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What is the the best and worst thing about your current job?

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tell me about nova vision group

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why did you want to join your family business?

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can you walk me through your resume?

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what makes you better than your competitors

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where do you see your business going?

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If you could change anything about your current company, what would it be?

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Who do you admire in your current industry?

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Where is the industry heading?

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What are challenges your industry faces or you anticipate facing?

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Who do you admire in your post-MBA industry?

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What makes you unique?

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Who is a leader that you admire and why? (shorten)

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Tell me about a time you dealt with conflict in the workplace.

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Give me an example of a project you’ve had a difficult time with.

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Tell me about a time you had to convince a superior to follow your recommendation. (how do you communicate, how do you weigh pros and cons, how do you stand by your decisions)

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How did you find the application process?

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Is there something about you that has not been addressed in your application?

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What is the most recent book you’ve read?

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What is a common misperception people have about you?

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What would your 5 closest friends say about you? Why?

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Given what you know now, if you could go back to university and pick your subjects, would you change your choices?

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What motivates you?

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What would be your dream job

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where do you see yourself within the company when you come back?

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whats been the hardest part about your job so far?

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how do you build trust within your team?

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tell me about the hardest challenge in implementing the analytics project

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why did you start the social impact committee?

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where do you see the industry going?

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why did you choose boston college?

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other than healthcare, what other industries is affecting your company?

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what other industries do you follow?

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what was your favorite thing about boston college?

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what was your favorite class at BC?

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what has been the biggest change in your leadersihp style?

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what’s the most recent book you read?

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what makes a good photo

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why do you like rock climbing?

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what was the most challenging part of the two month fieldwork?

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what did you not know before becoming a product manager?

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why did you choose product management?

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have you ever dealt with an underperforming executive?

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tell me about the santen project

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if you had to do it again, what would you do differently?

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what do you think would disrupt this industry?

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what technologies are you focusing on?

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if you could have any job within the company, what would it be?

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how do you ensure that people are coordinated?

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48
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how would your friends describe you?

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49
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whats been the biggest challenge working with your dad?

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50
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why do you want to do consulting after MBA?

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51
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consulting is on a downturn, do you think that this will impact your recruiting?

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52
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what are some of some companies outside of China that you follow

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53
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why did you pick BC?

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what did you like and not like about BC?

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55
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if you had to do college again, what would you do differently?

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56
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tell me about the lifeline project

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57
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tell me about Uniyep

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58
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what was one challenge about the Uniyep project you faced?

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59
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why did you pick verystar?

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60
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where do you think this industry will be in 10-15 years?

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61
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how do you manage so many teams?

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whats been a challenge managing teams?

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62
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what’s something you’ve failed at in this?

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63
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Tell me about yourself beyond your resume

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64
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Why MIT?

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65
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How will you contribute to the MIT community?

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66
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Tell me about your greatest recent accomplishment.

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67
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Tell me about a time when you had to help someone at work.

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68
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Tell me about a time when you challenged or pushed back against someone.

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69
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If you sit with me at a dinner table, can you describe to me (who has no idea of what you do) your current startup and your role?

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70
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What excites you at work?

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71
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Walk me through your data visual. Which question did you answer and why?

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72
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Tell me about a time you motivated someone to go beyond their believed capacity.

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73
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Tell me about a time you convinced people to solve a problem your way.

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74
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Tell me about a time you had to convince people as a leader.

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75
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Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult team member.

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76
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Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with a coworker or a manager.

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Tell me about a failure you experienced and how you are growing from it.

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78
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Be ready to answer specific cover letters and follow-up questions.

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79
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Tell me about a time you mentored someone.

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80
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Tell me about a time you led a team. What were the challenges?

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What were your challenges when you first began managing a team?

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82
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How do you relax / What do you do in your spare time?

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83
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Tell me about a weakness you have.

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84
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What is your leadership style and how has it grown since undergrad?

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85
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Tell me about a time you failed a project and how it has changed or evolved your leadership.

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86
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Tell me about a time when you had to step up to a leadership role.

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87
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Tell me about a leadership experience you have had either professionally or personally.

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88
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Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses.

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89
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What does resilience mean to you? Tell me about a time you showed resilience

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90
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If your co-workers had to describe you in 3 words, what would they be?

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Describe a time you worked in a diverse team / Tell me about a time when you had to bring people from different viewpoints together.

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92
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If you had extra time to talk to the admissions team to tell them something that you weren’t able to say in your application, what would you say?

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93
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What are your 3 positive/negative traits?

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What is one characteristic that makes you unique.

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95
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Tell me about the most significant weaknesses that you wish to overcome.

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96
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Tell me about a time you failed and how did you respond to that situation?

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97
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Tell me about a time your perspective was changed. How did you approach the situation?

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98
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Tell me about a situation when you made a decision, but then thought you could have done it differently.

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99
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Tell me about a time you tried to incorporate an external source of inspiration into an actual team project.

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100
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Tell me a time you had to manage change.

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101
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Tell me about a time you motivate a team that was struggling.

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102
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Tell me about a time you experienced a conflict with another and how you handled it.

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103
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Tell me about a time you encouraged failure?

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104
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Be ready to answer specific cover letters and follow-up questions.

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105
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Tell me more about your data visualization

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106
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How are you now looking to make your company more inclusive

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107
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What’s been the hardest part about running a family business

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108
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What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned?

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109
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Tell me about the myopia growth project? what challenges and difficulties did you face? why did you do it?

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110
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What did you learn most as you transitioned into Chief of Staff

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111
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What do you manage in each team?

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112
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Can you explain your organizational structure to me?

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