欧米主要大学院MBA・Essayの設問

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海外大学院MBAの入試一つに、ESSAY(入試論文）がある。各大学がどのような候補者を求めているのか明確なquestionが書かれている。今回のブログは初心者を対象とし、各大学で大まかに「どのような設問・質問を聞かれるのか？」ざっくりと知ることを目的としています。実際には、ご自分で、志望校のホームページを確認して進めてください。ここにあるquestionsは actual questionsですが参照に留めるようお願い致します。

University of California-Berkeley (Haas)

• How will you contribute to DEI at Haas?
• Tell me about a time when you had to overcome a challenge on a team.
• Tell me about a time you had a creative solution to a problem.

 

Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)

• Give me a one-minute introduction to who you are.
• Give an example when you accomplished something to bring better results to your team.
• What’s your definition of diversity?
• Give an example when things didn’t go according to plan as a leader. What would you have done differently?

 

University of Chicago (Booth)

• Why do you believe you have a fit with the school?
• Could you share a time when you demonstrated leadership skills?
• Three words that you would use to describe yourself.
• Tell me about a time when you fell short.
• Tell me about a time you motivated a team.
• Why did you change jobs? How was the culture different between the two jobs?
• Ideal team? What role would I see myself playing?
• How have you changed the most?
• What classes are you interested in at Chicago?
• What can you tell me about your current boss?
• Tell me about a time you had to convince multiple stakeholders with different point of views.
• What would a successful MBA experience mean for you?

Columbia Business School

• How do you incorporate diversity in your team?
• Where (Location-Wise) would you want to be in a few years?
• What if in 5 years, something happens and the industry doesn’t end up where you think it will end up, what job would you go for? Does it change your plans?
• What would you improve upon if you were running the school?
• Tell me about a time where a process you implemented succeeded?

 

Cornell University (Johnson)

• Tell me a time when you had a conflict.
• What’s your career goal? How can an MBA help you achieve your goals?
• Do you feel you will be at a disadvantage going into (Industry)?
• Tell me about a time when a project didn’t go according to plan.
• Have you talked to any current students or alumni? What did you learn from them?

 

Dartmouth College (Tuck)

• Describe a time you received constructive feedback.
• How will you contribute to your study group?
• Tell me about negative feedback you received from a boss. How did that make you feel?
• Tell me about a time you had to work out of your comfort zone and adapt quickly.
• Describe a stressful situation or time when you were under a lot of pressure.
• Tell me about a time you had to help someone without you gaining anything out of it.
• What is your biggest regret?
• Is there a book you read recently that you really enjoyed?

Duke University (Fuqua)

• What can you add to the incoming class?
• Short-term and long-term goals?
• What do you know of the Team Fuqua Spirit?
• Tell me about a time when you disagreed in a team.
• What would you do if you were in a Team and a member did not do their part and the assignment/project was due tomorrow?
• What makes up a decency quotient?
• Tell me about a time you had a conflict with your boss and how you navigated it.

 

Georgetown University (McDonough)

• If you get into all the schools you applied to, how will you choose which school to attend?
• Tell me about a time you had conflict at work?
• If you could be boss for the day, what would you do?
• Tell me about a time when you had to work with a culturally diverse group of people?

Harvard Business School

• What do you attribute to your success at XX Company?
• Why do you think you’ve been promoted over your peers?
• How do you compete with competitors in the space?
• Who’s doing well in this space right now?
• Are there any legal constraints around a specific part of your job? How does that vary across countries where you have worked?
• What challenges were you trying to address through a specific initiative in a project?

INSEAD

• Have you worked internationally?
• Pitch your long-term goal to me if I had to invest in it.
• What would you do if a subordinate undermines you?
• How will you plan your time at INSEAD given it’s an intense program?

London Business School

• How do you handle conflict?
• What are your experiences with cultural diversity? In your opinion, what are some difficulties that diversity in a workplace can cause?
• What are the key threats and opportunities your industry is facing? What are the three takeaways that you would advise your company to take action on, if you had to develop a strategy for them?
• Tell me about a time you moved had to adapt to a new environment.
• You applied to a few other schools – which ones, and why is LBS different from them?

 

University of Michigan (Ross)

• When did you face an ambiguous situation?
• Tell me about when you mentored someone.
• A time when your leadership created a difference and how.
• Tell me about a time you had to change your perspective/mindset.
• Time when you didn’t know anything in project and still went ahead.
• Time when you have to make someone feel included.

MIT (Sloan)

• What does a typical day at work look like for you?
• If you’re at dinner with your cousins, how would you describe what you do for a living?
• Tell me about a time you convinced people to solve a problem your way.
• Tell me about a time when you had to make a recommendation based on incomplete data?
• Tell me about a time when you had to gain support from people you did not manage.
• Tell me about a time when you inherited a broken process.
• Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone.

 

New York University (Stern)

• What do you think is the toughest part of recruiting in (Industry)?
• What will give you an edge in (Industry) recruiting?
• What will you do if you don’t get an internship/job in your target industry?
• A time you demonstrated EQ?
• What are the key aspects you consider to choose a business school?
• What makes this program different than others?

 

University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)

• How have you demonstrated diversity?
• Tell me a leadership experience you’ve had.
• What do you look for in a team?

Northwestern University (Kellogg)

• Why did you choose your college and the major?
• Why did you choose your job and why that industry?
• What do you NOT like about collaboration?
• What does resilience mean to you?
• What clubs would you want to join?
• Can you give a specific example of a time you worked alongside someone who was different than you, what were the challenges, and what did you learn?

 

Rice University (Jones)

• Tell me about a time you made the “right” decision, but it was challenging.
• What would you do if you had several difficult tests coming up with limited time to study?

 

Stanford Graduate School of Business

• Why did you choose (Industry) out of school?
• What motivates you personally?
• Tell me about a time where you had to step in and support a person / team who was struggling.
• Tell me about a time of leadership that you were most proud of. (How did they respond? How did you measure the change of your impact on the team?)
• More details about the projects you were involved?

 

UCLA (Anderson)

• Tell me about your strengths? Name a time you influenced a team with one of your strengths?
• Tell me more about your involvement with [volunteer organization].
• What research have you done to learn about these clubs and the Anderson community?
• What qualities would your current or previous supervisor say about you?
• Tell me about a time you failed.

 

USC (Marshall)

• What do you do for fun?
• What does your current role entail?

 

University of Texas (McCombs)

• Tell me about a time when you failed. What did you learn from it?
• What do you expect to get out of the McCombs MBA program? What do you expect will challenge you?
• Tell me about a time you were on a project team and one member of the team was introverted/shy. How did you get him/her involved and what was the result?
• Tell me about a project you spearheaded where you had to use multiple types of leadership. What was the result?
• Tell me about a complex problem you solved. How did you solve it?
• Tell me at about a time when you were judged unfairly / received unfair feedback.
• Tell me at about a time when you were working with competitive people, how did you navigate it?

 

Vanderbilt University (Owen)

• What’s the one thing that people assume about you in the first glance, but is actually a misconception?
• What skills do you want to develop?
• Tell me about a time you worked on something with a negative result. How did you respond?

 

University of Virginia (Darden)

• Tell me your story and highlight the “why” behind all the key decision points that you made along the way.
• What do you do in your free time?
• Tell me your story and highlight the “why” behind all the key decision points that you made along the way?

 

Yale School of Management

• Tell me about a time you had to work with someone you disagreed with. How did you resolve your differences?
• What impact do you want to make during your MBA?
• Tell us your proudest leadership experience, and how you can apply this experience in MBA study.
• What gets you the most excited in the MBA journey?
• What traits of a leader do you have?