here are some typical questions below. Additionally, you can always do a mock interview package from Veritas--affordable and extremely valuable!
Questions you might encounter:
1. Walk me through your resume (oppty to highlight valuable experience that will be useful to your classmates).
2. Tell me about yourself (be personal-they want to know who you are-what makes you tick).
3. How do your coworkers describe you? (what are your strengths?)
3.5 Greatest failure? Greatest challenge?
4. How do you define a good leader?
4.5 How do you define a good team member?
5. Share a time when team work is better than doing it yourself
6. Share an experience that you are out of your comfort zone
7. The most significant event that made you the way you are now
8. Why School, Why MBA, Why Now?
9. How will you contribute to the class?
10.Three words that your colleagues will describe you
11. What constructive criticism have you received from your boss? (what are your weaknesses?)
12. What will be your contributions to the school?
13. Clubs you want to join?
14. Difficult situation that you had to be an intermediate?
15. Share an experience that you were out of your comfort zone
16) A value that defines you and a time when that value has been
compromised.
17) Your definition of diversity and a time when this has been compromised or any experiences you've had where you have had to overcome any related challenges.
18) If you had one minute in front of the admissions committee to state your case, what would you say?
19) What does being a leader of consequence mean to you?
20) What would you say are your guiding principles?
21. How do you handle leadership outside the office differently than inside the office?
22. How are you involved in your community?
23. What questions do you have about our program?
24. Why are you a good fit with the program?
25. What makes you a better choice for a slot than someone else?
27. Describe your leadership style.
27.5 What makes a good leader?
26.If you could do anything and time and money wasn't an issue what would you choose to do?
27. Describe a conflict you have been through and how you handled it.
28. Tell me anything else I should know about you.
29. Why LBS MBA? Why now?
30. List three strengths and three weaknesses.
31. Tell me about a time when you failed.
32. Tell me about a time when you took the lead and succeeded.
33. Tell me about a time where you had difficulty with a team.
34. Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your superior.
35. Give me an example of when you took a risk
36. Give me an example of when you initiated change and how did that pan out?
37. Walk me through a typical day at work for you.
38. Teamwork is very important at b-school. Have you worked in teams and what have your roles been?
39. Give me an example of a difficult team member you've had to work with.
40. In what ways do you lead the team that you manage at work?
41. Imagine it's 2 hours before a group project is due and you are in charge of assembling the paper but discover a MAJOR logic flaw and need to make changes but cannot get a hold of any team members, what would you do?
42. On the scale of decision making, one end is collective, one end is individual, where do you fall on this spectrum?
43. If you were the business leader of your organization/company, what would you do differently?
44. If you were your direct manager, what would you do differently?
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