Blog: Archive for the “Harvard University (Harvard Business School)” Category

Harvard Business School (HBS) has introduced brand new essay prompts for the 2024–2025 application season. In doing so, it has stepped away from the single open-ended essay question it has consistently posed since 2016 in favor of three questions that are far more direct. The previous prompt—which could be summarized as “What else would you … Read More  

You walk out of your Harvard Business School (HBS) interview, and you are either floating on cloud nine, feeling amazing, or your mind is racing with “could’ve, should’ve, would’ve.” You wish you could run back to the interviewer to clarify your answers or add details. With the HBS Post-Interview Reflection, you can! Not literally, of course, but … Read More  

The majority of classes at Harvard Business School (HBS) are based on the case method, which depends entirely on students’ contributions. (If you are unfamiliar with what the case method is, this video will help you quickly get up to speed!) In Part 1 of its essay questions for the 2+2 program, the Personal Essays, HBS … Read More  

On Wednesday, January 31 at noon ET, Harvard Business School (HBS) will send its Round 1 applicants an update through their Application Status page. HBS will release one batch of interview invites, along with notifications of “Early Release,” for applicants who will not be moving forward in the application process . Now is therefore the … Read More  

With Round 2 application deadlines around the corner, many of you are no doubt starting (or continuing) to rack your brains over the challenging Harvard Business School (HBS) and Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) essay questions of, respectively, “What more would you like us to know?” and “What matters most to you, and why?” … Read More