The Most Important HBS Interview Questions–Does This Applicant Get Them Right?

Shannon is aiming high with her MBA aspirations, targeting Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, MIT, and Chicago Booth. And on paper, at least, she’s an ideal candidate with a 740 GMAT score, a 3.6 GPA in environmental sciences and economics from Peking University, and lots of great working experience in several different countries.

After earning her undergraduate degree, she first worked as an analyst in an investment bank’s strutted finance group. Then, she joined an internet company providing on-demand ride-hailing and food delivery services. She was part of the core team to launch the taxi[=hailing business in Japan and the food delivery business in Mexico where she is currently based and in charge of customer and restaurant strategy and operations.

In this episode of Friday’s With Sandy, HBS Guru Sandy Kreisberg brings Shannon through the paces of a mock interview.

If you would like to be featured in an episode of Fridays with Sandy, submit your profile for a handicapping session here. 

DON’T MISS PREVIOUS FRIDAYS WITH SANDY EPISODES

MBA MOCK INTERVIEW: THIS COMBAT VET HIT SOME LANDMINES 

DO FEMALE INDIAN TECHIES HAVE AN EASIER TIME?  

CAN THIS INDIAN IT MALE GET INTO HBS WITH A 3.4 GPA BUT A 750 GMAT?

WHERE RETAIL BUYERS & BRAND SPECIALISTS GET MBAs

CAN THIS EX-AIR FORCE OFFICER-TURNED-SOFTWARE-ENGINEER CRACK THE MBA CODE?

CAN THIS TARGET STAFFER GET INTO HARVARD OR STANFORD?

HOW PETRO ENGINEERS CAN GET INTO A TOP MBA PROGRAM

LONG DISTANCE CALL: HOW DOES AN AUSSIE TELECOM GUY GET INTO STANFORD?

IS THIS 30-YEAR-OLD ENERGY GUY HEADED FOR HBS?

GETTING IN IF YOUR STATS ARE BELOW THE MEDIAN

WHAT GMAT DOES THIS LATINA GOVERNMENT ANALYST NEED?

REAL GOOD ODDS FOR THIS INDIAN DO-GOODER. HERE’S WHY

MILITARY-BANKER-HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL?

HOW TO AVOID LANDMINES IN YOUR 2+2 INTERVIEW

THE REAL HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 2+2 INTERVIEW

Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below.