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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026
24 days ago Mar 28, 2026 03:03
TMAT
Why are you interested in the program (mine was the MBA Future Leaders Program)
Why Johnson
What kind of leader do you want to become
Your short and long-term goals
What if your short term goals don't work out
Have you connected to any of our alumni network
In between were several short follow up questions about my experience.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026 03:03
My interview questions
Why MBA?
Short and long term goals
If internships doesn’t work, any back up plan?
How you intend to contribute to Cornell
Walk me through your cv
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026 03:03
Was very conversational and pretty straightforward. No TMAT/behavioral question. Questions were:
TMAY
Short and long term goals
Back up plan in case I couldnt achieve my short term goal
Why MBA
Why now
Why Johnson
How I will contribute to the community at Johnson
At the end, we talked for 10 minutes about facilities about my hobbies in Ithica, overall experience in Ithica and at Cornell, and recruitment strategy
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026
1 month ago Mar 21, 2026 03:03
- TMAY
- Why Cornell
- Short/Term Long term goals and how do I plan to transition into my long term goal. They said they don't look at our applications but this was just a note that ad com. had mentioned for them to clarify. Also, had few follows up on this but not too difficult a question
- Back up plan if recruitment doesn't go as planned
- 1 achievement I am proud of
- 1 set back and what I learnt from it
- If I have connect with students of Cornell
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026 04:02
Just had my cornell interview, It was with a second year student.
Interview was very conversational. There were a lot of follow up questions.
First half of the interview was the classic, tell me about yourself,
Why mba, why now, why cornell.
The second part was totally dedicated to how i plan on using cornell’s resources, contribute to them and how much i have interacted with the cornell community already.
There was not TMAT question.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
4 months ago Dec 21, 2025
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026 04:02
30min interview with associate director of admissions
-- tell me about yourself
-- ST/LT goals
-- why johnson
-- contributions to johnson
-- why mba? why now?
-- time when you failed. what did you learn?
-- what are you doing to prep for recruiting
-- what if plan A doesnt work out? do you have plan B?
-- a few more standard behavioral questions
-- questions for me
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026
2 months ago Feb 21, 2026 04:02
Just had my Cornell Interview. Very conversational, was with a 2nd year student.
Focused on why Cornell, back up plan if recruitment doesnt go as planned, clubs/community and how will I give back.
Deep dive into short term, long term goal and how I will transition to achieve it?
1 achievement I am proud of
1 set back and what I learnt from it
if I connected with students from Cornell!
Ended with some questions I had for them.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025 04:11
Tell me about your work?
Short-term goal and why?
What skills from your work are transferable to your short-term goal?
What did you do to prepare? Are you taking any specific courses right now?
Why Johnson?
What’s your plan B?
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
What do you do for fun?
Anything else you’d like me to pass to the admissions committee?
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025 04:11
1. Tell me about yourself/your background, explain why you chose majors + current career path
2. Why MBA
3. Short and long term goals
4. Tell me about a time you failed/didn’t rise to the occasion, and what you learned.
5. Pre MBA networking to learn more about your target industry
6. Why Johnson?
7. What will you contribute to the Johnson community in terms of clubs etc
8. What do you like to do for fun?
9. Anything I didn’t ask you that you’d like me to relay to the admissions committee
10. Questions for me?
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025 04:11
Tell me about yourself?
Why MBA?
Why Now?
Why Johnson?
Are you applying dual track?
TMAT, when you failed?
What did you learned from it?
Post MBA plans?
Option B?
Any additional work to prepare, given a long time out of school?
Tell me more about you as a person. Hobbies, interests etc?
Anything that I should know that you want to tell me?
What questions do you have for me?
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
On Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025
5 months ago Nov 21, 2025 04:11
30min, very friendly and conversational.
• Tell me about yourself
• Why MBA?
• Why Johnson?
• Short/Long-term goals
• Plan B and Plan C
• How are you preparing for recruitment?
• Hobbies to do in Ithaca
• Questions to interviewer
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
10 months ago Jun 21, 2025 03:06
Resume-based interview with second year. It felt conversational, but that also meant some non-typical questions and follow-ups that dug into my experiences vs. more standard questions. Interviewer was helpful and chatty, was very talkative about her own experiences – 30-min interview and 30-min Q&A because of how willing she was to open up.
Expected Qs include introduce yourself, why MBA now, experience managing people, thoughts on recruiting.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
10 months ago Jun 21, 2025 03:06
I really enjoyed the entire process at Johnson. My interview was with a 2nd-year student and was more conversational. You could tell that Johnson has a tight-knit community with everyone willing to help each other. The interview was mostly resume-based and open-ended questions.
1. Why MBA? Why Johnson?
2. What are your thoughts about living in Ithaca?
3. Walk me through your experiences.
4. What are your short-term and long-term goals? Why?
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
1. Tell about yourself
2. Why Johnson? Why mba? Why now?
3. Short - and long-term goals?
4. plans for recruiting
4. how are you preparing for recruiting?
4. TMAT, you failed
5. TMAT, you succeed in an event, but you won’t do it again
6. Questions for interviewer
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
Why mba?
Why Sloan?
Couple of questions from my resume
Usually behaviour questions with followups
I was surprisingly not asked anything about the pre interview essays
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
Why mba? Why cornell? LT and ST goals? Contribution to Cornell? Biggest achievement? Done. Very short and crisp. The interviewer was very sweet and the interview was very conversational.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
I had my interview today, it was 30min call. These are the questions I got
Introduce yourself
Why mba
Short term and long term
Plan B
Tell me about a time you failed
How do you work with diverse groups
Why cornell
Contribute to Cornell
How will you manage rigorous academics and recruiting
Any hobbies
Last 5mins for me to ask questions
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
Interviewer: 2Y MBA student. It was very conversational, lasted for nearly 40 mins- the interviewer allowed last 10 mins for my questions.
1. Intro/Walk me through your profile
2. Why MBA?
3. Why Cornell?
4. Why Ithaca?
5. Short term and long term goals
6. What is your plan B if short term goal does not work out?
7. TMAT when you worked with a difficult colleague
8. TMAT when you worked with a diverse group of people
Conversation on my questions.
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
Had my interview with a 2nd year MBA student, with a member from the Adcom listening in as well. The interview went well overall, and the student I interviewed with has ended up being helpful with the admissions process.
Tell me about yourself
Why MBA?
What do you want to do at Cornell/Johnson?
What is something you did that you enjoyed, but you would never do again?
What is an example from your professional life of giving feedback? How did it go?
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Johnson (Cornell)
Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Student
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025
1 year ago Apr 21, 2025 03:04
Very conversational interview, lasted 30mins (incl. 2 questions asked by me)
- Started off with why did I choose my current employer
- About a time I failed
- A thing which I have successfully done multiple times but wouldn't want to repeat
- Motivation to pursue consulting
- ST & LT goals
- What do you know about Ithaca?
- Which city would you like to work in post Bschool?
- Why Johnson?
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