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Has anyone interviewed with Katherine? If so, could you please share your experience?
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I had my interview with Katherine Alford.

The first 10-15 minutes were dedicated to the classic “tell me about yourself.” Here, I spoke about my family, my undergraduate studies, and my career background.

After that, she asked me a few questions, including:

Why an MBA, why now, and why Darden?
Tell me about a challenging situation at work and how you overcame it.
Did you encounter difficulties or problems working with people from different backgrounds? What did you learn from that experience?

Lastly, she asked if there was anything we may have missed or anything I wanted to add. Here, I talked about the clubs, initiatives, and activities I’m interested in and asked the questions I had for her.

Best of luck!
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Thanks when you say 10-15mins were dedicated to "tell me about yourself" - did the interviewer ask you to continue speaking for 10mins?

I am wondering as my tell me about yourself will not last for 10mins.


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I had my interview with Katherine Alford.

The first 10-15 minutes were dedicated to the classic “tell me about yourself.” Here, I spoke about my family, my undergraduate studies, and my career background.

After that, she asked me a few questions, including:

Why an MBA, why now, and why Darden?
Tell me about a challenging situation at work and how you overcame it.
Did you encounter difficulties or problems working with people from different backgrounds? What did you learn from that experience?

Lastly, she asked if there was anything we may have missed or anything I wanted to add. Here, I talked about the clubs, initiatives, and activities I’m interested in and asked the questions I had for her.

Best of luck!
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Thanks, did the interviewer ask you to speak about yourself for 10mins?

Also, when you say standard Darden interview - could you please describe what this entails?
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Just interviewed with adcom in person. Followed the standard Darden interview procedure with 10 min talking about my journey and then building questions on top of that. Overall lasted 35-40 min
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I think best piece of advice is to approach this from a “tell me about you” as if you were meeting a person outside of the professional context. You don’t have to get deep, but you should be open to sharing more than you may in a standard interview, or at least speaking more to those things that you feel most important.

They don’t want this to be a cookie cutter, well rehearsed “walk me through your resume.” they’re hoping to understand who YOU are

Speak about a moment in your life that impacted or changed you. Build your “origin story” — don’t tell them what you can fit on a piece of paper

I’d say “standard darden” would align to much of what you can find online.

In my interview, we spoke a lot about my story, how it has shaped my aspirations, how my career goals evolved over the course of my career, and how darden can help me begin the next chapter.

Whenever there was a natural “wrap” to a topic, my interviewer fell back onto some of the standard “tell me about” ((1) tell me about a time you worked w diverse team (2) tell me about a time you experienced a new culture)

These questions were all completely natural shifts in conversation for me. For example I noted an experience working with diverse backgrounds as a catalyst to my MBA pursuit, so that question naturally came in to extrapolate on
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Had my interview today with a second year student.
5-10 mins for tell me about yourself (He told me he wants to hear about my academics, professional, extracurriculars, etc...)
Some small follow up questions.

3 Behavioral questions.

Ended with Why MBA, Why Now, Why darden.

10 mins for questions.

Just shy of 45 mins
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Hey! Anyone still waiting for R1 interview invites? Does anyone know if Darden will be sending out more invites or have they wrapped up for R1. Much appreciated!
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Hey! Anyone still waiting for R1 interview invites? Does anyone know if Darden will be sending out more invites or have they wrapped up for R1. Much appreciated!
I sent AdCom an email yesterday asking to know this as well but there’s been no response yet. So, fingers crossed until the end of November.
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What You REALLY Get at a Business School - A very cool discussion with a Darden 1st year exploring the fun side of MBA experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldfCx20kUcY
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I sent AdCom an email yesterday asking to know this as well but there’s been no response yet. So, fingers crossed until the end of November.
Pls keeps us informed what response you get
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Pls keeps us informed what response you get
They said they’re still reviewing R1 applications and will be sending out interview invites until December 11.
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They said they’re still reviewing R1 applications and will be sending out interview invites until December 11.
Thanks
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To my surprise, I received an invitation just one week after submitting my application.
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thats gotta be a classic gmat score right?
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To my surprise, I received an invitation just one week after submitting my application.
Do you get a mail? Or does one have to keep checking the portal?
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Did anyone attend the waitlist meeting recently?
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