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.
