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Sample Questions 2nd Year MBAs Were Asked

What do you think are the most important factors when...company...plans to expand into a new market.

1. If you were the general manager of a company and the company had to make a rapid change, how do you approach this?
2. Have you had a poor contribution from a group member? How do you handle it?
3. What is your salary requirement for the quantitative marketing analysis position?
4. What type of salary do you want?
5. What would be your ideal company to work for?
6. Why did you choose to attend Tulane? - The most frequently asked question - (The student suggested that the answer the interviewer was looking for, was one where you have shown that you researched a bunch of schools, narrowed down the list to a few, and ultimately decided to attend Tulane for some good reason.)
7. Tell me about Tulane, I don't know much about it. (From a company that recruited at Tulane, it was a big surprise...)
8. Where do you think Tulane is weakest?
9. If you had to change something in your past what would you change?
10. What do you regret in your life?
11. What do I have to know about you that I can not figure out from your resume?
12. I am interviewing 50 candidates from the top 10 business schools, why should I spend time with you?
13. If you had $1 million, what business would you invest it in and why?
14. Now, if you had $100 million, what business would you invest it in and why?
15. If you could have dinner with anyone in the world, whom would that be, and why?
16. If you were on a deserted island, which book would you take and why? Tell me about the books you read.
17. Where do you want to be in 2 - 3 years, 5 - 10 years?
18. What would you consider to be your weaknesses?
19. Ask me a question about my company that no one has asked me before?
20. If you had to take a non-paying job, what would you do?
21. What are the factors you will consider when you evaluate a project (an investment or acquisition)?
22. How do you select a mailing list for potential customers?
23. How do you choose the discount rate for a capital project?
24. What is your undergraduate GPA? Your graduate GPA? Your GMAT?
25. If you are thinking of out sourcing your production, what variables would you take into account?
26. Define IRR and NPV.
27. What is the difference between IRR and NPV?
28. How much capital does ... company ... have today?
29. Do you know how to account for M & A deals?
30. What are the major analysis points of a commercial credit?
31. What is your favorite consumer good stock and why? What is the recent stock price and earnings performance?
32. How would you go about valuing business? What are the key benchmarks and statistics?

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