My interview format was pretty simple 1)General goal related questions - "Mid-term goal" , " Long term goal" 2)Why MBA? Why NUS? 3)Resume Specific questions about achievement / promotion 4)Essay Specific question 5)Scholarship question (Why do you deserve the scholarship - if you’ve applied for any of it) 6)Industry specific question ( This could be either about the industry you’re in or the one you’re looking to pivot to) 7)General Business Acumen question (For me it was "who’s your favourite business leader outside of Asia?") 8)Any questions for the interviewers My interviewers were skilled - 1 of them was an adcom member, the other an alumnus. The interview was easy going and felt like a simple conversation. Wishing you all the best for you interview.

• Briefly introduce yourself • How are you going to spend time at NUS? • What is your biggest challenge and how did you take the lead? • What is short term career goal? • PE is competitive. What is your plan B? • What do you think you need to develop? • Who do you admire as a global business leader? • What are you proud of the group you established? • Are you applying to other schools? Hope it helps!

I had my interview today. Sharing my experience with other candidates. The interview was conducted by an adcom member and an alumni. Following were the questions: 1. Tell us about yourself 2. Tell us about how your day to day looks like at your current job 3. You have managed XX no. of people, what are some of the challenges you have faced 4. How can NUS help you in your goals? 5. Tell us about the automations you have mentioned in your application? What's your view on AI? 6. Have you interacted with folks from different geographies and cultures professionally? 7. What sets you apart from others? 8. An instance where you were curious about something? This went on for some 25 mins and then 5-10 mins were for my questions. They mentioned that they'll get back to me after 2-3 weeks.

R1 ­Interview experience (got dinged though) 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why NUS? 3. Why MBA? 4. Long term/short term goals? 5. What is plan B if you can't get your target goal? 6. What happens if you can't find a job in Singapore? 7. What happens if you can't find a job in Asia? 8. Whos is a personality you look upto a lot? 9. Any questions for us­

A bit late to this, but I can share my experience which seems to be far different from what others are going through. Submitted my application a week before the end of Round 1. - Indian male - 690 GMAT - Engineering undergrad (very average gpa) - 7+ years experience in software operations (onboarding/implementation/project execution) A week later, I received a Zoom invitation to interview. The interview was set for the 1st week of November and conducted by two Admissions committee members in a conference call. - A very short interview, probably did not last the complete 30 minutes. - Wide range of questions touching on describing my work, a bit about myself, how I handle certain types of situations, my goals post the MBA. - Most of the questions you should prepare from beforehand already as they are very standard business school interview questions. Have stories that are malleable to multiple question types. Use the STAR method to answer the questions as they will help you come across as a professional. - Be careful with what you say. The interviewers will latch on to bits of information that you feel is harmless but they may ask you to expand on it later in the conversation. So if you want to casually mention a project that you worked on involving some cool tech, be ready to back that up when they probe you. - I made the mistake on not asking questions, although it did not impact the outcome, I feel it is important to have some pertinent questions to your career goals and expectations from the school. In the middle of November (approx. 2 weeks later) I received an email letting me know of my waitlist status. I was told a final decision will be provided to me within 30 days. Within a week, I received an offer letter for admission! So what I would say is if you haven't received anything yet, don't worry, keep your hopes up. The most important thing the school looks for is whether they can land you a job after your MBA. So it doesn't matter what you've done or what your background is, as long as you can share a clear, realistic goal that the school also feels they can help you achieve. Best of luck to everyone.

These were the questions asked 1. How does your day look like ? 2. Post MBA and long term goals 3. Plan - B 4. Why MBA, why Foster, contributions 5. What are the various DEI initiatives that u took 6. TMAT delegated a team 7. TMAT where you had conflict with manager and how did it got resolved 8. TMAT where you faced failure 9. Biggest achievement 10. Biggest constructive criticism 11. What are the challanges that u can face at Foster apart from MBA stuff 12. Hobbies apart from work and entrepreneur stuff 13. Leadership style and why

Had my interview today with Alexlendria (she is an external career counselor). Questions were standard 1. Introduction 2. Leadership style 3. How do you manage the stress of 1 year program at Oxford 4. Why MBA 5. Why Oxford 6. How will you contribute and interact with the cohort 7. Job switches 8. What you do for fun Very comfortable interview. She was quite warm and friendly, I could give the answers stress free. Overall 40 mins ,including my own questions

Had my interview last week. Questions were like: - Why MBA and why now? - How can Oxford help you in achieving your short and long-term goals - which subjects - What are you looking to get out of the MBA - Which companies would you want to work for right after graduation, and which geographical locations - Why Oxford - Which other unis in the UK have you applied for and do you have a preference? - How have you ever resolved a conflict with another stakeholder in your department - What is your leadership style - Does your GMAT score reflect your abilities They also questioned me regarding the my hobbies on my CV and the current political climate in my country, however, that might have just been casual chat. There might also have been more questions that I cannot recall. Best of luck!

Hi, R2 applicant and just got offer 2 days ago. Here is my interview experience: - Total: 30mins - Introduction - Why Oxford, why MBA? - 1 example to show your leadership, what do you think your approach to solve issue different from others'? - What will you bring to MBA cohort? - How will you learn from MBA cohort? - Anything else you want to share before ending the interview? - Any question on program / school / Adcom? Goodluck everyone

Just had my interview yesterday. It was a pleasant conversation and the professor who interviewed me was kind and he listened intently. 30 minutes just flew by. Below are the questions that were asked. 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why CJBS? 3) Why did you choose to go into your current business? (I'm an entrepreneur and I have my own business) 4) What happens to your business when you start the MBA program? 5) How would your employees characterize your leadership style? After that, I asked him 3 questions about his college and the student life at CJBS. Wishing everyone the best of luck with your interviews!

Hey all, I got admitted in round 2 and this was my experience. I was interviewed by an alumni, it may be the same for you or it may be one your region’s admissions director. Questions included but not exhaustive: - tell me more about your experience - tapping on your past experience, recount any occasion where you faced great adversity and what was your reaction - motivations for MBA (details are important, in sync with essay content) my interviewer got me to elaborate on my essay examples since the word limit was short - asked me if i had a back up plan if my initial post mba plan did not work out (he proceeded to ground me which i thought was refreshing for an interview) - working style in a team and my approach to handling conflict we spoke about 30 mins and he left 30 mins for QNA the setting was very relaxed and not as intimidating as I expected, so have your stories ready and just be yourself!

Questions were : 1. TMAY with key events in life that shaped your personality. 2. Follow up question on few things mentioned in TMAY 3. ST/LT goals. Why MBA? Follow up question on goals. 4. Why IESE? 5. Contribution to IESE? 6. Managing Conflict question. 7. How would your partner define you in 3 words? 8. What would your manager say 2 things about you that requires development/improvement? 9. Which other school applied to and how did you choose schools? 10. Who did you speak to at IESE and what did you learn about IESE that you cannot find in brochures?

Profile: Mechanical engineer working with Mahindra RnD. 3 years of experience. 710 GMAT. Top Tier College. Various Extracurriculars and Initiatives. Recieved my virtual interview invite on 29th Feb. Had preferred Hyderabad. Interview happened on 4th Feb. Very conversational and pleasant experience. Here is a de-brief: Q1 - We have already gone through your profile. Tell us something apart from what’s written that pushes you to pursue MBA? Q2. Asked regarding one of the initiatives that I had taken to start something in the social sector. Follow up questions. Q3. Queston on the greatest achievement essay. Asked my individual role. Asked step by step approach taken. Few follow up questions. Q4. What are your career goals. What companies are you targeting. Q5. Picked up on my long term entrepreneurship goals. Went deep into asking my role in one of the startup internships that I had done. Q6. Do you have any questions for us Overall very conversational and relaxed interview. 3 panelists. My suggestion is to be prepared with each and every possible question. I got nearly 2 months to prepare for the interview from the day I submitted the application. Good luck to everyone. *29th jan

My interview Experience: 7th Jan, Mumbai There were 2 panel members, one from Mohali and one from Hyderabad. They graduated 5-6 years before. The interview lasted for around 25 minutes. One of the interviewing alums visited me in the waiting room and escorted me to the main room. He did small talk and asked about Indore, MP etc. Questions: 1) Tell us something about yourself 2) Tell us all about dotflo (current startup that I am building in AI space) 3) Cross questioning on free chatgpt vs dotflo. Explain the AI part in simple terms. 4) What was your role at ZS? 5) You have so much interest and exposure to businesses and startups then why do you want to do an MBA? 6) Why did you select ZS as your first job when you could have taken a higher paying job from an IIT? 7) You have impressive profile and you can take admission in any good B-Schools in the world then why come to ISB? 8) What is that you will bring to the table when you get into ISB? 9) What are your short-term goals after pursuing an MBA? How will you achieve them? 10) Why take the pain of taking an exorbitant loan of 45 lacs and how do you plan to repay it given you are targeting a risky entrepreneurial journey? 11) Do you have any questions for us?

Hello everyone! I had my interview in Mumbai today; I'll share my experience. Relatively new here so not sure if this is supposed to be posted on a different thread. If so, please let me know. The interview was with two alums (Batch of '17 and '19) It started off well, they made me feel comfortable. Asked how I spent my waiting time - I said we fellow applicants were chit-chatting and getting to know each other which really helped ease our nerves (it actually did). They introduced themselves and the interview began. Tell us about yourself - I think what I said here really set the tone for the interview. I mentioned I like reading and we spent a few minutes discussing the last book I read. I also mentioned another hobby to which they said we'll pick it up at the end as we are keen on learning more about it (had written about it in my essay too) Tell us more about your work and what you do at work - They had different backgrounds so they were just curious and trying to understand my work Why MBA? - Since I am from a family business background, they went hard on this one You are already doing business, I don't see why you need an MBA? - Explained further. Why consulting? - Had it as my short-term goal, justified it. In consulting you will essentially just be suggesting what to do, but in your business you are already strategizing as well as implementing. So again, why consulting? - Defended my choice. Have you spoken to any ISB grads in consulting? - Yes, gave them names. Have you spoken to any other college grads in consulting? - Yes. Are you sure you still want to do consulting? - Yes. I am still not convinced on why you need an MBA and how will consulting help you? - Here I got the feeling that they were trying to test how I respond, but maybe they really were not convinced. I can't say for sure. What are your strengths and weaknesses? - I mentioned problem-solving as a strength, gave examples. They subtly tried to throw me off by saying this is not problem-solving, this is just 'jugaad' (it wasn't jugaad. I figured they were again testing how I responded to being challenged and I did not want to sound too defensive, so I just made a funny remark and we moved on) What if you don't get in to ISB? Backtracked to the hobby I mentioned at the beginning - talked about it for several minutes, they genuinely took an interest and seemed impressed. Do you have any questions for us? Remarks - The interview is very conversational, panelists are warm and friendly. Choose your introduction carefully, it will dictate the course of the interview. Have a solid story, be clear about it, and stick to it. If you are unclear, they will sense it and call you out for it. Choose your words wisely, do not blabber - the panelists are incredibly sharp and will catch on to any word and question you on it. Interact with applicants in the waiting room - it will relax you and it gives a good impression when you tell the panel about it. Don't approach the interview as a challenge but as an experience - it is an incredible one! Tricky opinion (not the best idea but worked well for me) - Gauge the panel's demeanour and based on your judgment, crack the occasional joke - it really helps lighten the mood and prevents both you and the panelists from getting too serious. Even one witty remark does wonders - One of the interviewers had a uniquely difficult name; towards the end he said you cannot recall my name, can you? I did not respond for a few seconds, the other panelist made a remark and then I blurted out his name. They were convinced I had forgotten it so they were taken aback for a couple of seconds - then all three of us burst into laughter. I believe that ensured a pleasant end to the interview. Good luck to everyone! If you have any questions regarding my experience, happy to help.

My interview happened around 10 days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. I started by blurting out a compliment for an interviewer's jacket (we hadn't even reached the room, I don't know why I said that aloud and he just rolled his eyes). When I walked in it was 3 people (all alums, 19 batch M, 20 and 22 batch Fs). They gave their intro and said this would be a 30-minute interview with no pressure, they had gone through my essays and just wanted to get to know me better etc. They asked for a short introduction, lady in the center (and the youngest one) said she was intrigued and works in a similar field, and asked a lot of questions about the impact of my work, what challenges I faced etc. The other lady interjected for follow-ups etc. The gentleman did not ask many questions till this point, maybe once - when I tried to make eye contact while talking he was usually looking away or fidgeting, I don't know if that was intentional or not. Either way, I think I handled this part pretty well because I genuinely enjoy the work I do. Then the dreaded question they came in which was "you clearly like your job and make good money, why ISB then, why not get masters in data science, etc. I gave my reasons, they did not look very convinced, said can you explain the situations in which you felt the need for a business degree (framed it as "oh you already seem to know so much, what else do you wanna learn?"). This was the point when the guy stepped in, asked questions about my org structure, asked if I'd like to go back to my job after ISB, what roles I'd aim for. I feel like I didn't do my best to explain here - I answered the question of the post-ISB role in terms of what I'd choose during placements, not what I'd choose if I go back to my current workplace. He was reluctant to ask for clarification but I insisted and he went ahead and asked (glad I did) because I was able to clarify it (the job title barely explains the functions I do and will do in my current job and that was the confusing bit). Lastly, the interviewer in the center asked me to put in one line what I learnt from my career. I said "context is everything" - the older guy said "there is no context to the answer whatsoever" and everyone started laughing (me included, because fair enough). Then he waited a minuted and said something like "no but it's a fair quippy one line answer", and asked if I had any questions before I left. I went ahead and asked them about their experience, they all answered, the third lady joked about "oh do I need to answer as well" and I said "no pressure" but she did anyway. Also when the first guy answered it and mentioned networking he said "e.g. if I need to verify anything you've told me about your company or work I always know someone who works there so I can just call them and ask" so I said "so if I lied am I in trouble?" which fortunately, made them laugh. TL;DR I went on autopilot during my interview, and I can't decide if that makes me come off as charming or a d***head, and I'm a little worried that if it's the latter I might have screwed up my chances. I'm honestly only here hoping to get reassured that I did not screw up.

The interview was blind (resume-based). The interviewer was in a bit of rush (I suppose due to multiple meetings). I joined 10 mins earlier than my time and she was already present. We jumped right in and wrapped up with additional questions in about 30 mins. Overall the feel was quite warm and encouraging with her sharing details about her own experience in tid-bits. Questions - 1. Walk me through your resume/TMAY? 2. ST/LT Goals 3. Why MBA/Tuck/Now? 4. TMAT when - received critical feedback/accomplished something in a project/helped someone? 5. What is something new that you learnt recently? 6. Any questions for me? Mostly it was a repeat of most of the questions I have seen here or on ClearAdmit. Just be thorough with your narrative. ATB everyone!

I was asked only behavioural questions. 1. Walk us through your journey and what led you to ISB PGP. 2. Why do you want to pursue MBA in India (I am an overseas candidate) 3. 2 qualities of a good PM 4. Few questions related to what I'd mentioned in the application essays 5. One person (living/dead) who inspires me

finished with the interview on 2nd November: These were my questions 1. Tell me about yourself 2. why MBA 3. WHY ASU 4. Which others schools you have applied and why? 5. tell me about a time when you took step back and let your team handle a problem 6. if you are selected in all the schools how will you decide which school to get admission to ? there were 2 interviewers and the interview was fun

Just had my interview with Ad com. Nothing out of the box but given my profile, there were lot of behavioural questions on professional side, it was 30 minute session but we went on for 65 minutes. Stick to the basics, your real reason behind mba, Carlson and STEM does matter! The school specially loves innovative and analytical people. With such a small class size it all comes down to how much dynamic you are in your soft and hard skills. MBA is just a medium so your rationale behind the pursuing this path must be solid. The last date of decisions is November 15th but it may be released before the deadline as well is what I have been told. It will include admissions offer and financial aid both.