1.What is your relationship to, and how long have you known the applicant? Is this person still employed by your organization? If not, when did he/she depart? (How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant?)
Part 2: Strengths
2.What do you consider the applicant's primary talents or strengths?
3.Please provide a short list of adjectives describing the applicant's strengths.
4.Please compare the applicant's performance to that of his/her peers. Does the applicant have the potential to become a senior manager?
Part 3: Comparison among peers
5.Description of applicant's peer group.
6.How do the applicant’s personal or professional characteristics stand out positively or negatively from others who are in a similar capacity?
Part 4: Interpersonal skills
7.How effective are the applicant's interpersonal skills in working with peers, supervisors and subordinates?
8.Please give a representative example of how the applicant interacts with other people.
Part 5: Impacts
9.Please give an example of the applicant's impact on a person, group, or organization.
10.What (if any) legacy has this candidate left on your organization?
Part 6: Flaws
11.In what ways could the applicant improve professionally? (In what areas does the applicant need improvement or growth?)
12.If you could change one thing about the applicant, what would it be? (Which of the applicant's personal or professional characteristics would you change?)
13.If you have had the opportunity to provide the applicant with constructive feedback, please provide specific examples of the feedback and the applicant's response to it.
14.How does the applicant accept constructive criticism?
Part 7: Others
15.Comment on your observations of the applicant's ethical behavior.
16.What do you think motivates the candidate's application to MBA School?
17.What one quality of the applicant do you wish all of your staff possessed?
18.Please tell us anything else you think we should know about this applicant. (Please feel free to provide any other information you think is relevant to our evaluation.)
The problem with your approach is that ideally, every answer should come with an example. If unfortunately the example doesn't fit the question... that's not good for you.
If I were you I'd focus on applying instead to about half that number (4 schools) and making sure every application is perfect.
The problem with your approach is that ideally, every answer should come with an example. If unfortunately the example doesn't fit the question... that's not good for you.
If I were you I'd focus on applying instead to about half that number (4 schools) and making sure every application is perfect.