Calling McCombs (UT Austin) MBA Applicants: (2019 Intake)Class of 2021

BNabs88 Best of luck with your result buddy!

Would you mind sharing your experience? What kind of questions were you asked?

I completed a video essay for the application and appears the video has not been viewed yet on YouTube.
Wonder if they are reviewing applications based on test score first...

Had my McCombs interview yesterday. I think it went okay.

Overview:
I met adcom in a hotel lobby. We did basic introductions and talked for a bit. Then we dove into interview questions.
My interviewer had a set of questions from which he asked questions. In this way, the interview was quite structured, and wasn't like a regular conversation. My interviewer also took notes quite visibly, and it was slightly distracting because I knew that whatever he wrote would be the basis for his interview report.

Types of questions:
We spoke about career goals and went over a few behavioural questions related to my professional experience. I spoke about my motivations for doing an MBA and how it would help me in my short/long term goals.
Then we spoke at length about the McCombs program, and how I would contribute to it. Just FYI, McCombs focuses heavily on how prospective students can give back to the community - I was asked a question about it.
Finally, the interviewer asked if I had any questions about the program. This was the most unstructured part of the interview, and was quite conversational. It is best to prepare 4-5 questions
I was surprised that we spent 15-20 minutes on my questions and another 15-20 minutes on discussing McCombs specific questions. I was prepared for a conversational interview and thought that we'd spend much more time talking about my background and professional experience, but this was not the case (we spent only about 8-10 minutes on this).

Key takeaways:
Prepare your stories well. Figure out how to repurpose your stories to answer a variety of questions.
Have a clear idea of what you want to achieve through the MBA.
Know your strengths and weaknesses at work, and also as an applicant. I was asked about both these points specifically.
Prepare to talk about your work in a succinct and concise way.
Finally, relax! My interviewer was very friendly and while the interview was in a question-answer format, he made me feel at ease.

Hope this helps!

Had my McCombs interview yesterday. I think it went okay.

Can we expect any further call for interview.

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Very tough to withdraw from consideration yesterday due to my other admits. Best of luck to you all!

- Your Thread Master

Did anyone receive any interview invites recently?

As I’m waiting for the results, I was reading on a few admission stats. Does anybody know generally what the interview to convert ratio is ?

Also, does that vary significantly for the over represented pool like Indians?

Read a few threads from the previous years on the forum, but couldn’t find any information.

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