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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
The interview was super conversational and had a casual tone. Below I have listed the questions I was asked. There were some follow up questions to the behavioral questions as well.
None of the questions were surprising based on others' feedback from this forum. Interestingly, I spent a long time preparing my data visualization response, but I can't remember if we even spoke about it. We finished up the interview portion after about 18 minutes and she gave me the rest of the time to ask questions. She gave pretty detailed responses so we had time for 3 in total.
While I was asking questions, the adcom was super informative and engaged. She mentioned that the industry I have experience in + am hoping to pursue during and post MBA is an area of focus for the school that will hopefully increase in relevance. Really hoping that did not give me too much false hope...
1) any updates to your application?
tell me about...
2) an accomplishment you're most proud of
3) your biggest failure
4) a time when you had to come up with a novel solution to a problem
5) a time when you had a difficult coworker
6) how your boss describe you
7) why MBA?
8) why now?
9) why Sloan?
10) what will you contribute to Sloan?
11) what will you be engaged in at Sloan?
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Denied with Interview
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
Interviewed this morning.
Largely the same questions as folks have listed here.
Based on the feedback here, I tried to be as detailed as possible, but ended up being asked to speak more generally, which was surprising to me.
So, I suppose maybe a balance between the two to allow the interviewer to actually ask the more probing questions than trying to anticipate and provide that level of detail upfront.
Also generally ran out of time, possibly partially because of my over-enthusiasm to try and offer as much detail as possible.
Given that, I'd consider this an average / below-average performance, and enough to induce anxiety over the next two weeks as I await decision.
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
Interview was approximately 35 minutes.
1. Anything changed since application?
2. Provide more context on data essay
3. Tell me what a typical day at work looks like for you
4. How do you manage your time?
5. Which role do you tend to gravitate towards when working in team?
6. Your leadership style in 2 words
7. A time when you had to come up with an innovative solution
8. Why MBA now?
9. Why MIT?
Ended with questions for admissions officer.
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
1. Any changes in my profile since 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
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
The interview went quite fast approx. 35 mins, the AdCom was nice and warm but looks like someone who is in a hurry situation haha.
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
Good luck to us!
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Status:
Online
Interviewed on:
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022
4 years ago Apr 22, 2022 02:04
Interview lasted approx. 35 mins.
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
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Sloan MIT
MIT SDM (System Design & Management)
Final Decision:
Admitted
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
-The alum just wanted to know more about me as a System Engineer, and hence these specific questions were asked:
*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 what your goals are post SDM? (if its 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?
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
The interviewer (Adcom) asked me the following questions. The interview took in total 30min: 15min for the interviewer's questions and 15min for my questions.
-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?
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Sloan MIT
MIT SDM (System Design & Management)
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
It was more of a conversation more than an interview. Interviewer was asking questions with respect to my experience to get to know me better. why SDM was asked, which was mentioned in previous info sessions.
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Sloan MIT
MIT-Leaders for Global Operations
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
Me too! I thought it went well! The interviewer was extremely polite and easy to talk to. The questions were around: teamwork, navigation of challenging problems & problem solving approach, why LGO & the topics that I wrote about for the additional essays, & QA.
Give it your best shot and best of luck! I hope more people would share their experiences on here. We are all in this together!
I had an opportunity to ask questions after 24 minutes lapsed. Don’t worry , you’ll do just fine! LGOs are humble and passionate(from admissions to students). I wish you the very best with your interview.
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Sloan MIT
MIT Sloan Fellows
Final Decision:
Denied with Interview
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
Mine was on 6th November. Very conversational. It started off with the data visualisation question. Then pretty much revolved around my resume asking me clarifications on each roles. It ended with the question about what I like to do in my free time? I didn’t get any behavioural questions. I got a chance to ask a couple of questions. Total time was 31 mins. I was made comfortable during the interview and it wasn’t interrogative. I think that’s the experience of most if not all.
All the best who haven’t yet appeared for the interview. Just be calm and things should be fine!
Cheers!
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Sloan MIT
MIT Sloan Fellows
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
I had mine a couple of days ago. It was very conversational. Couple of questions about the data visualization exercise, then I was asked about my current role at the company I work for, how we have faced the Covid-19 situation and other related questions to the industry I am now, what I plan to do after I finish the program, why Sloan, and that was pretty much it. It was very straightforward with no tricky questions asked.
Hope that helps!
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Waitlisted with Interview
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
Interview was super fast, 20 minutes
Interviewer showed up about 5 minutes after scheduled time (it was the first time slot on a Monday) and seemed to be in a hurry. I never saw anyone introduce themselves so fast. It seemed I had hit the 2x speed button. But I tried to keep calm. First thing interviewer explained how interview was gonna be.
-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 its 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? I made 2 and not sure the interviewer enjoyed them, felt like nope.
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
I really enjoyed my MIT interview, it was formal yet relaxed, and I definitely felt that my interviewer was engaged in my answers/conversation. Interviewer was from the AdCom
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
It lasted about 35 minutes.
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Interviewed on:
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021
5 years ago Apr 22, 2021 02:04
Hi all,
Interviewed with AdCom member this Wednesday on Zoom. The conversation was laidback, but really focused on details. I guess knowing that MIT bases its admissions on prior achievements/successes to judge whether you are going to find success in the program and post-MBA, you should really be prepared to give a lot of details (not a lot of questions, but lots of details on what exactly you did achieve).
1) Has anything changed since you submitted your application ?
2) What is your favorite 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?
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Sloan MIT
MIT SDM (System Design & Management)
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020 02:04
Fairly informal. Questions consisted of why SDM, what classes you'd take, how does this fit into your career goals.
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020 02:04
As others have said, it was very conversational -- the adcom members are clearly very experienced and have done this a lot. They will absolutely ask follow-up questions on your stories, so be prepared for that and pick stories where you can add additional context.
Questions:
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 favorite thing about your current role?
7. Why an MBA?
8. Why Sloan?
9. Why now?
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Sloan MIT
Full Time MBA
Final Decision:
Admitted
Status:
Off Campus with Adcom
Interviewed on:
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020
6 years ago Apr 22, 2020 02:04
The interview was conducted with a member of the adcom in a major hub city in Europe.
The overall vibe of the interview as very friendly and conversational.
Questions:
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?
The interview seemed to be on the shorter side and even though I felt we had a great conversation, I was quite scared due to the time aspect.
When I received the call, I was lost for words on the phone but super happy about the decision.
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Sloan MIT
MIT Sloan Fellows
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
7 years ago Apr 22, 2019
7 years ago Apr 22, 2019 02:04
Hi,
My interview experience (skype):
The interviewer called on time and introduced herself. The interaction began and stayed in conversation format. The questions asked were very general and on expected lines:
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
Just to add, the tone was very friendly and stress free. There were a few follow up questions for each one of the above based on the stories I presented. My advise would be that the stories must be authentic and its vital that you go through them in detail while preparing so that the response to any question is experiential.
I'd like to think that I did well. Lets hope for the best.
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Sloan MIT
MIT Supply Chain Management
Final Decision:
Interviewed
Interviewed on:
7 years ago Apr 22, 2019
7 years ago Apr 22, 2019 02:04
The interview is 35-45 minutes long, and I would assume what they are trying to do is to put a face to the application. They want to know if you believe in what the various essays you have written say, and generally test your commitment and articulation. My interview was along those lines. They did not ask me any questions that would test my knowledge of systems design or anything like that. I also asked them a lot of questions when it was my turn, more to understand what I would need to do to complete the program.
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