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My interview was taken by a second year student and it lasted about 1 hour. 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why Fuqua? Why MBA? How will you benefit the fuqua community by joining? 3. TMAT when you faced a failure situation. 4. Tell me about your leadership style? 5. LT & ST goals. 6. What all student led clubs and communities you are excited to join. 7.TMAT when you faced a challenging situation. Ending with If you have any questions for me. The interviewer was very friendly and enthusiastic.

I was interviewed by a female student. She was very nice and the interview only lasted 30 minutes, with my questions it was extended to 45 minutes. Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why Mba and Fuqua 3. Tell me more about your leadership style and when you’ve had to lead a group 4. Tell me about a time when you’ve had to work with different kinds of people 5. Tell me about a situation when you’ve had a dilemma with your values 6. What is your plan if you don't get into Fuqua 7. Questions for her

Had my interview with a second-year student. It was super long, took about 1hr 45 minutes, probably the longest MBA interview I have ever had. But it was very conversational and had a lot of follow up questions. So be thorough with your story. Some of the questions which I remember are: 1. Why I have chosen to be in the sector in which I work currently (I had a non-traditional background) 2.Why MBA? 3. Short-term and Long-term Goals? 4.Specific skills that you plan on gaining from MBA? 5.Strengths? 6.Weakness? 7.Classes and Programs in Fuqua that will help you? 8.How is your leadership style? 9.How was being a diverse team/diversity helpful to you? 10.What do you think is the most important as aspect of building relationship with people? 11. A follow-up question about a particular experience in my professional life that I shared. 12.A time when you had problems communicating? 13.What does DQ mean to you? 14.A particular instance where you had to deal with ethical issue? 15.Why Fuqua? 16.How will you contribute to Fuqua? 17.Any questions for me? My advice will be to have a good knowledge on Fuqua, its curriculum, its culture and values.

Just sharing my questions here: - introduction - Why now MBA? - How is diversity means to you? - tell my international exposure experience - tell me a time when you face an ethical dillema

Had my interview with a 2nd year student - 1) Introduction 2) Why Fuqua 3) Time when you gave feedback to a mentee or colleague. What did you learn about yourself through that situation? 4) Time when you dealt with someone who was excluding others 5) What clubs will you join? 6) Time when you explained a difficult concept to someone 7) Leader/figure you admire 8) What is the one thing your teammates would be proud of? 9) Why’d you say is your team successful? (Qualities of a good team) 10) What are you outside of work? 11) What’s one quality people would look up to you for? 12) Any questions for me? Lasted 56 mins

Just sharing my questions here: - introduction - Why now MBA? - How is diversity means to you? - tell my international exposure experience - tell me a time when you face an ethical dilemma

Had my interview with a 2nd year student - 1) Introduction 2) Why Fuqua 3) Time when you gave feedback to a mentee or colleague. What did you learn about yourself through that situation? 4) Time when you dealt with someone who was excluding others 5) What clubs will you join? 6) Time when you explained a difficult concept to someone 7) Leader/figure you admire 8) What is the one thing your teammates would be proud of? 9) Why’d you say is your team successful? (Qualities of a good team) 10) What are you outside of work? 11) What’s one quality people would look up to you for? 12) Any questions for me? Lasted 56 mins

R1 applicant here, just completed my interview with a second year student at early November. Very friendly and conversational, but also deep dive into your personal thoughts. Would suggest expecting: 1. a slightly longer interview (40-60 mins), so better have a great sleep the day before 2. more school specific questions (e.g. DQ, Team Fuqua, DEI ...) 3. a very kind interviewer, so enjoy!

R1 applicant, did my interview earlier this week. Expect a decent amount of DQ questions (I got asked time I chose a hard right over an easy wrong), Fuqua questions (what does team Fuqua mean to you) and I personally didn’t get any of the usual questions (why bschool, why now etc). My interviewer didn’t come in with a script, and asked questions based on where the conversation was going. For example, when I mentioned that the general corporate leadership landscape needs change, he asked me about my thoughts on a CEO’s duty etc. Just be ready to back up everything you say because they definitely dig deep!

A second-year student conducted my virtual interview. They were friendly and engaging, allowing a fun and casual conversation. The interview lasted 60 minutes, with the last 10-15 minutes used for questions for the interviewer. 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Fuqua? 4. How would you add to the diversity at Fuqua? 5. Tell me a time when you exhibited DQ. 6. What is Team Fuqua to you? 7. What is your leadership style? 8. Tell me a leadership story where you failed. 9. What are three attributes that make a good team? 10. Tell me a time when teamwork failed. 11. Do you have any questions for me? 12. Do you want me to convey anything additional to the admissions committee?

Friendly interview style, No follow up questions or probing but questions were sort of related to one-another He kept saying, very impressive and encouraged me throughout Tell me about yourself What are your short term and long term goals and why do you want to do MBA Tell me about your biggest professional achievement and why it is your biggest achievement Tell me about a leadership experience What is your communication style Tell me about your teamwork experience outside of work and what did you learn Tell me about a time when teamwork didn’t go well How will your colleagues and friends describe you What motivates you How will you contribute to Fuqua Any questions for me

My interviewer was a 2003 Alum of Japanese nationality currently located in New York. He was very friendly and encouraged me after every answer which made me feel very supported. He also knew one of the alum I talked about. He seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say and asked a few follow-up questions as well. At the very end, he asked if I could speak in Japanese with him (which I had informed earlier in the interview that I could) and I talked a bit about how I learned Japanese and the interview ended on a positive note. Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. What are your short term and long term goals and why do you want to do MBA 3. Tell me about your biggest professional achievement and why it is your biggest achievement 4. Tell me about a leadership experience 5. What is your communication style 6. Tell me about your teamwork experience outside of work and what did you learn 7. Tell me about a time when teamwork didn’t go well 8. How will your colleagues and friends describe you 9. What motivates you 10. How will you contribute to Fuqua 11. Any questions for me

The interview was conducted by an alum, and it was incredibly friendly. After some small talk, he explained the process, the logistics and that the interview is just a part of the whole interview process. The interview took about an hour. He took notes and referred to them as he asked some questions. Here are the questions: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA? Why now? 3) Follow-up questions (i.e. what's a role you envision yourself to be in in the long-term specifically) 4) For consulting, whether I want to be a generalist or a specialist (Given that was my short term goal) 5) Why Fuqua? 6) How would you contribute to Fuqua community? 7) Tell me about the last time you had a performance review and your strengths and weaknesses 8) Follow-up: Did you do anything to resolve your weaknesses and what were the results? 9) Tell me about a time you had to adapt your communication skills to influence a team or person? 10) Tell me about a diverse team you lead and how that led to the project's success 11) What defines your leadership style?

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!

I interviewed with a second year student. The interview lasted about 50 minutes, making it the longest b-school interview I appeared for. There were a lot of behavioral questions we covered, but it was very conversational and fun. She introduced herself in first 2-3 minutes and then we dived right in: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why is an MBA right next step and why now? 3. What is your near-term plan to achieve this long-term vision? 4. Why is Fuqua the right place for you? 5. How do you see yourself contributing to Team Fuqua? And what diverse perspective will you bring to the cohort? 6. Can you think of at least three clubs/activities that you think you'll be joining at Fuqua to learn new things, apart from the ones where you'll be contributing? 7. What is your leadership style and could you talk about a time where you had to lead in a situation of conflict or strong objections? 8. Who is a leader you admire and what according to you are traits of a good leader? 9. Could you describe your mentorship style using only three-adjectives? She then asked for an example where I mentored someone and lived those adjectives IRL. 10. Have you had an experience of working in a diverse team where someone was being disrespected? 11. What was your experience like working with all these cross-functional and cross-geographic teams? How do you lead people with all these different backgrounds and experiences? 12. Tell me about a time you received a constructive feedback. 13. Has there been a time where you used active listening to change the outcome? 14. If Fuqua doesn't work out in this round, what is your Plan B? 15. Any questions for me? It got a little exhausting after a while with all these behavioral questions, but I tried to answer each one with a big smile and high enthusiasm. Hope this helps y'all!

Pretty casual, 25 mins max. Talked a lot about skiing. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Goals 4. Why Fuqua 5. How will you contribute to Fuqua 6. TMAT You were a leader among leaders 7. TMAT when you lead a diverse team 8. Questions for the interviewer

The interview itself was very conversational, with a second year student. Lasted for 1 hour. The interviewer started by their own introduction before asking me questions. - Tell me about yourself - Why MBA/short term & long term goals, why now - Follow up question about long term goal, we spent quite a bit of time on this - Tell me about your leadership style - Tell me about a time when you give feedback to someone - Why Fuqua specifically? - Have you talked to any alumni? What did they say about Fuqua? - Your planned contribution to the Fuqua community? (I basically just re-iterated my essay). It went into back-and-forth discussions from there after I was invited to ask questions. My question - the interviewer's answer - then either one of us asked follow up questions. Although it did not become very structured, I enjoyed the overall conversation and I think the interviewer did, too. I guess don't be afraid to build rapport with the interviewer, let he/she be in a good mood to assess you. Have some questions about Fuqua handy - you want to be perceived as someone who has researched about this school well. Good luck everyone!

I was interviewed by an alum based in India. The interview lasted 1 hour 45 minutes. He started by saying that the conversation will be informal and I shouldnt treat this as an interview. Basic Qs - Why MBA/ Why now/Why Duke/ Why Team Fuqua Follow ups on what research I have done in deciding my post MBA goals. Situational - All questions around teamwork. What role I play in teams/How to motivate someone in team/Best leadership story/Best and worst things about working in team. My only advice is to sound too excited to be working in teams.

Very warm conversation with a 2nd-year student. She introduced herself and started off with the following questions, adding inputs after each of my responses, which kept me going 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA, why now 3. Why Fuqua 4. TMAT when you were in a successful team and the role you played 5. TMAT you convince someone who didn't agree with you 6. If I was adcom, Is there anything other thing you would like me to know about you 7. Questions for the interviewer

Very warm and friendly conversation with a 2nd-year student. She introduced herself and started off with the following questions, adding inputs after each of my responses, which kept me going :) 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Goals -- Follow up questions to this 4. Why Fuqua 5. How will you contribute to Fuqua 6. TMAT you received constructive feedback 7. TMAT when you gave feedback to a team member 8. A time you assumed a leadership role 9. An experience with a diverse team 10. Questions for the interviewer