Top 32 Personal Interview Questions for MBA | PI Preparation Guide

The most crucial stages for MBA admission includes Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI) round. Here are 32 most commonly asked questions in the PI round.

Personal Interview Questions: For MBA admission, candidates must appear in the Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GD/PI) rounds of B-Schools. Preparing for top MBA entrance exams is not as difficult as preparing for GD/PI because every exam has a syllabus from which questions are asked. One only needs to devote a good number of months to cover the MBA exam syllabus. However, for GD/PI, there is no predefined syllabus or pattern. Candidates may be given any topic in GD and asked any question during the PI round.

It takes confidence and presence of mind to clear these rounds as one doesn't know what will be asked and what will be the most appropriate answer. While preparing for MBA admission, candidates often wonder what the top questions to prepare for clearing the PI round are.

While preparing for MBA entrance exams is a priority now. It is equally important to keep preparing for the PI-WAT round. WAT-PI round of the IIMs and top B-Schools are conducted between February and April, so it is wise to start preparation alongside the exams. Questions in PI round of MBA colleges are mostly connected to the candidate's academics or job/internship that they mention in their resume.

Chances of facing questions based on hobbies, past jobs, projects and areas of interest are very high in the personal interview round for MBA admission. However, it is not easy to guess what questions will be asked in a PI round of a B-School. But there are a few very common questions that are asked at almost all kinds of interviews. Candidates preparing for MBA admission must prepare these common PI questions well.

Top 32 Personal Interview Questions for MBA Admissions

A personal interview round for MBA admission is a personality assessment test in which the admission panel has a good opportunity to know a candidate and the candidate has a good opportunity to present their best aspects. It is more of an interpersonal interaction which includes professional as well as personal questions. Here are the most commonly asked questions in MBA personal interview round for admission:

1. Tell us something about yourself.
2. Why do you think should we give you admission in our college?
3. What are your key skills/ greatest strengths?
4. What is your greatest weakness?
5. What is your greatest achievement?
6. Where do you see yourself five years down the line?
7. What are your career goals?
8. What are your short-term goals?
9. What are your long-term goals?
10. Why do you want to join this College/B-school?
11. Why MBA?
12. Why marketing/ finance/ etc. specialisation?
13. Why this particular programme?
14. What are your hobbies and interests?
15. Who is your role model?
16. Who inspires you?
17. What is the difference between a good manager and a good leader?
18. Why should we admit you?
19. What are some reasons to reject your application?
20. Walk me through your resume/profile.
21. What is your biggest failure or challenge?
22. How will you contribute to the class if we choose you?
23. How will you contribute to the campus if we choose you?
24. How will you add value to the campus if chosen?
25. What is your expectation from this MBA programme?
26. How do you deal with failures?
27. How do you deal with criticism?
28. What have you learnt from your failures?
29. Discuss a situation when you were a leader.
30. Where else have you applied? What other calls have you received?
31. What are the newspaper headings that grabbed your attention?
32. Do you want to ask or know anything (about the college)?

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