University of Chicago – Booth School of Business
Full-time MBA program – Interview Questions
Chicago Booth relies on alumni interviews. Booth interviews typically last 40mts-45mts. But I’ve heard of 30mts interviews as well, with results at both ends of the spectrum. So don’t attempt to interpret interview duration one way or the other.
You should check out the profile of the interviewer while “preparing” some small-talk to develop a rapport. Also think of specific questions to ask at the end of the interview.
Some of the alumni who interview in Singapore are:
- Uni Hong, BP
- Raj Sundar, Kimberly-Clark
The interviewer would NOT have read candidate’s application essays.
The Booth interview largely centers on your CV and application. Some commonly asked questions are:
- Walk me through your resume/Tell me about yourself.
- Why did you pick your major?
- What are your short-term goals?
- Why are you pursuing an MBA? What do you expect from your MBA in the long term?
- Why now? Why Booth?
- What other schools have you applied to? How do you compare them to Booth? / Why would you choose Booth over those?
- How would you decide between two schools?
- What will you contribute to Booth? What will you contribute to Booth, or what will you bring to the Booth community?
- What do plan to do outside the classroom at Booth?
- What is your Plan B if you don’t get accepted to any b-schools?
- You will not meet most of you classmates after the two years at school. How will you make sure you learn the most from this distinguished set of people? How will YOU make sure they learn from you?
- What professional groups will you join? Which social groups will you join?
- Booth has classes that present different settings: group-based, individual, project-based. Which ones do you have a preference for? Why?
- Place yourself 30 years in the future… what would you define then as having been successful?
- What is your leadership style, and how do you function when you are not a leader in a team?
- What is one area of weakness you would like to work on regarding your leadership style why earning an MBA?
- Discuss a time when you had to manage a difficult team or teammate, and how did handle that experience?
- Tell me about one occasion in which you displayed leadership.
- Tell me a solution you have recently proposed to your employer?
- Can you tell me about a time when you made an unpopular decision?
- What is your most defining leadership experience?
- Tell me about a leadership failure you experienced. How will it help you at Booth?
- Tell me about a decision you made that you later regretted.
- You have had a lot of success in the past. How do you handle failure?
- Tell me something you feel passionate about.
- What are you hobbies / other interests and why?
- What do you think is a weakness that people can have inside or outside of work?
- Tell me something about you that I could not know from reading your resume.
- What are 3 things your friends would describe about you?
- If your friends had to describe you in three words, what would they say?
- What are the differences you’ve found between different nationalities while working in your company?
- How is a regular day in your line of work?
- Is there anything that we have not covered that would like to point out, on or off your resume?
- Do you have any questions for me?
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