IV
Teamwork
Including the unglamorous kind.
What they expect
Whether you will be a net-positive classmate. That includes being led, giving peers credit, noticing the quiet person, and diagnosing a team problem without turning it into a complaint about the other person.
A strong signal
You describe the team as a system. You changed how the group worked, not only how you felt. You can talk about a time you were not the hero.
A weak tell
A story that exists to show you saved everyone. “I picked up their slack.” No mention of what you did to the process.
Why this angle exists
Canadian commerce and MBA programs are group-work machines. Smith’s MBA is a mandatory team model — this angle is existential there. Queen’s Commerce and Schulich BBA test it at 17.
Canadian flavour
Smith staff have said on the record that video plus references plus interview are how they read interpersonal skill. Queen’s Commerce prompts repeatedly ask about diverse groups, disagreement, and repair after a cultural misstep.
Questionnaire
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