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**Try to come up with new examples that are not mentioned in essays**

Harvard questions

What are your career goals? 10 year plan? Asked aout my career goals! why " chose them! and why

" wanted an #$A! %ollowed y speci%ic %ollow&up questions that " couldn't have prepared %or i% " was

not genuinely interested(excited(educated aout my %uture plans)

What can cause you to change that goal?

Tell me aout a pro%essional %ailure) ecent i% possile)

Why Harvard?

How can you contriute here at H$+? ,x-.

What are you going to do a%ter school! with only / years work experience and an #$A?

What lus H$+ are you interested in?

What classes interest you at H$+?

Why now?

What is your leadership style?

Tell me aout a recent leadership experience)

How has your leadership style evolved and what leadership skills do you hope to gain %rom H$+?

How have you shown progression in your career?

How did you manage con%lict among my team at work?

How do you lead a team exercise comprised o% people more senior to you as well as people 2unior to

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"% you got all o% your %riends and %amily together how would they descrie you?

What are some misperceptions o% you?

What is one weakness and how are you working to improve it?

What are you looking to get out o% H$+ outside o% the classroom?

They asked questions regarding some o% the interests he had listed on my resume

What do you do at your 2o? What does your normal day look like? ,x-.

How have you een ale to get promoted so %ast and why is your company success%ul? ,x-.

How do you ad2ust to other cultures?

Why do you want to enter 333 industry?

4lease provide a High level walk through o% your work experience)

What skills have you developed at work? 5et into speci%ics on each skill including examples)

Who am " outside o% work? $ooks " have read recently or movies " have seen recently)

Anything else that you want to touch on? What did you want to talk aout that we didn6t touch on?

+peci%ic questions aout your experiences and accomplishments %rom essays)

What concerns do you have aout Harvard?

What do you want to do in your internship! right a%ter usiness school? How will you get there?

What are the challenges in your current role? How do you handle them? ,x-.

Then! out o% le%t %ield! 7What ook are you reading right now?7

Why should we choose you? We have many applicants with similar pro%iles)

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8ou've only een working in a corporate setting %or a couple o% years! how are you going to %eel

sitting in a %inance or accounting class with peers who have spend 9 or : years immersed in those

%ields? Are you going to e intimidated?

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How do you spot opportunities?

5ive me an example o% a success that you %ound room %or improvement on? ,give - examples.

What have you learned %rom 333 %ailure?

What have you learned %rom your procrastination %ailure?

How did you get into volunteering?

How do you want to a%%ect the world? What kind o% legacy do you want to leave?

What personal characteristics or pro%essional qualities are you looking to develop while in &school?

Why an #$A? Why now?

What will e your iggest challenge at H$+?

Tell me a time when you helped someone to succeed?