I recently had an interview with an alumni interviewer - Very fantastic conversation. I felt like I was able to showcase my background sufficiently, and demonstrate my critical thinking skills. Questions to prep for: - Tell me about your background. - Why MBA, why Darden, why now? - What have you done to find out more about Darden? - What do you think about... / Why did you decide to do...? (Got 2-3 questions like this on current affairs, my background, application process) - How would you be involved at Darden? - What do you consider your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness? - What are your interests?

Just had my Darden interview with an adcom member. Overall a good experience. Questions: - - - Tell about yourself, your childhood, your interests and family. - - - Interesting experiences in college. - - - Why the specific field. - - - Tell about your work experience. - - - A surprise at work place. - - - Goals - - - Why MBA and why Now? - - - Why Darden? She was very receptive of all my answers and showed genuine interest in getting to know me by asking follow up questions on whatever I shared. And now the wait begins!!! All The Best everyone.

Just had my interview yesterday with a current student, everything really went well. Interview lasted for 36 minutes. 1)So tell me about yourself 2)How have you had to deal with conflict at work 3)Why MBA (now) 4)why darden This was followed by him selling me the school I asked questions on weather students had access to notable alumni, he said yes I asked if professors were involved in industry he said there is a 60-40 split I asked about funding he reeled out opportunities for scholarships I think my interviewer was just a good guy Hope this helps! Good luck to all!

Had my interview as well. I think I did just ok, but as alefal said, it's just one part of the holistic evaluation process. Would have liked to crushed every single question, but I guess it's a learning for other interviews. My interviewer asked me questions for only half an hour and then we transitioned to her experience at LBS. She was really excited to talk about her experience and almost seemed like she made up her mind to spend 1.5 hour to give me advice as opposed to interview me. Extremely friendly and gave me some pretty valuable advice. How is everyone spending the next 3.5 weeks to keep their mind off of the decision?

Just had my interview. I think it went very well. Admissions passed him very clear instructions on how to proceed with the interview, with specific questions and what to do. The mini-case was also provided by adcom. At one point I got the impression that the interview was bounded to those questions and that he could not avoid or change his interview path, even though at some moments, you could see that he was making deep-dive questions in order to better assess me. The mini-case is very straightforward and specially for those who have at some point in time prepared for consulting interviews, it will come naturally. One advice I would give is to ask questions about London and the alum experience in LBS. He was clearly eager to share his experiences in LBS and wanted any opportunity to remember his two years there.

Just had my interview, which was with an alumni who was a partner at a PE firm and had a very different background to mine. It went for 1.5 hours. He was very nice, but I'm not sure how well I did to be honest - it was a bit hard to read how well it was going. It started off with the usual walk me through CV/why an MBA/why LBS and also some questions about the career choices I made. He then focused quite a bit on leadership and teamwork experiences. He also asked quite a few questions on what international business experience I had as he said that this didn't come through very clearly on my CV. He also asked what my leadership development goals were. I found the presentation part a bit of a challenge because there were 2 parts to it. It was a case about leading change management - managing restructuring and the fact that people were not happy about it. I was asked to present a) how I would approach this with my team and how much I would share my personal feelings b) Pick one of 3 questions and also talk about that - I picked one that said to describe how to overcome resistance to change. I didn't feel like I had a good conclusion to round off the presentation because the presentation was in 2 parts though I tried to relate them, but the introduction and the points in the middle were fine. The third part of the interview was where I got to ask questions and he gave me a lot of advice on what I should do to prep and what electives I should take. He also advised that to get the most out of career services, you needed to try and fit within the mould and that you would struggle if they couldn't put you in a box, which happened with him. He also said that if I got admitted, to get in touch with him and he would provide me with prep resources for finance given my lack of finance knowledge, and resources for consulting since that was what I wanted to move into, which was really helpful. I'm really hoping I get in! He did say being from New Zealand was a bit of a novelty at LBS so I'm counting on that working in my favour :)

My interview was with a 2nd year student who was fairly positive and nice. My questions were: • Talk me through your career path. explain skills you developed after graduating • What are your short term and long term goals? • Why do you seek an MBA now? • Why MBA • Why McCombs? • What clubs/activities are you interested in? • How do you see yourself being involved on campus? • Recent professional feedback • What do you consider your biggest accomplishment professionally? • An example of leadership experience • An example of conflict • An example of having to adapt to a new culture • What did you learn going through the MBA admissions process

I have completed my on campus interview today. It was very conversational. No curve ball questions. 2nd year student interviewed me and it took around 25 mins. Here are the questions: - - Walk me through your resume - - Stand out Leadership Experience - - How did you resolve a conflict in a team setting? - - Short and Long Term Goals - - plan B for short term goal - - Why Mba and Why Now? - - Why McCombs? - - What did you learn through application process? - - Any other information that you would like to tell us - - Questions for me

Just had my interview yesterday on campus with 2nd year student. Pretty conversational overall and it took me 1 hour. Questions from what I remember were what you have already read online from GMATClub reports and Clearadmit: Walk through resume. Why MBA/why now? Why McCombs? Example of leadership experience. Example of conflict at work and how it was resolved. Short term long goals and long term goals. What about Plan B? What did you learn through application process? Experience with diverse group? What would you contribute at McCombs? Questions for him. Also, decided to go for the lunch and learn they had on campus for that day. Had a nice chat with a couple of 1st year students there. Now to wait for December. Good luck to all!

Overall interview was rather interesting, lasted 1 hour. I could not read the interviewer whether i was doing good or not. So i have received following questions: 1. Walk me through your resume? - Several times i was asked deeper questions, what exactly was done and how. What were the results. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why McCombs? 4. Short term goal and Plan B? 5. Unique solution to the problem? 6. Most proud accomplishment? 7. What have you learned about yourself during application process? 8. How do you plan to contribute? 9. Please share some other additional information about yourself that has NOT been included in your application? 10. The biggest challenge during your current work? and some other questions. Some insights, all the questions are written for interviewer in special format and they follow the conversation and immidietly put your reasoning on paper, thus a few proposals: 1. Prepare all answers to the questions listed in this thread and practice 2. Answer should contain straightforward reasoning, thus for interviewer it would be easy to follow your story and write it down.

A Texas Welcome... without the bells and whistles This review is for both FT and PT (evening) applicants as I interviewed for both programs. So here it is. I took my time learning about top business schools and decided Texas would make my top 3 list based on its reputation, strength in industries most important to me, and campus personality. This is important to internalize yourself as it will no doubt be pulled out of you during your interview. In my 2 interviews, I made sure to look sharp but didn't care to be in a traditional suit for 1 of them. That didn't seem to matter, especially as I went in with a strategy of talking tech and entrepreneurialism (the look seemed to complement the way I dressed that one time). There are so many resources online in terms of which questions have been asked before so I won't spend too much time on that here. If you're a PT/Evening student, you'll most likely interview with the Director or Associate Director of the program. My experience with her was very straight forward and we talked a lot about my views of business and my plans post-grad (have a tight story here). For the FT Interview, I interviewed with a 2nd year student. Very casually, we spoke about my professional experiences, outside leadership, and post-grad goals. Again, no curve balls here except he did ask some behavioral questions (tell me about a time when you....). My advice here is to be likable in your delivery, but also have true stories that you can use that shows your ability to overcome obstacles and to contribute to a larger group. Tips to remember for your interview: - show "bleed orange" pride. They are looking for someone who loves (or will love) UT - provide structured answers. Don't ramble and make sure to answer the question - be positive and likable. Show humility in the things you are/were lacking. Bonus points if you can tie in why McCombs will help in that area. - make sure your story ties. If you're GMAT is a 650 and you want to get into McKinsey, your interviewer will challenge you. Same thing if you name "target" companies that do not recruit at McCombs. - do coffee chats, webinars, and class visits, before your interview if possible. It'll show your interviewer you made the effort to get to know the school. - you will be asked how McCombs ranks against your other top choices. Your interviewer will complement you with whatever else you say, but be careful of diminishing McCombs.

I received an interview invitation fairly quickly after applying, within about 2 weeks. I would think this timing a a bit atypical. I don't recall an option to select an off campus interview, but I was planning to do on campus anyway. They have a full day of programming for your interview. They block everyone off into "interview super days" every Friday for a few weeks in a row, where they bring in big chunks of interviewees, probably 100 at a time or so. There's student panels, class visits, and other activities. You are slotted into a morning or afternoon interview time. You aren't required to attend the additional activities, but it probably helps you get into the swing of things. Current 2nd year students take chunks of students (probably 10+ at a time) to interview in conference rooms around the building. My interviewer and I had great instant rapport. It is a strict 30 min interview and it flies by. We hammered through the the typical questions, why SOM, why MBA, ST/LT goals, walk me through your resume. We spent the most time on the resume, really digging into specific bullets, drilling in on actions and results from various work activities. So be prepared to know your resume inside and out. We didn't have time for much else as he had to get back to other interviews. At the end my interviewer gave me great positive feedback and his contact information. He was very warm and friendly. My advice would be to participate in all the available programming as it will help you mingle with other interviewees and set you at ease. SOM is not trying to trip you up in the interview, they just want to have a quick chat so no curveballs. While your actual interviewer may vary, nearly all SOM students are really kind, friendly people.

My interview experience was really nice. I think most interviews are conducted by 2nd year students, and it is meant to be friendly and conversational. But I think they really focus on trying to find the people who are actually, really, interested in coming to Tuck and are not treating it like a safety school. The reason is that everything there is student-run (clubs, activities), so they really want people who are genuinely interested and are more likely to be involved in the community. As I said, my interview experience was pleasant but I felt like I could have made a stronger case on the obvious questions (why MBA? why now? why Tuck?) and I only have my preparation to blame for that. Know the school inside-out and know your reasons and background equally well. Tips for future applicants: Know your application well (Essays, and everything else that forms your story), and prepare well for the general questions (why MBA? why now? Why Tuck?) Also, really try to show them why Tuck specifically is a good fit for you and what you want to do. Best of luck!

Hi Guys, Had a Skype interview yesterday. My interviewer was a second year candidate and it was very casual and friendly and more of a conversational interview than just Q/A. He asked me the following question after his primary introduction 1. Introduce yourself 2. Tell me about your community service experience 3. Tell me more about your professional experience (Data analytics and decision making) 4. Tell about a time you performed exceptionally and beyond expectations 5. Tell about a time when you failed and what did you learn from that 6. What are your Long term goals and why Tuck? 7. What apart from education are your looking at tuck? 8. At Tuck we work in study groups. So at end of 2 years what would your study group describe you as? 9. Which communities will you be interested in at Tuck and why? 10. Do you have any questions for me? It was a fun experience and quite an open discussion.

I just had my on-campus interview. Here are the questions: 1. walkthrough resume, follow-up questions with my extra-curriculum activities 2. short/long term goal 3. why mba 4. why tuck 5. how will you contribute to tuck 6. tell me about a time you worked with other people 7. a time you failed 8. your leadership style/your role in a team 9. your strength/weakness 10. Q for interviewer I don't feel my interview went well because when I was talking, the interviewer had no response or any facial expressions. And I also sent thank you note to the interviewer, got a only response "good luck with your applications".

Yes it is possible to do an off campus interview at Tuck! I did not know Tuck offered it to US students and I assume this is rare. Of all schools, Tuck really wants you to visit and picture yourself in Hanover. However, being on the west coast and with a very hectic schedule, I could not make it. They were able to accommodate a video skype interview. I assume this is rare, and I assume this is for candidates they are very interested in. But if you really can't make it, do ask as they are able to accommodate. I did a skype interview with a second year student. Although I recommended you ask for off campus interviews, I would avoid skype interviews. They are extremely tough as its hard to build rapport, you can't hear each other well, and there's always a small lag. I had 5 MBA interviews and this was probably my toughest just based on those facts. Also my interviewer was a bit tough and held a strong poker face. I faced the typical questions of why MBA, why Tuck, ST/LT goals, how do you plan to participate in the Tuck community, tell me a time you've failed. I also got some curveballs such as, why have you not visited Tuck? We spent most of the time really drilling down into the nitty gritty of my resume, going over specific actions and behavioral questions around my bullet points. So definitely know your resume like the back of your hand. I had no feel as to if I did good or bad. My interviewer was a bit tough plus Skype is not very conducive to such activities. We went for about 45 minutes although the flow was a bit choppy. In the end, I did receive an offer of admission although I was convinced I had done poorly and due to the interview and not visiting campus which I was convinced had doomed me. I highly recommend an in person off campus interview if possible or go to campus to interview. I don't think most folks would be able to get away with not visiting.

Had my interview yesterday with a second year student. It was a very straight forward one. 30 minutes discussion, where in the interviewer asked questions for around 22 -23 minutes and I was given the rest of the time to ask any questions I had. Although I am not sure how did I do :) Here are the questions: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Leadership experience 3. Team work 4. Strengths 4. Why MBA 5. Why Tuck 6. What will you bring to Tuck 7. Biggest accomplishment/One thing you are proud of 8. Failure 9. A question about GMAT Club 10. Any other thing you want to talk about 11. Questions for us

The interview was a lot of fun and by far the most relaxing out of all interviews I had. I felt that the interviewer was looking for cultural fit more than anything else and a couple of other people who interviewed with UCLA also agreed with me on this aspect. The questions were: 1. Tell me a a bit about yourself. 2. Goals/Why MBA? 3. Question about contributions you can make in class. 4. Question about managing teams. 5. Why Anderson?/What Classes are you interested in? 6. Questions about what do you do in your spare time 7. "If you could rewind this interview what do you want to say?" 8. Questions to the alum. My advice for other prospects who want to interview with UCLA is to find the time to connect with an alum or a current student to help you mock. They will be the best people to help you with the interview.

I have to say that my UCLA Anderson interview was my favorite interview of the five that I had. What was helpful was that my interviewer was of the coolest as well. We hit it off pretty early and were able to bond over a common interest that we were both passionate about. When the interview proper began, I got the usual suspect questions: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. What are your long-term and short-term goals? 3. Why do you want an MBA? 4. What is your greatest achievement? 5. Tell me about a time you dealt with conflict with a co-worker. The rest of the interview was very conversational and the questions essentially flowed from the discussion. I really liked this interview style. There were challenges with the Skype connection so, we first tried without video, then ended up just continuing with a phone call. In total, I would say the interview went on for just shy of 45 minutes. Great interview! Honored to be an Anderson admit.

The alumnus interviewer was a pro at interviewing!! He could very well find out the nitty-gritties about me. The interviewer had lot of biases based on my profile... and he was constantly trying to put words in my mouth and trying to see how I will react. It was a very free-flowing and fast-paced interview. He started off by asking me to highlight some key points I want him to take-away from the interview about my profile/me. I hadn’t prepared in this way (realized it is important!) but mentioned few things. He asked me what is it that drives me. What made me innovate when organizing X. He asked me why I wanted to go to the USA for MBA instead of from the top univs in my country. I also summarized my achievements at one of my workplace. He asked me if one of those things was my biggest accomplishment… I elaborated on why I felt so. He asked me for “a time I had tried something and faced failure” and when I stopped for few seconds to think of which experience will fit-in yet not overlap with what I’ve already told … he mocked that I don’t have any failures, only accomplishments. I said I was trying to avoid an overlap. I again mentioned one same experience as before but talked about the other perspective to it. Why MBA, Why Ross, etc.