<p>I just had my interview and I felt like he didn't have any interest in what I had to say. For those of you with a not so good interview experience, how do you think it affected your admissions, if it affected your admissions? Same with a good interview, do you think that really helped you get in? </p>
<p>My interviewer and I stood awkwardly in line for coffee for around ten minutes, and then proceeded to talk about the physics of bull sperm for thirty minutes.</p>
<p>I would hazard a guess that the interview was not a major factor, and that if something sinks you, it probably won’t be that.</p>
<p>Well, at least you discussed a scintillating topic.
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<p>@KW1217 : the interview (in most circumstances) is the least considered part of the file (and justifiably so). Asking how people felt they performed really won’t tell you anything. I’ve interviewed +250 kids for my college. I’d say 98% of them felt they did GREAT – because that’s my job. But about 95% eventually get rejected. </p>
<p>And of those kids I feel did avg to above average? They’re still rejecting 95% of them.</p>
<p>So to look for some correlation really won’t tell you much. Mostly, just put it past you. Just know that it was one event on one day. You’ll do better next time.</p>
<p>so was their interview bad and that’s why they were rejected or the school was extremely selective? What do you think made someone have an above average interview during your process?</p>
<p>@collegenj: About 98% of my interviewees (I guess), leave feeling the interview went well. I probably rate 80% of my students as “average” – 4-6 on a 10 pt scale. But my college rejects 95% of all applicants. Good or bad or neutral reports – the vast vast majority get rejected. It’s just the numbers. On only very rare occasions does a report make a significant contribution. My home office says that most reports by volunteer interviewers tend to confirm other aspects of the file.</p>
<p>What’s above avg? Spark. Great character. Awareness. Profound involvement. You either possess these or you don’t. Or you fool me one way or another. It’s only a 45 min window about the student. Not that much SHOULD be inferred from that session. I fully concur with that philosophy</p>
<p>The alumni interview is just usually not a large factor. If you want to feel better you can google ‘worst interviews’ and there are some really bad/harsh ones that will pop up.</p>
<p>There is a very long old thread that went for a few years, called ‘awkward interviews’ and it is really awful and hilarious at the same time. Yours could never be as bad as some of these. My favorite was the kid who was asked something like who they most admired and they said like ‘Abraham Lincoln’ and the interviewer asked ‘Is that because his picture is up on the wall behind me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/424935-favourite-awkward-interview-moments.html?highlight=awkward+interview+moments”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/424935-favourite-awkward-interview-moments.html?highlight=awkward+interview+moments</a>’</p>
<p>My experiences are VERY similar to @T26E4 's, although I’d add one further point. On the rarest occasion, the interviewer may strongly feel that the applicant simply is not yet adequately mature or suited for undergraduate life. A thorough explanation of this opinion may: (a) be new and important information for admissions to assess and (b) cause admissions potentially to consider the interview’s results more substantially than normal.</p>
<p>I have my top choice interview this weekend, and i’ve been going crazy asking the same questions you have. What I seem to have gathered is that a terrible interview can’t keep you out, but an amazing one could possibly help get you in… </p>