Blog: Archive for the “MBA Interviews” Category

Many MBA students are preparing for interviews right now, and we at mbaMission are noticing a number of common (yet easily correctable) mistakes our clients are making when responding to interview questions. In this post, we will address two in particular and give you strategies for correcting them.  Mistake #1: Taking too long to get … Read More  

Congratulations! All your hard work seems to have paid off, and you have jumped that first hurdle in your race to get into business school—securing an MBA interview! Good for you! Now what? You need to prepare. A business school admissions interview can take many forms. In years past, it was often just a casual … Read More  

On Monday, September 30, at noon ET, Harvard Business School (HBS) will send its Round 1 applicants an update through their Application Status page. HBS will release one batch of interview invites, along with notifications of “Early Release,” for applicants who will not be moving forward in the application process. Now is therefore the time … Read More  

Maybe you are one of the unlucky applicants on the outside looking in this year, shaking your head and struggling to understand why you were not accepted to your target MBA program. As you look back and assess where things might have gone wrong, you could end up focusing unduly on your MBA interviews. After … Read More  

You walk out of your Harvard Business School (HBS) interview, and you are either floating on cloud nine, feeling amazing, or your mind is racing with “could’ve, should’ve, would’ve.” You wish you could run back to the interviewer to clarify your answers or add details. With the HBS Post-Interview Reflection, you can! Not literally, of course, but … Read More