MBA INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Why XYZ College?

2. Why the MBA? Why now?
3. Tell me something you would add to your resume
4. When did you realize that taking a step back from your professional career and going to get your
MBA was the right decision for you and what triggered that decision?
5. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when your expectations weren’t met, how did you
react and what did you do as a result?
6. Tell me about something you’re involved with outside of work
7. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when you felt like you really affected the outcome of
something.
8. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time that you really wanted to do something and were
told that you couldn’t.
9. (Behavioral Question) Have you ever had a mentor at work?
10. (Behavioral Question) Have you ever mentored someone at work?
11. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a failure.
12. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time that you had to work with someone difficult.
13. (Behavioral Question) Have you ever been on a team where you think people didn’t liked you?
14. Any updates to your file to add?
15. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you dealt with a difficult colleague.
16. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you faced low morale.
17. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you changed a culture.
18. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you impacted an organization.
19. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you acted as a mentor.
20. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time you received unexpected feedback?
21. (Behavioral Question) Have you ever advocated something that didn’t go through?
22. What else did you expect to cover that we didn’t?
23. In the last 3-6 months what are you most proud of?
24. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when a project team had a conflict
25. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when you needed to convince someone of something
26. What question did you wish I would have asked that I didnt?
27. Tell me about this company you started – what happened to it?
28. How did you start the XYZ project at your company when you didn’t have the company’s full buy-
in?
29. How were you selected for your latest assignment?
30. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when you had a difficult interaction with someone
31. (Behavioral Question) How do you do all that you do?
32. (Behavioral Question) How do you deal with stress?
33. (Behavioral Question) How did you convince people of change? How was it perceived?
34. (Behavioral Question) Did you struggle on a team, and how did you resolve it?
35. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a situation you faced that you were not prepared for?
36. (Behavioral Question) Tell me about a time when you had to deliver bad news to your colleagues
or team? How did you prepare and deliver it?