Interview Prep

Why do B-Schools ask the question -"Why MBA" ?
A business school uses the interview sessions to reinforce and
reconfirm the impression they have formed after reading through the
application material. Thus when they ask "Why MBA?" They
already know the answer but they want to confirm that you are really
clear about the things you have written.

What else?
They can also use the session to iron out the doubts they have about
the logic in the essays or other part of the application. Suppose the
committee finds that a candidate has a great academic record, good
GMAT and persuasive essays but they see that although the candidate
passed out of college 7 years ago yet he has just 5 years of work ex.
In this case the committee would look out for an explanation about
how this could happen.

Then?
Lastly but most importantly they would look whether the candidate has
a matured personality. Does he handle tight situations gracefully? Is
he instantaneous in his thoughts? Are the ideas well structured and
presented? Is he overly simplistic or complicated in his ideas? Does
he think before he talks?

All the questions asked by the interview committee broadly fall in these three groups.