Updated April 2026 The MBA group interview – including Wharton's Team-Based Discussion – assesses something a one-on-one interview can't: how you show up when other people are in the room. The candidates who perform best aren't the ones who speak most or have the best ideas. They're the ones who make the group better. Here's how to approach it. Some MBA programs ask candidates to participate in a group interview – either in addition to or instead of the standard one-on-one in