Kelley (Indiana)

"My interview, which lasted for 50 minutes, was through Skype and it was very conversational. My interviewer was a senior lady from the Admissions Committee. I remember answering the following questions:- 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why Kelley? 3. What is important in a team according to you? Why? 4. Why Operations? Why Walmart or Amazon? (My Short-term goal) 5. Tell me about your company. (My start-up) 6. How does your Manager describe you? 7. What is your weakness and how do you improve? 8. How do you prioritize tasks when all the tasks are equally important? 9. Tell me a time when you had led a team. 10. What is your personal achievement and why? 11. What is your professional achievement and Why? 12. Tell me a situation when someone in your team is not listening to you and how did you tackle him/ her? 13. Do you want to convey anything else to the admissions committee? 14. Do you have any questions? All the best!"

"Hello, I had my interview on 01/20 with a second-year student. Overall it was very conversational in nature and we had a few things in common so we talked about that for a little bit before the questions started. It was about 30-40 minutes in length. Questions: 1. Tell me about you and your journey up until now 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Kelley? 4. What skills do you most want to improve while pursuing your MBA? 5. Who are you in a team project (describe how you work with the team)? 6. Describe an example when you lead a team. 7. How do you deal with conflict? 8. Describe an example of when you dealt with conflict and how this was resolved. 9. How would your manager describe you (traits, etc.)? 10. How would your friends describe you? 11. What is your biggest professional accomplishment and why? 12. Questions about Kelley/Indiana Best of luck!"

"My interview took place a few weeks back. It was with a 2nd year MBA student and it was conversational and positive. Some of the questions asked: 1. Why MBA? 2. Why Kelley? 3. How would your friends describe you? 4. Tell me about a time you led a team. Those are the ones I remember. As long as you do your research, you will be fine. I hope this helps!"

"Started with his intro. Next my turn to answer 1. My intro 2. Why MBA and why now 3. Why Kelley 4. How do you work in a team 5. How do you handle if one member not contributing 6. What did you learn from your diverse experience (this was based on my personal work related story) 7. How do you tackle risks? 8. What strengths and weakness will your manager say about you? 9. How will your friends describe you. 10. Questions for him."

"Interview conducted by a second-year student. Lasted for 25 mins and the question speed was quite rapid! Below are the questions asked in no particular order: 1. Introduce yourself 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Kelley? 4. A Situation where you lead a group of people and the impact it had? 5. Which traits would your manager pick as your strongest? 6. What skills will you bring to the Kelley core group? 7. How will you handle a person who is not listening to you in your core group? 8. Biggest professional accomplishment? 9. How did you go about achieving the biggest accomplishment? 10. One Weakness and how did you improve on it? 11. Anything else you want the admission committee to know? Any questions for me?"

"It was an interview conducted by a second year student (super friendly). Questions similar to the previous posts. I will add a few questions: When working on teams, what role do you take? At the end I was able to learn more about the student experiences. Good luck to everyone having interviews!"

"I had a Skype interview with Casey Bufford on 10th Feb'20 and it lasted for about 30 mins. There were a few network issues overall, but she was pretty calm about it and I had a great interview experience. The questions that I was asked were on the lines of: 1. Tell me something about yourself. 2. From a Software Engineer to being in the Finance Industry, how was the transition for you? 3. Why do you want to do an MBA? 4. What are your goals? 5. How does being at Kelley help you in your career? 6. Tell me about a project where you demonstrated leadership. What did you exactly do? What were the results of your efforts? 7. Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with your colleague(s). How did you resolve it? 8. Tell me about a piece of constructive feedback that you received. What did you do about it? 9. Tell me about your biggest personal or professional achievement. 10. What skills or personality traits would you bring to the team environment at Kelley? 11. Do you have any questions for me? I hope this helps! Good luck guys! :)"

"Very casual conversation, lasted about 25 mts - Tell me about yourself - Why MBA - Why Kelley - Example where you showed leadership - Any other questions for the adcom Waiting for result..."

"1.Walk me through your resume 2.Why MBA, Why now? 3.Why Kelley? 4.Which skills do you want to improve through an MBA? 5.Can you share a time you had to solve a challenging situation? 6.How would your current supervisor describe your type of leadership? 7.Anything else that you want to know about the program? 8.Any additional question?"

"I had a Skype interview with a final year student. I might have missed a question or two but they were all around similar lines. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. What made you realise that you want to do an MBA? 3. How did you decide on Kelley? 4. Can you share a time when you took up leadership when you didn't really need to? 5. A time, when you faced difficulties leading a team and how did you manage? In hindsight, anything that you felt you could have done better? 6. Apart from your studies and work, anything that you did that are really proud and happy about? 7, A time when you had to mediate between two employees? 7. Anything else that you would like us to know? 8. Any questions for them?"

"It was a F2F with an adcom member. I was asked the below questions, and a few more on similar lines. Why MBA Describe a challenging situation What motivates you What industry/role after MBA. Why that industry/role. What are your strengths/weaknesses. What will your peers miss about you when you leave. How will you contribute to class. What makes a great team according to you? any apprehensions on doing a mba"

"I interviewed with Adcom Director. Great guy I must say. Very conversational and light toned conversation. Conversation started with small talk regarding the background music and then we jumped into the interview. 1) Why mba and why now? 2) Follow ups 3) What are the skills that you have gained? 4) Why Kelley (By this time I told how my elder sibling has just graduated from the Kelley FT MBA). So now he knew I know the program inside out and 1-2 follow ups around that. Now no more questions on school research cause he knew. 5) Why this industry? What inspired me? 6) Strength and weaknesses 7) Any apprehension about mba? 8) What motivates you? 9) Follow up around my leadership examples 10) Why US? 11) Follow up around my other skill examples and behavioral questions on that. 12) Questions from him And that was it. Good experience. They are very nice and conversational. No stress testing so relax."

"Had my interview today; was very relaxed and conversational. The questions submitted by previous interviewees were great preparation: highly recommend you write out answers to these questions as a means of preparing!"

"Hi everyone. Had my Skype interview on Tuesday. My interviewer was a 2nd year MBA student named Dan Kempf. He was really enthusiastic and encouraging. The interview was a conversational one and I really enjoyed it a lot. It started with my interest in Football and then moved on to a more professional point of view. I was asked a lot of behavioural questions too. Questions asked were on the lines of. 1. My career goals and how I will achieve them through my MBA. 2. Why USA!? Why Kelley!? 3. My professional career till now. 4. My leadership experiences and how I like to lead a team. 5. Positive Criticisms from supervisors. 6. Ethical dilemma I faced during work. 7. How I work in a team!? 8. Any questions for him. Have my fingers crossed now for the final result. Hope all this information helps."

"Some notes on my interview. This was a blind interview, the adcom only had my resume. It was very conversational. The adcom spend a considerable time talking up Kelley. Questions I was asked 1. Why do you want an MBA? Why now? 2. Why have you chosen this career path? 3. Why Kelley? 4. What is something positive your colleagues or manager would say about you? 5. What is something they would say you need to work on? 6. What is something you would change about your professional journey? 7. Do you have any concerns about getting an MBA? 8. Anything else you would like me to know? 9. Questions for the adcom"

"I had my interview with Jim Holmen on 18th Nov at Bangalore. We started early as I reached half an hour earlier than my scheduled time. Started with discussing about Bangalore traffic and jumped into the actual interview. 1. Why do you want to do an MBA? 2. In what position do you want to see yourself after MBA? 3. While selecting MBA schools, which aspects did you consider? 4. What motivates you? 5. What do you do in your free time? 6. How would you want your Kelley team to be? 7. What will your teammates learn from you? 8. What would your colleagues highlight as your strengths? 9. What would your colleagues highlight as your improvement areas? 10. Do you have any regrets in your journey till now? (Discussed about my Under Grad Major which got me nowhere) 11. Do you have any apprehensions to do an MBA now? 12. Tell me if there is anything you’d want me to know about you? 13. Questions if you have any. I really got a feel of a conversational interview. Discussed something or the other in almost every question. Hope this helps."

"I visited Kelley more than one time, and I have nothing but good things to say about it. The students, alumni and faculty were great, very welcoming and knowledgeable. In fact they made you feel like you were part of the program already. My interview was self initiated, and the visit started with a dinner the night before with two second year students, at a nice Italian restaurant in downtown Bloomington. They were very open and transparent about the school, they made sure to let me know they weren't part of the admissions team and that could ask any "tough" questions. The day of the interview I attended a class in Marketing Law, the professor and students were very engaging. Then lunch with admissions and other current students, Interview with current student, and finally some meetings that I arranged with some faculty and students. My interviewers, I would say was the exception to all the welcoming I experienced. He showed something like 15min late, and had quite an attitude. I felt as he was there by obligation and had no interest in learning about me. He went through the motions of the scripted interview he had and that was it. I actually cross passed with him after an hour or so, and didn't acknowledge at all when I greeted him. My interview obviously went well enough, as I got admitted to the program. I want to say that he probably was the exception to the rule. The school in general was very welcoming, the people very humble, and helpful. I would recommend Kelley to anyone."