In the second case, the Admissions Committee will begin evaluating your application and will, if necessary, contact you and arrange an interview. Once the interview has been completed and included in your application file, the Committee will complete the evaluation of your application. We realize that, for a variety of reasons, some applicants are unable to come to campus. As we mention above, you may submit your application without an interview and if the Admissions Committee wishes to meet with you, they will contact you to arrange an interview. The Admissions Committee actually prefers that your interview be conducted prior to your submitting an application.
Interviews are the best method for evaluating interpersonal skills and communication skills.
We believe that these skills are essential both for success in a case method MBA program, and in a general management career. Therefore, we value them highly in our evaluation process and hope to have the interview information available before we begin our evaluations. Unfortunately, however, we have a limited number of interview slots available during each admissions season. In a typical year, we are able to interview only 1,800 of the 3,100 candidates who apply to Darden. We therefore encourage you to schedule an interview as early as possible in the Fall.