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09 Feb 2022, 17:36
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Latest Cornell Johnson interview questions compilation for 2022 and 2021 intakes
The detailed interview debriefs can be found at this link johnson-198/interview_debrief.html
Interview questions
Questions:
1) What are your short/long term goals?
2) Pros and cons of having a cross-functional campus vs just MBA students?
3) Most important aspect of working in a multidisciplinary team?
4) See the other recent Tech MBA questions that have been asked by Bianca to get a sense of what else could be asked.
5) Any follow up questions? (Good to have more in case your interview still has like 10-15 mins left before time is up - use the time you have wisely).
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Asked a follow-up question on specific career progressions and gaps on my resume after school because I took a gap year before I started working and I talked about that.
3. Have I engaged anyone in the specific company I intend to work post-MBA
4. What is my recruitment strategy
5. How do you prepare for the rigorous MBA curriculum
6. ST / LT Goals
7. What are my touchpoints within the Johnson community
8. What will I do if I fail to land my first choice(consulting), based on my Banking background at some point, why not IB?
9. Will you continue to work in the US or go back to your home country or others
10. What other club activities will I do apart from those I highlighted in my essay
11. What other schools are you applying to (Technically my Why Johnson)
12. What else do you want me to bring to the AdCom / let them know abt me
13. Do you have any questions for me
1. Tell me about yourself / background
2. What is your current role / doing in your current position
3. Why now
4. Why Cornell
5. How do you prepare for the rigorous MBA curriculum
6. ST / LT Goals
7. Do you familiar with the recruitment process / the people, or any connection
8. What other companies you will pursue as a backup plan
9. Will you continue to work in the US or go back to your home country or others
10. Tell me abt your leadership experience
11. How will you make an impact in Cornell
12. What else do you want me to bring to the AdCom / let them know abt me
13. Do you have any questions for me
1. Tell me about your background - both professional and anything else you want to highlight.
2. What skills are you looking to gain from MBA?
3. How are you with your team member. Leadership style and experience
4. One example from work where things did not work out
5. Why Cornell for a career pivot.
6. Short-term goal and why? What is your target company, and why? Target geographies.
7. What other schools did you apply to, and how would you choose.
8. Any questions for her?
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What do you do? What do u do daily at work?
3. Why MBA now? What skills do u need?
4. I know you u mentioned XXX. What are your other motivations for your goals?
5. Who have you spoken to at Cornell?
6. Why Cornell?
7. What if u get accepted to all the programs that you applied to? What will be deciding criteria?
8. Any questions
9. Is there anything you want to tell me that I haven't asked you
1. Tell me your background /WMTYR
2. Why MBA
3. Why Cornell
4. ST LT goals
5. Some follow up questions related to my internship plan based on my long term goals
6. What can you give back to Cornell Community
7. If I asked your supervisor three things about you, what would it be?
8. Does Cornell has the resources you need for your future goal?
9. Is there anything you want to tell me that I haven't asked you
10. Do you want to ask me anything?
1) Tell me about your background
2) Why MBA?
3) why Cornell?
4) What are your short term and long term career goals?
5) what is your alternate goal if your plan A doesn't work
4) What do you do in your current job?
5)What will you bring to Cornell?
6) Aside from work, what other voluntary contribution would you engage to benefit Cornell
7) Name three firms you would like to work at after your MBA.
8) what is your recruitment strategy, how do you intend to utilize Cornell to get to your target company
9) If I asked your supervisor/peers about you, what 3 words would they use to describe you and why?
10)Is there anything you wished I had asked you in your application?
11) Do you have any questions for me?
Why MBA?
ST/LT goals
What resources you’ll use for recruiting? (basically wanted to know if I am aware of the clubs and recruiting process)
A follow up on LT goal
Why Johnson?
How would peers describe you?
Leadership style/experience
What clubs you’ll be involved in at Johnson?
A follow up (repetitive) question on recruiting strategy/resources
Back up plan for career choice
Anything we didn’t cover that you want to highlight?
1. Introduce yourself - Personal and Professional
2. Why Johnson and what attracts you to Johnson the most? How would you contribute to the Johnson community?
3. Why a second MBA?
4. What are your long term and short term goals and what will be your recruiting strategy?
1) Tell me about yourself
2) Why MBA?
3) Short and long term goals?
4) How do you come up with these goals?
5) Why Johnson?
6) Anything that you would like to share?
1. Introduction
2. Why One Year MBA ? ( Very Important - Have Personal Strong Stories)
3. Why Cornell?
4. ST and LT Goals
5. What are some of the challenges faced in terms of diversity and inclusion?
6. Describe your leadership style in a few words?
7. What is your plan B if ST goal doesn't work?
8. What are some of the companies are you targeting after graduation?
1- Talk to me about yourself
2- ST and LT goals
3- Why MBA and Why Johnson?
4- Plan B
5- Leadership Experience and Style
6- How do you encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom?
1. Intro
2. Career Goals
3. What advice would you give to a friend if they want to open a coffee shop?
4. Talk about a time when you managed resource constraints
5. What excites you towards Cornell Tech as opposed to the general 2-year program at Ithaca?
6. What are the disadvantages of the Cornell Tech MBA?
7. How do you handle disappointments?
8. How is your knowledge of digital tech?
9. Any questions for her?
1) Walkthrough your academic experience and how does this relate to your goals and your application?
2) How will an MBA help you achieve your goals?
3) Leadership experience and leadership style
4) Why Cornell
5) How steps will you take to make sure you are successful in achieving your goals
6) Did you speak to anyone from school or the profession to understand more about the industry
7) What are 1-2 qualities your co-workers think you have?
8) Anything I haven't asked you that you wanted to share with me?
- an intro abt myself
- short/long term goals.
- how I felt abt working cross-disciplinary team
- what would u do if u faced resource constraints.
- what are some things that attribute to my success.
- if my friend called me today and told me she is gonna start a coffee business, what would i say to her.
- do I have any other questions
1- Talk to me about yourself
2- What do you want to do right after Johnson?
3- What appeals to you about Johnson in particular?
4- What do you do for fun?
5- How do you show up as a team member?
6- How do you encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom?
7- Anything I haven't asked you that you wanted to share with me?
Tell Me about yourself.
Why are you looking to get an MBA?
Why Cornell Tech and not the Full-time program in Ithaca?
Tell me about a time when you had to convince higher-ups of doing something different.
Tell me about your knowledge in digital tech.
What else should admissions know about you that wasn't submitted to your application?
What questions do you have for me?
Could you walk me through your background?
Why MBA?
Why Johnson
Short/Long term goals?
What resource would you utilise, either personally or professionally, to achieve your goals?
What is your leadership style?
Is there any question I may have asked?
- Tell me about yourself (academic+professional background)
- Your leadership experience
- Why MBA, why now
- Why Johnson
- Post-MBA goals
- Some questions specific to my resume
- then it was my turn to ask questions before we ended the video call
1. Tell me about your background and why do you want to get an MBA?
2. What are some companies you want to work for after your MBA?
3. What are some steps you'll take to ensure you get an internship?
4. How are you preparing for the rigorous academic environment?
5. Any clubs or courses you'd like to join?
6. Anything you want me to take back to the AdCom?
Tell me about yourself
Tell me about your undergrad. How involved you were there?
Why Johnson?
Any major project at work which affected you a lot
What if consulting doesn't happen?
What if US doesn't happen post MBA?
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why MBA?
3. Which companies do you want to work for post-MBA, and where?
4. Why Johnson?
5. Tell me about your experience as a teammate and a leader (in one question)
6. What do you do for fun?
7. Which immersion or class do you want to take?
Q1. Tell me about yourself
Q2. Which project or accomplishment are you most proud of as an entrepreneur?
Q3. What are one thing you like most and one least about being an entrepreneur?
Q4. Why MBA? Future Plans?
Q5. Why did you choose Johnson?
Q6. Which clubs will you join?
Q7. What will other students gain from you?
Q8. Anything else you would like me to know?
Run me through your background.
Why MBA? What are the skill gaps you are trying to fill?
Why Consulting?
Why Cornell?
If your colleagues could describe you in three (3) words what would they say?
What do you do in your spare time?
Any information you want the ADCOM to know?
Any questions?
1. Self-introduction
2. Why MBA, Why know
3. Why consulting, what consulting firms you are interested in (say something other than MBB)
4. Why Johnson
5. Any projects you have worked on during your career
5. Anything you want to mention and highlight?
6. Any other questions?
1. Introduce yourself
2. Why MBA?
3. Why Cornell/Johnson?
4. Post-graduation goals?
5. What does leadership mean to you?
6. What new thing have you been doing since/as a result of COVID?
7. Is there anything extra you want to share with the admission committee?
8. Do you have any questions for me?
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What is your leadership style
3. Which other company apart from BCG in consulting would you like to apply for.
4. Why consulting?
5. What's your plan B?
6. What are your short term and long term plans?
7. Why Cornell?
8. Which Alumns did you talk to?
9. Which Clubs you would like to join?
10. Which values of Cornell do you associate most?
11. How would you contribute to Cornell
12. Is there anything else that you would like the admissions committee to know.
13. Do you want to ask any questions?
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why Cornell
3. Why MBA
4. Have you interacted with any alums? ( Very important. I had interacted with 3 and gave proper details )
5. Which clubs and subjects you would be interested in?
6. How would you describe yourself as a person?
7. What is your leadership style?
8. How has Covid affected you?
9. What would you want me to tell the Adcom
10. Plan B
11. Short term plan? Which companies come to Cornell where you would want to work? Have to talk to any alum about the recruitment?
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