The questions were as follows: Walk me through your resumé Tell me about yourself Why MBA? Why now? Why Simon? Talk about your company? How many employees What are your short-term goals and long-terms goals? What's your backup plan? *Tell me how your worked with people of different background (they really want to hear about their school's emphasis on Diversity Equity, and Inclusion) Have you been in other countries? Talk about you analytical and data skills. Tell me about your daily data stack and tasks. Talk about an accomplishment of your clients Talk about the leadership style. Tell me about one story of leadership accomplishment

Interview was taken by adcom director Haley Whitlock. The interview was very conversational and it went for 40mins. 1) Tell me about your childhood? Then we talked about the whole journey and she asked me lots of questions in that and she was very interested in my whole life journey. One behaviour question as well when I was talking about my work experience. 2) Why Mba and why Darden? 3) What is you long term and short team goals? 4) Apart from work what do you do and how do your spend your time outside work? 5) Questions for her and for Darden? Best interview experience ever and it was very conversational.

📝 Interview Flow & Key Questions - Tell me about yourself. - Why MBA, and why now? - What is your biggest achievement? - How would you describe your leadership style? - Tell me about a time you handled a team member who wasn’t coming through. - Tell me about a time you experienced failure. - How do you manage stress? - What are your short-term and long-term goals? - What’s your ideal work environment? The interview lasted for 35 mints.

I received an invitation to book my interview on the 5th Feb. Due to personal commitments, I scheduled it on the last available date, the 16th. My interviewer was a second-year student, and the conversation was very friendly and conversational. The total interview lasted 40 minutes, with 30 minutes for questions directed at me and the last 10 minutes for my questions to her. 1. Tell me about yourself Two follow-up questions based on my resume regarding my professional journey One question was how based One question was why based 2. Why MBA 3. Why now She followed up on a critical statement in my reasoning for why now I defended my stance using the current industry scenario, where I also covered my short-term and long-term goals 4. Why Ross 5. What specific aspect of Ross is compelling me to choose it 6. How will I contribute to the B-school 7. What is a mistake I made while handling a project How did I take accountability What lessons did I learn 8. Describe something I did without prior experience How did I handle it What lessons did I learn 9. How do I adapt to different cultures Demonstrated with examples 10. Tell me about a time you received feedback How did I react to it What lessons did I learn 11. What is my source of motivation In the last 10 minutes, I asked her three questions. She was very friendly, shared her journey candidly, and expressed many truthful insights.

Just had my interview with Kate Piasecki. Although it felt quick, it lasted exactly 30 minutes. 1. My education related stuff – Internship details 2. How I got my first post-undergrad recruitment. 3. Why I chose my first company and role. 4. My promotions and career progression. 5. Why I left my first company and joined the second (and the same question applied to my next switch). 6. Leadership structure of my reports, supervisors.. 7. Current project I’m working on. Not just responsibilities. 8. Why MBA? 9. Why Goizueta? 10. Follow-ups on ST/LT/Plan B goals and target companies). 11. Strengths/Values I’ll bring to Goizueta, along with a weakness. 12. How different people would describe me: My supervisor? My colleagues/reports? My friends/family? 13. An example of one such value I mentioned in my 12th response. 14. Any questions I had for her. There were a couple of questions I can’t recall, but other than that, expect follow-ups. Despite the number of questions, the conversation felt very natural, engaging.

I had an interview on February 18th. The interview was okay, it was with the admission committee - it was conversational and a tad-bit informational. It lasted about 25 minutes, more or less. If I remember correctly, I think after the 15th minute, they wrapped up asking you questions, and open the floor for me to ask them questions. A bit about my background, if it helps: international student, gmat waiver, did my undergrad in the US & 3-4 years of WOE in R&D and business consulting. And the wait begins.... Goodluck everyone

The interview was pretty straight forward 1. Why Oxford? 2. When have you faced conflict at work? 3. Has your integrity every been questioned? 4. Who is a leader that you look up to? 5. What do you think will be challenging for you during the one year MBA? 6. What is your biggest take away from your career till now? 7. In case there is any project that your professor gives your group, what role are you most likely to gravitate towards? 8. Have you done anything to up-skill yourself outside work? 9. What do you do for fun? 10. How will you stand out in a room full of 300 other MBA students Lastly i had my own questions

Virtual interview with 2 Alumni Spot essay was situation based. 2 questions were there - 1. A situation in which one of the team member is not satisfied with presentation strategy and is raising their voice. How would you handle the situation 2. A new case comptetion is coming up and the team is interested in taking part in that by compromising a little on current ongoing project. As a leader how would you handle the situation This is just the essence of the question. Actual question was a bit elaborate Interview - 1. How has been your morning? 2. TMAY 3. Why MBA? 4. About a situation where I faced a challenge in implementing a project (from my resume). What did you ACTUALLY do to tackle the situation? 5. Why MBA now when you already have an integrated MBA? 6. About my experience of working at a start-up. KPIs? Learnings? How did I end up there? 7. What do you do in your free time 8. An ethical dilemma in my workplace (picked up from essay) 9. Why Consulting? What courses/certifications you have taken to improve your skills for consulting? 10. Any questions that you have from us? Overall it was a very candid conversation with 2 Alumni and they were very supportive and relaxed. Did not grill at all.

- tell me about yourself - why CBS, why now - short term long term. Very in depth on the industry - tell me about a time you disagree with a boss - how would you describe your leadership - tell me three biggest impact you've made in your career - tell me something you could have done better at X role - tell me what classes are you interested in - what other schools have you applied to and why - besides school, do you plan to just to X (cbs activity) , basically a how will contribute to cbs question - have questions for me

My Interview questions -short/long term career goals -why rotman -greatest career achievement -time i had a conflict at work -other schools i’m applying to interview took 20 mins as stated in the email my interviewer was also very lovely

I think my interview was a bit rushed as well/did not go very well 1) We spent the first 3-4 minutes getting acquainted and discussing dogs since my interviewer’s dog was in the background 2) I then gave my interviewer a rundown of my personal, educational, professional history, and hobbies 3) They then asked me to tell them why I want to do an MBA what are my short term goals long term goals etc ( I think I screwed up here, although they didn’t clearly ask me to tell them why I want to go to Darden, I should have talked about it in the why MBA part 4) We then discussed how I have handled diversity at work place- I answered with examples 5) Was also asked how I have grown as professional- I talked about how I have become more adaptable- with examples again 6) Then I answered the- how do I plan to contribute to the Darden community 7) We then went on to discuss the questions that I had for my interviewer I feel that I really messed up the Why Darden part- although I wasn’t asked that specifically it seems that everyone has talked about it in their interviews, so I should have used some window somewhere to talk about it.

I recently interviewed with Darden on 3rd Feb with Adcom Officer, following are the questions she asked me: 1) Tell me about your childhood 2) Then about the career and academics 3) For me, I am pivoting my role from Banking to Retail so the reasons for that. 4) Why MBA? Why Darden and Why MBA now? What do you feel about the case method? 5) Situation based question- if anybody is not working to their potential, how would you deal with it? 6) what do you do when you are not working? 7) questions for me. Also, they begin their conversation from a small talk, like what were you doing on a weekend, or how was day, something like this.

25 minutes long: TMAY, Why MBA, Why Darden, Questions for interviewer. (My interviewer seemed to be in a hurry/not-interested, asked to finish answers fast. I was cut in between a couple of times to finish fast.). Takeaway: Keep answers crisp. I am not sure, finishing interview so fast is a good sign or a bad sign (Haha)

I completed my interview, and it went really well. The interviewer was great, and the questions were quite standard—Why MBA? Why Tuck? Why now? I tried to connect a couple of questions in one of my answers, and it seemed to work, as the interviewer appeared impressed. After each of my responses, he gave positive feedback, which was encouraging. There was one new question that caught me a bit off guard. He asked me to imagine that I got into Tuck, and it was my graduation day—what would I see as my greatest earning? I took a moment to gather my thoughts and replied: "Throughout my current journey, both in my team and in life, people have looked up to me. They still do today. On my graduation day, I would want to see that I’ve built a similar reputation at Tuck—that the first-year students of that time look up to me the same way. - I have also connected some past examples of this thing" I’m not sure if it was the perfect answer, but it felt like the best I could articulate in the moment. Given Tuck’s low interview conversation rate, I’m uncertain about the outcome, but overall, I left the interview feeling good.

My interview was with Alum, CO ‘23: 1. Introduce yourself 2. ⁠He asked about my transition as I have diverse experience 3. ⁠Time where I adapted 4. ⁠Time I received feedback and the action taken 5. ⁠why mba 6. ⁠why Ross 7. ⁠Time I worked with cultural diverse team and how did I work

My interview was with a 2023 Alum. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. ⁠Why MBA 3. ⁠Why Ross 4. How will you contribute to Ross 5. ⁠TMAT things didn’t go as planned. 6. ⁠TMAT you had to adapt basis some new information that was given to you 7. ⁠How do you build strong relationships with diverse set of people? 8. ⁠TMAT you things didn’t go right at your end and how did you take accountability.

Just done with interview! Had a really nice time talking to the interviewer! He was very interested in my work! Lasted for about 45 mins. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. ⁠Why MBA 3. ⁠Why Ross We went into some behavioural questions: 1. TMAT you had to adapt to the situation and change your initial plan - follow up questions on the topic 2. ⁠TMAT you received critical feedback - followed up with TMAT another instance where you applied your learning from your initial incident of receiving critical feedback 3. ⁠TMAT a time you exhibited inclusive behaviour - he followed it up asking me to quote another incident 4. ⁠TMAT you had to exhibit a leadership behaviour that went beyond what was expected of you - follow up questions on the incident quoted. 5. ⁠Questions for me - Spoke for 5 mins. In the end he congratulated me on completing the whole thing, and said he understands this process can be very stressful, and he asked me stay calm and focus on my work till decisions arrive! Enjoyed talking to him!

Just done with interview! Had a really nice time talking to the interviewer! He was very interested in my work! Lasted for about 45 mins. 1. Walk me through your resume 2. ⁠Why MBA 3. ⁠Why Ross We went into some behavioural questions: 1. TMAT you had to adapt to the situation and change your initial plan - follow up questions on the topic 2. ⁠TMAT you received critical feedback - followed up with TMAT another instance where you applied your learning from your initial incident of receiving critical feedback 3. ⁠TMAT a time you exhibited inclusive behaviour - he followed it up asking me to quote another incident 4. ⁠TMAT you had to exhibit a leadership behaviour that went beyond what was expected of you - follow up questions on the incident quoted. 5. ⁠Questions for me - Spoke for 5 mins. In the end he congratulated me on completing the whole thing, and said he understands this process can be very stressful, and he asked me stay calm and focus on my work till decisions arrive! Enjoyed talking to him!

Just finished my interview with alumni. Interviewer seems to be in a hurry and started straight away with questions: 1-Tell me about yourself 2-Why MBA and Why Now 3-Why Ross After this straight away asked behavioural questions: 4-TMAT when you adapted 5-TMAT you have to deal with ambiguity and how you performed 6-TMAT you resolved conflict 7-TMAT you worked in diverse setting Last 10 minutes he gave me opportunity to ask questions. Interview was completed in 35 minutes.

Introduce yourself/walk me through your profile Why MBA? Why Ross? TMAT you adapted TMAT you received feedback and how you handled it TMAT you handled diverse perspectives TMAT you resolved conflict and how did you manage accountability TMAT you changed your leadership style last 10 mins for my questions