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"Pretty casual, 25 mins max. Talked a lot about skiing. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Goals 4. Why Fuqua 5. How will you contribute to Fuqua 6. TMAT You were a leader among leaders 7. TMAT when you lead a diverse team 8. Questions for the interviewer"
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"Very warm conversation with a 2nd-year student. She introduced herself and started off with the following questions, adding inputs after each of my responses, which kept me going 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA, why now 3. Why Fuqua 4. TMAT when you were in a successful team and the role you played 5. TMAT you convince someone who didn't agree with you 6. If I was adcom, Is there anything other thing you would like me to know about you 7. Questions for the interviewer"
"Very warm and friendly conversation with a 2nd-year student. She introduced herself and started off with the following questions, adding inputs after each of my responses, which kept me going :) 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Goals -- Follow up questions to this 4. Why Fuqua 5. How will you contribute to Fuqua 6. TMAT you received constructive feedback 7. TMAT when you gave feedback to a team member 8. A time you assumed a leadership role 9. An experience with a diverse team 10. Questions for the interviewer"
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"The interview itself was very conversational, with a second year student. Lasted for 1 hour. The interviewer started by their own introduction before asking me questions. - Tell me about yourself - Why MBA/short term & long term goals, why now - Follow up question about long term goal, we spent quite a bit of time on this - Tell me about your leadership style - Tell me about a time when you give feedback to someone - Why Fuqua specifically? - Have you talked to any alumni? What did they say about Fuqua? - Your planned contribution to the Fuqua community? (I basically just re-iterated my essay). It went into back-and-forth discussions from there after I was invited to ask questions. My question - the interviewer's answer - then either one of us asked follow up questions. Although it did not become very structured, I enjoyed the overall conversation and I think the interviewer did, too. I guess don't be afraid to build rapport with the interviewer, let he/she be in a good mood to assess you. Have some questions about Fuqua handy - you want to be perceived as someone who has researched about this school well. Good luck everyone!"
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"I was interviewed by an alum based in India. The interview lasted 1 hour 45 minutes. He started by saying that the conversation will be informal and I shouldnt treat this as an interview. Basic Qs - Why MBA/ Why now/Why Duke/ Why Team Fuqua Follow ups on what research I have done in deciding my post MBA goals. Situational - All questions around teamwork. What role I play in teams/How to motivate someone in team/Best leadership story/Best and worst things about working in team. My only advice is to sound too excited to be working in teams."
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"I interviewed with a second year student. The interview lasted about 50 minutes, making it the longest b-school interview I appeared for. There were a lot of behavioral questions we covered, but it was very conversational and fun. She introduced herself in first 2-3 minutes and then we dived right in: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why is an MBA right next step and why now? 3. What is your near-term plan to achieve this long-term vision? 4. Why is Fuqua the right place for you? 5. How do you see yourself contributing to Team Fuqua? And what diverse perspective will you bring to the cohort? 6. Can you think of at least three clubs/activities that you think you'll be joining at Fuqua to learn new things, apart from the ones where you'll be contributing? 7. What is your leadership style and could you talk about a time where you had to lead in a situation of conflict or strong objections? 8. Who is a leader you admire and what according to you are traits of a good leader? 9. Could you describe your mentorship style using only three-adjectives? She then asked for an example where I mentored someone and lived those adjectives IRL. 10. Have you had an experience of working in a diverse team where someone was being disrespected? 11. What was your experience like working with all these cross-functional and cross-geographic teams? How do you lead people with all these different backgrounds and experiences? 12. Tell me about a time you received a constructive feedback. 13. Has there been a time where you used active listening to change the outcome? 14. If Fuqua doesn't work out in this round, what is your Plan B? 15. Any questions for me? It got a little exhausting after a while with all these behavioral questions, but I tried to answer each one with a big smile and high enthusiasm. Hope this helps y'all!"
"Had my interview over the weekend, It was decently good. Duration: 55 mins Overall friendly, but lots of questions. Interview started with his own introduction followed by the below questions: 1. Walk me through your resume? 2. Post MBA career plans? 3. One question in Detail related to my past and future goals. 4. Why MBA now? 5. Time me about a time faced Failure and how did the experience help you? 6. What makes you a good leader and make others to follow you? 7. Tell me about a manager/ mentor you looked up to and qualities u would take along with you? 8. Why is Fuqua a good fit for you? 9. In case Fuqua doesn’t work out- What’s the Plan B? 10. Tell me about a time when you had win someone over- a person who was not responsive? 11. Tell me about a time when your listening skills were crucial to come to an outcome? 12. Tell me about your Fav team success story, your contribution? 13. Tell me about time when you had to choose between a short term and a long term goal? 14. Diversity- experiences with people? 15. Follow up question on Diversity 16. Questions for the interviewer? My two cents on the interview experience: # Be thorough with your resume # Be Prepared for 3-4 Behavioral Questions at least. # Have good and relatable questions for the interviewer- not something that could be easily found # Walk in the interview without having the final decision result in the mind, just be yourself # Try Building a rapport with your interviewer , while keeping it formal #Dont be afraid to show your vulnerable side All the best!"
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"I had my interview with an alumni. It was conversational and comfortable. He was well prepared and has seen my resume. He provided positive feedback at the end but noted that the interview is only one part of the application. Here are my questions. Tell me about yourself What do you attribute to the success of your career? Why an MBA and why now? What does team Fuqua mean to you? Are there any professors/classes that you are interested in? TMAT when you use data to solve a problem. TMAT when you had to solve a problem without data. Why will Durham be a good fit for you? What are your post mba goals? How will Fuqua help you achieve your goals? TMAT when you didn’t get along with a coworker/manager? What are you most proud of in your professional/personal life? Is there anything you want to share that we have not discussed? What questions do you have for me about Fuqua, Durham, the MBA, etc?"
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"Interviewed by a Japanese alumnus (class of 2009) at his office. The interview was a quite friendly and relaxed one. - Self introduction by the interviewer (his background was consulting) - Introduction of my business career - Why MBA?/Post MBA career goals - Scholarship/sponsorship - Major success and failure in my business career - Leadership style/What makes someone a “good leader”? - Mentoring experience - What does “diversity” mean to you? - Tell me about the time diversity worked positively/negatively - International experience - Experience of team work - How to contribute to “Team Fuqua”? What kind of role can you take? - Programs/classes I am interested in Fuqua - What else do you know about Fuqua? - How can Fuqua help you achieve your goals? - Any questions to the interviewer?"
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"Interviewer: 2nd year student Duration: 1hr 15min 50 mins for interview questions and introduction 35 mins for my questions 1. Tell me about yourself (Covered my long term goal here) 2. What is your leadership style (There was a follow up question here based on my answer) 3. Why Fuqua 4. TMAT you gave feedback to someone (There was a follow up question here) 5. What does diversity mean to you and your experience with diverse teams 6. How do you handle conflict 7. What does Team Fuqua mean to you 8. Questions for me (Asked about 4 questions) Experience: The interviewer made me feel comfortable and kept the interview conversationa"
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"Had my interview with a 2nd year student. The interview started with a slow pace but it took off well after I found a common interest with my interviewer while answering one of the questions :P - Tell me about yourself - Asked me to elaborate on one extra curricular activity I mentioned in my resume - What are your goals and why MBA - What type of leader you want to be - TMAT when you had to compromise - TMAT you faced a conflict in workspace - Experience in working with diverse teams - weakness - Why fuqua - Any questions for me"
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"I had my interview with a 2nd yr, he was extremely friendly and humble. The interview went on for 50+mins with me asking 4 questions. 1. Tell me about yourself, and your journey. 2. How will Fuqua help you reach your goals? 3. Tell me about your 3 strengths and how will you use these strengths to contribute to Fuqua. 4. How do you inspire and motivate others to follow you 5. Experience with diversity 6. How are you in a team setting and how has your presence had a positive outcome (forgetting the exact wording) 7. In 3 words describe your mentorship style 8. A time you listened and it had a positive impact on you. ( constructive criticism question or how you handle feedback) 9. He picked a project from my resume and asked about it 10. 3 words my last manager would use to describe me. 11. Questions for the interviewer."
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"Just got my EA interview done with a second year student. The interviewer was extremely friendly and the interview was like a very pleasant conversation. Lasted around 45 minutes with 12-13 minutes of questions from my end. 1. Tell me about you and walk me through your resume 2. Why Fuqua 3. Goals and how can Fuqua help you 4. Most significant failure 5. Diversity experience 6. How do you handle feedback 7. How will act as a team player if a member of your academic group is busy with recruiting? 8. How will you contribute to Fuqua 9. Questions for me"
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"Had my Fuqua interview today with a 2nd year student. Lasted for one hour, including 10minutes of QnA from my end. Walk me through your journey till here. What are goals and how does an MBA come in. How do you lead teams. What do you do when there is a conflict in your team. How do you manage a person who is inconsistent with the entire team. What are you looking forward to at Fuqua. How will you strengthen your leadership skills at Fuqua. How will you contribute to Fuqua. Who is your role model and what do you look upto in that person. There was a lot of follow-up on team leading, delegation and conflict. In total she might have asked more than 15 questions."
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"Was a conversational interview with a second year student. I had applied during EA. 1. Tell me about your background, work-experience and Why MBA? 2. Leadership style and examples. 3. How do you manage conflict in a team setting? 4. How do you lead a diverse team? 5. Most challenging and most rewarding aspect of a diverse team 6. A time when you had to confront your team members. What was the result? 7. How'd you contribute to Fuqua? 8. Questions for the interviewer."
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"Doing my bit by sharing details of my interview since the debriefs here acted as an incredible resource to prepare for my interview. My interview was with an adcom member and lasted for about 45 minutes. It was a fast-paced interview with over 20 questions. The person was extremely friendly and made me feel comfortable. Mentioning the questions below (in no particular order): 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA now? 3. Goals 4. Why Fuqua? 5. Why is diversity important and experience of working in diverse teams 6. Leadership experience and what you learnt from it 7. Feedback you got at work 8. Biggest achievement (personal/professional) 9. Biggest strength + a weakness that you hope to address to Fuqua 10. Qualities you hope to imbibe as a leader 11. Team fuqua - what does it mean to you? 12. Decency Quotient - why is it important? Any examples? 13. How do you deal with a very quiet team member who is not contributing to discussion? 14. Qualities you look for in a team member 15. Anything else that you want to mention? 16. Question for her (I asked 3 about her time at the admissions team at Fuqua) 17. She also asked if Fuqua was my top choice and if yes why (after I mentioned that I have applied in Early Action) 18. If you graduate from Fuqua and look back a few years later, what would you see as your biggest contribution? I applied in Early Action so fingers crossed for my result! Will update here once done."
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"Duration of the Interview: 55 minutes Questions asked: > WMTYR > Why MBA? Why now? > Why Fuqua? > What does Diversity mean to you? > Criticism you received recently and how did you handle it > How would your friends and family describe you > Which other schools have you applied to and how will you choose where to go if you get through all of them? > Other profile-specific questions to gain a better understanding of what I have done > Do you have any questions for me?"
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"Booked a slot in Open Interview Round and applied in R1. Interview matched with Alumni based in India. connected with him and scheduled Interview on mutually suitable day. Interview: Greeted each other and Interviewer introduced himself and walked me thru the process, Mentioned that he is comfortable even of the interview go beyond scheduled 45Mins time and no need to rush, also said he'll take notes in between so don't be distracted by it. 1) Walk me through your resume 2) Why second MBA? (He said this question is from him and not from Adcom) 3) Why Duke? have you done your research? 4) which other schools have you applied? 5) If not duke, what is the back up? 6) Long term career goals? (Knowing the followup, I added how duke can help) 7) Challenges as a manager? 8) the time you needed to give tough feedback to reportee? (By this time interviewer already understood that I'm well prepared with examples and said if you don't have an example for this it's fine) 9) Give a 1 min pitch to admissions (I was caught off guard, Didn't deliver my best as I though I already mentioned everything I wanted to tell him) 10) I think we covered everything, do you want to add something? (I mentioned we've covered everything not much I wanted to add) the interview part was done in around 30 mins. Then, He asked if I had any questions for him. I asked following questions: 1) How was his experience at Fuqua and how much impact did it had on his career? he gave a note of his experience, how it impacted his life choices and helped him getting oppurtunities even 15years later etc. I realized, he dropped out of his Indian MBA in middle to join Fuqua, he said for the similar reasons I've mentioned. 2) I asked him about his current stint with GoI and how they are trying to help farmers. then I gave him a walkthrough of what i'm doing in the feild in my part time. he had a few follow up questions on the topic and seemed intrigued. Overall, I felt I could have given a better framed answers at someplaces. but the the interview really picked up at the end, where we had good discussion. Fingers crossed."
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"Interviewer: 2nd year student (Daytime MBA) Duration: roughly 40 minutes Summary: In my view, the interview was conversational. The interviewer was friendly, she took some notes while I was talking. Questions: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA 3) Why Fuqua 4) Leadership style 5) Leadership experiences - she asked the specific example and how I encountered some challenges 6) Anything you want to share to the interviewer For question 6) -> If I may share some advice, it would be better for the interviewee to prepare all the important and relevant points that he/she wants to share although no questions triggered (I am sure you already made the script). Question 6) is the opportunity for interviewee to share those important points if you haven't shared in the previous questions. Just my two cents and hope for the best for everyone."
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"Interviewer: Second Year Student (Daytime MBA) Duration: 35 mins 25 mins for interview questions 10 mins for my questions Questions - Tell me how did you get to this point of applying for an MBA. - Why Fuqua? - Where does Fuqua rank in the list of colleges that you've applied to? - Tell me about a time you faced a conflict working with teams. - What 3 qualities do you believe are most important in a team? - What is your leadership style and what makes you a good leader? Almost all of the questions had 2-3 follow-up questions where the interviewer was curious to understand my perspective on the answers that I had given. Experience: The interview was very conversational and I ended up loving the experience as my interviewer shared some very interesting insights about his journey at Fuqua thus far. Hope this helps!"
"It was a very conversational and pleasant interview. My interviewer started off with telling me how the process works, and then a little about his background. He then asked me some questions, and was very engaging and interactive throughout. The interview lasted for 50 mins, including the questions I asked. Had a truly lovely experience. Tell me about who you are, and walk me through your resume Tell me about a leadership experience in your life Why MBA? Why Duke? What is a team experience that you think has impacted you and how?"
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"Open interview was with a 2nd year student. Lasted ~50 minutes. Was very conversational/casual and genuinely a lovely conversation. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why MBA 3. Walk me through your resume 4. Career goals 5. Leadership style / what you want to improve on 6. Why Fuqua 7. Any questions for me"
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"Interviewed with a current second year student. Very friendly and conversational. Total duration close to 50 minutes. Questions were: - Tell me about yourself. - What are your goals? - Why MBA? - How do you motivate others on your team? - What type of leader are you? How would you get others to follow you? - How would you contribute at Fuqua? - How would you integrate someone who has not been exposed to different cultures into a multicultural team? - What does Decency Quotient (DQ) mean to you? - What questions do you have for me?"
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"Had my open interview with a 2nd year via zoom for R1 admission. Really nice, lasted 60 minutes. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. What are your goals and why Fuqua (combined, took a bit of time to answer) 3. What in your experience makes for a good leader? 4. What has been your favorite leadership experience? 5. How will you improve your leadership skills at Fuqua? 6. How can you use the Fuqua network to create new opportunities (interesting one, hadn't seen it before) 7. How will you use your diversity to improve Fuqua (also interesting) I think one or two more, but can't remember now. Notably I wasn't asked about weaknesses, failures, or feedback. Lasted the full hour including my own questions. Overall very nice, and she responded to all my answers with more information on the program so I learned a lot as well. Made me excited to potentially join the program."
"My interview was with a 2nd year student and went on for 50mins including QnA. 1)Tell me about yourself? 2)Why MBA? Goals? 3)Leadership style? Experience example 4)Ideal team work and example 5)What does team Fuqua mean to you 6)What's your take on diversity? And tell me one challenge you have faced working in diverse teams 7)What does DQ mean to you and state an example of DQ in your life 8)How will you contribute to Fuqua 9)What clubs are you interested in 10)Greatest strength, and weakness you want to improve at Fuqua 11)Tell me about a time you gave negative feedback to your team and how did it go 12)How would you inspire people to follow you 13)What components make a successful team 14)Any questions for me"
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