or more questions, some cross-questions, and very conversational
9-Interview was recorded so she didn't make any notes and paid full attention to me
10-Any questions for me (10 minutes )
Overall an hour
4 years ago Nov 19, 2021 11:11
Interview was with a current Fuqua 2nd-year full-time MBA student. Overall, the tone was very conversational, and I genuinely enjoyed it. The interview lasted about an hour of which last 10 minutes were for questions.
Questions Asked Included:
- Tell me about yourself and your resume
- Why Fuqua?
- Why MBA now?
- What does "Team Fuqua" mean to you?
- What is your leadership style?
- How will you contribute to the Fuqua community?
- If you had one minute to say something to the admissions committee that you didn't put in your application, what would you say?