Here are a few common
questions asked (compiled from real time experiences) during interviews by US
B-schools for R1, 2015. Schools include Darden, Tuck, MIT Sloan, Stanford,
Duke, Kellogg, Anderson, Columbia, McCombs, Georgetown, Emory, Wharton, ASU
Carey, Texas Mays, Foster, Fisher, Penn State Smeal, Rice, Vanderbilt, Notredame
Mendoza, Rochester Simon, Wisconsin Madison and Carlson:
1. Walk me through your resume/tell me about
yourself
2. Dwelled
on Resume, work profile
3. Clarifications
and questions based on resume
4. What will your friends/team members say your qualities
are?
5. Why Tuck/MIT/Darden/Duke.........?
6. What will
your team members say your Strengths and Weaknesses are?
7. Why MBA? Why Now? Post MBA Goals?
8. What will
you bring to the school's community? /How will you contribute to the peer study
group at ......?
9. Several
Behavioral questions, and then probed deeply on how did the candidate behaved
in those situations, what was he/she thinking, what was the other guy thinking,
why did he/she behave in that particular fashion, what were the repercussions,
etc.
10.Tell me about a situation when u implemented a
creative solution
11. Tell me about a situation when u were assigned
to a broken process and you corrected it?
12. Tell me about a time when u faced a difficult
situation with your subordinates.
13. What do you want to do post MBA?
14. We have very less time left, so you could either
ask me a question or you could tell me something about yourself that is not
there in your resume or that we have not covered so far.
15. feedback u received from manager
16. difficult
person on the team
17. professional failure
18. regrets
19. biggest achievement in life
20.Anything else you want to add?
21. Tell me about a time when u led a team?
22.What have u done till now that will help u in
achieving your professional goals?
23.What do
you do apart from your work?
24.What other schools have you applied to?
25.Which school will you select if you're admitted
to all school's you've applied to?
26.Any questions for us?
Average work
experience of candidates- 4 years; Range: 3-6 years
Average GMAT of candidates-
720; Range- 680- 760
Countdown to R2
begins! Time is of crucial importance!