Chicago Booth MBA Interviews are by invitation only. They are conducted by members of the Adcom, second-year students or alumni. Typically, an interview lasts for about 40-50 minutes and they are conducted blind, which means, the interviewer has reviewed your resume, but not the rest of your application.
As such, you will have a chance to expand on your essays, experiences, and reasons for attending Chicago Booth as well as ask questions of your own. So, its important that you know your story well and have practised enough to tell it articulately. Read on for common interview questions:
INTRODUCTION, GOALS, WHY MBA, WHY BOOTH
Walk me through your resume.
What are your short term and long term goals?
Which are your target companies after MBA?
Do you have a backup plan?
Why do you want an MBA now?
Why Booth?
Are there any specific courses you wish to take at Booth?
Which clubs do you want to join?
How will you contribute while at Booth?
What would be your legacy at Booth?
What is your primary source of information about Booth?
Where else have you applied?
BEHAVIOURAL QUESTIONS:
Tell me about an experience where you changed your perspective and why?Tell me about a challenging situation and how you handled it?
Tell me about a time you had to manage change.
Tell me a situation where you pushed forward an idea.
Tell me about a time you had to take help from others? What did you learn?
Tell about a time you failed and how did you respond? What did you learn?Tell me about a time you faced a conflict and how you handled it.
Tell me about a time you faced a difficult colleague. Tell me about a time when you had to manage differing opinions in a group.
Tell me about a situation where you brought people with conflicting opinions together.
Tell me about a time you had to motivate a team
What kind of role do you play in a team?
Tell me about a time when you had to convince a team or a group
Who is a leader you admire and why?
What is your leadership style? How do you wish to improve your leadership style at Booth?
Tell me about a time when you received feedback
What are your greatest strength and greatest weakness?
What is a strength you’re hoping to expand upon at Booth?
What is a weakness you’re hoping to work upon at Booth?
MISCELLANEOUS:
What do you do for fun? What are your hobbies/interests outside of work?What is an experience outside of work that taught you something?
Do you have any questions for me?