I had my interview with an admissions officer on-campus yesterday. She was very friendly and took a minute to explain that the interview is not a make or break thing in the admissions process. I was a little bit nervous at the beginning and then was able to relax as we quickly dived into the interview.
Actually she asked me nothing about why HBS or why MBA or why now or even why me. We started with a braod question about my career path:
Why did you choose your current job?
What’s the difference between your current and previous compnanies?
What’s the major challenge for your current company?
What have you done to help the company resolve the challenge?
What do you like most about your current job?
What you dislike about the job?
Tell me a typical day in your work?
Why have you chosen to leave your job at this time?
How would the people who know you best describe you?
What are people surprised to learn about you?
What drives/motivates you?
What other questions do you want me to ask you?
It was exactly 30 minutes and felt very short because she had a ton of follow-up questions to ask me. She often cut me off to ask the next question, but she seemed genuinely interested in hearing from me and was very polite. My advice is to be ready to talk about ANYTHING on your resume and your entire application, not just your essays. Overall, I enjoyed it. We'll see what happens.
Good luck to everyone applying to HBS! | 
