myice

1/11/06: December round phone interview with second year student on 1/4/06.

The call came on time at 8:45pm and the interview took about 35 minutes (my interviewer had an 8:30am class, 9:30pm my time). Questions asked:

Question about one of my extracurricular activities.
Why do you need an MBA now?
What do you want from an MBA program?
How do you see yourself contributing to Tuck?
Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and what you did to achieve it.
It was a straightforward interview without any questions designed to trip me up. Despite that, I didn't quite execute as well as I should have due to a bad case of nerves. At the end I asked the interviewer about his experiences with his first year project and international field study. You have to really know your Why MBA and Why Tuck stories to do well in the interview. And practice!! This was my first interview and I didn't do any mock interviews before, so that really hurt. For those interested, here's a more in depth analysis of where I screwed up.

myice

Early action round (For Fall 2006) - Phone interview with a 2nd year student on 01/Nov/05.

I was never comfortable during the interview. I figure I am better in a face-to-face interview than in a phone setup. The questions:-

Walk me through your resume.
Why MBA/Tuck/Now?
How do you know if you are a good fit for Tuck?
Examples of teamwork.
How do you handle a diffilcult team mate?
If you had one year completely off, what would you do?
Any questions for the interviewer.
The interview lasted about 20 mins. It did not help at all that it was Diwali night in India with loud firecracker noises in the background. It was a very average interview for me and it showed in the final result, I was dinged. I guess Tuck's interview is more of a fit interview and you must know a great deal about Tuck to be able to convincingly demonstrate why Tuck?

myice

sd 12/20/2005: Interviewed on campus with a second year student.

The interviewer picked me up from the waiting area and we headed off into one of the admissions offices so the whole situation was very informal. Questions:

Walkthrough of resume. (He interrupted me to ask me about some specific details of certain international experiences and what I'd learnt from them).
Why MBA? Why now? This was the standard long term/short term goals question.
Why Tuck? I spoke about some experiences I'd had speaking to Tuck students and alumni. He happened to know my student contact so we spent sometime chatting about that.
What was your greatest accomplishment?
Example of a great leader, and what do you think made him great?
After your first year how would your team mates at Tuck describe you?
Finally he asked about a detail from the extra-curricular section of my resume.
We ended on a light note chatting about what his MBA experience had been like, about Tuck and Dartmouth in general.

Overall tips - know your resume, know why you want to go to Tuck specifically. also be very clear about why you want to leave your city X and move to Hanover.

myice

Early Decision, Re-applicant, phone interview

Location : KL, Malaysia. Decision : Admitted As a re-applicant i applied in the Early action round (For Fall 2006) - Since i can't make a trip to Tuck, i opted for phone interview with a 2nd year student on 10/Nov/05. Naturally i was nervous, as i am an international applicant phone interview poses some challenges to me. Of the bat i told the interviewer that i was nervous yet excited about the interview. Interview took the time to put me at ease. Here are the questions:-

She can't find me resume on the computer. Thus resorted to asking me to walk her thru my resume. It was a bit difficult as she was not a technical person.
Why do you need an MBA and particularly why Tuck and why now?
What can you contribute to Tuck?
Have you experienced a ethical dilemma? What did you do?
Any questions for the interviewer. Which i did. I asked her what she liked most about Tuck? And how Tuck improved her leadership skills?
I was told likeability is important factor that goes into your interview evaluation. Thus make sure you are in good mood.

Signing off, JoshuaMy

myice

[quote]Alumnus

Hi all, Here is my experience:

Location: Brazil
Could you choose the interview's location?: No.
How long was the interview?: 40 min
Who was the interviewer? / Position (if alumni, class of): CEO/ T91’
How did you prepare?: Mock, Reading essays
Did you receive any feedback at the end?: No.
What was your opinion of the Alumni/Office Personnel?: Friendly.
Did anything change your opinion of the school? : No.
Was there something you wish you had known ahead of time: No.
Questions:

I read your cv, but please tell me your history.
Why ?
What do you like at ?
You have done a post graduation course. Why?
You have a solid business education, why MBA? How can it help you?
Question about leadership.
Question about teamwork.
What do you plan to do after the MBA?
Why Tuck?
How do you see yourself in a small town?
How do you know tuck compared to other prospective schools (he mentioned he was not allowed to ask or know which school I applied).
What will you do if you don’t pass in any school? Will you apply again next year?
Another language or just portuguese and English?
What do you bring to Tuck Community?
Another info:

Interview was in his office. I didn't mind.
The guy remembered me from the info session.
At the end, he let it slip that the fact that I have interacted with 3 alumni gave me a good vision of the school.
He told me that the interview should be conducted in english. In the past, it could be in portuguese.
Hope it helps. My MBA Path Applicant-initiated interview