Schulich MBA Interview
Recognized for its global reach, innovative programs and diverse perspectives on leadership and management, the Schulich School of Business has built a strong reputation worldwide.
The Schulich MBA program is designed to train students to lead through the environmental, social and ethical complexities of modern-day business. Classroom learning is complemented with hands-on experience through an eight-month strategic consulting project where students work with real clients to address problems and provide solutions.
Over the years, Schulich has been focusing hard on creating as diverse a class profile as possible. Experienced applicants from all walks of the industry, from pharmaceuticals to IT to Finance to Analytics, have been eyeing this top school, to achieve their goals and ambitions.
Who will interview you, and how long will the interview last?
The interview for Schulich MBA program usually is conducted by one of the faculty members. The interview typically lasts for 25-30 minutes or may extend to 35-40 minutes in some instances.
Will the interviewer have read my application?
It is always safer to assume that the interviewer has access to your complete application. In most instances, they would have read it completely. Unless the school specifically says that it will be an blind interview. Mostly North American Business schools in US and Canada have an Blind interviews, European and SE Asian schools conduct interviews via Alums or panels which have full access to your entire application.
How can you prepare for your interview?
Like most MBA Interviews, your interview will mainly revolve around a pretty similar set of MBA interview questions. You can never predict what questions will be asked, but with enough research, you can predict what are the most commonly asked questions in these interviews. We have created a short FAQ list below to get you a jump start, and we also have a free guide linked below to help you prepare for these commonly asked interview questions.
Schulich MBA Frequently Asked Interview Questions
Professional experience-related questions
- Tell me something about yourself, or Walk me through your resume.
- What are your short-term and long-term goals?
- Why MBA? or Why now? or Why an MBA at this stage of your career?
- Why Schulich?
- What is your Plan B? in case your primary goal does not happen?
Personal qualities-related questions
- What are your key strengths? Can you give some examples, please?
- What are your key weaknesses? Can you give some examples, please?
- How can you add value to the Class? or Why should we take you?
- Any reasons why we should not select you?
- Interests and Hobbies related questions – why do you do it, what have you achieved/learned?
Frequently Asked Situational & Behavioral Questions
- What is your leadership style? Can you give an example of a project you led?
- What would you describe are your greatest achievement to date?
- Give me an example of a time you failed.
- Give me an example of a time you faced a conflict. How did you handle that?
- Give me an example of a time when you did not meet a client’s expectations. What happened, and how did you attempt to rectify the situation?
The last one – Do you have any questions for us?
- Can you please tell me how international exchange students and schools are assigned?
- How club leadership is selected?
- Any other questions you may have in regards to the program.
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 1
Skype Interviewed on: Feb 20 2019 Final Decision: Admitted
“Hi
My Interview was with Sanjay Dhingra.
The interview lasted for around 20 mins, it was conversational, behavioral and not at all stressful.
Please be clear and thorough about the matter that you’ve written in your said or said during the video essays.
The questions asked to me were around these essays and situation based.
Below are the questions asked:
- Why did you say XXX in your Video essay?
- What’s your goal? WHy MBA?
- Why Canada?
- Describe a life-impacting event.
- Have you faced any conflict during your work life and how did you resolve it?
Please be comfortable and clear about the thoughts and ideas w.r.t your goals and aspirations.
Do proper research for why Canada, Schulich, Specialization Courses it offers, Schulich-India/Canada difference. Just a tip- I did background research about my interviewee in order to try to get to know him and his thought frame. It helped me because for me he was no more an unknown face. But do keep in mind to keep it to yourself and not blabber it out that you stalked him on social media platforms.
Be on your feet and calm.
All the best!”
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 2
Skype Interviewed on: Feb 08 2019 Final Decision: Admitted
“I interviewed with Sanjay Dhingra. Its going to be a conversation, he will have gone through you application and will have specific questions regarding your resume and experience. A couple of general questions like why schulich, why MBA now etc. and then he’ll ask if you have any questions for him. Not a very long interview around 20-25 minutes. All the best.”
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 3
Off Campus with Adcom Interviewed on: Dec 21 2018 Final Decision: Admitted
“Had my interview today with Kirthi Srivastav. To summarize, the interview revolved mostly around a lot of oddball questions regarding my profile and the kind of work I do, with a closing question as Why Schulich. I guess squeezing your responses in 20 mins is the challenge that many of you might face, considering that the oddball questions may not be familiar and may require a little bit of thinking to begin responding.
Overall, it was indeed a great experience, and was the first time that I saw the interviewer so much aware about my profile, essays, and even the video essays.
Best of luck to you all and feel free to PM me in case of any further insights required.”
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 4
Skype Interviewed on: Dec 18 2018 Final Decision: Admitted
“Got done with my interview today. It was a good experience and is more like a normal conversation you have with your professors or managers.
I was asked questions related to my work only.
The interview was 20-25 mins long.
Hope this helps. :)”
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Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 5
Skype Interviewed on: Dec 13 2018 Final Decision: Admitted
“Here I’ll attempt to share my application process for all those needing assistance/advice.
To get to an interview, you should have at least a 3.4 final 2 year GPA. If not, your application should have something extraordinary (awesome rec letters, crazy personal statements/application essay and video answers, or unique work/LIFE experiences. I really believe this admissions team puts ample emphasis on life experience.
Now I’ll share my stats, application, interview stuff…
I had a final 2 year GPA of about 3.6.
My 2 recommendation letters were from a professor and a TA. I had the option of choosing 2 professors but had a very good relationship with my TA whom held very high opinions of me and I knew would sincerely write the best recommendation for me.
No work experience. Some volunteer experience. Nothing worthwhile.
Personal essays…poured my life experience into them…all the challenges and obstacles…accomplishments and even failures.
Now the interview…
It lasted about 40 mins. By far the best interview I’ve ever had and ever given because the interviewer was so damn genuine and down to earth.
She asked about how the program can help me, how I manage stress, what kind of a person am I, how do I work in groups, how do I handle stress, why my grades have such a big difference between the first 2 and last 2 years.
Sounds like a lot…but it was actually a lot of fun because it was really laid back and in between questions we would just have small talk about our families, York University ongoings (I went there), and sharing laughs. The best advice I can give is to loosen your ties and be yourselves, you’ll be fine.”
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 6
I have been selected for the Schulich‘s Jan Session.I was interviewed by Schulich (telephonic) and I want to share my interview experience.
I was asked the following questions :
1.) What are you short term and long term goals?
2.) How MBA will help to achieve those goals?
3.) What stands you apart from the other candidates?
4.) What would your colleagues say about you ?
5.) Suppose you are managing a team and one of the member is not serious about his work. What would you do in that case?
6.) Something Done in Extra Curriculum recently?
7.) What is your most important contribution or accomplishment in your work?
8.) Something about you not mentioned in the resume.
9.) Sustainability Model In Management.
The interview lasted for around 35 minutes.
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 7
“Hi,
It was a small 20-25 min interaction. It revolved mostly around my resume and one or two behavioural questions (related to work experience) like the toughest situation you have faced, your leisure activities.
All the best to those whose interviews are lined up.”
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 8
I applied in feb for fall intake, was waitlisted with option to apply for indian program for fall or Jan session. Chose Jan session.
Not a reapplicant.
Interview session was around 10-12 mins. All basic questions like why mba, why schulich, how will you achieve your goal via schulich mba etc.
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 9
My interview for the Schulich MBA Program was an online interview held on November 03, 2022. The final result was that I got accepted at Schulich. Karan Narang conducted my interview. He is excellent at making you feel at ease. Rather than an interview, it was more like a chat. Exact 30 minutes were spent in the interview.
These are the questions that have been put to me:
– How are you, Aarjav? (He made it very evident that he had thoroughly read through my application and was familiar with me before he asked this question.
– What are my short-term objectives?
– Why an MBA?
– Why Schulich?
– How do you prefer to work?
– What about you would I not know after reviewing your application?
– Do you have any other questions for me?
The interview is ultimately about YOU. Therefore, the only important aspect of your story is its clarity. Pro tip: Do extensive research on what actually makes Schulich different from others. Best wishes.
Schulich MBA Interview Questions – 10
I had my Schulich MBA Program interview on November 17, 2021. Only 25 minutes were allotted for my interview. However, the interviewed finished all of his questions in just 15 minutes. I gave a clear response rather than one that was descriptive. I simply expressed my arguments and points. I chose this strategy because I had a very small window of time and wanted to make the most of it.
Following were the questions asked to me:
-Why do you want to join Schulich?
– Tell us about your resume.
– Tell us about your community involvement.
– What leadership style do you employ?
– The most important lessons you’ve learned from mistakes.
He finally informed me that with the volume of applicants they must review and interview. I shall therefore be informed by January of the school’s decision about my application.