myice

Round 3 / Alumnus (Published April 28th, 2008)

I interviewed with an Alumnus for 30 mins.He was a recent grad and had no interviewing experience. Since my interview was blind, he was wondering why he did not get my resume beforehand. The interview was fairly straightforward with no curveballs. Anyway, here are the questions:

Give me a 30 second overview of your resume.
Why MBA, Why Anderson?
What was your biggest setback in life?
What was your greatest achievement in your profession?
Tell me about your extracurricular activities, then some follow up questions on my extracurriculars.
He asked me to explain one of the achievements I had mentioned on my resume.
Do you have any questions for me?

myice

Round 2 / On-campus / Adcom / Admitted! (Published April 1st, 2008)

I am a R2 admit to UCLA Anderson, as of 28 March. I interviewed on-campus for Anderson back on 14 February with Jessica Luchenta, an Associate Director of MBA Admissions, and a 1st-year student that was sitting in to learn about giving interviews, as Jessica said this student was going to be assisting Admissions next year with interview prospective students.

The email notifying me of my interview said to bring my resume…I brought three copies with me, and was able to provide the 1st-year a copy (I think this went over well when I offered a copy to the 1st year).

The tone was conversational and started off with the standard "Why an MBA? Why Anderson?" I was able to talk for a while about all my reasons for choosing Anderson, which worked well for me. I have a military background, and used the time to fully relate my military background to my reasons for desiring an Anderson MBA. The interviewer also followed up some more about my military background, and I think I was able to connect with my answers…even though it took some time to explain some things without using military jargon. The interviewers gave me the time to explain myself, and this really helped me communicate my accomplishments and goals.

Other questions they asked included:

What companies are you going to look for internships with?
What area of your management skills do you feel you could most improve upon? (I had a good answer for this because Tuck asked a similar question in this year's essays).
The total interview time was about 35 minutes, along with follow-on time for me to ask questions. I had a few prepped, so I believe I was able to communicate my interest in Anderson this way also, along with getting some more info for my ultimate decision.

myice

Round 2 / On-campus / Second-year Student (Published March 10th, 2008)

I was interviewed by both the associate director of admissions and a 2nd year student, but the whole thing lasted only for half hour. I felt a little rushed overall, but I think I did ok because the questions weren't anything difficult to answer. The questions that I remember:

Describe everything you did that has brought you here
Your career goals
Your extracurricular activities while in college
Briefly describe your extracurricular activities out of college
Why Anderson?
What will you contribute at Anderson?
Describe a challenge that you have overcome.
What do you see as a potential weakness/concern when you study at Anderson?
I remember doing very well in the 2nd half of the interview (why Anderson type questions). I could have been a little more concise with my answers. I too asked a lot of questions about Anderson's AMR program, ability to take courses in other departments, internship opportunities, student clubs, etc. I won't say the interview was 100% conversational. It was a little more formal than that.

myice

Alum, Super Saturday November 2006 (Published November 21, 2006)

My interviewer was an alumni and was very, very nice. She went through most of the basic questions and didn't throw me anything difficult.

take me through your resume

why do you want to do marketing

what do you like about working in teams

why mba, why not just work

what are your extracurriculars

she turned out to be a marketer herself so i had a lot of questions for her. overall the interview was relatively easy--nothing too bad. i imagine most super saturday interviews are this way as it's more of an informational day in general...they don't want you to walk away with a bad experience, it seems...

myice

On campus, Second Year Student. (Published Feb 14, 2006)

I interviewed on campus with a second year student. I had my resume for her and following are her questions for me:

Take me through your resume.
What are your likes and dislikes for your current job?
Tell me about a challenging group situation.
What are your goals?
Why do you want an MBA?
Why now?
Why Anderson?
What are your passions outside of work/business?
Anything else you want to tell me or want to ask me?
I think the interview went well - I don't have a feeling that I bombed it. But, you can't tell because they don't necessarily "bond" with you. But she did react favorably to a couple things I said and seemed interested. I don't think you are supposed to know how it went. The interview was 30 minutes and we actually went slightly over, so that was good. Time flew by - 30 minutes is not much time, so be prepared and get to the point.

myice

Alum, Super Saturday Interview - (Published Jan 28, 2006)

I interviewed on Jan 28th, 2006, a Super Saturday. I interviewed with a recent alum. As others have mentioned, it was a blind interview; I gave my interviewer my resume when I got there. Some questions:

Walk me through your resume (starting with college). This included sub questions like why did you choose your major, why did you make that job transition, what made you interested in that, etc
What are your post-MBA career goals?
What are your two weaknesses? Can you give me examples?
What do you do outside of work?
My interviewer also focused a lot on the “why” questions – why I chose to do X, what made me interested in Y. I thought the interview generally went well, but of course, it’s hard to tell.

My advice would be to: #Know your resume inside and out

Understand your goals clearly
Understand specifically why you need an MBA to achieve your goals (as opposed to going into consulting or staying at your current job, for example)
Understand why you have made the choices you have – be able to weave the story between the pieces on your resume
Good luck!

myice

Alum, Super Saturday (Published Jan 28, 2006)

I interviewed at UCLA as part of Super Saturday before end of Round 2 interview deadline. The day started off with a Information session from 9am - 10am. The adcom mentioned that there were a lot of people interviewing on the day and all the interviews will be conducted by either alumni or students. After the information session, we were asked to hang around the admissions office where first year students were available to mingle with us and answer any questions. I think this was a nice touch by the school to help the applicants to learn more about the program and also relax before the interview. The students also offered impromptu school tours. I have visited the campus before and highly recommend sitting in a class and talking to students to get a better idea of the program and students.

My interviewer was an alum and was very friendly. I was asked to go over my Resume and cover the "why's" behind some important decisions I took. Then came the "Why MBA/now" followed by "Why Anderson and how it fits into my goals". Next, I was asked a couple of questions on team situations and how I handled it. Then, I was asked about outside interests before wrapping up with Questions for the interviewer. Since there are a series of interviews, staying on schedule was important and I think mine was right around 30 mts. I didn't get any feedback or clues on how I did (maybe I didn't do well), but it was very casual and straight forward questions with no curveballs. My interactions with the students, alumni and the adcom have been wonderful and I think Anderson is a great place. Waiting for good news

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myice

Interview with Adcom, R2 (Published January 2006)

The following is a brief summary of my interview and visit experience: The UCLA campus is beautiful and Anderson in particular has a very new, and beautiful facility. The class I sat in on focused on was excellent and the students seemed more knowledgeable and accomplished than those at schools with higher rankings that i visited. I was very impressed. The interview is a 1/2 hour interview with one of four associate admissions directors. The main focus of the interview covered the following two questions:

Please explain your resume and work history to me.
Why is Anderson so appealing to you?
Defintely attend a class, the quality of teaching appears to be excellent. The students are all remarkably friendly. The environment seems very collaborative.

myice

Anderson On-Campus Super Saturday Interview - R1 - November 2005

My interview was scheduled for 10:30 and after getting a little lost on campus I finally found the Anderson buildings. I loved that there were a few first year students greeting the applicants and answering questions. It made me feel more at ease and connected to the current students. I am not sure how much I should write about my actual interview because I honestly cannot figure out how it went. It was one of those not great, but not bad either experiences. I didn't really get the sense that my interviewer (a second year) was thrilled with me, nor did she seem to hate me. Having never seen my resume before she asked me to go through it - which I did pretty fast, though touching on all the points I wanted to make. She asked me why I left my first job for the current one, why MBA now, why Anderson, and how did I get to be fluent in French. That was it pretty much. I didn't look at the time when we were done, but I doubt I was in there for more then 30 minutes, possibly even less.