Top 50 Most Common
Personal Interview Questions
May 20 2024
Exhaustive List of Top 50 Most
Common Questions asked in
Personal Interviews for MBA
Admissions
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Prepare to answer all of the following
questions:
1. Tell us something about yourself
2. Why MBA?
3. Why MBA after engineering (or whichever
field you are from)?
4. Why MBA after experience in a non-related
field, such as IT?
5. Why ABC Stream after XYZ stream (Ex: Why
finance after Electrical Engineering?)
6. Questions based on your undergrad subjects
or on your work.
7. If not MBA, then what?
8. What are your short-term goals?
9. What are your long-term goals?
10. Walk me through your resume.
11. Tell me about your job.
12. How will your boss describe you? (if work ex)
13. How will your friend describe you?
14. Describe your best friend/ girlfriend/
boyfriend to us
15. What is unique about you?
16. Describe your family background.
17. Are there any hardships/challenges you’ve
faced in your life? How did you cope up with it?
18. Why do you have a gap year?
19. Why should we select you over any other
candidate sitting out there?
20. Are you a good team player? Give some
examples
21. What do you know about XYZ College?
22. Are there any ethical dilemmas you have
faced? How did you deal with it?
23. Do you prefer to work in teams, or alone?
24. How would you describe yourself – A better
team player or a leader?
25. Why do you want to join this college?
26. How would you describe your working style?
27. Describe yourself outside of work/college
28. What is your dream job? How do you think
this college will help you achieve it?
29. Suppose you are an animal. Which one
would you want to be any why?
30. How do you deal with stress/ pressure? (Hint:
Give real-life instances)
31. Which other Calls do you have? What is your
preference order?
32. Which stream will you opt for in MBA? Why?
33. Give us any instance from your life where you
have exhibited leadership skills.
34. Are you a dominant or a submissive person?
35. Connect the dots between your academics,
extra-curricular, work experience (if any) with
your career goals.
36. If we were to offer you admission right here
right now on the condition that you won’t take
admission in/ sit for the interviews of XYZ
College, what would you do?
37. (If you do not have a work ex and took a
year’s break for CAT) What was your daily
routine then? Don’t you think you should have
continued your work along with preparation as
many do?
38. Which specific skills are you looking to
acquire from MBA?
39. Tell me 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of
yours.
40. Why did you quit your job?
41. Do you think for you to become a successful
entrepreneur or a businessman, MBA is
important? Why or Why not?
42. Tell me about the decision you regret the
most.
43. You have 3 minutes, tell us anything!
44. If you want to become an entrepreneur in the
future- MBA is not essential for someone who
wants to start his own firm. Then why waste
time and money?
45. (If you have volunteered at an NGO) If you
are so interested in ‘giving back to society, why
do an MBA? You can join an NGO full-time and
achieve your goals.
46. What is the meaning of your name?
47. What if you don’t get placed in an elite
college? Do you have any back-up plans?
48. Tell us something about yourself that wasn’t
captured in your resume or form.
49. Tell me any one thing you value the most in
life and why?
50. Logic-based questions, Ethics-based
questions – Situations would be given.
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Anisha has done MBA in Marketing
from NMIMS And Executive
Management(PMNO) from Harvard
Business School. She has been
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