A group of applicants have offered the following as questions asked of them when they interviewed for admission to MBA programs:

• Discuss your career progression.
• Give examples of how you have demonstrated leadership inside and outside the work environment.
• What do you want to do (in regard to business function, industry, location)?
• Why the MBA?  Why now?
• Describe an ethical dilemma faced at work?
• Describe your career aspirations?
• What would you do if not accepted?
• What are your long- and short-term goals?  Why?
• Why are you applying to business school?
• Why does this school appeal to you?
• What is an activity you are involved in? Why is it important to you?
• Talk about experiences you have had at work.
• Why are you interested in a general MBA program?
• Why did you choose your undergraduate major?
• Discuss yourself.
• What contributions would you make to a group?
• Name three words or phrases to describe yourself to others.
• What is most frustrating at work?
• How would co-workers describe you?
• Describe a typical work day.
• Have you worked in a team environment? What were your contributions to the effort?
• Discuss any experience you have had abroad.
• How did you choose your job after college?
• What do you do to relieve stress?
• It's two years after graduation, what three words would your team members use to describe you?
• Describe a situation where you brought an idea forward, and it failed.
• How do you define success?
• What would you do if a team member wasn't pulling his own weight?
• Is there anything you would like to ask me/us?