Oxford Said Business School MBA Interview Questions
 
 
We have collected the following questions from various interview experience blogs of students and alumni who were recently interviewed for Said Business School (Oxford). They are not structured in any particular order. Feel free to use them for your reference. 

Questions to the interviewee
 
1.       Walk me through your resume.
2.       Short term and long term goals.
3.       He picked up elements from my past experience and was probing my on how I would relate those to my future interests.
4.       Why do you think sports marketing is or is not that popular in India, where do you think the industry would go from here?
5.       Why MBA? Why Now? Why Oxford?
6.       Describe your company, your sector, and the challenges that your company face in your sector.
7.       Can you tell me about an international economy event that have read lately in the Economist, Business Week or Financial Times (or other place) and that is interesting to you?
8.       Can you tell me what you think about the role of China in the economy? What do you think the Economist would say about it? Do you think it is good or bad?
9.       Do you have any questions for me?
10.   Why the career transition & what your past experience had to do with the current position?
11.   What're the challenges in your current job, especially the unique perspectives of doing business in China?
12.   Why you want to make another transition after MBA? What's your motivation & preparation?
13.   How will you contribute to the Said Business School?
14.   What books you have read on social entrepreneurship?
15.   Any question about the course & the program?
 
Questions to the interviewer
 
1.       I asked him if he felt that the MBA program at Oxford is more theoretical than practical.