Your answer to this question provides several useful data points for your MIT Sloan interviewer to consider. It helps them to better understand your roles and responsibilities. It helps them understand more about the work of your organization and provides context for your current business goals. Finally, it helps them understand your ability to generate value within a real-world setting.

As an MBA student, you will demonstrate the ability to provide an executive summary of a project or an initiative during your time at MIT Sloan. This question is an excellent opportunity to prove that you already possess this important business skill.

Start with a brief description of the goal or purpose of your project. Next, explain the purpose of your role specifically. Then, provide a bit of detail about the challenges you have faced or what makes the project a significant effort for you or your team. Finally, close your summary by describing the impact your project had, or is projected to have. It is helpful to provide statistics that speak to the success of your project if applicable. In the event you describe a project that was a failure, be sure to include what you learned from the experience.