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MBA Admissions Interviews

A full MBA interview plan: each school's format mapped, a story bank, practised answers, mocks, video essays, team discussions, questions to ask, interview day and the follow-up after.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for MBA Admissions Interviews, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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MBA Admissions Interviews

Preparing for MBA admissions interviews: blind and application-aware formats, team-based discussions, video essays, school research and questions to ask.

  1. Interview format map for every school on your list
  2. Interview invitation calendar by round
  3. Story bank of twelve career and personal stories
  4. Application file summary for aware interviews
  5. Two-minute walk me through your CV answer
  6. Why MBA, why now and why this school answers
  7. Short and long term goals answer with a fallback
  8. Video interview set-up at home or work
  9. Interview outfit and professional presence check
  10. Budget for interview travel and campus visits
  11. Weekly mock interview with a partner
  12. Story bank monthly refresh
  13. School news watch for interview talking points
  14. Recorded solo practice and playback
  15. Daily one-question speaking drill
  16. Interview pipeline tracker by school and stage
  17. Thank-you note within a day of each interview
  18. Business news habit for opinion questions
  19. Post-interview debrief notes
  20. Behavioural answers on leadership and teamwork
  21. Failure, weakness and setback answers
  22. Team-based discussion practice for group formats
  23. Timed video essay practice
  24. Ethical dilemma and situational questions
  25. Answer-first structure and the two-minute limit
  26. Questions to ask your interviewer
  27. Curveball and unusual question practice
  28. Post-interview written reflection for schools that ask
  29. On-campus or virtual interview choice
  30. Alumni or admissions interview option choice
  31. Paid interview coach or free practice decision
  32. Filler words and pace fixed from recordings
  33. Prepared answers on weak spots in your file
  34. Virtual presence and body language correction
  35. Invitation reply and slot booking
  36. Final 72 hours before an interview
  37. On-campus interview day and class visit
  38. Virtual interview day routine
  39. Scholarship or fellowship interview
  40. Waitlist after an interview
  41. Interviewing while working full time
  42. Final-year student interviewing for a deferred programme
  43. International applicant across time zones and languages
  44. Career switcher explaining the pivot
  45. Executive or part-time MBA interview
  46. Reapplicant interview showing what changed
  47. Joint and dual degree programme interviews
  48. Evaluation criteria study from the admissions side
  49. Cross-school interview pattern review
  50. Running mock interviews for other applicants

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Interview format map for every school on your list

Schools interview in very different ways: some invite only a share of applicants, some interview everyone who asks, some send an alumnus who has never seen your file and others send an admissions officer who has read every word.

First tasks

  • List every school you applied to in a new interview table
  • Read each school's interview page and note who interviews and whether they read your file
  • Add any team discussion, video essay or reflection requirement to the table
  • Recheck each school's interview page for changes to the format @recurring(monthly:5)

Interview invitation calendar by round

Invitations usually arrive in waves after each round deadline, and popular interview slots can fill within a day or two of release. Putting every school's stated invitation window and decision date into one calendar means you are not caught travelling or in a busy week at work when the email lands, and you can book the slot you want the same day.

First tasks

  • Copy each school's round deadline and decision date from its admissions site
  • Add the published or typical invitation window for each school to your calendar
  • Mark weeks where several invitation windows overlap
  • Review upcoming invitation windows and decision dates for the next month @recurring(monthly:12)

Story bank of twelve career and personal stories

Almost every behavioural question can be answered from a dozen well-chosen stories, but people who have not written theirs down reach for the same two under pressure or freeze. Building a bank of twelve stories covering leadership, teamwork, failure, conflict, influence, ethics and something personal gives you material for any question and stops you repeating an example across two interviews at the same school.

First tasks

  • List twenty candidate moments from work, study and life in one sitting
  • Choose the twelve with the clearest action and result
  • Outline each chosen story in five bullets or fewer
  • Tag each story with every question type it could answer

Make it yours.

Install MBA Admissions Interviews, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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