Stanford GSB Mock Interview with a GSB Graduate

The Stanford GSB’s application essay prompts candidates to reflect on their truest core, asking them to discuss what matters most to them and why. The school’s interview process can be just as personal, requiring candidates to share not only their choices and actions but also their motivations, intentions, and values. The GSB has built a small and well-trained cadre of alumni to conduct the interviews, ensuring that interviewers can extract the information and observations they need to make a meaningful assessment of an applicant’s candidacy. While each GSB interview has its own style and can vary from interviewer to interviewer, most of the program’s admissions interviews are characterized by the prevalence of “Tell me about a time…” interview questions. These questions are designed to elicit information about the applicant’s values and leadership traits. We at Gatehouse have been studying the GSB’s interviews for years, collecting data and input from clients who have interviewed with