UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / Virtual

Published: February 9, 2025

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Second-Year Student / On-Campus

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 Read more

Published: February 9, 2025

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 2 / Adcom / On-Campus

The interviewer was really friendly and it was a relaxed atmosphere. They didn’t take any notes at all, just talked with me. The interview lasted about an hour. They also hadn’t seen my application, not even my resume. That caught me off guard – I knew they wouldn’t have read my application, but thought they would have my resume. So I had to explain a bit more than I had planned. They asked me to talk through my education and career thus far, explaining my why’s along the way. They asked a lot of follow-up questions about my job and Read more

Published: November 17, 2024

UVA Darden MBA Interview Questions & Report: Round 1 / Second-Year Student / Zoom

It was a very friendly interview that lasted about 40 minutes. 1. She walked me through how the interview is structured. 2. Started with my 5-10 minutes narrative on “tell me about yourself.” 3. She asked some follow-up questions: – Why do you want to go into that industry? – Why Darden? – Tell me about a challenge you had professionally and what you did to overcome it. 4. Wrap up with some questions from my end – I asked two questions. No curveball questions. Again, very friendly so I was a bit nervous Read more