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I have completed my on campus interview today. It was very conversational. No curve ball questions. 2nd year student interviewed me and it took around 25 mins. Here are the questions: - - Walk me through your resume - - Stand out Leadership Experience - - How did you resolve a conflict in a team setting? - - Short and Long Term Goals - - plan B for short term goal - - Why Mba and Why Now? - - Why McCombs? - - What did you learn through application process? - - Any other information that you would like to tell us - - Questions for me

Just had my interview yesterday on campus with 2nd year student. Pretty conversational overall and it took me 1 hour. Questions from what I remember were what you have already read online from GMATClub reports and Clearadmit: Walk through resume. Why MBA/why now? Why McCombs? Example of leadership experience. Example of conflict at work and how it was resolved. Short term long goals and long term goals. What about Plan B? What did you learn through application process? Experience with diverse group? What would you contribute at McCombs? Questions for him. Also, decided to go for the lunch and learn they had on campus for that day. Had a nice chat with a couple of 1st year students there. Now to wait for December. Good luck to all!

Overall interview was rather interesting, lasted 1 hour. I could not read the interviewer whether i was doing good or not. So i have received following questions: 1. Walk me through your resume? - Several times i was asked deeper questions, what exactly was done and how. What were the results. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why McCombs? 4. Short term goal and Plan B? 5. Unique solution to the problem? 6. Most proud accomplishment? 7. What have you learned about yourself during application process? 8. How do you plan to contribute? 9. Please share some other additional information about yourself that has NOT been included in your application? 10. The biggest challenge during your current work? and some other questions. Some insights, all the questions are written for interviewer in special format and they follow the conversation and immidietly put your reasoning on paper, thus a few proposals: 1. Prepare all answers to the questions listed in this thread and practice 2. Answer should contain straightforward reasoning, thus for interviewer it would be easy to follow your story and write it down.

A Texas Welcome... without the bells and whistles This review is for both FT and PT (evening) applicants as I interviewed for both programs. So here it is. I took my time learning about top business schools and decided Texas would make my top 3 list based on its reputation, strength in industries most important to me, and campus personality. This is important to internalize yourself as it will no doubt be pulled out of you during your interview. In my 2 interviews, I made sure to look sharp but didn't care to be in a traditional suit for 1 of them. That didn't seem to matter, especially as I went in with a strategy of talking tech and entrepreneurialism (the look seemed to complement the way I dressed that one time). There are so many resources online in terms of which questions have been asked before so I won't spend too much time on that here. If you're a PT/Evening student, you'll most likely interview with the Director or Associate Director of the program. My experience with her was very straight forward and we talked a lot about my views of business and my plans post-grad (have a tight story here). For the FT Interview, I interviewed with a 2nd year student. Very casually, we spoke about my professional experiences, outside leadership, and post-grad goals. Again, no curve balls here except he did ask some behavioral questions (tell me about a time when you....). My advice here is to be likable in your delivery, but also have true stories that you can use that shows your ability to overcome obstacles and to contribute to a larger group. Tips to remember for your interview: - show "bleed orange" pride. They are looking for someone who loves (or will love) UT - provide structured answers. Don't ramble and make sure to answer the question - be positive and likable. Show humility in the things you are/were lacking. Bonus points if you can tie in why McCombs will help in that area. - make sure your story ties. If you're GMAT is a 650 and you want to get into McKinsey, your interviewer will challenge you. Same thing if you name "target" companies that do not recruit at McCombs. - do coffee chats, webinars, and class visits, before your interview if possible. It'll show your interviewer you made the effort to get to know the school. - you will be asked how McCombs ranks against your other top choices. Your interviewer will complement you with whatever else you say, but be careful of diminishing McCombs.