What types of interview questions should a prospective student expect?
The focus is on gaining a deeper understanding of their work responsibilities, as well as their career progression. It’s typical for candidates to have had several jobs by the time they apply, and sometimes it’s with different companies — that’s fine. We want to know, maybe, why they changed jobs. How they got their job is always an interesting question, I think. And we also ask what are their key responsibilities. Ultimately, we want to know what will this candidate contribute to class discussions. Beyond that, we look at interpersonal skills. We want to know their team skills. We want a sense of what role they typically play on a team, how their teammates might describe them. It’s a conversation — we do not want it to be a stress interview. We want them to have a chance to present their best self. So we try to make it a pleasant experience. We’re one of the few schools where the vast majority of interviews are done by a member of the admissions committee. That makes the process mor
