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It is currently 21 Apr 2023, 05:38 |
"The interview started about 20 minutes late and ended within 20 minutes. It was conversational, but the interviewer did not speak much. She did take copious notes as I was talking, and there was a curve ball. Following questions were asked: 1. Why MBA? Why now? Why KF? As a single question 2. Want to talk about your work experience as an individual, as a team member, and as a leader: a) how would your colleagues/ team mates describe you? b) talk about the time you led a team and what you learned from it? 3. Talk about one thing on your resume that you consider your proudest achievement 4. She gave me KF's values and asked me "These are KF's values. What do these mean to you, and what do you expect from a B-school around these values?" This was the curve ball for me, especially the second part 5. Anything else you want to speak to about your profile that hasn't been covered through your application or interview? 6. Any questions for me? I asked her a question about scholarships and finances, and received a generic answer "You will know more once a decision has been reached" (which makes me think this was an external reviewer / consultant)"
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"Walk me through your resume why MBA why UNC short and long-term goals Challenge on a team DEI(a time I was marginalized or saw someone marginalized). There was follow-up on my DEI response The interview lasted for almost 20 minutes. Had to switch formats at the beginning and there was no time for me to ask questions But fairly standard and conversational. No curve-balls. Hope this is helpful"
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"I just concluded my interview. It was with an adcom, she was so nice and interesting. I enjoyed her questions. Questions were around: - Tell me about yourself. - Why KF? - Short term and long term goals. - what would be your contribution to KF - Constructive feedback I received from my supervisor - a time I faced an ethical dilemma and how I navigated - What do I do outside work? - what’s my biggest motivation - How would an MBA help me achieve that - What would I like KF to remember about me. Key facts - questions for her. I asked 3 questions. She was very nice and wished me the very best in the process. Finger crossed."
"My interview was with someone random. I’m not sure their connection to the school. I know they live 30 minutes away but their LinkedIn doesn’t have UNC. I’ve seen other people that do interviews for UNC and some live across the country. Not an alumni or anything. Why an MBA now? Why UNC? What are your long/short term goals? What is your leadership style? How have you worked in diverse teams? What would your coworkers/teammates say are your strengths? What do the UNC core values mean to you? (integrity, inclusion, innovation and impact) What more do you want to share with me for the adcom? What questions do you have for me? The interview was exactly 30 minutes And my goodbye was cut off, they run a tight schedule. Is UNC unique in the way they blindly send interview invites to their candidates (an algorithm selects who they interview) then they use a 3rd party to perform the interview?"
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"One lady – Adcom 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Which values do you consider most important 3. How will you contribute after coming to Kenan in terms of qualities 4. Questions for me? 5. Leadership experience? What is your style like? 6. What is that one skill you want to build after coming here? 7. Why MBA now? Why MBA at all? 8. What is your long term goal?"
"Mr. Rahul Sampat conducted my interview. Apparently, he is an admission consultant who joined UNC this year. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-sampat/ Questions asked were: Walk me through your resume. Why MBA? Why Now? Why KF? Short-term and long-term goals? Tell me a time you received constructive feedback and how you improved. What stressful situation did you face at work? How did you handle it? A situation when you felt or saw someone being marginalized? What did you do? How did you create an inclusive environment? Questions for me?"
"Ms. Virginia Gilbert ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-he ... t-3a09843/ ) from the Admissions committee was my interviewer. She is a Darden alum from the Class of 1997. She seemed convinced with most of my answers and even elaborated on some points as to how I can use the KF resources to get into consulting! It lasted for about 25 minutes. Most questions revolved around the following: 1. My choice of UG major 2. Why second MBA (I already have a PGDM from an Indian B-school) 3. A situation where I had a conflict with a team member 4. My leadership style 5. Why Kenan Flagler 6. Best part about my job She did not ask me about my goals but mentioned that she had read my essays and knew that I wanted to do consulting. But true to what all current students and alumni told me, it was indeed very conversational."
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"Just had my interview. Pretty standard questions that are in every debrief. Was with an alum. Strictly kept it to 25mins for questions and 5 for asking her about the school."
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"My interviewer was an alumni of UNC not KF, She did her MBA from elsewhere. She was an adcom volunteer. Tell me about yourself, Walk me through your resume Why MBA Why Now Why UNC Short term and long term goals Leadership experience and style Values that matter to you Constructive feedback One thing you are looking forward to learning in the program How will you strengthen the class Anything else you'd like me to know? Questions for me It was really comfortable, and very chill, didn't feel the pressure, could be myself and have a nice conversation!"
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"My interview was with a third party interviewer who has been working with the school for over a year now. Questions: 1. Tell me something about yourself 2. Why MBA? 3. Why now? 4. Why KF 5. Short term, long term goals 6. 1 CV related question (related to how I got into my industry, what motivated me) 7. Feedback from your supervisor, how do you think will that help you as a leader 8. A leadership experience, something you would like to talk about from your work experience 9. Stressful situation you faced at work? How did you handle it? 10. A situation when you felt or saw someone being marginalised? What did you do? How did you create an inclusive enviornment? 11. Follow up question on how will you create an inclusive environment later as a leader of an organisation? 12. Questions for me The interviewer was really nice, made me feel comfortable and the interview was conversational."
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"It was more of a personalized set up for me based on my application but let me give it here in context Interview flow of patterns 1. They asked about my passion of tennis to begin with - Took this from my essay answers - So commenced with something to begin with. Very interesting start to know a candidate 2. Why did I study Business Administration in my undergrad - Why Loyola - How was the experience - Did you have any major in your undergrad 3. Did you always know you wanted to pursue the world of business ? Whats the source of trigger on this 4. Why MBA ? - While answering this , i also indicated why i wanted to study at UNC 5. Explain what makes you a good leader - How would you deliver negative feedback to your team ? 6. Walk me through your professional career till date In the middle candidly spoke about my career aspirations (ST and LT) - So the question of whats my ST and LT was covered automatically. These were the questions - Very engaging interview"
"Interviewed with alumni and it lasted for 30 mins 1. Why MBA, why now, why UNCKF 2. How would your teammates describe you 3. Tell me a time you received constructive feedback and how you improved 4. What's your proudest professional achievement 5. In what kind of environments you would thrive 6. what would your supervisor say about your leadership skills 7. tell me 3 things that you want the admission committee to remember about you"
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"Interviewed with a third-party interviewer. The interview lasted for 30 mins. It was not too conversational. She had read my resume and had it open during the interview. I'm not sure if she read my application. Questions were : 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Why MBA 3) Why UNCKF 4) How would you contribute to UNCKF 5) Time when you led a team + what is your leadership style 6) Time when you received constructive feedback + how has it helped you to grow in your current role 7) What are the skills you would like to enhance 8) Anything else you would like to share 9) Any questions for me Hope this helps ! All the best"
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"You won't know who the interviewer is in prior. The interview was with an Ad-com and lasted 30mins. Questions - Tell me more about yourself Why MBA Why Kenan-Flagler 3 leadership qualities An area of improvement What is a common misconception about you? Looking back at your MBA experience, what would you consider as success? Anything you want to add? Any questions?"
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"Interviewed with AdCom. It was very conversational and lasted for about 30 minutes. She had read my resume and essays before and had specific questions that she wanted to add. 1. How did I select my undergraduate university and degrees? 2. Volunteering activities I was part of during undergrad. 3. Tell more about study abroad experience 4. How did I transit from undergrad to my current employer? 5. What do I do in my current position and what does my day to day look like? 6. A bit more about extra curricular that I do at work. 7. Short-term/long-term goals 8. Why MBA? 9. Why Kenan-Flagler? 10. Questions for adcom."
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"Had my Interview with a member of the Student recruitment team and it lasted for 20 minutes. 1. Introduce yourself (2-3 min) 2. Why MBA now? 3. 4 things in an ideal leader 4. How do you motivate people? 5. Ethical Dilemma 6. Situation when someone upset you 7. Something about you which people think but isn't true 8. Where do you want to work post MBA?"
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"I was waitlisted in R1 and had a follow up interview on 25-Jan. The interview was conducted by Maria, who is part of the admissions team. The interview started with pleasantries, followed by Maria giving a introduction of herself. Total Interview Time- 30 mins Questions[in no particular order; paraphrasing]: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. What are your ST and LT goals? 3. Why MBA? 4. Tell me about a time you failed 5. Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your supervisor 6. If you had to pick two superpowers, what would they be? 7. According to you, what qualities should an ideal leader posses? 8. Describe yourself in 3 words 9. How would you contribute to the Kenan Flagler community? Last 5 mins were spent in me asking her questions. Hope this helps. All the best!"
"Debrief 1. Why do you want to join business school? 2. Why now? 3. Why UNC chapel hill ? 4. What is the industry you want to join right after mba ? 5. How are teamwork and leadership skills highlighted in your proudest achievement ? 6. What soft skills would you want to enhance? 7. Tell me three things about you that your coworkers would say? 8. We also have community in the core value and how will you share your experiences on community? 9. Share anything that you think we might have missed ? 10. Any questions that you would like to ask me, the floor is yours."
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"Pretty neat conversational Interview. Focussed on whether I was clear on the MBA/ Few tips that helped 1)Stay real and be yourself, I was literally conversationally at my best and told her that I was in the hills travelling. And we spoke about travels and sports for 10 / 30 mins 2)Be clear and specific on why mba and why kenan. I was clearly aiming for the school and the passion I addressed via networking, talking to profs, students and just being closer to the actual community. I literally opened all my cards pre during and post the interview slowly but steadily and built a conversational approach towards the app - much more personalised. 3)Have clarity on how you can contribute and give back to Kenan and why you should get there ahead of everybody else. It is energy and zeal once again and do focus on demonstrating that well. 4)Stay humble and have a leadership principle. focus on what works for you, in my case 8 odd years of work ex gave me some pov on what works as a leader personally and what i want to learn at kenan. Got my decision via call / phone today. Best thing that happened to me in years. The last best something similar was when I raised funding for my startup. Keep dreaming! You will make it. PS - I did not use a consultant and I think it helped me understand myself during the process better."
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"I had my interview with Elaine from Ad com. She read through my application. Questions were largely in line with those posted in earlier debriefs. 1) What are your ST and LT goals 2) What skills gap do you see and why MBA 3) What values matter to you the most 4) Describe an recent stressful situation at work and how you handled it 5) What is your ideal team set up 6) 3 things you want the admissions team to know about you 7) Proudest achievement She then asked me if I had any questions for her. She was quite interactive. Overall it went on smoothly. There was a technical glitch from her end for a couple of minutes in the start, but otherwise it went smoothly."
"Hi, I interviewed with Third-party Admission/may be - Named "Maria" Duration - 30 Min. She started with her own introduction about her profile and how long she has been with UNC ---etc. Below are the questions that were asked to me (no particular order)- 1)Introduce yourself briefly -3 min(under) 2)CV related one question 3)Give me an example where you were challenged in professional or personal? 4) 2 superpowers that you wish you had? 5) why MBA and why now? 6) short term goal? 7) long term goal? 8) Constructive feedback that I received nd how it has helped me to evolve now in my current role ? 9)3 words to describe me? 10) Odd ball question - instead of asking how my team members view me, she asked me what is that they think about me which is not true? gave me 30 sec to think and answer 11)what kind of team members do you like? give ex about their characteristics? So a whole bunch of questions within the span of 30 min... I feel I answered them nicely, tried to make it into a conversation rather than a pitch. One tip - those who may have TPI(third party) interviewered- try and make it as a conversation, they are very straightforward and are there to just throw questions,,, so make it engaging. Overall a nice exp and now just hope that I do make it :) Jai Shree Ram :) BR sk"
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"The interview was with an AdCom member. It started couple minutes late (the interviewer mentioned that the previous interviewee was asking too many questions hence the delay). The interviewer clearly read my profile, and knew my background before the interview. The following questions were asked: 1) Describe your pre-MBA experience? Why MBA? What are your ST and LT Goals? (I was asked all three questions at once) 2) Can you give me three things you want the admission committee to remember about you? 3) What do you think sets you apart from other candidates? I gave an answer, and then she asked this again: What do you think sets you apart wrt soft skills? 4) Work instances for 1) Proudest initiative/ experience 2) Conflict (difference in opinion) 3) Feedback received 5) Tell me about a time when you did something (professionally) that changed the way you perceived things? 6) Do you have anything else you have prepared that you want to share with me? 7) Any questions for me? (I asked one question, but then the interviewer asked (and stressed) if I had any other question - I'm thinking she wanted me to have at least 2-3 questions ready to ask about that school. IDK.) On a whole the interview went for ~25 minutes. Wasn't my best interview, but I still gave satisfactory answers IMO. Fingers crossed! Good luck everyone! I hope this debrief helps you well! ~TheGuyDangerous"
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"I had my interview with Third party member(Maria), it was quick and for 25 mins(Question not in order) Tell me about yourself? What kind of leader do you think a leader should train? what constructive criticism you have received ?How did you react? What is 1 super power you want? what is your current superpower? What kind of team mates you would want in your team? 3 words to describe yourself? Felt it was little fast paced but she did mention it at start that it would be around 20 to 25 mins Hope this helps. All the best to others for their interview!"
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"My interview was with an Adcom member. It was a fun and short interview. She had my resume and set the context of the interview. 1. Why are you doing an MBA now? 2. Short term and long term goals 3. An accomplishment you're most proud of 4. What are the values most important to you? 5. tell me about a time when you disagreed with someone. how did you feel and react? Any questions for me."
"My interview was for 30 mins with a third-party interviewer. 1)Tell me about yourself and why you are here today? 2) Why MBA? 3)Short term and Long term goals 4)Biggest accomplishments of all the projects you have worked on. 5)Where are you in your leadership journey right now? 6)What is your idea of leadership? What kind of leader are you? And want to become. 7)What skills are you missing and what skills do you want to develop as a leader. (soft and hard skills) 8)What would your team say about you- What you should do more and what less? 9)What skills did you bring from your last company to your current company 10)What do you want to do in the long term and why specifically this. 11)How do you like to receive feedback? Give an example of a time when you gave feedback to a team member 12) Do you want to share anything else which you prepared for and couldn't share during this interview? 13) Any questions for me."
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