INSEAD Video interviews following the MBA application submission is the most fumbled section of the application, primarily from the limited opportunity an applicant has at covering the nuanced points in just one minute. The effort becomes at highlighting the most impactful point in 20-30 seconds and adding a point or two to support the answer.

Time to Prepare for INSEAD Video Interview: 1-2 Days; The applicant must submit the interview within 48 hours.

Here are some Sample Interview Questions and tips to ace the INSEAD Video essay.

There is an opportunity to address sample questions and attempt any number of times before the actual recording.

Number of Questions: 4

Seconds to Prepare each question: 45

Seconds to answer each question: 60

1) What are the challenges you want to accomplish at INSEAD
2) What do you know about the INSEAD MBA?
3) How will you respond to your team’s underperformance?
4) Please describe a situation where you worked well with a person with a different opinion
5) What is success for you in a career?
6) What do you consider to be unethical leadership?
7) When was the last time you had a disagreement over a cultural norm that led to conflict?
8) How do you communicate or act to gain respect as a manager?
9) Who is a manager you look up to, and why?
10) How will you offer constructive feedback to a colleague?

11) What is the one skill that you think everyone should have?

12) What keeps you engaged and motivated to get work done?

13) Tell me about a time when you observed someone acted in a different manner than yours.

14) What is the thing that you are fascinated about? How did it start and what keeps the fascination going?

If your post-MBA goal is to start a venture in the short-term, the questions will be skewed towards finding the feasibility of the goal and your understanding of the entrepreneur’s life and start-up landscape.

1) What should be the top three priorities for a company?

2) If you have unlimited funds, which industry would you enter?

3) How will you remain focused on the vision of your start-up?

4) How important is networking in a startup? Illustrate with examples (Written)

Tips - INSEAD Video Interview Questions

What do you know about the INSEAD MBA?

a) Offer background on your networking and cite the commonly shared quality of INSEAD MBA

Adding context on your networking skills and information gathering process is an approach that will authenticate your extraversion. INSEAD rarely accepts the introvert type with limited networking skills.

b) Highlight the characteristics of INSEAD MBA that you value the most

For many, it is geographic diversity, while for others, it is the professional experience. The latest class has 32% from Consulting, 32% corporate, 21% financial services, and 15% from Media and Technology. If you are among the latter, highlight the peer to peer learning from such a diverse class. Or if 60 seconds permits, combine both.

Now let us combine it together as one answer

c) Record, check the time and add goal-specific points

Think of other specifics of INSEAD MBA that has immediate value to your post-MBA goal.

Career Switcher: For career switchers, the INSEAD MBA is an opportunity to enter a new function or industry. If you have done your homework, this part of the video interview will determine the authenticity of your answer. Read the recent employment report and understand the trends. How many have moved from consulting to finance, finance to consulting, or technology to consulting? Is the switch mostly with industry and location?

Career Stagnancy: Another common narrative we have seen is about career stagnation. The average experience of the latest INSEAD MBA class is 5.6 years. With over 1000 class size, 25% or more have over 7 years of experience. Career stagnancy in the form of a function, industry, or geography becomes a believable impetus to test the waters and experience new learning.

Leadership Tweaker: Most of the candidates have considerable leadership experience in multiple cultures and geographies. They also realize that understanding team dynamics is not done even with 5-10 years of experience. It is constant learning tweaked by orchestrated interaction and challenges that INSEAD MBA provides with its campus exchange with Wharton/Kellogg/CEIBS, customized leadership development, and choosing campus that pushes you out of the comfort zone (South East Asian candidates opting for the French campus and European candidates opting for the Singapore campus).

Now let us tie it all together for the question - What do you know about INSEAD MBA?