Sep, 29, 2015
In this post I discuss MBA admissions interviews for the University Chicago Booth. Beyond my 25 comprehensive service clients admitted to Booth since Fall 2008 entry (I began my own consulting service in September 2007), I have worked with additional clients only on interviews. and more still from 2001-2007 when I was working for a test prep company’s admissions […]
Sep, 29, 2015
Stanford GSB’s is the hardest MBA admission interview invitation to get on the planet. If you have been invited, your chance of admission just went from about 6.5% (depends on the year) to 50%. The odds are much better, now you must close the deal. While a poor interview is unlikely to result in admission, the […]
Sep, 29, 2015
In this post I provide advice for HBS Admissions Interviews for the MBA Class of 2018. HBS ADCOM HQ In my experience, applicants who succeed at HBS MBA interviews go to their interview with a sense of confidence based on having done careful preparation. My clients who have failed the interview stage have often done so because of related reasons: lack […]
Sep, 29, 2015
This post has been updated for admission to the Kellogg MBA Class of 2018. In addition to this post and my school specific posts found on Interview Analysis section of Key Posts page of my blog, please also see: –MBA APPLICATION INTERVIEW STRATEGY (Start with this one even before reading the rest of the Kellogg post) […]
Sep, 28, 2015
I have written a number of posts about MBA application interview strategy, but I would consider this one, which I have not revised for a few years until now, to be the most important. While this post is specifically focused on MBA interview strategy, it would apply to interview preparation for other types of graduate […]
Nov, 04, 2014
UPDATE: We held our mock TBD on November 18th. Thanks to excellent turnout, participants got an opportunity to practice for the real thing. John and I plan to conduct more TBDs as well as other interview workshops in Tokyo for Round Two. For those not located in Tokyo, I would love to do virtual TBDs […]
Feb, 16, 2014
My comments below are based on my experience and my review of McCombs School of Business in University of Texas at Austin MBA interview reports found at accepted.com. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions […]
Feb, 13, 2014
In this post I discuss preparing for New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business MBA admissions interviews. Before reading this post, I suggest reviewing some or all of the following previous posts: –MBA Application Interview Strategy –Interview Practice is ABOUT SPEAKING! –Further Comments on MBA Admissions Interviews –General Characteristics of Admissions Officers, […]
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, […]
