Rice Jones KIRA interview assessment questions

Question

* What steps have you taken to prepare yourself and ensure your success in this program?
* Tell us about a time you had a challenging project and how did you manage it?
* Tell me about a time you made the right decision, but it was challenging
* What traits or characteristics make you an excellent candidate for our program?
* Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an unethical situation at work and what did you learn from it.
* Imagine a situation wherein you completed an internship but were not offered a full-time offer, even though you felt you deserved it. How would you deal with this situation?

Questions were: (10s, preparation, 1 minute to answer) --> this was different from the allowed time in the KIRA practice
1. Show your photo Id and state your name.
2. What parameters did you evaluate while choosing RICE as your business school?
3. Tell me about a time when you faced an ethical dilemma.
4. How did you resolve a conflict between the team.

Just got over with the assessment. These were the question
1) who was your favourite teacher and why?
2) who would be the person you’d like to go with for a meal and why? A person can be alive or someone from past
3) tell us about a time when you collaborated with someone from different culture and what did you learn from them?

1. Why rice
2. Define a situation when your morality was put in a spot
3. Define a situation when you have missed your deadline because of someone else's work

Q1.Please hold up your photo ID to the camera and state your name out loud
Q2.This MBA program requires applicants to be able to manage their work-life balance effectively. Tell us about what you’ve done to prepare yourself for the rigour of the program.
Q3.How do you feel diversity-related issues will impact your future work in a business?
Q4.Imagine that you have to lay off one of your employees despite the fact that they were excellent workers. How would you approach the situation to show care to the other person?

Tell me about a time you take on too much responsibility and missed the deadline. What did you do and how do you avoid that in the future?
Tell me a time where you believe you have to do the right thing. Even though it is a challenging decision to make.
How do you prepare to handle the work load from undergrad to grad school

1. Why Rice? Most exciting aspect of Rice and the MBA program from your perspective
2. Implementing change can be difficult, especially as your values and beliefs change. How would you implement change?
3. How would you lay off an employee, who has been a top performer. How would you show care in such situations

1. Proof of Identity
2. How do you prepare to handle the workload from undergrad to grad school?
3. Tell me a time when you believe you have to do the right thing. Even though it is a challenging decision to make.
4. How would you operate in a situation where you have many difficult examinations within a short period?

Prep: You can practice as much as you want with 3 questions, but the time is different 10 secs prep and around 50 secs to answer
Questions: 20 secs for prep + 1,5 min to answer
1. Show me your ID
2. How do you prepare to handle the workload from undergrad to grad school
3. Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an unethical situation at work and how did you confront it?
4. Imagine a situation wherein you completed an internship but were not offered a full-time offer, even though you felt you deserved it. How would you deal with this situation?

1. Show your photo ID
2. Why Rice?
3. Instance where you learnt from other cultures
4. How did you handle difficult employees at work

4 questions in total -
a) ID
b) Why MBA? Why Rice? (What worked for me: I picked out 2 things from the program that I’m super interested in!)
c) What do you for fun in free time (typical question)
d) What would you do if you score less/ fail in one subject (My answer: go back to first principles, reach out to my classmates with relevant experience, and practice in a test-like environment)

For more information about KIRA questions, check  KIRA interview assessment questions.

mehaksandhu · Answer

Completed my Kira assessment today. Questions were:

1. What traits or characteristics make you an excellent candidate for our program?
2. Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an unethical situation at work and what did you learn from it.
3. Imagine a situation wherein you completed an internship but were not offered a full-time offer, even though you felt you deserved it. How would you deal with this situation?

Crijan · Answer

Thanks! When Did you apply to R2? I applied on 01/04 but I haven't get any invite yet

CRACKGMATNUT · Answer

Just got over with assessment. These were the question

1) who was your favorite teacher and why ?
2) who would be the person you’d like to go for a meal and why? Person can be alive or someone from past
3) tell us about a time where you collaborated with someone from different culture and what did you learn from them ?

Shriyakaul13 · Answer

Got done with my KIRA assessment 3 qs
1 Why rice
2. Define a situation when your morality was put in a spot
3. Define a situation when you have missed your deadline because of someone elses work

StarlordArkansas · Answer

Q1.Please hold up your photo ID to the camera and state your name out loud

Q2.This MBA program requires applicants to be able to effectively manage their work life balance. Tell us about what you’ve done to prepare yourself for the rigor of the program.
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Q3.How do you feel issues related to diversity will impact your future work in business?

Q4.Imagine that you have to lay off one of your employees despite the fact that he, she or they was an excellent worker. How would you approach the situation to show care to the other person?

asdfasddzxffsdads · Answer

Kira Debrief

Tell me about a time you take on too much responsibility and missed the deadline. What did you do and how do you avoid that in the future?
Tell me a time where you believe you have to do the right thing. Even though it is a challenging decision to make.
How do you prepare to handle the work load from undergrad to grad school

Bhumil · Answer

1. Why Rice? Most exciting aspect of Rice and the MBA program from your perspective
2. Implementing change can be difficult, especially as your values and beliefs change. How would you implement change?
3. How would you lay off an employee, who has been a top performer. How would you show care in such situations

JeffreyVonBayel · Answer

Show your Passport and say your name out load? 3 mins!!
What you are looking for in joining Rice MBA? 90 seconds.
Work-life balance and how you planned to achieve this here? 90 sec.
TMAT when you recieved a feedback (or advice, I don't recall right) from your employer/boss and how it affected your performance in later career life? (might not be exact wording but could give you a hint). 90 sec.

kiran1718 · Answer

I just completed my Kira Assessment. Here are my questions

1.Proof of Identity
2.How do you prepare to handle the work load from undergrad to grad school?
3.Tell me a time where you believe you have to do the right thing. Even though it is a challenging decision to make.
4.How would you operate in a situation where you have many difficult examinations within a short period?

Crijan · Answer

I finished my Kira assesment yesterday 01/29. I felt lucky that most of the question were in the Kira debrief

Prep: You can practice as much as you want with 3 questions, but the time is different 10 secs prep and around 50 secs to answer

Questions: 20 secs for prep + 1,5 min to answer

1. Show me your ID
2. How do you prepare to handle the work load from undergrad to grad school
3. Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an unethical situation at work and how did you confront it?
4. Imagine a situation wherein you completed an internship but were not offered a full-time offer, even though you felt you deserved it. How would you deal with this situation?

Thanks to Nihil and the ones post their Kira assesment questions! Now I’m very hopeful waiting for the community assesment.

Good luck in the process to everyone!

Krishnak13 · Answer

1. Show your photo ID
2. Why Rice?
3. Instance where you learnt from other cultures
4. How did you handle difficult employees at work

pssk · Answer

4 questions in total -

a) ID
b) Why MBA? Why Rice? (What worked for me: I picked out 2 things from the program that I’m super interested in!)
c) What do you do for fun in your free time (typical question)
d) What would you do if you score less/ fail in one subject (My answer: go back to first principles, reach out to my classmates with relevant experience, practice in a test-like environment)

Duongsun · Answer

Hi guys,
When you received requirement of submiting video essays for Rice?
I'm a 2023 candidate and I haven't seen the video essays in list of application requirements.

AbMo · Answer

Did mine last week Friday. These are the Qs I got:

10s prep, 60secs (i think.. either 60 or 90) 4 questions

1. ID + pronounce name
2. Tell us a time where you worked with someone you didn't like or disagreed with, what did you learn?
3. Tell us a time where you dealt with unethical behavior at work, what did you do?
4. Rice requires good work-life balance, what did you do to prepare?

amoroi2005 · Answer

Just finished my Kira assessment. had a total of 4 questions.

name and ID.
Why MBA? Why Rice?
------ Can't recall. 
You completed an internship but did not get an offer. How would you react?

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