"My panel had two professors P1 and P2 and an alum A1. P1 ushered me into the room and the interview began on a high energy note. I had mentioned in my SOP that I've dabbled in stand-up comedy. They were very interested to find what I've done. P2: How do you go about preparing your material? Explained my process and the observations I used. P2: What's your best work? Told them about a script I'd written taking inspiration from the White House Correspondents' Association Annual Dinner and rewriting it for the India Parliament at the time. P2: Who are the comedians you look upto? Told them my top two comedians and my reasons. Worked in how I they inspired me to write Bangalore specific jokes. P1: Tell me some Bangalore specific jokes. Told them two and they had poker faces. My heart sank a little. P2: Moving on, you have mentioned industries like education and healthcare in your SOP. Do you think such companies come for placements? Told them that they currently do not. However, added that through my research, attending the open house, and talking to alums I've seen that the placements are largely student-driven. Added that these are my preferred industries, not necessity. P2: What impact can you create in the healthcare industry as a PM? I started rambling a little and told more process-oriented stuff than product oriented stuff. P2 seemed to get irritated. P2: Do you think these are process impacts or product impacts? I corrected myself and tied my answer to how a product could improve the said processes. P2: What can be an example of a product in healthcare that you'd like to build? I answered and tied to my own experience of getting admitted to multiple hospitals. P1 took over and asked questions about my sector, which was surprising because I was expecting questions more specific to my country. P1: With all the new online ed-tech courses and universities popping up, do you think traditional schools like our still hold importance? I chose to not take sides in this answer. I told that both can co-exist because India has a vast population and each of them have different needs. Solidified the answers with personal experiences. P1: Which age segment in the education space would you consider to be the most lucrative? Answered and gave reasons. Worked in a personal story into the answer. A1: I want to understand that you've mentioned both content and product roles in your application. What exactly do you do? Answered how I started by building content but slowly progressed to contributing at the product level too. And since this wasn't formal, wanted to pursue and MBA to formalise it. Panel: Any questions for us? I asked two questions - one related to preparing for a certain course and the second related to campus life. Overall, the interview was very pleasant and lasted for a little over 30 minutes. Not a stress interview at all. Would advise to keep your answers short and interesting because P2 seemed to get frustrated a bit when I was going off-topic. Be true and answer genuinely and make the answers as personal as possible. Also, be confident and don't let a low or an unexpected moment take you down. I struggled a bit during my post MBA goals part of the interview. Yet, i kept smiling and answered the rest of the questions. That could've played a significant role too in my selection."

"My panel had two professors P1 and P2 and an alum A1. After the usual pleasantries, P1 began with their questions. P1 seemed disinterested throughout and this was with everyone who interviewed with this panel. P1: Why does your parent company have a different market name and different registration name? Answered that this is done for various reasons and that multiple companies do it. P1: What is the problem that your company is facing with the auditors at the moment? Explained P1: How would you have solved this accounting problem? Answered P1 said they were done with their questions. A1 and P2 took over. A1: What are some of the products you've worked on? Answered and told them that the latest product I worked on was an after-school product for early learners. A1: Why did it shut down? Gave them the reasons and added my pitch that I understand products don't work in isolation but require multiple facets of a business to make it successful in the long run. That's why I need an MBA. Gave them examples of such incidents which I saw. A1: What would you have done to improve the product? Asked them for a few seconds to think. Post that gave an answer on the lines of pivoting model to B2B, reducing input costs, and changing the positioning of the product. P2: You mentioned you want to take courses W and X by Prof Y and Prof Z in you SOP. But they are no longer with the institute. What would you do? I asked them if those course are still being offered. They said yes. Told them that whoever the school would've selected to teach the course must've been thoroughly vetted. P2: You mention Product Management as your post MBA field. IIMC is not really known for its PM placements. How do you think you'll upskill yourself? I answered by stating facts from my research - PM Clubs, PM events etc. P2: The things you mentioned are mostly done by the students in the two-year program. I ensured him that I'd do my best to particpate and drive those clubs and events. Panel: Any questions for us? I asked two questions - one related to curriculum and one related to campus life. They answered comprehensively. My interview lasted for about 25 minutes. Not a stress interview at all. Very conversational. P1 remained disinterested throughout. It felt like a tactic though. My personal energy was a little on the lower side that day since I had a fever for the past two days. All this notwithstanding, I think the two key reasons for my rejection are - IIMC prefers candidates with 9+ years of experience and from more traditional domains like Finance, BFSI, and IT. It places candidates too in the more traditional domains. So I might not have been a good fit for the program."

"You work @intel? What you do? Prof wasn't knowing about chip design so he moved to current affairs of the industry Do you know about arm? Tell me a news about this company? It is going to go IPO in us stock exchange Who owns arm? What it does? Policies of india in semiconductor? Vedanta Foxconn breakup why? Design ecosystem in India and its strength and weakness Moore laws impact on business? It's slowing down so what is intel doing? Why mba ? Companies? Long term goals? Why not semiconductor companies directly after mba? Questions for us? Asked and they answered patiently Conversational interview. Simple to the point 20ish mins"

"P1: Old prof started with what is SoC design engineer. What is SoC? Explained. Are you individual contributor ? No. I explained I am a functional lead role not a inline manager. Asked do I do appraisal? I said no...then started about initiatives. Jumped to what I initiatives I have bought. Laughed about it and pressured me. Prof asked about schemes for India's semiconductor manufacturing. Why intel doesn't have logo in phones? Explained about the ingredient branding done here. Intel doesn't Operate in mobile market. Alumni asked about intel monopoly. I corrected him about market figures. Intel is 6th in market share. Explained about tsmc. Explained him what we are doing to bring back leadership prodcuts. Explained the historu of intel about apple/challenges from Japan. Explained the history of semiconductor industry growth. How japan/China benefited from globalisation. Then finally he asked why epgp? I said learning/transformation/Chetan subramanian/collaboration between epgp/Pgp/pgpem students P3: asked do you a economist has spoken about sc policies. I answered it was raghuram rajan. Asked my opinion about it. I said I don't agree with it. Then done coz they didn't have much time left. Didn't prompt me to ask any questions"

"I was interviewed by a second-year student. It was friendly and conversational. The entire interview took about 25 mins + time for my questions. 1. Please walk me through your resume. 2. Why do you want to get an MBA? 3. Why Tuck? 4. Can you tell me about a time when you received critical feedback? 5. An example of a time I dealt with conflict? 6. What’s one of your lasting legacies? 7. Anything you want to share with us"

"We started with the 10-min presentation. My interviewer let me finish the presentation then raised questions regarding the contents afterwards. Gave some really useful feedback from the perspective of an acutal consulting plan presentation, highlighting that I should've made the most of my 10 minutes (I used 7-8) as if I'm selling a consulting plan worth a million to a CEO. Do not end early. The next part was the motivation and some general MBA interview questions, 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why you think this is the right time to do MBA now? 3. How do you see you will contribute in HEC classroom? 4. After graduating from HEC, which company to work do you plan to work in? Why? 5. What’s your Leadership style? 6. Tell me more about your biggest achievement (essay question)? Lastly, my interviewer gave me some valuable advice for future job searching and the life in France (highlighting that learning French is important if I intend to find a job in France after graduation.) Overall, it was quite conversational and the interviewer was friendly, supportive yet straightforward."

"I was interviewed by Geoff Coons, Associate Director for FT MBA, and Mary Elms, Director of Career Education and Coaching. They started by giving a brief introduction about themselves and then took turns to ask the following questions (not necessarily in that order or those words) : 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. How did you find out about our school in Kingston? What is the process that you followed to shortlist schools? 3. Are you waiting on any deadline from any other school? Which schools did you apply to? 4. Which companies would you shortlist post MBA? Share about the career progression that you plan to have. 5. What are your strengths? 6. What are your areas of improvement? 7. Can you tell us about a time when you received constructive feedback? 8. What are the three most important values you look for in an organization? 9. You are a methodical person and have managed projects through a defined process. What are the steps you will take when a project presents you with many unexpected situations and requires you to be agile? 10. What are the steps you will take if a person in your team is not pulling his/her weight? If we were to reverse the situation, how will you take the feedback when you are the one lagging behind? 11. If you were to be admitted to Smith, what is something that will keep you up at night? What will you worry the most about? The questionnaire session lasted for about 40 minutes and then I was given the opportunity to ask questions. The interviewers were very friendly and provided a comfortable space for me to open up. I really enjoyed talking to them and I hope I did not bore them either. I hope this helps and wish all the future interviewees all the very best."

"Hi – I had my interview a few weeks ago and would like to share my experience. First, I got the interview invitation from LBS, and they told me that within the following days, they would match me with an interviewer. After a week, my regional manager shared his contact information with me. The following week was really stressful because my interviewer didn’t answer my emails, so I ended up sending him a phone message. The next day (Saturday), he called me and explained that he had had a terrible week, he was really sorry and asked me about my agenda, and we arranged an in-person interview on Monday (2 days after the call). I prepared for the interview and had my story clear and structured before the meeting. We met for breakfast, and it lasted around 2 hours. The experience was incredible, we had a fantastic chat, and he shared many valuable tips with me. To start, the interview was nothing as I was expecting. He never asked the classic MBA question explicitly. Otherwise, he asked many behavioural questions to get to know the real me. He started asking me about my personal life, my family and how I got to where I´m right now. Second, he asked me about my post-MBA and long-term goals, and we discussed how LBS would help me get there. Third, after one hour of chat, he gave me a paper with five questions and asked me to talk about the second topic, he left for 5 minutes, then came back and I gave my presentation. Finally, I asked him questions about his experience at LBS and we went over his amazing life experiences as an LBS student. My advice: - Prepare early: As soon as you get your interview invitation, you need to start preparing for the interview because you can’t anticipate when exactly it will be. I studied for more than two weeks after finally getting his call. - Be natural: Prepare well enough for the interview, structure your answers, and know your story, but more importantly, be natural. The interviewer is not looking for a robot that memorises all the answers, his goal is to determine if he would like to have you in class and see your LBS fit. -In-person interview: It´s another experience and story meeting online or in-person. He will only get to know you better through an in-person interview. -Be prepared: Do not be close to classic MBA questions; questions range from personal to behavioural to leadership. I even was asked a technical question about my sector. The interviewer will know the weaker areas of your application, so you need to know them too. -Length of answer: Try to answer in not more than 2-3 minutes for each question; your goal should be to turn the interview into a chat instead of a job interview. -Have fun: This is my biggest piece of advice. Have fun and enjoy the moment; LBS really does excellent work doing an alumni lead interview. The interviewer went through the same process, and he is not looking for reasons to reject you; he is only looking to get to know you better. I had an amazing time with my interviewer and will remember it for the rest of my life. I hope this debrief was useful. Good luck!"

"The interviewer (a senior adcom member who was also HBS Grad) was so nice and welcoming - really made me feel at ease throughout the process, and it felt really fun! 30 mins went by really quickly, and it did not feel like a rapid-fire Q&A at all. Was surprised at how many questions there are for my prior employer! Here is the list of questions: Ask about why picking my undergrad college. How was the exchange program (when I was a high school student) structured? How did you pick your prior employer and move to a different city? What is the big-picture view of your prior employer’s structure? What is your role at your prior employer? How did your role change as you moved to a more senior role? Which division would make the most revenue and which division would make the most profit at your prior employer? A follow-up related to my impromptu research on my prior employer Was dividing your prior employer into different product companies a good idea? Why do you think P/E firm would divide up the company? What was your thought process to go back to your home country and join your current startup from your prior employer and how did the transition go? What was the current startup’s mission, and how did it start? I answered the question, added on the long-term civic mission A follow-up on how did the users use the product of the startup? How current startup is doing, is it still a 10-person startup and what is the business model? What were the customer segments and did they change as the current startup scale? Who was the lead investor in the current startup? Did you participate in fundraising? Were there questions from investors that helped the current startup? How is working under the CEO? Outside of work, what do you like to do for fun?"

"The interviewer was a second-year US student at Fuqua, who is energetic, engaging and seems interested in my background and work exp. The interview lasted about 50 mins, with the last 20 mins for me to ask him some questions about his exp at Fuqua. The interview felt different compared to other alumni interviews I experienced as the interviewer gave his thoughts/comments after each question. It felt casual like a conversation with a friend, which helped to put me at ease. Here is the list of questions: How is this week going so far for you? How did you transition from your prior employer to your home country and how did you find your current startup? What is the biggest challenge that you had at your current startup? What is your future dream? What does diversity mean to you, in your opinion? What is the gender breakdown at the current startup? (threw me off a little bit) What is the most important lesson that I learned at my current startup? So you had your startup experience and your future dream, what do you want to do next and how does Fuqua come into play Asked about school athletics since we both cheered for US college sports Have you ever visited another metropolitan city in your country? Are there stereotypes between different cities in your country? Update: Got accepted with $$ as a Fuqua Impact Scholar! Super excited for the opportunity, good luck everyone!"

"The interviewer was a recent alum from an emerging market in my region, who is engaging and seems interested in my background in tech and startups. (He is in a different industry) The interview lasted about an hour, with the last 15 mins for me to ask him some questions about his exp at Ross. Some unexpected questions that I had to navigate, and some of my answers were too long but fingers crossed! Here is the list of questions: Tell me more about yourself Why Business School/MBA Would you want to work in the US or go back to my home country post-MBA Clarify how many years I was in the US Why Ross? What clubs/organizations will you get involved in at Ross? Ask about my current startup’s product and what the business model is Ask about how I learned and grew in my career, particularly at my current startup when I had no prior experience Tell me about a time you disagree with a colleague A couple of follow-ups on the details of the story above Tell me about one of your failures What if you got requests from senior leaders, such as the CEO? How did you prioritize? Tell me about a time that you worked in a team that has diverse backgrounds"

"The interviewer (a Haas alum from the emerging market) was nice and straightforward, asking exactly 5 questions as she laid out the structure before the interview (not counting follow-ups). She seemed nice and curious; it was a laid-back interview. Was surprised that there is no “Walk me through your resume” question. The interview lasted about 50 mins, with the last 20 mins for me to ask her some questions about her exp at Haas. Here is the list of questions: Why MBA now? Why Haas? How will you contribute to DEI at Haas? Tell me about a time when you influence an outcome through trust and collaboration Tell me about a time when you influence a team Asking follow-up questions about the details and characters in the prior question Is there anything else not on your resume that you want to share? Asking follow-up questions about the characters and roles in the prior question."

"The interviewer (a Kellogg 2Y alum from my home country) was nice and straightforward, asking questions related to points on my resume and then the typical Why MBA now/why Kellogg (which was closer to the end of the interview, surprisingly). She seemed genuinely curious about my career transitions, my work and community service, and my values as a collaborative team player. The interview lasted about an hour, with the last 10-15 mins for me to ask her some questions about her exp at Kellogg. Here is the list of questions: Walk me through your resume Were current community service part of your work at your current startup? More clarification on what current community service is, and it is not related to your current startup in terms of recipients Asking about the transition from the first corporation to current startup - why and was it a seamless transition? Tell me about a time that you work in a team with people from different backgrounds A follow-up question on the teamwork question - did my team talk directly with the customers? If your co-workers have to describe you in 3 words, what would be these words? Tell me about a time when you work on feedback from other members Tell me about a time when you have to bring people from different viewpoints together A follow-up on the question above about the roles of the people in the story What is your biggest contribution/impact in your current professional role? A follow-up on the question above about how long the current product in the current startup is on the market Why MBA now? Why Kellogg? For your career goal, why don’t you continue to work in your current startup and then lateral before building out your own company instead of going to business school? What will be the biggest challenges as you attend Kellogg?"

"Casual but straightforward interview, which put me at ease as I had some issues with the webcam at the beginning of the interview. My interviewer was a senior adcom member who was professional and courteous rather than chatty. The interview is less than 30 mins, so not sure how she feels, but I did the best that I could. Here are the questions: Any updates to your application that you would like us to know about? Tell me about your data visualization Follow up on data visualization Tell me about how you joined your current startup (is it pandemic impacted, did it impact your onboarding process, how do you get to know your colleagues) How does your current startup make money? If you sit with me at a dinner table, can you describe to me (who has no idea of what you do) your current startup and your role? Tell me about a time that you disagree with a co-worker. What is the startup incubator you mentioned in your resume? Do you enjoy working at your current startup? Why MBA now Why Sloan Do you have any questions for me? Update: Did not get the admission offer, which was disappointing, but I learned a lot from the process. Good luck everyone!"

"I was interviewed by AdCom representative named Benjamin Austin for approximately 25 minutes. Initially, I was quite nervous as it was my first interview. However, Benjamin created a comfortable environment by approaching the conversation more as an advisor-student rather than a traditional interviewer-interviewee dynamic. This helped me relax and engage in a smooth conversation with him. My advice to you is not to panic excessively! Stern's interviewers are highly skilled and adept at putting candidates at ease. You will likely feel wonderful after conversing with them! Questions that I got: 1) Briefly introduce yourself, what are you doing in your job 2) Achievement/work that you were proud of 3) Experience that using leadership + cross functional skill (followed from the previous answer that I talked about the achievement using cross functional skill) 4) Constructive feedback you have received and how have you improved from that feedback 5) Goal that you wrote on the essay 6) Why MBA at Stern/how MBA at Stern will get you to your goal 7) (First, Benjamin made sure that I got a full scholarship from my employee and I don't need an internship program like the other students do) but do an internship program still help you in somehow? Do you need an internship? 8) Do you know the resources/communities in Stern that help you to get an internship work? 9) Have any internship firms in your mind? 10) Pic Six (Benjamin chose the one he's interested: travel) 11) How will you plan to spend you free time on weekend in NYC 12) Additional information that you wanna add on 13) Any question to ask back After the interview concluded, he mentioned that he would send today's interview and his comments to the central AdCom for the final decision. The admissions decision results will be announced within 3-4 weeks. In my case, I received the result after 4 weeks plus 3 business days. Good luck to all the future interviewees!"

"I was interviewed by a 2nd year current student, took about 20 mins for an interview + 10 mins for ID showing and rapports. Questions: 1) Briefly introduce yourself about you educations and works 2) Project that you're proud of 3) The other skill which you still haven't mentioned in the previous answer that you think is important for MBA 4) When the things don't go on a plan, what would you do? 5) Why MBA? 6) Besides from core courses, electives, and intensive, are there other things you wanna get from MBA? 7) Have you talked with Cornell's current student or alumni? 8) From the AdCom's virtual session that you have joined, what did you get from it? 9) Contribution to Johnson 10) What you have learned from culture difference? 11) 3 words that your supervisor/your team will describe you"

"I got interviewed with Mark Vandenburg from Ivey Business School. He is part of the Ivey's Career Management team. The interview was very conversational and he made me feel really comfortable since the beginning. Took off with 1) Tell me about yourself? 2) Why MBA? Why now? Why Ivey ? 3) How did you end up in Consulting even though you have an engineering background. What made you to leave Engineering? 4) What did you most enjoy about working in Consulting 5) Were you an agent of change in any scenario ? What did you do & what was the impact ? 6) What problems did you face when leading a team ? What are your learnings ? 7) What are your strengths & weaknesses ? 8) How did you handle cross-functional projects as at times people have other competing priorities. How do you align them to prioritise your work ? 9) The strengths I mentioned was Analytical Mindset, Innovation & Helping others. So, the follow up question : Walk me through your mindset/process when working on an innovative project. How do you come up with innovative ideas ? It was a 60-minute interview, and he gave me 15 minutes to ask him questions. I had a list of about 3-4 questions. You should be ready with 3-5 good questions relevant to your profile."

"Kira interview with four questions, this is not one on one or in person interview, its automated recorded interview. You get 30s or a minute to prepare answer before you can start and best tip is that prior to taking this, there's practice sessions available with kira portal, do as much practice as possible, even if questions are same, you are training yourself to justify time crunch you get to answer each question. Questions i got were all behavioral questions."

"Interview for Silver Scholars. 30 minute interview, went ~5 minutes over time. 1. Interviewer had CV in front of them, asked me to highlight my top 1-2 experiences. 2. Discuss motivations for getting an MBA. 3. Why Silver Scholars (specifically unique timeline compared to other deferred programs)? 4. Read quote from Dean, question was how would you build diversity at Yale and within yourself? 5. Questions for interviewer."

"I was interviewed by an Admissions committee member and the interview was very conversational. The interviewer seemed very open and curious, trying to understand more about my background and my fit for the school. Here are some of the questions i was asked during my interview: 1. Tell me about your educational background and what was your motivation ? 2. Motivation for getting a masters degree 3. Why did you choose particular university and specialization during your masters 4. Any challenges faced during Masters( more about cultural transition from India to US) 5. More questions about work experience and challenges/learning during each role 6. Why MBA and why in Europe 7. Shot term and longterm goals 8. Career objectives post MBA 9. A list of few companies and roles i would be looking for post MBA 10. What quality in you do you see as a personal weakness Finally i was asked if i had any questions for them and was provided with more information as a followup for my questions. Interview lasted 45 min"