Dartmouth Tuck MBA Interviews
Jan, 16, 2012
Categories: Admissions Consulting | Interview Analysis | Interviews | Key Posts | MBA | MBA留学 | Steve Green | Tuck
Tuck admissions, alumni, and student interviewers tend to be very friendly, but are clearly focused on finding people who really want to join their community. The interview, whether by invitation or open on-campus, tends play a very significant role in the outcome of an admissions decision at Tuck. According to the Tuck FAQ: “Interviews on campus are scheduled primarily with admissions associates (second-year students) and occasionally with members of the admissions committee. Off-campus interviews with an alumni interviewer, admissions committee member, or admissions associate are scheduled by invitation only. All interviews are evaluated equally, regardless of location or interviewer.”
All interviews are blind. The interviewer only has access to your resume.
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Walk me through your resume.
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Tell me more about yourself that I can’t see from your resume: PROBE
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Talk about your current job.
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How do you spend your free time? / What do you do apart from work?
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Do you have any/ What is your international experience?
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What makes you happy?
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How can I introduce you to the admissions committee in 20 seconds?
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Why do you want an MBA at Tuck?
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How will you contribute to Tuck?
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How will your teammates at Tuck perceive you in terms of your strengths and weaknesses?
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What do you see yourself doing immediately after graduation and what are your long-term plans?
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What motivates you to get an MBA at this point in your career? / Why do you feel you need an MBA?
- What did you do to know more about Tuck?
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What classes and initiatives at Tuck specifically interest you?
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What’s unique about you that you can add to the Tuck culture and environment?
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What will you be involved with at Tuck? / How will you be involved at Tuck?
- When you’ll join Tuck, you’ll be put into groups. What will be your approach if your team is not able to accomplish a task on time?
- How will you handle differences in your study group, for ex: Language
- What if MBA doesn’t work out?
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Tell me about a time when you had to deal with an unproductive colleague.
- What do you bring to a team?
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Tell me about your teamwork and how it has influenced you.
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How should members of a team deal with teammates who are not contributing?
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Tell me about a time you had to work in a team.
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What are the qualities that make you successful on a team
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Tell me about a time you experienced conflict on a team, and how you handled it?
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Tell me when you have worked on a diverse team/environment
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What is your leadership style? Please give some examples of it.
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What type of leader are you?
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Tell me about a time you had to deal with an unproductive employee / subordinate?
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Tell me about a time you disagreed with your boss and how it was resolved.
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Tell me about a situation where you had a difficult boss.
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What is your biggest accomplishment in your personal and/or professional life
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Tell me about a failure.
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Tell me about your analytical skills.
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What are your 3 strengths?
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What are your 3 weaknesses?
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Imagine you are selling yourself to the adcom. What 3 things do you want them to know about you?
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What do your colleagues most admire about you?
- How would your colleagues describe you?
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What are three things you’d like the adcom to know about you?
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Is there anything else you’d like Tuck to know about you?
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Is there anything you hoped I’d ask, but didn’t?
- Questions for me?
Your Resume
You need to know your resume completely as you will likely be asked about content in it. Review it carefully and consider what your interviewer might ask you to explain more thoroughly. If it is on your resume, it is fair game. Even an admissions officer interviewer will only have your resume, but you should assume they will know the contents of it fairly well.
Reported interview length: 30 to 45 minutes.