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• Discuss yourself/ Walk me through your resume and explain your roles and responsibilities.
• Name three words or phrases to describe yourself to others
• What is an activity you are involved in? Why is it important to you?
• What contributions would you make to a group?
• What do you do to relieve stress?
• What are your hobbies outside of school and work?
• What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
• Please discuss the factors, both professional and personal, influencing the career decisions you have made so far.

• Why the MBA? Why now?
• Why are you interested in a general MBA program?
• What do you expect from this program?
• What can you contribute to our program and into our classrooms? What makes you unique among other candidates and why should we accept you?
• What would you do if not accepted?
• What are your long- and short-term goals? Why?
• Where do you see yourself in ten years?
• Which other schools are you applying to? How did you choose these schools? Why so many/few? Which school is your first choice?
• How do you plan to use your MBA in your career and your community?
• Why does this school appeal to you?

• Why did you choose your undergraduate major?
• Which school did you attend and why that one'?
• What was your major and why?
• Would you choose the same studies again if you could do it over again?
• What overall grades did you get? What is Honours?
• Which courses were you best at? Why?
• Did you work as an undergrad?
• Do you think your grades are an accurate reflection of your ability?
• What did you like most about this part of your education?
• What did you least like about this part of your education?

• What was your first job out of undergrad?
• Have you been promoted?
• Talk about experiences you have had at work. Can you briefly describe the key responsibilities of your current job?
• Describe a typical work day.
• Discuss your career progression
• Give examples of how you have demonstrated leadership inside and outside the work environment
• Discuss any experience you have had abroad
• How does your performance compare with that of your peers at a similar level?
• What specifically have you done to help your company change?
• What have you done to develop those under your responsibility?
• What could you do to be an even more effective member of your organization?
• Describe your most successful accomplishment at work.
• Describe a failure on the job.
• Why did you choose this profession? Why this company?
• What do you like best/about your current job?
• What are the key challenges of your job?
• Have you ever supervised employees?
• Have you switched firms? If so, why?
• What is most frustrating at work?
• Describe your relationship with your boss. What is good and bad about it"
• Where is your industry heading in the next five years? (all the more important if your interviewer works in the same domain)
• How would co-workers describe you?

• Discuss a time when you successfully supervised a diverse group of people toward a difficult goal. Give an example of when you accomplished something significant that wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t been there.
• Tell me about a situation where you had to persuade someone to agree with your point of view
• Describe a time when you had to gain upper management’s support for an idea/proposal
• Name a time when you had to convince someone who didn’t report directly to you to do something they didn’t want to do
• Describe a time when you had a conflict with another person in a corporate or school setting
• Describe a situation in which you identified key problems early on in a project and were able to avert a crisis
• Tell me about a time when you led a team to a goal even though the individual team members were sceptical that it could be accomplished
• Tell me about a time when you worked with someone who didn’t follow through. What did you do?
• How have you dealt with a person who was difficult to work with?
• Discuss a time when you had to make an unpopular decision
• Tell me about the toughest group that you ever worked in. What made it so tough, and how did you handle it?
• Describe an ethical dilemma that you faced in your career. How did you resolve it?
• Give me an example of when you pushed back against doing something
• What is the hardest decision you have ever had to make on the job? Outside of your job?
• Tell me about a time when you took a smart risk
• Name a time when you developed a unique and resourceful solution to a problem
• Describe a situation when you had to make an important decision without having all of the necessary information at hand
• Tell me about a time when you had to analyze facts quickly, identify the issues, and develop an action plan
• Give me an example of when you thought out of the box
• Have you ever had to bend a rule to get your work done more efficiently?
• Discuss a time when you didn’t succeed on the first try.
• What is the worst professional decision you have ever made?
• Tell me about a time when you weren’t very pleased with your performance.
• Describe a situation in which you wish you had acted differently with someone in your group.
• Describe a time when you inspired someone to work harder.
• Discuss a project that required the use of your analytical skills.
• Tell me about a time when you led a team to success despite opposition from others.
• Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed.

• Tell me about a topic you just read?
• What trait you possess that I would not get by reading your file?"
• To test your communication skills: Pick a subject from the current news, assume I don't know anything about it and give me a brief synopsis.
• Describe a time when you had to convince an antagonistic group of the merits of your proposal. Explain the process.
• What team skills will you learn in MBA program?
• What are three major challenges that your industry is currently facing?
• Who do you admire most as a leader, and why?
• What was your greatest accomplishment?
• How do you define success?
• What would you do if a team member wasn't pulling his own weight?
• Who are your heroes? Why?
• What have you done that you are proud of?
• Define teamwork
• Define leadership
• What is your favorite sport? What aspect of it appeals to you'?
• What is the last book you read? What did you think of it?