Guaranteed Interview - TUCK

Question

How does the guaranteed Interview at Tuck School of Business work ?
any experiences!

MBAPrepCoach · Answer

If you apply by Sept 1, you can self initiate an interview with adcom. What else are you interested in knowing? Btw same for Darden EA and Duke EA.

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swebahjaved · Answer

Sep 1st or Dec 1st. I 100% recommend it, since this gives you guaranteed interview experience with a 2nd year student of one of the top US universities. I myself applied in the Dec round of 2021, had my interview early Jan and secured an offer of admission. Good Luck! =)

thembaexchange · Answer

Tuck generally has two deadlines in advance of the standard R1 and R2 deadlines that allow you to secure a guaranteed interview. Historically, it’s been our experience with our clients that this interview is with a member of the admissions committee (rather than a second year student).

You should prioritize submission to guarantee your interview spot if at all possible. It’s only May, so you should have plenty of time to meet the R1 deadline. Meeting a guaranteed interview deadline is an indication to Tuck, a competitive school with a lower yield (% of accepted applicants who actually matriculate), that you are very serious about the school. Tuck acknowledges the reality that its bar is similar to top 5 programs, but if a candidate gets into a top-5 program, they may not attend Tuck. So demonstrating that you are especially excited about this particular program will help you demonstrate that you aren’t a “yield hazard” to Tuck.

If it’s possible for you, you should travel to NH for the interview. It does the same signaling and meeting the earlier deadline and then some. Tuck realizes that it’s in the middle of nowhere and that in-person interviews are costly. Show them that they are “worth it” to you. This was possible for applicants in the R2 cycle last year, but not R1 (I guess because of COVID). I’m not sure what their policies are now. If you decide to do a virtual interview (or they decide for you based on COVID), you’ll get the name of the admissions committee member prior to the interview - make sure to give them a quick google ahead of time to see what they’re about (e.g., career academic, former banker, Tuck MBA holder themselves, etc.). My client and I were able to find out a lot about his interviewer prior to the interview by knowing her name. We were able to cherry-pick the stories from his “greatest hits” to emphasize what we knew she’d appreciate given her perspective.

Beyond maximizing your chance to provide powerful advocacy for your candidacy (nobody can cheer for you better than you!), another reason that the guaranteed interview with Tuck is valuable is that Tuck is one of the few schools that reliably provides feedback to rejected candidates based on their interview and application. This is so, so valuable. If you interview in September or October (these guaranteed interviews often happen on the earlier side), and unluckily get rejected R1, then you can at least request feedback which will give you another bite at the apple with different schools in R2. Generally the reasons why Tuck would reject you are the same reasons why other schools might. Also, they give good Tuck-specific cultural advice, too, so that you can put together a better application for Tuck specifically the following year if you want to reapply.

vamkrispk · Answer

thank you so much for the response!! its a very interesting proposition!

bb · Answer

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