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Berkeley Haas MBA Admission Interview Guide 2026: Questions, Format & Winning Strategies

Berkeley Haas MBA Admission Interview Guide

The Haas MBA interview is a behavioral, conversation-driven assessment typically conducted by alumni or second-year students. It is not evaluative of your career progression alone but of how you think, collaborate, and reflect, qualities deeply tied to Haas’s Defining Leadership Principles (DLPs). 

In this in-depth Berkeley Haas MBA Interview Tips, we cover:

MBA Admissions Interview Tip - Composed vs. Presenting vs. Acting

MBA Admissions Interview Style Composed vs. Presenting vs. Acting

The easiest trick that MBA admissions interviewer plays on applicants is the conversational nature of the interview. The guards are dropped and the meticulously planned talking points we prepared are all thrown out of the window. 

Some schools know this game and quickly switch gears from friendly to poking questions. And those who are not prepared tend to be shocked at how the ‘nice’ interviewer turns aggressive and probing.