Rotman MBA Video Essays
Required video interview (2 questions) with a new timed written response component (10 minutes in length). Applicants will receive an email within 24 hours of applying with a link to the video component.
Possible Rotman MBA video interview questions:
- What would you like to tell your future classmates?
- Tell about an activity you enjoy.
- What was the the greatest advice your first boss gave you?
- What was the biggest risk you’ve taken so far?
- How would your co-workers describe you?
- Identify an influential figure in your lives, and why
- What do you do for fun?
- What are your passions, interests, and hobbies?
- If you could travel across the United States in a car with anyone, whom would you choose to travel with and why?
- What would you do on a rainy Sunday afternoon?
- How have you handled a difficult interaction? What did you learn from it?
- Describe a difficult professional decision you had to make. What were the consequences, and what, if anything, did you learn?
- How do you celebrate success?
- What trait is the most important to you? Why?
- Why MBA?
- Why you?
- What did you do in the past week that was brave?
- What drives you in your personal life?
- If you had to perform in a talent show, what would you choose to act?
- Video – What did you like to do when you were a child?
- Video – What kind of books, articles, and blogs you like to read.
- Video : If you could be a teacher and teach any subject or skill what would it be and why?
- Video : How will you prioritize between “Physical”, “Mental”, “Emotional” and “Spiritual”?
- Video – What energises you?
- Video – If time and money were not a constraint, what would your job be?
- Video – What would you like to speak about all day every day?
- Video – What would be that thing which you would like to put off as long as possible from doing?
- Video – what is your hobby?
- Video – do you like WFH or work from the office?
- Video – If you could trade houses with anyone in the world, which city would you choose
- Video – What is something that you would put off if you could
- Video – How would you introduce yourself to someone who doesn’t know you?
- Video – How would you prioritise the following aspects of life – Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual?
- Video – What is your favourite ice cream flavour and why
- Video – If you could pick any job without financial constraints what would you pick
- Video – Who is your mentor outside your family and why?
- Video – What is your mobile wallpaper and why that image?
- Video – Apart from money, what else would keep you in your current organization?
- Video – What is your favorite emoji and why?
- Video – What is one good thing that you make?
- Video – What is one good habit and one bad habit of yours?
- Video – If had to delete all apps but 3 from my phone, which ones would I keep and why?
- Video – Would you rather be perfect and late or good and on time?
- Video – If got a chance, what subject will you teach.
- Video – Out of 4 seasons, what you like the most
- Video – What do you make really well?
- Video – If you had an extra hour every day, what would you do with this time?
- Video – who is your role model outside your family
- Video – what are your one good habit and one bad habit.
- Video – Tell us about a failure from which you learnt
- Video – If you had no monetary of financial benefit of quitting a job, what job would you prefer doing?
- Video – If you wanted to stop ageing, at what age would you stop and why?
- Video – If you could be a clothing brand, which would be and why?
- Video – Tell me about something that you’re good at?
- Written Essay- How would you shortlist bschools.Write an email to Adcom to know more about the program.
- Written Essay- Applying for an MBA programs can be a tough task from shortlisting schools to filling applications. Write a note to a Rotman ambassador
- asking questions about the program or any queries you might have.
- Written Essay-Rotman is well known for its international experiential learning through various programs. Through these programs, Rotman students get a
- chance to explore the challenges faced by international markets. Write a business case stating how you would be a great candidate for the said program.
- Written Essay – Imagine you have recently finished your first year at Rotman and write a post for your LinkedIn community describing your experiences so far and things you are excited to pursue in your second year.
- Written Essay- writing a mail to the committee to select you for an international business elective.
- Written Essay- Write an email to the hiring manager you met at a networking event requesting for a follow-up meeting
- Written Essay- Write a blog post telling incoming students why you chose to apply to Rotman.
- Written Essay- Write a LinkedIn post sharing your 1st-year experience and what you see for 2nd year.
- Written Essay- Write an email to a Rotman alumni asking for his/her time for a coffee chat.
- Written Essay- Write a letter of resignation to your office people telling about your MBA plans
- Written Essay- A year has passed after your Rotman MBA, write down a linkedin post summarising your past and what you look forward to doing in the future?
- Written Essay- Which of the student club(s) would you like to join as an active member and why?