Blog: Archive for the “MBA Interviews” Category

Drawing on our experience in preparing countless clients for their MBA interviews, we at mbaMission are proud to release our updated series of Interview Guides, which now covers 17 individual top-ranked schools for the 2019–2020 admissions season! The guides feature valuable information about the programs’ interview processes, notoriously difficult questions, and past applicants’ experiences. To … Read More  

The official deadline for Round 1 Harvard Business School (HBS) applicants is drawing near: September 4, 2019. Once you submit your HBS application (and breathe a sigh of relief), the waiting game for the interview invitation begins. Predicting exactly what questions you will be asked in your HBS interview is impossible, given the dynamic nature … Read More  

If you have been invited to interview with your target business school, you may be wondering whether or not interviewing on-campus with a member of the admissions committee is more beneficial than interviewing off-campus with a local alumni interviewer. Recently, mbaMission senior consultant Rachel Back addressed this question in a video for our friends at … Read More  

One of the most critical steps in the MBA application process is the interview, and none is more legendary—or stress inducing—than Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s). The HBS interview is particularly fast-paced and can cover a wide range of topics, all based on your specific application and personal story. It is designed to help the admissions … Read More  

“What if I don’t know the answer to a question I’m asked?” This is probably the number one anxiety among business school candidates facing an admissions interview. Thankfully, however, it is largely an unnecessary one, because your interviewer will always be asking questions about a topic you actually know very well—you!—not questions that require applied … Read More