Most Commonly Asked Questions At Personal Interviews
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    • Most Commonly Asked Questions at Personal Interviews

    Shailesh Kumar

    Online Sales Manager
    The season for B-school admission procedures is well and truly here. With everyone evaluating their entrance exam scores and what not, the next step in admissions begins. Below are a list of commonly asked questions during the Personal Interview procedure for all B-schools. Remember that these include only a handful of questions that are asked most often. There will be questions that are not on this list that might be asked at all B-schools.

    1. Why the MBA? Why now?
    2. Why are you applying to business schools?
    3. Why does this school appeal to you?
    4. What would you do if not accepted?
    5. What are your long- and short-term goals? Why?
    6. Why are you interested in a general MBA program?
    7. Why did you choose your undergraduate major?
    8. Discuss yourself.
    9. What contributions would you make to a group?
    10. Name three words or phrases to describe yourself to others.
    11. Discuss any experience you have had abroad.
    12. What do you want to do (in regard to business function, industry, location)?
    13. What do you do to relieve stress?
    14. It's two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?
    15. How do you define success?
    16. What is an activity you are involved in? Why is it important to you?
    17. Is there anything you would like to ask me/us?



    If you are a working professional who has opted to do an MBA after a few years of employment, these might be questions put to you along with the above questions.

    1. Discuss your career progression.
    2. Give examples of how you have demonstrated leadership inside and outside the work environment.
    3. How did you choose your job after college?
    4. Describe an ethical dilemma faced at work?
    5. Describe your career aspirations?
    6. Talk about experiences you have had at work.
    7. What is most frustrating at work?
    8. How would co-workers describe you?
    9. Describe a typical work day.
    10. Have you worked in a team environment? What were your contributions to the effort?
    11. Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed.
    12. What would you do if a team member wasn't pulling his own weight?


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