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7 months ago Apr 18, 2025 12:04
My interview went on and on, she asked multiple questions
common questions like:
why mba
why owen
st and lt goals
and TMAT questions, a time you failed,
a time when you led a project,
a time demonstrating your team work and leadership
a time when you completed a client project while your manager was on leave
a time when you succeeded as a leader
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7 months ago Apr 18, 2025 12:04
My interview questions
Tell me about yourself.
Why do you want to do an MBA? Why Now?
What are your short-term and long-term goals?
What do you expect from the Owen community, and how will you contribute to it?
Tell me about a moment where you demonstrated leadership.
Tell me about a moment where you had to deal with change and what you did to address it.
it was with a second year student
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8 months ago Mar 18, 2025 12:03
Usual intro and why mba questions first.
Then why Owen?
What do expect out of Owen?
How would you contribute to your class?
What’s a weakness you’d like to overcome during your time here?
Give me an example of when you exhibited Leadership at work.
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8 months ago Mar 18, 2025 12:03
My interview went on and on, she asked multiple questions
common questions like why mba, why owen, st and lt goals
and TMAT questions, a time you failed, a time when you led a project, a time demonstrating your team work and leadership, a time when you completed a client project while your manager was on leave, a time when you succeeded as a leader
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8 months ago Mar 18, 2025 12:03
my interview questions
Tell me about yourself.
Why do you want to do an MBA? Why Now?
What are your short-term and long-term goals?
What do you expect from the Owen community, and how will you contribute to it?
Tell me about a moment where you demonstrated leadership.
Tell me about a moment where you had to deal with change and what you did to address it.
it was with a second year student
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9 months ago Feb 18, 2025 01:02
My interview was conducted with a second year student. 23-25 min long. It was a very friendly and conversational. The interviewer was chilled out. Started with interviewer's introduction!
The following questions were asked:
1. Summarize your story, as if I don't know anything about you
2. Why makes you interested in an MBA?
3. At Owen you have the opportunity to consider various concentrations, which one are you inclined towards and fit your goals?
4. What makes you interested in Vanderbilt?
5. If you could tell me just 2 deciding factors which make you select certain school or university for your MBA?
6. What will your peers or co-workers say as your greatest strengths?
7. Tell me about a time when you were asked to do something you weren't familiar with? how did you go about it? what did you learn?
8. Talk about what do you hope to contribute to the program? What do you expect from your classmates?
9. Owen has a history of transforming people's live in business and beyond, how do you hope to grow during these 2 years?
10. Outside of work what do you like to do for fun?
9 months ago Feb 18, 2025 01:02
My questions were :
Tell me about yourself?
Why MBA and why right now?
What do you think is your greatest strength?
Why Owen and what are you looking for at Owen?
What is a gap in your skills and how would an Owen MBA help you overcome these gaps?
do you have any questions for me?
My interview was with an adcom member as the 2nd years were busy apparently.
9 months ago Feb 18, 2025 01:02
Same typical MBA interview questions:
1. He gave a brief introduction about himself
2. Asked me to introduce myself (I somehow answered all his interview questions while introducing myself. Anyhow, he asked the remaining questions.)
3. Why MBA? Why Vanderbilt?
4. What would you bring to the Vanderbilt community?
5. Do you have any questions for me?
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9 months ago Feb 18, 2025 01:02
Had my interview and this is what I can remember of the questions:
Walk me through your resume.
Why MBA?
Why now?
What are your plans post MBA?
Why Vanderbilt?
What excites you most about Vanderbilt?
Tell me about a time you led a team.
What would you say is your greatest strength?
What is your greatest weakness?
Tell me about a time you had a challenging time adjusting to a new environment. How did you deal with it?
Tell me about a time when you had to take over leadership during the absence of your direct supervisor or other senior leader. How did you handle it?
What questions do you have for me?
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1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
Interviewer joined about 15 minutes late and apologized profusely for the miscalculation.
- Tell me about yourself and your motivations
- Why MBA, Why Vanderbilt?
- How have you promoted diversity at work?
- How do you plan to contribute to the Owen community and what clubs will you be joining?
- Which companies do you aspire to work for?
- Any questions for me?
1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
It’s basic
*Go through resume and background
*Why mba
*Why Vanderbilt
*St goals
*Lt goals
*How you contribute to Vanderbilt and society
*Which schools applied
1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
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.
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1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
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
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1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
"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."
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1 year ago Nov 18, 2024 01:11
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.
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2 years ago Nov 18, 2023 01:11
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
2 years ago Nov 18, 2023 01:11
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
2 years ago Nov 18, 2023 01:11
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
2 years ago Nov 18, 2023 01:11
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
2 years ago Nov 18, 2023 01:11
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.