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How long can the monologue be?
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That’s right. about 10-12 mins is good enough time and also closer to what Darden prescribes (earlier they used to suggest 15-20 mins in their communication)
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But their recent blog suggests 5 to 10 mins
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But their recent blog suggests 5 to 10 mins
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yes you’re right about that, but going to 10-12 mins is okay given how many questions in the interviews are based on this monologue. Make your spiel interesting so that the interviewer can extract good insights about you and has hooks to ask you further questions.
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My interviewer asked for 5 mins and I didn’t extend it also as I wasn’t prepared for a 10 min monologue
But I guess between 5-10 mins is good

We had a good discussion and follow-ups on why and how am I planning to achieve short and long term goals
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I just want to understand if they are still sending out R1 invites..
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As per last year’s data on livewire they didn’t send any invites in Nov, maybe 1 or 2
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I prepared my monologue for 10 minutes, but was interrupted by the interviewer around 7 minutes. (i wasn’t abruptly interrupted though, it was a very casual conversation so my interviewer commented here and there throughout my monologue, and by 7 minute mark she added a question, and we kind of deviated from my monologue to questions.) I did get to touch upon the content from my last bit of monologue so it wasn’t like missing any part of the narrative.
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Hi! Has anyone here received an interview invite from Darden for the Fall 2026 intake (Round 1)? I haven’t heard back yet, and I’m starting to lose my mind. Especially after getting an interview rejection from Fuqua just now.
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Hi! Has anyone here received an interview invite from Darden for the Fall 2026 intake (Round 1)? I haven’t heard back yet, and I’m starting to lose my mind. Especially after getting an interview rejection from Fuqua just now.
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Moving this to the Darden discussion where you can get a better answer.
P.S. if you want to catch AdCom, they will be tomorrow at the MBA Spotlight Fair ;-)
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A day to the interview, you’ll get a mail. The interviewer will be copied in it
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Just got this email, the interviewer isnt copied lol. I think they changed their method lol
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Just got this email, the interviewer isnt copied lol. I think they changed their method lol
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Yeah I also didn’t get
Only link which was activated exactly at start time of interview
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Yeah I also didn’t get
Only link which was activated exactly at start time of interview
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Who did you get? Adcom or 2nd year?
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> Yeah I also didn’t get
> Only link which was activated exactly at start time of interview
Who did you get? Adcom or 2nd year?
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2nd year
Her career goals were same as mine so it was a great conversation
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fair, i think i found mine also. If you reply to that email you get their email address
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