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As others have mentioned, interview was not blind. Here were the questions I had: TMAY Why MBA? Why Tepper? DEI experience? Resources to stay up to date? TMAT when you worked in a team? TMAT challenging situation? What do you like to do for fun? Any questions for me? Not exactly that order but roughly that order. Good luck yall!

Like others have mentioned, interviews are not blind, and it was honestly a great, chill experience interviewing with the Admissions Committee. 1. TMAY/ Why Tepper? 2. When have you contributed to someone else's development, or your team's goals, by influencing others without formal authority? 3. They will ask about your short term career goal, and how you are prepared to recruit for those roles if given the opportunity 4. What does DEI mean to you/ how have you reinforced this philosophy in the workplace.

Hello, I did my interview for Tepper R2. These were my questions- 1. TMAY 2. What your week looks like ? 3. A time you used your strength to help someone. 4. A time you encouraged someone. 5. What does DEI means to you? 6. How do you plan to contribute and learn at Tepper? All the best to everyone.

Done with the R1 interview. It wasn’t a blind interview. Overall, the interview was very conversational. TMAY TMAT when you helped a company or some person overcome challenges TMAT when you faced a challenging situation What are some of the resources that helped you used to gain help in your career Was there any culture or people you interacted with that impacted you in your career? Why Tepper? Any questions for me?

Done with the R1 interview. It wasn’t a blind interview. Overall, the interview was very conversational. TMAY TMAT when you helped a company or some person overcome challenges TMAT when you faced a challenging situation What are some of the resources that helped you used to gain help in your career Was there any culture or people you interacted with that impacted you in your career? Why Tepper? Any questions for me?

My interview was different from the other reports I've seen, perhaps because I come from a family business. I think all Tepper interviews are not blind and the admissions member has gone through the entire application beforehand. It was an alright experience, but get used to receiving 0 reactions throughout, they spend more time making notes and my interviewer simply asked the questions she had been given. Questions were fairly standard, but she did ask me about my role because I wear many hats in my family business.

Got done w interview for R1 Wasn’t a blind interview, adcom had gone through my entire application.. Very conversational overall as she tried to make me comfortable throughout..covered below ques.. -Quick overview of your entire journey... -What made you choose your professional path (think banking/consulting/etc.) -TMAT you impacted/improved a team -TMAT you faced a challenging situation w a team, how did you overcome it? -How do you stay updated about your current industry trends, happenings? -TMAT you implemented DEI principles in prof/personal life -What do you do for fun outside work? -Why Tepper -Anything you feel we missed out and could have covered? -Any questions for me...

1) TMAY - and then she shared her background & prof exp. 2) Why MBA? What is your criteria in selecting a business school?. 3) What are your post MBA goals? 4) What does diversity and inclusivity mean to you and how did these values guide you through your professional and personal life? 5) TMAT when you convinced your team members to follow your decision 6) TMAT you used strength to help a team or teammate succeed. 7) Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? 8) Do you have any questions for me?

Had an interview with Megan Grady. It was a ~40 min interview. It was not a blind interview, and she had gone through my essay & video and it was conversational . 1) TMAY - and then she shared her background & prof exp. 2) Why MBA? What is your criteria in selecting a business school?. 3) What are your post MBA goals? 4) What does diversity and inclusivity mean to you and how did these values guide you through your professional and personal life? 5) TMAT when you failed & what you learnt from that. 6) TMAT you used strength to help a team or teammate succeed. 7) Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? 8) Do you have any questions for me? 25 min interview & 15 min follow-up question

My Interview Debrief: The interview was conversational and with a member of the admissions team (Tony Gomez). It lasted ~30 mins. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Please clarify your long term goal. 3. What factors did you consider when applying to Tepper? 4. Tell me about a time you used a strength to help your team succeed. 5. How do you plan to learn from and contribute to your diverse peer group? 6. Anything else you would like to tell me? There were a few minutes for any questions I had to ask him.

TEPPER interview debrief: Profile: Indian IT male, GMAt 710, 5 yrs work exp Had my interview with an AO. It wasn’t a blind interview. Overall Conversational and was a good experience. 0. Brief intro 1. Why TEPPER ? 2. Why MBA? 3. Tell me about a time you convinced your senior leaders on something? 4.Tell me about a time you strives for an inclusive environment and how will you contribute to DI club at TEPPER ? 5. Tell me about a time you helped a member in your team? 6. What companies are you targeting post MBA ? Questions to adcomm. Whole interview lasted for 40-45mins.

The interview was online with an ad-com, not blind (ad-com would have already read your essays and resume). It was very short: 25 mins an official interview + 5 mins for Q&A. Interview was with Amy Lasota and it feels conversational. 1. Tell me about your yourself. 2. What does DEI mean to you? How do you contribute? 3. How do you resolve conflict with a co-worker? 4. Tell me a time you fail. 5. Why Tepper? 6. Why MBA now? 7. What is your post MBA goals?

Had my interview with Tony Gomez on Thursday. Basic behavioral + elevator pitch, why MBA, why tepper + TMAT you got feedback, helped others (personally + professional), what does DEI mean to you. He had gone through my essays, letters, and application, so its not blind this year. Super positive experience, we were done in 25 mins, laughing and discussing what I could be doing at Tepper. He’s given me his email too

My interview was with Gina. She already reviewed my whole application (resume, essays & video), it was very conversational and very friendly. I was asked the usual questions -tell me about yourself -why an MBA? -why Tepper? -Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared so far?" However the behavioral questions were very tailored to my work experience " tell me about your management style" " tell me about the time when you had to take a step back in a project and what you learned from that?" "tell me about the time when you didn't accomplish the desired result and ask for help?" 30 minutes interview, and 10 min to follow-up questions. Best of luck.

It was a very conversational interview with someone who knew very well the career I wanted to transition to. They had consulted my whole application. They had a list of questions and took notes to report everything to Adcom. It was somewhere along those lines: - 1 min summary about myself - Why an MBA? And why Tepper? - What did I do to prepare for this new career? - Something about a difficult leadership situation - What do diversity and equality look like to me, and what did I do to use that in my professional and personal life? - Any questions left?

Had an interview with Amy Lasota. It was conversational. Following topics were discussed: 1. Elevator pitch 2. Why MBA? 3. Leadership story 4. A quality which all members of a team must have. 5. Knowledge gap 6. Promoted DEI (other than application stories) 7. TMAT when you used a knowledge acquired somewhere (hobby, friends, books, etc) in your professional life. Overall it was a good experience.

It was a very conversational interview and the Adcom member was aware of my application in entirety (Essays, Work Exp and Goals) Focus was majorly on some pointed focus areas which I had emphasized on in my essays. Some pointed questions on why MBA? why Tepper? what is leadership style and how do you plan to bring your experience and help the overall Tepper community? As I had mentioned experience around volunteering in DE&I teams at workplaces, I was also asked what I felt about DE&I and how I would bring those values to the Tepper community.

"Had an interview with an adcom member. It was a ~30 min interview. It was not a blind interview, he had gone through my application and it was very conversational. 1) First he shared his background & prof exp. and then asked me the TMAY question . 2) Why MBA? 3) Why Tepper? 4) What are your post MBA goals? 5) What does diversity and inclusivity mean to you, why is this important for an MBA program and how did these values guide you through your professional and personal life? 6) TMA your leadership style and how do you intend to improve it? 7) Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? 8) Do you have any questions for me? 20 min interview & 8-10 min follow-up question" He spent a lot of time on the diversity topic throughout.

Had an interview with Megan Grady. It was a ~40 min interview. It was not a blind interview, and she had gone through my essay & video and it was conversational . 1) TMAY - and then she shared her background & prof exp. 2) Why MBA? What is your criteria in selecting a business school?. 3) What are your post MBA goals? 4) What does diversity and inclusivity mean to you and how did these values guide you through your professional and personal life? 5) TMAT when you failed & what you learnt from that. 6) TMAT you used strength to help a team or teammate succeed. 7) Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? 8) Do you have any questions for me? 25 min interview & 15 min follow-up question

Give me a one minute introduction to who you are. Why am mba? Why now? What is your criteria in selecting a business school? What are your post mba goals? Give an example when you accomplished something to bring better results to your team. What’s your definition of diversity? Give an example when things didn’t go according to plan as a leader? What would you have done differently? Is there anything you’d like to add that you haven’t shared today or in your application? Do you have any questions for me? It only lasted 20 minutes.