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Feb, 11, 2014
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Feb, 11, 2014
In this post I discuss MBA admissions interviews for the University Chicago Booth. If you are looking for my analysis of Booth’s essays for Fall 2014 admission, you can find it here. Beyond my 21 comprehensive service clients admitted to Booth since Fall 2008 entry (I began my own consulting service in September 2007), I […]
Feb, 10, 2014
This post supplements my main post on preparing for Michigan Ross MBA Admissions Interviews. It updates that list of questions found in that previous post. Like he has done with many other schools, my colleague, Steve Green has compiled the following list of questions from from all the reports submitted to accepted.com and clearadmit.com. In addition to our client […]
Feb, 10, 2014
In my experience, Duke interviews are all about fit. Frankly, I would not characterize the interviews for Team Fuqua as hard when compared to those of other top schools. As you will see from the questions, below, Fuqua interview questions are very typical MBA interview questions. If you are preparing for interviews for other schools, […]
Feb, 10, 2014
This post supplements my main post on preparing for Wharton MBA Admissions Interviews. It provides a list of the common non-Team-Based Discussion questions that are part of the one-to-one interview. Like he has done with many other schools, my colleague, Steve Green has compiled the following list of questions from from all the reports […]
Feb, 09, 2014
The stupidest thing any applicant invited for an MBA admissions interview can do is not prepare sufficiently for the interview! Every year, I work intensively with clients who prepare great MBA applications to top MBA programs, but regardless of what I suggest, regardless of the extensive resources of this blog or other blogs, regardless of what […]
Feb, 06, 2014
I have gone for years without writing a post on London Business School MBA Admissions Interviews. I don’t have a specific excuse for this since I have helped many applicants prepare for this interview and have no lack of information about it. My post on LBS application essays for the Class of 2016 can […]
Feb, 05, 2014
While the format and structure for Wharton Class of 2016 interviews are the same for Round Two, Wharton has changed the Team-Based Discussion topic. Since the new topic is not online and applicants are supposed to keep it confidential, I will not discuss it here. Please see Preparing for Wharton Interviews for the Class of 2016 and When to […]
Feb, 03, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. IMD’s sudden introduction of new essay topics that will replace the present MBA application essay questions for January 2015 admission has suddenly got applicants asking me whether to apply now for Round 1 or use the new […]
Feb, 02, 2014
Please see IMD MBA Admissions Essays for January 2015 Admission (R2-R5) for my full analysis of IMD MBA application. I will provide a fully revised post on IMD’s MBA application essays for January 2015 admission, but I wanted to simply provide a quick analysis of the new questions that were released on February 2, 2014. […]
