Devi Vallabhaneni, a Harvard Business School (HBS) graduate and former HBS MBA interviewer, is mbaMission’s HBS Interviewer in Residence and conducts HBS Intensive Interview Simulations.  Predicting exactly what questions you will be asked in your HBS interview is impossible, given the dynamic nature of the meeting and the school’s individualized approach, but this does not … Read More  

Devi Vallabhaneni, an HBS graduate and former HBS MBA interviewer, is mbaMission’s HBS Interviewer in Residence, conducting HBS Intensive Interview Simulations.  Being invited to interview with Harvard Business School (HBS) is unquestionably exciting and a positive step in your admissions journey, but it can also trigger a lot of concerns and questions. Here, I draw on … Read More  

In a September 29 blog post, Harvard Business School’s (HBS’s) admissions director announced that Round 1 interview invitations will go out on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at noon eastern time. HBS will send only one batch of interview invites, along with notifications of “further consideration” (to-be-determined Round 2 applicant pool) and “early release.” This year, … Read More  

Although Harvard Business School (HBS) has not made an official announcement about its 2020–2021 application essay question, the admissions committee has verbally shared that the program will be using the same prompt it has posed for the past few seasons. Candidates have incredible leeway (with respect to both topic and length) to share what they … Read More