How do you answer “tell me about yourself” in an MBA interview?

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Usually interviewer starts off telling about him or herself. Mirror that

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What if I’ve only down consulting and want to switch careers now post MBA? I can answer that bluntly but also want to make this compelling and am struggling to balance that

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What’d you write in your essays? Apparently that story was compelling enough

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I mean this shouldn’t be hard. Just take about why you went into consulting, what you’ve done, why you want to go to B school, and what you want to get out of it.

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This should just be your 1 minute or say basic pitch about what you’ve done in your career and why you want to get a mba.

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