Sample MBA application essay questions

The essay questions will ask you to elaborate on various aspects of your candidature such as:

• Reasons for pursuing an MBA
• Challenges faced in the workplace
• Descriptions of previous situations that called for team and/or leadership skills and so on.

Below are a few sample questions:

1. Give a specific example of when you have had to test your leadership and/or team working skills either professionally, or outside of work. What role will you play in your first year study group?
2. Tell us about something you wish you had done better.
3. What do you consider to be your single most important achievement and why?
4. Where do you see your career progressing five years after graduation and what is your longer term career vision?
5. Tell us about a time in the last three years when you went beyond what was defined or established.