McDonough (Georgetown) Hub

1)Tell me about yourself. 2) After completing your MBA, what industry do you want to work in? 3) Situation describing facing diversity and how was your experience? 4) Why Georgetown? 5) Why did you apply in the Early Round with the binding agreement when you can go with Round 1? 6) If, along with Georgetown, you get other admits, what are the main things that you look in terms of selecting a school? 7) Program contains lot of courses emphasizing on quant, how are preparing yourself for that? 8) Short and Longterm goals with back up plan

Reposting this for those in R2 getting ready to interview. R1 admit (and attending), I was asked 1,2,5,9,11,12 + short & long term career goals with a backup plan. 1)Tell me about yourself. 2) After completing your MBA, what industry do you want to work in? 3) Describe a situation where you faced a challenge in your team. 4) Describe a situation where you faced a conflict in your team. 5) Situation describing facing diversity and how was your experience? 6) A time where you stepped out as lead and gave the chance to others? 7) Situation you failed and what were your learnings? 8) Constructive criticism that u received from some one? 9) Why Georgetown? 10) Why did you apply in the Early Round with the binding agreement when you can go with Round 1? 11) If, along with Georgetown, you get other admits, what are the main things that you look in terms of selecting a school? 12) Program contains lot of courses emphasizing on quant, how are preparing yourself for that?

Interviewed today Tell me about yourself. 2) After completing your MBA, what industry do you want to work in? 3) Describe a situation where you faced a challenge in your team. 4) Describe a situation where you faced a conflict in your team. 5) Situation describing facing diversity and how was your experience? 6) A time where you stepped out as lead and gave the chance to others? 7) Situation you failed and what were your learnings? 8) Constructive criticism that u received from some one? 9) Why Georgetown? 10) Why did you apply in the Early Round with the binding agreement when you can go with Round 1? 11) If, along with Georgetown, you get other admits, what are the main things that you look in terms of selecting a school? 12) Program contains lot of courses emphasizing on quant, how are preparing yourself for that?

My interview took around 30-35 minutes including my questions; it was pretty relaxed more as a conversation. I was interviewed by the admissions team and the questions were pretty standard: - Walk me through your Resume - Why MBA, Why now and Why Georgetown - Short term and long term career goals - Plan B if the first career choice does not work - Recent challenging situation and how did you handle it - What will be the decision making factors for selecting the school, if you are admitted to multiple MBA programs

I just finished my interview. It was with Assistant Dean. The questions asked were- 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why Mcdonough? 3. ST, LT goal and plan B 4. your experience with diversity. 5. how will your supervisor describe you? and what are your weakness according to your supervisor. 6. Your experience as a follower in a team. 7. how are you planning to improve your quantitative skills? 8. TMAT when you put your team's priority over you. 9. Any questions for me.

Just completed my in person interview with Glen from admissions Committee at Delhi. It was very conversational and Glen was patient when hearing my stories. I met him yesterday during Georgetown Delhi meet up, so I started my interview by mentioning his reactions to couple of similarities between Delhi and DC. Then we had a small chat about Delhi traffic and went into the questions. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. My long and short term goals 4. My backup plan 5. Why Georgetown 6. Tell me about experience working with cross functional teams. 7. My leadership style 8. An instance of Constructive criticism 9. How I will select a school for my mba? 10. Any question for him Overall the experience was really good. In the middle I stopped for a couple of water breaks and we discussed about some general topic. Ended with me giving him cusine options to try in Mumbai. Duration 35-40 mins.

I just got done with my interview. Yullia, a second year Ukrainian student took my interview. - A brief description of your journey from undergrad to now - what are your hobbies? - why georgetown? - what are the other schools you have applied to? - if I ask your manager to state the weaknesses and strengths of Sandipan what will they be? - what are the qualities that you look up to while leading a team? - the school can be really challenging with diverse people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Give me examples where you overcame challenges like this and achieved something. - if you get into georgetown and some other school, how will you choose the one to go to? - the school has a really intensive quantitative curriculum. Do you think you are fit to be an ideal Mcdonough student in this regard? - do you have any question to ask? The interview lasted 40+ mins and post interview we discussed about career opportunities, the war in Ukraine, and how we can all give back something to the world.

I just completed my Admissions interview for the Full-Time MBA intake for Fall'24. My interviewer was Samuel Golub, a second-year student at McDonough pursuing a Finance concentration. It was pretty much standard, with some cross-questioning based on my response, and it went on for about 30 minutes. Below questions were asked - 1. TMAY / Walk me through your Resume. There was a small counter-question about one of the personal interest things I had mentioned. 2. What are your immediate short-term goals and your long-term goals? Also, talk a bit about your Plan B in case Plan A does not work out. 3. Why McDonough? 4. McDonough is big on Collaboration and Diversity. Share your experiences or hiccups around both. Then, there was a counter-question on the 'cultural and geographical shock' I had mentioned, asking how I changed my strategy or thoughts after that experience. 5. McDonough's MBA requires strong quantitative capabilities. Do you have a background and experience utilizing quantitative skills, or how do you plan on improving if not? 6. TMAT when you put aside your personal goals or benefits to work for a group or an initiative. What was the outcome, and how did you feel about it? 7. If offered admission to all the schools you have applied to, how will you choose which one to go to? 8. Any question for me?

Interviewed with a first-year MBA student. Started off in a Q&A format, but ended up becoming conversational towards the end. Interview went on for about 35 min, including questions I had for the student. Questions: (pretty standard and went on for about 25 min) Walk me through your resume Career goals Why MBA? (Also covered by McDonough in this) What's your biggest achievement in a professional or personal setting? What do you bring to Georgetown in terms of diversity? TMAT received constructive feedback and what I learned from it If offered an admit to all schools, how will you select?

My peer interview: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA? 3. Why McCombs? 4. What is the most challenging problem you have ever faced ? 5. Follow-up questions regarding my Post- MBA goals 6. Any questions for the interviewer?

My interview was with an admissions committee member. The interview took place for around 30 mins. 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Why MBA? 3) TMAT, you faced a challenging situation with a person at the workplace, and how did you handle it? 4) TMAT, you challenged the status quo? 5) How are you planning to improve your quantitative skills? 6) Why Mcdonough? 7) what will be your deciding factors if you are admitted elsewhere? Location? Ranking? or anything different from these? 8) Short-term goals and Plan B 9) any questions for me?

The questions asked were 1. Tell me about yourself and why MBA 2. Why Mcdonough? and What other schools you applied to 3. ST, LT goal and plan B 4. your experience with diversity. 7. how are you planning to improve your quantitative skills? 8. Most complex project you handled. 9. Any questions for me.

Yesterday, I gave my McDonough interview and I think it went well! A 1st year flex student is my interviewer and it was a blind interview. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Short & long term goals 3. If not MBA this year, what would be your next steps to reach your goals 4. TMAT about your biggest commitment 5. TMAT when you made a mistake 6. TMAT you led a team? Also, an important constructive feedback you’ve given. 7. What is diversity meant to you? 8. I asked him a few questions The interview lasted for a lil over 35 mins, and he made it very conversational through the time by sharing his personal experiences.

Yesterday, I gave my McDonough interview and I think it went well! A 1st year flex student is my interviewer and it was a blind interview. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Short & long term goals 3. If not MBA this year, what would be your next steps to reach your goals 4. TMAT about your biggest commitment 5. TMAT when you made a mistake 6. TMAT you led a team? Also, an important constructive feedback you've given. 7. What is diversity meant to you? 8. I asked him a few questions The interview lasted for a lil over 35 mins, and he made it very conversational throughout the time by sharing his personal experiences.

My McDonough interview just got over an hour ago and it went quite well! A first-year student was my interviewer. It lasted for about 35 minutes. Most questions revolved around the following: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. We both had similar backgrounds (Marketing), so a couple of questions were about how I pivoted from a technical role to a marketing role and how I chose my team 3. How has my leadership style evolved 4. My most significant accomplishment till date (I added a DE&I example here which he really liked) 5. The most important piece of constructive feedback that I have received so far 6. Short-term and long-term goals and Plan B in case they don’t work out 7. Why MBA now & Why McDonough 8. Any questions that I had for him It was a blind interview and was indeed very conversational. He genuinely made an effort to keep it informal by adding anecdotes and his personal experiences.

My interview was with a 2nd-year student. It lasted 45 minutes. I’ve had six interviews so far. This one was my first that was an actual conversation rather than an interview. He gave feedback and asked follow-up questions for all of my answers. We flowed together in the same direction rather than the specific set of predetermined questions. Tell me about yourself. Walk me through your resume. Tell me about a time you failed and how you learned from that experience. What has been your greatest achievement? What are your short and long-term goals? Why Mcdonough? How will you choose which school to attend? How important is a scholarship? What questions do you have for me?

Interview was with an alum. It was Q&A format and lasted around 20 mins. Questions were typical: 1. TMA yourself 2. Why an MBA now? 3. TMA an experience with diversity 4. Why Georgetown? 5. What are factors in deciding which MBA program you would choose?

My interview was with a second year student. The interview lasted a little over 30 minutes. The interviewer introduced themselves and then went over the format of the interview. Questions asked (not in exact order) 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Short-term and long-term goals 3. Why an MBA and why McDonough? 4. If you get accepted into all the schools you applied to, how will you decide where to attend? 5. TMAT you worked with a diverse group 6. TMAT you dealt with conflict at work 7. What questions do you have for me? The interview was conversational and laid back. Interviewer was very helpful with answering my questions and discussing life at McDonough.

My interview was in the QnA format. I was asked the most basic and cliched questions such as ’a time where you had to overcome some conflict at work’, etc. Overall the interview went good. Shorter than 30min, including the greetings and questions from me.

"Hi guys, Had my interview with an adcom member. It was one of the best interview experiences to date. Questions- 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Goals and Why MBA 3. Difficult experience and how you overcame it? 4. Biggest Accomplishment? 5. What would be the deciding factors for you in choosing schools 6. Questions for the member The adcom member gave me insights into the structure of the MBA and how McDonough was a great fit.