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Hiring Policies
We appreciate your commitment to hiring talent at Darden and willingness to partner with the School's faculty, students and Career Center.
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Darden believes that our combination of student and employer policies enables employers to develop valuable long-term relationships with the School and provides students with optimal career opportunities.
The policies and guidelines outlined below have been developed to provide a fair recruiting process for all students, faculty and corporate recruiters. This allows our students time for evaluating opportunities, and our employers equal and timely access to all of our talented MBA and MSBA students.
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These policies, guidelines and dates apply to any company that utilizes Darden's recruiting platform, Darden Career Link, Career Services, or partners with a student club to promote, market, or showcase their job opportunities to students through events or interviews - whether held on Darden Grounds or virtually.
If you are interested in recruiting at Darden in 2025-26, please reach out to the Recruiting Operations team for additional details. We look forward to working with you.
Key Recruiting and Academic Dates
11 - 15 August | First Year Launch Week (Orientation) |
18 August | Classes Begin |
26 August | Full-Time Recruiting Begins |
8 September | Internship Recruiting Begins |
9 September | No internship recruiting - First Year academic commitment |
11 September | Internship/Full-Time Career Expo |
19 September | Darden DC Connections Networking Event |
22-24 September | Minimal recruiting - Rosh Hashanah |
29 September | Full-time interviews begin |
1-2 October | No interviews/minimal recruiting - Yom Kippur |
3-12 October | No recruiting - exams & Fall Break |
13-17 October | No recruiting - Darden Career Week |
20 October |
Quarter 2 Begins |
20 October | Internship Recruiting Invite-only Events Begin |
24 October | DC Tech Connect |
4 November | Election Day (No classes) |
26-30 November | Thanksgiving Break |
10-16 December | Q2 Ends & Exams |
17 December - 11 January | Winter Break |
5 January | Internship Interviews Begin |
12 January | Q3 Begins |
19 January | MLK Holiday (No classes) |
26 February - 4 March | Q3 Ends & Exams |
5-15 March | Spring Break |
16 March | Q4 Begins |
30 April - 5 May | Q4 Ends & Exams |
11 May | Internships may begin |
15-17 May | Final Exercises Weekend (Graduation) |
14 August | Internships must end |

Hire Darden Talent Today
Darden Career Link offers employers the opportunity to post roles when the time is right for you. These opportunities can be targeted to students in all degree formats as well as Darden alumni.