Owen (Vanderbilt)

"The interviewer was a very jovial person an was going to visit my country soon. 1) Why MBA? 2) Why Vanderbilt Owen and Nashville? (I spoke about Nashville so the Nashville part). 3) What do you plan to do at Vanderbilt? (Interviewer was noting down all points). 4) How can you contribute at Vanderbilt? 5) Which other colleges have you applied and why? 6) TMAT you made a professional mistake? (Did not ask what you learnt or anything). 7) Common misconception about you? Pos this only conversation was on Employment outcomes currently at Vanderbilt for Product Marketing Manager, Product Manager (Tech), and Brand Manager roles."

"The interview was done by a second-year student, a super chill guy - very conversational He asked the following questions 1.Tell me about yourself 2. Short/long term goals post-graduation 3. Why MBA? Why now? 4. Why Owen? 6. What other schools are you applying to and why? 7. What will you bring to the Owen community? 8. Tell me what you have learned from your experience interacting with individuals different from yourself 9. Outside of work, what do you like to do for fun? The interview took the entire 30ish minutes plus another 10 for me to ask Q's"

""The interviewer was a 2nd year student." She asked the following questions and then opened it up for me to ask her any questions. 1.Tell me about yourself 2. Short/long term goals post-graduation 3. Why MBA? 4. What clubs are you interested in joining at Owen? 5. TMAT you led a team that had a negative outcome 6. What other schools are you applying to and why? 7. What will you bring to the Owen community? 8. Tell me what you have learned from your experience interacting with individuals different from yourself 9. Outside of work, what do you like to do for fun? The interview took the entire 45 minutes.""

"The interviewer was a 2nd year student and it was a very informal interview. He asked the following questions and then opened it up for me to ask him any questions. 1.Tell me about yourself 2. Short/long term goals post-graduation 3. TMAT you led a team that had a negative outcome 4. What is an area you have received criticism for and how did you handle it? 5. What clubs are you interested in joining at Owen? 6. What other schools are you applying to and why? 7. What will you bring to the Owen community and what do you want from the Owen community? 8. Tell me what you have learned from your experience interacting with individuals different from yourself 9. Outside of work, what do you like to do for fun? The interview took the entire 30 minutes."

"1. Tell me about your journey 2. Why MBA? 3. What are your short-term/long-term goals 4. Why Owen? What do you expect to get out of the program? 5. How will you support the community? 6. How would your colleagues and peers describe you? 7. Proudest achievement at work 8. What do you like doing outside of work? 9. Any questions for me? I asked about 3 questions and then my interviewer shared his experiences"

"Interviewed by a 2nd year student. Interview was very conversational. 1. Introduction: they introduced themselves and asked me to do the same 1a. Talk about a project that you worked on 2. Why MBA? 3. Short-term goals post-MBA. Asked me to go into a little more detail regarding my post-MBA goals 4. Why Owen? 5. Two-part question. First part was what do you bring to the table at Owen, and the second part was what do you hope to gain from your classmates here? 6. What other B-schools did you apply to and why? 7. Diversity is very important at Owen. What makes you equipped to thrive in a diverse environment? 8. Talk about a time when you either succeeded or failed on a project 9. Tell me a fun fact about yourself 10. How would your colleagues (superiors and peers / juniors) describe you? 11. Questions for the interviewer"

"Was interviewed by a 2nd year grad student It was a blind interview interview sequence: 1. Introduce your self 2. Why MBA ? Why now ? 2a. Short term and long term goals 3. Why owen ? 4. What would you bring to Owen's community and what would you want from the community? 5. DEI initiatives at work 6. Talk about a time when you led a team. 7. What is your weakness, and what have you done to overcome this weakness ? 8. What do you do in your free time ? 9. Any questions for me"

"I was asked a few questions similar to other debriefs. Tell me about yourself; what was the most impactful job throughout my career that shaped my personality. He asked about my biz venture (cuz it is my current startup); why Mba; why Vandy; contribution to school/community; tell me about a time I led a team; deal with difficult team member then I asked him 3 questions. That’s all"

"I interviewed with a 2nd-year student and it was very conversational. Typical interview questions like why an MBA, why Owen, and what am I looking to achieve in my career? I recommend reaching out to a student ambassador to discuss the school and answer any questions so you can be prepared to give solid answers in the interview. They use a special unique platform for interviews, be prepared and email your interviewer with a backup plan, like Zoom, in case it doesn’t work."

"I had an interview with 2nd yr MBA student. He was very polite and we had a great talk for about 40 minutes. All those questions that are stated above were asked, but not in line with questioning, it was more in a natural flow of the conversation. I felt really connected."

"It was taken by a 2nd yr Owen MBA student 1. Tell me about your journey 2. Why MBA 3. Which other schools have you applied to and why? 4. What do you bring to the community and what are you expecting from the community? 5. Questions for me? 6. Tell me a time when you worked with a diverse team and what you learnt? How did you handle? 7. Common misconception people have about you? 8.Most challenging time?"

"First, the interviewer explained to me a little bit about how she will proceed with the interview. Then she started the interview by introducing herself below are the questions: 1. Walk me through your resume. 2. Why an MBA? 3. Short-term goals? 4. Why Vanderbilt? 5. What are you expecting to get from Vanderbilt? 6. Tell me about a time you led a team? What was the outcome? 7. what other schools did you apply to? 8. How will you contribute to the program? 9. At Owen diversity is very important. What does diversity mean to you? (I stretched this too much, could have cut it short) 10. Any question for me (I made about 3 questions) The total interview lasted 40 min (25 mins interview and 15 mins answering the questions I asked) The interviewer was super friendly and calm"

"First, the interviewer explained me a little bit how he will proceed with the interview. Then he started the interview and most of the questions were here in the debrief. 1. Walk me through your resume. (My Advice: You should try to be synthetic in your answer. I extended to long and when I was finishing the interviewer told me to try to wrap it up to continue the next question) 2. Why an MBA? 3. Short term goals? 4. Why Vanderbilt? 5.What are you expecting to get from Vanderbilt? 6. Tell me about a time you led a team? What was the outcome? 7. what other schools did you apply to? 8. How will you contribute to the program? 9. At Owen diversity is very important. What does diversity mean to you? 10. Any question for me (I made about 4 questions) The total interview lasted 30 min. The interviewer was super friendly and calm. Platform of the interview worked perfect. I wish you the best in your interviews!"

"Questions asked: my interviewer was very great. Owen has really great students Why MBA? Why an MBA in Consulting what skills are you hoping to gain from this MBA class How will you contribute to owen outside of the classroom why owen? Favorite Outdoor activities Explain a failed leadership experience and how it shaped you What is your experience with diversity, and how will you apply that towards handling diverse groups of people in school? Which other schools have you applied to and why these schools?"

"The interview was pretty short for me. It lasted about 20 minutes (i dont know if that is a good thing). 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Why an MBA 3. Why Vanderbilt 4. Tell me about a time you led a team 5. what other schools did you apply to 6. How will you contribute to the program 7. What does diversity mean to you 8. Any question for me my responses were straight to the point and my interviewer made me comfortable"

"07/11/2022. It was very warm interview with current second year student. Here following questions were asked: 1) Tell me about yourself and your career path 2) Short term goal? 3) Why MBA? Why Owen? 4) Enjoyed situation in your occupation 5) How do your friends/collegue describe you? 6) Your contribution to the Owen? 7) Outdoor activities Interview lasted exactly 30 minutes."

"Everything from older debriefs. Pretty conversational with a second year student. Only different question was a failed leadership experience."

"The interview started with some technical issues on interview platform so we had to switch to zoom. It was very conversational interview with current second year international student. I do not remember the order of questions but overall questions were based on following lines. 1. Tell me about yourself and your journey 2. Why mba and why now? 3. Why Owen or what was your criteria for shortlisting b-schools? 4. TMAT when you had to overcome a challenge what was your approach and results 5. What is diversity to you and your approach to handle diverse groups of people? 6. What do you like to do outside work and home ij your spare time? 7. TMAT when you had to lead a team 8. Which specialisation(s) do you want to pursue? 9. What are your ST & LT goals? 10. Which other schools have you applied? 11. Your contribution to the Owen 12. Any questions for me? 13. Why east coast only? 14. Why these specialisations Almost every question had multiple follow on questions to get more clarity on the content of the discussion. Overall, it was a great discussion. Initially, it was planned for 30 minutes but we went on discussing each others experiences for over 50-55 minutes."

"The interview experience was smooth. The interviewer was friendly and made me feel quite at ease and comfortable during the whole interview. Questions asked: 1. Tell me about yourself 2. When MBA? 3. How would your friends describe you? 4. Describe your leadership style 5. Why Owen? 6. How do you spend time outside of work?"

"I was interviewed by a 2nd year student and it was very conversational. The overall interview lasted for about 35mins. Questions asked - 1. Tell me about yourself and summarise your journey so far 2. Why MBA? 3. Why Owen? 4. How will you contribute to the Owen community? 5. Tell me about your leadership style through a time you worked with a team on a project? 6. What is a common misconception about you? 7. What do you do outside of work? 8. Any questions?"