HEC Paris MBA Admissions Tips

GMAT

Average score: 664 

Essays

Examples of essay prompts previously used by HEC:

  1. Why are you applying to the HEC MBA Program now? What is the professional objective that will guide your career choice after your MBA, and how will the HEC MBA contribute to the achievement of this objective? (500 words)
  2. What do you consider your most significant life achievement? (250 words)
  3. Leadership and ethics are inevitably intertwined in the business world. Describe a situation in which you have dealt with these issues and how they have influenced you. (250 words)
  4. Imagine a life entirely different from the one you now lead, what would it be? (250 words)
  5. Please choose from one of the following essays: (250 words)
  1. What monument or site would you advise a first-time visitor to your country or city to discover, and why?
  2. Certain books, movies or plays have had an international success that you believe to be undeserved. Choose an example and analyse it.
  3. What figure do you most admire and why? You may choose from any field (arts, literature, politics, business, etc).
  1. Is there any additional information you would like to share with us? (900 words)

Interviews

HEC has a unique interview process.

If selected, candidates will have two separate one-on-one interviews with French Embassy representatives, MBA alumni, HEC professors or other representatives of the HEC network. It is your responsibility to contact the interviewers provided by the Admissions Office in order to arrange your interview by the stated deadline.

The interview starts with a 10-minute presentation made by the candidate on the subject of his/her choice. The main objective of this presentation is to judge the candidate's communication and presentation skills, the capability to synthesize a subject in 10 minutes while keeping the interest of the audience. The candidate may use any presentation method he or she wishes, such as transparencies, notes, slides, etc.

The presentation is then followed by 30 to 40 minutes of questions and answers, first on the presentation, then on the candidate's motivation and other elements mentioned in his/her application.

Recommendations

Two professional recommendations are required.

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