<p>newmassdad, I understand that alumni interviews serve many purposes. However, I can only speak for my college and they do read the interview reports. No, I never said they count for a lot. They don’t. But they give insight into the student on a personal level and if that interview report correlates with other pieces like recs, it is just another supporting piece. There may be something they find out about the candidate that they did not know. My school goes to a lot of bother to outline questions they hope interviewers will ask and include in the reports. If the information gleaned was of NO value, they would not bother with the reports and would have the interviews simply be informative for the student to learn about the college.</p>