Latest MIT Sloan interview questions compilation for 2021 intake
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1. Any changes in my profile since the application
2. Time I said no to an opportunity
3. Time I made a project success specifically through my presence
4. What is my communication style? How do I talk to people who report to me?
5. Question about data visualization
6. Why MBA? Why MIT? Why now?
7. Anything I want to add
8. Questions for Ad Com
1) Walk me through your resume
2) Behavioral Qs: accomplishment
3) What do you like in your current job/industry
4) Behavioral Qs: working with a difficult person
5) Behavioral Qs: challenging times at work
6) Experience in mentoring someone
7) Why pursue specific goals (mine in Sustainable Energy)
8) Why MBA? Why now?
9) Personal hobbies/activities outside work
10) Anything else you want to add for AdCom team
11) Any questions for AdCom
1) Any significant change in your profile ever since you applied?
2) Questions regarding data visualization essay
3) Questions regarding Diversity essay
4) Share your recent professional achievement that you are proud of? What challenges did you face in that project?
5) Share a time when you had different views from your team members? How did you align on a common goal?
6) Questions regarding community work that I mentioned in the resume
7) Why MBA now?
8) Why MIT?
9) Anything else that you want to share
Tell me a bit about yourself (intro)
*Can you tell me more about the System Engineering work in your company? (generic qs: what do you do at work?/describe your role)
*How was it like to transition from an R&D to a System Engineering background?
*How many System Engineers do you have in your team and how do you interact with them?(I spoke a bit about that)
*Can you tell me more about your goals post SDM? (if it's written in your essay, be very clear about what you write else you will get a lot of questions!)
*What is one challenge you face at your current workplace?
1) Has anything changed since you submitted your application?
2) What is your favourite thing about working in this [industry]?
3) Tell me about your biggest achievement? (She drilled into a lot of detail, she really wanted to figure out what was my personal involvement in the project, what was the delta from before my involvement). Spent a lot of time on this. I guess the more details you can share the better, I thought of some things I wish I had said after the fact, so be prepared to speak in a LOT of details!!
4) Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with your boss or a peer? (same thing here, one example, lots of details and follow up questions on the details)
5)How can MIT help you achieve your goals?
6) Questions for me?
-tell me about your new job (changed during application)
-tell me about your data visualization (started to overlap with question 1, bc it was about my new job)
-tell me about a recent accomplishment at your new job (as I only had 2 months there, it was exactly the same thing as the data visualization. argh too many overlaps)
-tell about a time when you had to help someone at work (AGAIN overlap with the pre-interview question on culture. At this point I think it's on purpose or that I have a very poor memory hahaha)
-tell me about a project when you had to deal with team conflict
-why now and why MIT?
-anything else you want to tell me about
-questions?
1. Has anything changed?
2. Describe a time when you were difficult to work with
3. How did you handle an ambiguous situation?
4. How do you convince someone of something?
5. Specific question about my essay
6. Why an MBA and why MIT?
7. Questions for them
-Any updates on your application?
-What are your main responsibilities at work?
-How is the Covid-19 affecting your company?
-Can you describe high-pressure situation you handled, how you solved the problem?
-Why did you apply to MIT?
-Do you plan to return to your company?
-What would success in MIT look like to you, what are the milestones you would like to accomplish during your MBA?
-What question do you have for me?
-Is there something you wish that I had asked you?
1. What's new since you submitted your application? (Note: I think they ask everyone this so would have an answer prepared)
2. Questions on my experience/background
3. Tell me about a recent achievement/success you're most proud of?
4. Tell me about your experience mentoring someone, how did they respond?
5. Tell me about a time when you worked with a challenging team member?
6. What is your favourite thing about your current role?
7. Why an MBA?
8. Why Sloan?
9. Why now?
1. What has changed since your application?
2. What do you do in a project? How do you adapt to different teams?
3. How would you benefit from an MBA and why is now the right time?
4. Tell me about a time when a project at work did not go so well.
5. Why do you want to do your MBA at MIT Sloan in particular?
6. How would you characterize your leadership style?
7. Any questions from your side?
1. What has been a recent great achievement
2. Why do you think you succeeded
3. Talk about a time when things did not go well
4. How did you / your team respond to the situation
5. Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult colleague
6. Why MBA and why Sloan
7. Any questions for me
- What has changed since your last application? [or since you submitted your application – always be prepared for this one!]
- Tell me a bit more about [local charity I’m involved with and included on my resume] and what they do.
- Give me a specific example of your leadership progression while [in my current role].
- What’s your long-term goal after coming to Sloan?
- Have you considered which track you’d like to pursue?
- You will be in the upper age range. Have you considered how you’ll handle this?
- Anything else you’d like me to know about you? [good opportunity to jump right into a ‘greatest hit’ that has not been covered up to now]
- Any questions for me?
- Any final comments?