Just had my Tuck interview, it was fairly conversational and the interviewer was very friendly. Questions - - TMAY - ⁠Why MBA - ⁠STG and LTG - ⁠Why consulting and not big tech - ⁠Produest achievement - ⁠Follow up on the same - ⁠TMAT you disagreed with manager - ⁠TMAT you helped someone - ⁠What will your legacy at Tuck be - ⁠Question on a community experience - ⁠Any questions/ Something you would like me to know She asked a lot of follow up questions to keep the conversation engaging before jumping to next questions and that’s why I think there were lesser behavioural questions. Lasted for odd 40 mins

Interviewer introduced herself and set the expectation about the duration (30-40 mins) and explained how this was just one part of them knowing me better. She seemed genuinely invested and curious to get to know me better. A few of her questions felt like thoughtful follow-ups based on what I had just shared. 1. She had already gone through my resume, and she wanted to discuss first about my corporate experience. 2. Most meaningful contributions I’ve made to the firm and those I worked with 3. Then she wanted to understand why did I pivot to my startup, what stage was it in and what was the future? 4. How would I work on my startup along with my academics? 5. What skills do I bring to improve collaboration and team work? 6. Short term and long term goal 7. Plan B if current short term goal couldn't be materialized? 8. Leadership experience difference b/w corporate and startup? Which was better? 9. What I like about my leadership skills? 10. Three strengths my coworkers like about me? 11. Three weaknesses my coworkers feel I could improve upon? 12. Failure story? 13. Why MBA? 14. Why Kellogg? 15. Contributions to Kellogg? 16. Why now? Will I be able to adjust to school/campus life after these many years of work experience? 17. Is there anything else I'd like to share?

The interviewer came across as very straight up from the beginning. There wasn’t much of a friendly vibe initially—he seemed to be a no-nonsense personality, reading directly from his sheet and keeping things formal. He asked me all the mainstream/core questions without much cross-questioning. However later i had a few curve ball questions. As against 45 minutes, my interview went upto 60 minutes. Towards the end, however, the tone shifted. We had a more open and friendly conversation, which I really enjoyed. Overall, everything went well, and I felt confident in my responses. Questions asked: 1. Walk me through your resume 2. Short-term career goal 3. What is your Plan B? 4. What classes will you take and why? 5. What legacy do you want to leave at Tuck? 6. Tell me about a time you got critical feedback 7. Tell me about a time your weakness created a difficulty for you 8. Tell me about a time you had to deliver hard news to someone 9. What did you learn about Tuck today? 10. Three words that define you with respect to Tuck P.S. Also, a big thank you to GMAT Club. I prepared from the interview question banks shared here over the last 6 years, and honestly, many of my questions came directly from there. So please leverage these debriefs — make a list of all the questions, prepare thoroughly.

Gave my tuck interview today. Below are the questions. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. ⁠why MBA? Why now? 3. ⁠why tuck? 4. ⁠what are you great accomplishments Behaviourial questions 4. Tell me something about your out of comfort zone. 5. ⁠what are your strengths 6. ⁠tell me a negative feedback you received and how did you deal with that?

Interviewed by Director of Admissions primarily, had a second-year student to answer my questions. 1. Tell me about yourself (asked to elaborate about education, work experience). 2. Tell me about a project / achievement that was really significant. 3. Why an MBA? 4. How will you contribute towards Darden? 5. What do you do outside of work? 6. Any questions you have for us? Interview went on for about 36 minutes.

I had my interview earlier this week (3/4) with a first-year student. The interview was conversational and my interviewer was very nice and understanding of any nerves I had. Since I’m filling this out a few days after, I can’t quite remember what I was asked but I’d recommend you be prepared to address the following topics: – Tell me about yourself / walk me through your resume. – Why Marshall? – Short / Long-term Goals? – TMAT you faced a challenge. – Leadership example. – Questions for the interviewer. Another thing worth noting, is that my interviewer mentioned this is the first year they’re having students conduct interviews.

Kira Asesssmenet It wasn’t that bad, and I got similar questions about what you will find on this site, among others. Definitely prep prep prep beforehand. I had rehearsed 4 of the 5 questions I got, and they felt like softball questions. I guess we shall see! 1. Tell about yourself outside of your professional experience. 2. TMAT, when someone above you changed your plan at the last minute, how did you respond, and what was the outcome? 3. TMAT where someone’s voice or input wasn’t being heard. What did you do, and what was the result of the situation? 4. TMAT when you had to solve a complex problem that required a lot of information. 5. Short- and long-term goals and plans if those don’t work out?

Interviewer was super friendly. Briefly introduced himself and then asked me following questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why MBA now? 4. Why McCombs? 5. How will you contribute to McCombs? After each answer he proceeded to add in his own experiences. After about 25 minutes of discussion, I asked him about his McCombs experience for about 10 minutes.

I had a great conversation with a second-year student. She asked me the following questions: 1. Tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume. 2. Why Anderson? Why is it the right school for you? 3. What are my career goals and how will Anderson help you prepare? 4. What’s your plan B? How will you manage that in your career search? 5. Tell me about a time you faced a challenge and how you overcame it. 6. Tell me about a time you made a positive impact that you are most proud of. 7. We have such a diverse community at Anderson, how do you embrace diversity? 8. What makes you most excited about being a student at UCLA Anderson? How do you plan to get involved? 9. What unique traits and leadership capabilities will you bring to Anderson? 10. Opportunity for me to ask questions. Just in case this is helpful info – I applied via the Consortium and to my understanding our interviewers are Consortium students as well.

The interviewer was very friendly, but I could tell she had a list on hand and was in a bit of a hurry. No small talk in the beginning. She quickly introduced herself and started the questions. 1. Self-introduction. 2. Career goal? 3. What if things don’t go as expected (plan B)? 4. TMAT you had disagreement with your colleagues/ managers. 5. TMAT you encountered ambiguous project scope. 6. What clubs in Anderson would you like to participate in? Then she left the remaining 5 minutes for me to ask her questions. Overall I had a good experience.

Very chill and conversational interview. Interview ended in about 20- 25 mins with 5-10 mins to ask questions to the interviewer Tell me about yourself. Why MBA now? Why Tepper? Short term and long term goals? Where are you planning to work after your MBA? How will you learn from your peers and how will you contribute to your community? How do you approach working with different people in the team?

Interview was extremely conversational. The adcom was attentive and taking notes and commenting on specific aspects of my answers. She made me feel extremely comfortable and honestly, I enjoyed the conversation. Following were my questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Why MBA? 3. Why MBA Now? 4. Why Tepper? 5. What do you hope to learn from Tepper? 6. What would you contribute to Tepper? 7. What kind of a role do you play in a team setting? 8. TMAT – Conflict/ you had to convince someone. 9. What drives you/motivates you? 10. What is the best bit of advice you have received till date? After these questions she spent some time answering specific questions that I had for her.

1. Share more about your background... academic journey inside and outside of class... professional life... what has motivated you... some personal context on your upbringing that you may want to share (all in one question) 2. Why did you do your undergrad in the US> (I’m an international) 3. Could you talk about your time at X company? 4. What has growth looked like for you at work, and what are you particularly proud of? 5. You studied and worked away from your home culture, what has been your growth as it relates to working with people whose identities and backgrounds may be really different than yours? 6. Would love to know more about your leadership skills. Darden is intentional about cultivating high impact leaders. Looks like you have some experience. Can you share more about what that’s looked like formally or informally and whether that is professional or extra curricular. 7. Sounds like you’ve been thinking for a while what you want your next steps to be and have some direction on pointing you towards it. Can you expand on that a little bit more, why a change at this particular point in time, and why school now? 8. Would love to hear a little bit more about your interest specifically in Darden and where you want to spend these 2 years. What about Darden resonates with you and how would you contribute to the community here as well? 9. Would love to know about you outside of work. How do you like to spend your time? What are your interests outside of professional life? 10. What questions do you have for me?

Didn’t get any info about interviewer beforehand. The 2nd-year student told me she’s also non-traditional and all her interviews have been non-traditional students. Blind interview. Everyone is correct – this was an incredibly relaxed interview – just felt like a conversation (students who spoke to adcom also reflected the same sentiment). -Tell me about yourself – no mention of the 5-10mins. I talked the whole time, no interruptions. -TMAT took on a challenge. -TMAT you worked with others with a different background. -ST/LT goals? -Why MBA? -Why Darden? -What do you like to do outside of work? -Anything else you want to highlight? -Any questions for me?

Interviewer was very calm. Introduced himself and mentioned that he had already read my resume. After that, he spoke about how he wanted to structure our conversation before proceeding to the set of questions he had prepared. Following were the questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. ⁠Why MBA? 3. TMAT I tackled a language barrier (because I mentioned my international work experience). 4. ⁠Failure and learning? 5. ⁠Who have you spoken with at Ross and what did you learn? After that we spent 20 minutes discussing his Ross experience and the questions I had for him. All in all a positive and conversational interview experience. Hoping for the best!

The alum was Class of 2019 and was extremely friendly. Made me very comfortable and the interview was conversational for one hour. Didn’t ask “tell me about yourself” as he had gone through the resume. He directly started with: Why MBA? Why Ross? TMAT when things didn’t go as expected. TMAT when you dealt with ambiguity. TMAT when you faced a setback. TMAT when you worked with people from different background or cross-cultural set up. A bit surprised as the first and third questions were both related to setback/failure. Thankfully I could think of two different instances. At last I asked around 2 questions which he loved to answer, specifically about Ross and Ann Arbor. He cracked a few jokes in between and was very engaging. Ross truly feels like a very tight knit collaborative school.

Extempore Topic: “Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning just buzzwords? Will they replace human creativity?” My approach: I Started by defining AI and ML, supporting with relevant examples. Stated they are not just buzzwords, citing use cases like CAD optimization and digital twins. P1 then challenged the example, saying such technologies existed earlier and were not novel. Upon reflection I realized I misquoted example of “digital twin” and redirected to automation benefits in CAD using AI. P1 and P2 didn’t completely agree and then P2 asked me about second statement of the extempore (Will they replace creativity?). I asserted that AI could complement but not replace human creativity. P1 gave counterpoint: AI-written novels on Amazon. I responded by saying AI lacks emotional depth. P2 countered that AI can emulate emotions if prompted. I then shared example of J.K. Rowling’s creation of Dementors from personal experience. P2 dismissed it as a marketing gimmick and quizzed on Rowling’s full name (I didn’t know!). I then tried to cite an example of a campus photograph taken by Tushar (One of IIMA Staff), which the colleague featured in its yearbook (I had seen this on linkedIN), but this was again dismissed of saying that AI can generate such image too and that it was journal not yearbook. Post-extempore Discussion: P2 asked "What has changed since your last application?" I shared quantifiable updates viz. Promotion (Contributions I did at work); Greater clarity on goals (via alumni discussions); Increased leadership through NGO and CSR involvement. P1 then grilled specifically on CSR work, dismissing my involvement and demanding specifics. P1 then asked, "Why not an online MBA?" I explained desire for Rigorous, immersive learning, In-person case-based pedagogy, Campus experience (library, peer interaction). Interviewers remained unconvinced highlighting digital alternatives (e.g., online library access).

Sharing my recent interview experience (unfortunately didn’t convert) in hopes of receiving constructive feedback. The interaction was detailed and covered both technical and non-technical areas. Here's how it went: The interview began with greetings from both sides. P1 (Professor 1): Going through my SOP – “So you’ve worked as a trainer, then at Company 1, and now at Company 2. What does your current company do?” Me: Gave a brief about the company. P1: “Where does major revenue come from?” Me: Explained that revenue comes mainly from engineering services (EPC) and IT services for global clients. P1: “You worked at Company 1 (wind energy). What’s the current wind power capacity in India? Which states are most active?” Me: Answered with installation capacity and mentioned states like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, etc. Then question on cost comparison, which i answered: • Rates for wind: ₹3–5/unit • Solar: ₹2–4/unit • I wasn’t sure about thermal rates. P2: “Which is cheaper, wind or thermal?” Me: After thinking, I said thermal. This led to a counter-question: “If thermal is cheaper, why is India pushing renewables?” I responded that ~85% of India’s current energy mix is from coal and oil, and for self-reliance and sustainability, renewables are the way forward. Also added that non-renewables may deplete in near future to which P1, P2 went on to ask when exactly in near future? I mentioned it could take 100 years. P1: “If it’s 100 years away, why worry now?” I replied that transition takes time, so planning early is essential. This ended the technical section. Then came lighter topics. P1: “Any hobbies?” Me: I mentioned volunteering and playing chess. P1 chuckled: “Everyone follows chess now because of Gukesh.” I smiled, but noted that the volunteering bit was skipped entirely. P1: Asked my opinion on the recent chess world championship controversy, where some legends said the event lacked competition and the winner shouldn’t be called champion. I replied that while some games had blunders, others were competitive. Even if Carlsen and Kasparov opted out, the championship followed an official process so the winner deserves the title. P1 (follow-up): “If ICC hosted a World Cup with Mongolia and Kenya, and they won, should they be world champions?” I said that if stronger teams (India, Australia, etc.) chose not to participate, and the event followed process, the winner is valid given the context. P2 the asked how Gukesh got to challenge for the title. Me: Said I wasn’t entirely sure, but I think he qualified based on wins in key tournaments (Candidates/World Cup). P2: “Do you know who won the Candidates?” Me: Said I wasn’t sure guessed maybe Praggnanandhaa, though I thought Gukesh also participated. They nodded and said I was good to go. Reflection: While I felt the technical answers were okay, I realize I could have: • Been clearer on facts like the Candidates winner. • Handled energy cost questions more analytically (not just cost but policy/environmental factors). • Tried to steer back to volunteering when it was skipped. • Paused and clarified before responding under pressure. Open to any feedback.

By the time I got my interview invite, there were no more slots available so the pre-recorded interview on Kira was the only option. I can’t say I wasn’t disappointed because they always say it is better to do an interview with a student or alumni but that’s life. Just as I’ve seen reported by previous interview reports, there were 3 fixed questions and 2 are random behavioural questions, so I made sure I had the 3 fixed questions prepped well and practiced a few key stories for the behavioural questions. Questions asked: – What do you hope to accomplish out of your business school experience and why is Haas the right place for this? (FIXED). – Describe an experience in DE&I, whether in the workplace or at a community organization, that will enhance your contribution to the Haas community. (FIXED). – Tell me about a time you had to work on a complicated project and morale was low. – Tell me about a time you championed a creative initiative in the workplace. What was thought process and attitude? – Is there anything else you would like to add that hasn’t been covered already? (FIXED).

The interview was very laid back and straightforward – Super casual to begin where we discussed a bit about my work and appreciation for the Northern California area (I have family out there). We then started through the traditional questioning: 1. Tell me a bit about yourself. 2. Why do you want an MBA? 3. Why Haas? 4. Tell me about a time when you acted on creating Diversity & inclusion throughout your life. 5. How will you bring that perspective into Haas? 6. Tell me about a time that you encountered a challenge. 7. Tell me about a time when you had to manage a team. 8. Anything else you’d like to discuss? 9. Any questions for me? Overall very straightforward and what I had expected. The student was super nice and the interview was super conversational.