MiM in International Management (CEMS MIM)

Interview Sample Questions : 1 . Introduce yourself/tell me something about your life. 2. Tell us about your work experience. What are your three key earnings from your work experience. 3. What are your short-term and long-term career goals. Where do you see yourself in next 5 years? 4. Why MiM? Why now? 5. Why that school? Why that city/country? 6. What are your greatest strengths? 7. What are your greatest weaknesses? 8. How will you contribute to the MiM program/ Why should we select you? 9. Why should we select you? 10. Describe a situation where you disagreed with your superior. How did you settle it. 11. Tell us about one challenging project you have worked on. What were the challenges & Outcomes. 12. If I ask your manager, what he/she values in you, what will he/she say. What would your team members say about you? (Reasons they would/wouldn’t like to work with you) 13. Which three accomplishments are you most proud of? 14. Give me two cases where you demonstrated leadership? 15. What would you do if a team member was not pulling his own weight? 16. Can you name someone you view as a strong leader/ your inspiration. Why. 17. What role do you play in a group situation? 18. What adjectives would you use to describe yourself? 19. How creative are you? 20. How will you get to know what your prospective employers are looking at? 21. Tell me about a time when you took a risk. What was the experience like. 22. What have been the positive/negative feedbacks from your boss? 23. What have you learnt working with people from diverse backgrounds? 24. What do you think about networking and whom do you network with? 25. What do you like doing outside work? 26. Tell me about an instance in life which you would like to do differently, if you had a chance. 27. Define success/failure. Examples. 28. A life experience which has had a strong impact on you. 29. Tell me about your volunteer experiences. 30. Were your extra-curricular activities worth the time you put into them. What have they taught you? 31. What is that one thing you are passionate about? Why? 32. How will you finance your MiM? 33. Do you have any questions for us.

Official description of the content of all taken bachelor courses.

The CV must be submitted in English.

Bachelor Degree

List of all taken modules and courses, including grades and credits, along with a provisional average grade computed and certified by your examination office.

The motivation letter has to be written in English. Please focus on the most important points of your CV, but also make use of this opportunity to describe your motivation and learning effects of selected aspects of your life. In addition, you can indicate your study plan and for example where you would preferably spend your CEMS term abroad (2 pages maximum)

A-levels, High school diploma etc. (please submit all pages of the school leaving certificate)

Request a preliminary review documentation (VPD) issued for the University of Cologne from uni-assist. You can have your documents checked by uni-assist all year round, the VPD is not tied to an application semester.