As the Round 1 interviewing cycle heats up, some hopeful candidates have been posting accounts of their interview experiences to the Clear Admit Wiki, a free resource for MBA admissions applicants to share information on their experiences. This week, a candidate for Northwestern / Kellogg shared the following interview experience:
“My interview was conducted by two people: a Kellogg admissions officer and a first year student who was training to be a part of recruiting. The interview was pretty conversational and the interviewers were very friendly. Here is an overview of the of the questions I was asked:
- Your background is very interesting – how come you did not think about medicine. Tell me about yourself and your undergrad and grad school.
- Career progression from analyst to associate
- Talk about team experiences and what you have learnt from them?
- How many people do you supervise?
- Tell me about a time you experienced team conflict.
- What do you struggle with while managing people?
- What is one misconception people could have about you?
- Why do you want to do an MBA now?
- Why Kellogg?
- What will you bring to Kellogg?
- Which other schools have you applied to?
- What is your greatest accomplishment in your professional career?
- What is a weakness in your application?
- What do you love about consulting?”
For more MBA admissions interview reports, be sure to check out the Clear Admit Wiki – a free resource with hundreds of real, documented interview experiences from b-school applicants. Also, if you’d like to help your fellow applicants by adding your experiences, please send us your interview field report and we’ll post it to the wiki. Finally, if you’d like even more helpful hints and detailed analysis on how to ace your interview, check out our line of Interview Guides, which demystify the most common questions asked by the leading programs and offer step-by-step guidance for a successful interview.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Clear Admit Wiki and best of luck to anyone still undergoing admissions interviews.
Read the full article: Northwestern / Kellogg MBA Admissions Interview Questions 2011