Congratulations on earning your HBS interview. Let's make sure you're ready for it.

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Harvard Business School MBA · 2026-27 full-time MBA applicants

Practice the unexpected

The mock interviewer asks questions you haven't prepared: new wordings of the common HBS questions, rapid 'why' and 'what did you personally do' follow-ups on your own resume and essays, and the unusual questions real applicants report, at the fast pace of the real 30 minutes. Answer aloud or typed and get feedback on each answer against what HBS and its interviewers say they look for: the next layer beyond your application, clear reasoning, judgment and honesty.

Feedback is based on: Harvard Business School: Application Process · Harvard Business School: The Case Method · YouTube: Rupal Gadhia, Managing Director of MBA Admissions at HBS, on how the interview works · Clear Admit: Admissions Director Q&A: Rupal Gadhia of Harvard Business School (2025) · YouTube: Former HBS interviewer Devi Vallabhaneni (now at mbaMission) with Poets & Quants' John Byrne on the H · YouTube: Paul Lanzillotti, founder of Amerasia Consulting Group, on what to expect in the HBS interview · Clear Admit: Top HBS MBA Interview Tips from Actual Interviewees (2019) · Reddit: I got into HBS R1. Here's how I did it: (2024) · Reddit: HBS Interview Dings & Invites (2026)