What are the three tricky questions that a candidate can face in the Stanford GSB interviews?
Again, I’ve never given admissions interviews for the GSB, but three questions that I would ask if I were asked to be an interviewer are as follows: – What matters most to you and why?: This is the first and most important question in the Stanford GSB application. The answer to this question can provide great insight into the personality of an applicant and to what the person is all about. I wouldn’t be surprised if some interviewers would choose to ask this question as a means to gain insight into the applicant, followed by probing questions to push those insights even deeper, as a way to determine fit for the GSB. – Why do you want to attend Stanford GSB?: While writing application essays, applicants should put significant thought into answering this question, with specific care to pointing out why they want to attend the GSB (as opposed to why they want to attend business school, in general). The alumni interviewer could ask the same question just to hear an applicant answer it in p
