The personal interview is the last door that you have to open to enter the Business School of your choice.

The personal interview takes place to check your inter-personal & communicative skills and to know your vision as an MBA aspirant.

While trying to answer this, be brief & clear and always try to include the following points in your answer:

a. Your educational and professional (if any) background
b. Your interests & hobbies
c. Your family background

MBA Admission Interview Questions

Introduce yourself.
What does your name mean?
Have you memorized your introduction?
Can you justify your strengths?
How have your strengths helped you in life?
Name a strength that is also a weakness of yours.
One weakness of yours which you converted into a strength.
How would a friend describe you?
Any event in your life that has impacted you?
Would you give some examples to vindicate your strengths?
Can you talk about some instances which show that "confidence" is your strength?
Count three characteristics which make you different from others.
Describe any situation where you have depicted leadership skills.
Describe two good things and two bad things about your home town.
Describe yourself in just 3 words.
Did you lead any team in college?
Do you have any role model?
Explain one habit in detail.
Explain your Key Responsibility Areas.
Give 3 reasons why we should not select you.
Have you won any prize/ awards?
How and what will you contribute to the classroom?
How are you different from others?
How did your college help you in your overall development?
How do you manage time between study and hobbies?
How has your school helped in your personal and professional development?
Is it difficult to take criticism and how do you deal with it?
List down 5 qualities which are important to be a good manager.
Who inspires you and why?
Prepare your demographic profile.
Quote an instance where you motivated people.
Since you are a fresher, why should we select you?
Cite two reasons as to why should we take you.
Have you faced any difficulties in life?
Do you like to read? Which is your favorite book and author?
Tell us about your positive qualities and support them with some valid examples.
Tell us five important things about your home town.
Tell us five things that you learnt at your school. How do you apply these learnings in your daily life?
Tell us something about any of your achievements which you think will help you sell yourself.
Tell us something about the place you currently reside at.
Tell us something about your qualities and why should we select you.
Tell us something that you have not mentioned in the CV.
Talk about the things that changed your personality.
We prefer people with work – ex, what makes you come here without work – ex?
What about your extra-curricular activities?
What are the social problems in your state?
What are those things that your friends have asked you to work on?
What are you doing to overcome your weaknesses?
Are you a leader?
How can justify that you have good leadership skills?
What are you passionate about in life?
What are your core values?
What are your strong points?
What do you do in your daily life?
How do you spend your salary?
What do you like the most about yourself?
What do you really want to do in life?
What do you want to do in life and what drives you towards it?
What else do you read - magazines, newspapers?
What genre of books do you read the most?
What has been the biggest disappointment in your life so far?
What has been your biggest achievement in life so far?
What have been your achievements on the basis of your strengths?
What does success mean to you?
Describe two instances where you have been able to demonstrate leadership and team building skills.
What does your father do?
What is the history of your state?
What is the name of your village? How much time does it take to reach there?
Which is the last book that you read?
What is your biggest achievement and biggest failure so far?
What is your core competency?
What is your current objective?
Can you talk about your family background?
What is your source of inspiration?
What are your weaknesses and how do you plan to overcome them?
What morals did you learn in school?
What type of music do you like?
What would you consider as your major achievements?
What's your aim? What challenges can you face to achieve that?
Which company do you admire the most and why?
What has been the happiest moment in your life?
Which is your dream company?
Which newspapers do you read and why?
What are the team skills that you cherish?
Which value do you hold the most important in life?
How would you help your best friend in a difficult situation?
Who is your favorite actress? Why do you like her?
Who is your favorite author and which is your favorite book?
Why is there a decline in your marks in graduation?
You said you are good at people management. How can you justify this?
Name one person who has inspired you to pursue a career in Business Management, and in what way?
Describe an incident in your life that has changed your perspective/outlook towards life.
Specify one thing that you are proud of in yourself.
What are you most often criticized for?
What is the one thing you want to change about yourself?
When did you face failure in life?