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Said
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
2 months ago Feb 23, 2026
2 months ago Feb 23, 2026 01:02
Just finished my interview a while ago. I had the interview with John Madgwick, Head of Financial Services and Early Careers at Oxford's Saïd.
It went for 30 min. It was a VERY interactive interview. He asked me during my answer to dig deeper in the context.
There were conventional questions like Why MBA, Why Oxford and I also got another Why UK? (even after I answered why Oxford already)
I also got asked about my integrity. Somewhere along "Has your integrity ever been questioned?"
Overall, it went well. Got to ask 2 questions for him.
Wish everyone (and also myself) luck!
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
2 months ago Feb 23, 2026
2 months ago Feb 23, 2026 01:02
Oxford Business School MBA Video Essay Questions
1. Describe an instance when you were required to make a decision in the absence of complete information.
2. Explain how you have supported a colleague outside of a professional setting.
3. Describe a situation in which you faced challenges while leading a project. How did you maintain your team's motivation?
4. How does your organization manage and accommodate cultural differences?
5. When was the most recent occasion you managed another individual's frustration? Describe your approach.
6. What is a current project you are deeply passionate about, and why?
7. What do you consider your most significant professional or personal limitation?
8. How do you define and measure success? What specific outcomes are you driven to achieve?
9. How would you define the concept of 'culture'?
10. Discuss a hobby or personal interest that provides you with substantial fulfillment.
11. Provide an example of a time you had to deliver difficult news. How did you manage the situation?
12. In your view, does effective collaboration require the unconditional acceptance of others?
13. Describe a hobby you are passionate about and explain your perspective on it.
14. What specific knowledge or skills do you aspire to acquire during the MBA program?
15. Describe your experience working with individuals who speak different languages or dialects.
16. What steps would you take if a team member was not contributing their fair share of work?
17. Identify an area you are passionate about. Which dimension of this passion do you wish was more widely understood?
18. What actions are you currently taking to develop or pursue your passion?
19. Describe your approach to operating effectively within a diverse cohort or team.
20. Describe a time when you provided leadership to a team.
21. Tell me about a time you dealt with a significant failure.
22. Describe a professional or personal challenge you have faced.
23. Recall an instance when your opinion strongly differed from that of another person.
24. Describe an experience where you were responsible for planning a project.
25. Discuss a mistake you have made and explain how you responded to it.
I hope this help.
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025
3 months ago Jan 23, 2026 01:01
My interviewer was from the careers team so the interview was very work and post MBA focused. I didn't get a single behavioral question.
She started with the basic
why mba
why oxford
what research have you done about the school
how will your current journey help with post mba job prospects
what courses do you wanna do
what will you do to achieve your short term goals on campus
what if post mba goals dont pan out (both location and role),
alot of questions on my current work and whom I work with, career growth, etc.
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
6 months ago Oct 23, 2025
3 months ago Jan 23, 2026 01:01
It was very conversational.
The questions asked are generally on the lines of your work experience and your learnings from them. (Info you have already provided to them via your essays and CVs). Then other generic questions as to why mba, why at this time and why oxford in particular. How you can contribute to the cohort. You can also expect a couple ‘tell me about a time’ competency based questions. In short, the better you know yourself, the earier you’ll find it
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
6 months ago Oct 23, 2025
3 months ago Jan 23, 2026 01:01
I had my Oxford R1 interview in-person today in Delhi. It was with Charlene New. Lasted around 45 minutes. It was a very conversational interview, and while she didn't directly ask basic MBA questions like introduce yourself, why MBA, why now and why Oxford, she focused more about knowing what skills I have learned via my work and would extra would I like to learn at Oxford. She also asked me 2 behavioral questions - tough situation and mitigating a conflict. Last ~10 minutes was me asking her 3 doubts I had about the program.
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025 01:11
I just finished my Oxford Said interview, and I guess it went okay? We will only know this on decision day. haha
The interviewer was a practitioner with 20+ years in banking, M&A, and the PE industry, and is currently an Associate Fellow at Oxford Said. He mentioned that he read my whole application, and his questions mainly focused on my career (as of yet), post-MBA goals, and what Said can do for me. The vibe was mostly informal, but his follow-ups were super detailed and could easily throw the applicant off if they are not 100% aware of their goals and post-MBA employer and industry.
At the end, he pointed out my below-average GRE score but didn’t officially ask me to retake it. I am almost sure he insinuated retaking, but I may be over-reading into it, since test score is my real weakness.
I applied in R3 (3 November 2025) and received the interview invite on 12 November 2025.
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025 01:11
Oxford Interview Questions
1. Your education is in Engg but you work in Consulting. How did that happen and what was the reasoning behind it?
2. What are the 3 biggest skills you have developed while working in Consulting?
3. You have worked with people from different countries, did you have any conflict when you were interacting with them and how did you navigate it?
4. Talk about an intance where you had to build trust with a client.
5. Talk abt my entrepreneurship experience, what happened? Will you be open to start a business again?
6. Consulting is famous for the feedback culture, so what are the feedbacks that you've got and how did you respond to it? Did you agree or not?
7. Talk about an instance where you had a confluct with your team member and how did you resolve it.
8. Why would you be a good candidate for the extremely coveted Consulting roles that you're targetting?
9. What will you do so you can be a competitive candidate and prepare yourself for this role?
10. How will you contribute to Oxford?
11. Any questions for me?
I got an invite from R2 application
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
6 months ago Oct 23, 2025
5 months ago Nov 23, 2025 01:11
Walk me through your resume
Why MBA
TMAT when you improved teamwork
TMAT when you faced consequences for something you thought was right
TMAT when you handled disagreement between your team members
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Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
I find this situation quite bizarre because throughout the interview process, the conversation was very effective and conversational. I’m not sure if it’s due to an increase in deferred applicants from the previous year, but there seem to be many rejections in R4 this year. I can only say that outsourcing to third-party admissions agencies is really problematic, as you don’t receive any useful advice about the admissions process or insights into the future of your studies during the conversation. Oxford’s costs are extremely high, and it’s unfortunate that right after the interview, I found out the interviewer was an outsourced external consultant. I hope that, moving forward, applicants will have more and better options.
That being said, an MBA education is not a simple investment, especially when studying abroad. I hope everyone will have better career development opportunities in the future.
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
The interview was pretty straight forward
1. Why Oxford?
2. When have you faced conflict at work?
3. Has your integrity every been questioned?
4. Who is a leader that you look up to?
5. What do you think will be challenging for you during the one year MBA?
6. What is your biggest take away from your career till now?
7. In case there is any project that your professor gives your group, what role are you most likely to gravitate towards?
8. Have you done anything to up-skill yourself outside work?
9. What do you do for fun?
10. How will you stand out in a room full of 300 other MBA students
Lastly i had my own questions
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Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
I just done my interview with adcom team. The questions are quite standard.
1) Why Oxford
2) Why do you switch the working industry (I switch from Tech consulting to E-commerce)
3) Detail on the immediate goal after MBA with some follow up
4) Tell me the time when you disagree with management direction
5) Tell me the time when you get a feedback from your line manager
6) How would you contribute to the cohort (both hard skill and soft skill)
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Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
Interviewer was a finance expert (my goals were around DFI) - more than 40 years of experience overall. He’s a CDC expert and not affiliated only with Oxford. Very warm and conversational interview overall.
1. Question about EC (music in my case)
2. How do you manage time between EC and FT job?
3. A couple of clarifying questions on my resume bullet points - he had worked with the Reserve Bank of India (something my resume had) and wanted me to elaborate on the engagement
4. How do you see your leadership develop over the MBA and beyond?
5. Is there anyone in your personal or professional network you look upto? Why?
6. You’ve described challenges in achieving ST goals in your written material - but what challenges do you think you’ll face while recruiting for this?
7. (Since I have a connection with my ST goals’ employer) have they given you any indication that they might want you there? Is this a pathway that people usually take?
8. What other schools have you applied to?
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
I had my interview a couple of hours ago. Questions like:
1. Why an MBA at this point of your life?
2. Examples when you had a disagreement at work.
3. If your leadership style has changed over time.
4. Mention an occasion when you got feedback and how it went?
5. Why to transition to a financial role
I'm not sure how it went. I didn't feel it was the best interview but it didn't go bad. Do you know how likely is to be rejected after the interview? Does it influences a lot in the outcome? Do you have data from past applications? Thank you all!
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
It went for 35 mins.
I don’t remember all the questions.
1. Why MBA and why OXford?
2. Why you want to go into management consulting (short term goal)
3. What place you are looking to work at ppst MBA
and some more questions around why mba and all
then behavioral questions
1. Did you work in a collaborative team
2. Did you make a mistake and how did you handle
3. Did you ever receive a feedback
4. How would you contribute to Oxford
And some more questions like these
and lastly my questions
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Full Time MBA
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
Hi everyone. Had my interview today with admission consultant. Total about 45 minutes, including my questions. Energy was quite casual and conversational. She started by introducing herself.
- Tell me about yourself
- Some more questions about my resume (I switched industries)
- Tell me about your goals post MBA
- Why Oxford
- What do you know about current trends in hiring for consulting
- Your greatest professional achievement
- How you contributed to your organization
- How you will contribute to Oxford
Followed by my questions. Hope this helps, folks!
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
[It] went for 35 mins.
I don’t remember all the questions.
1. Why MBA and why OXford?
2. Why you want to go into management consulting (short term goal)
3. What place you are looking to work at ppst MBA
and some more questions around why mba and all
then behavioral questions
1. Did you work in a collaborative team
2. Did you make a mistake and how did you handle
3. Did you ever receive a feedback
4. How would you contribute to Oxford
And some more questions like these
and lastly my questions
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
Hi everyone. I just had my interview, and here are my takeaways. In regards to the questions, I didn't get the typical, 'Walk me through your CV/Tell me About yourself', 'Why an MBA?' or 'Why Oxofrd?'. The questions were all about my experiences and some situation-based questions in relation to the answers I gave. The interviewer was really lovely, and it was more of a conversation than anything else. If I could advise anyone, it would be to just come prepared knowing who you are, why you're doing the MBA and how your professional experiences prepare you for the MBA and your future career. Also, make sure to smile and ask questions! =]
Good luck!
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
R3 applicant. Had my zoom interview today
Questions:
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why MBA?
3. Plans post MBA
4. Biggest accomplishment
5. How have you solved a conflict in a multicultural environment
6. How will use the MBA time to develop specific skills for your career choice
7. What hobbies will you pursue at Oxford
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
2 years ago Apr 23, 2024
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
Had my interview today with Alexlendria (she is an external career counselor). Questions were standard
1. Introduction
2. Leadership style
3. How do you manage the stress of 1 year program at Oxford
4. Why MBA
5. Why Oxford
6. How will you contribute and interact with the cohort
7. Job switches
8. What you do for fun
Very comfortable interview. She was quite warm and friendly, I could give the answers stress free. Overall 40 mins ,including my own questions
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Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online with Adcom
Interviewed on:
2 years ago Apr 23, 2024
1 year ago Apr 23, 2025 12:04
Had my interview last week. Questions were like:
- Why MBA and why now?
- How can Oxford help you in achieving your short and long-term goals - which subjects
- What are you looking to get out of the MBA
- Which companies would you want to work for right after graduation, and which geographical locations
- Why Oxford
- Which other unis in the UK have you applied for and do you have a preference?
- How have you ever resolved a conflict with another stakeholder in your department
- What is your leadership style
- Does your GMAT score reflect your abilities
They also questioned me regarding the my hobbies on my CV and the current political climate in my country, however, that might have just been casual chat.
There might also have been more questions that I cannot recall. Best of luck!
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