<p>I had an interview with an alumni. During the interview, the person made a racist comment. I found the comment to be offensive, but just ignored it. Had it been a person other than my Yale interviewer, I would have called them out on it. Do you think this person should be reported?</p>
<p>Eye of the beholder. What did he/she say? Was it overt or what? Was it a casual off-hand stupid remark?</p>
<p>I’ve been among people and they say “Jap” (I’m Chinese) in passing. But for people of a certain generation, that word is normal. I’d never say it. Perhaps you too. But it’s not so straightfwd often.</p>
<p>Report it anonymously to the Admissions Office. You do not need to tell them who you are. They need to know what is happening during interviews.</p>
<p>During her alumni interview my daughter was surprised by the frankness with which her interviewer told her that the partying and drinking scene was great, clearly speaking from personal experience. </p>
<p>Not on the same level as a racist comment but still, a bit unexpected and inappropriate during an interview.</p>
<p>Alumni interviewers are supposed to put students at ease and represent their institutions well. If your interviewer really did make a racist comment, you should let Yale’s admissions office know about it. Admissions wants to know if an interviewer is offending applicants and doing harm to the institution’s brand. You have not told us what the remark was. Before you report it, you’ll have to decide if the remark was genuinely racist. And obviously, your want to offer your feedback in a constructive way.</p>
<p>poster #4 vicarious parent. I would rather the interviewer be as real as possible so there are no huge surprises when move in day comes. I love frank people.</p>
<p>Reporting it anonymously doesn’t help - if they don’t know who was involved, they can’t really do anything but ignore the report.</p>
<p>But as a longtime interviewer, and having discussed a similar thread on CC with the admissions office a year or two ago, I’m confident that (a) they want to know and (b) they won’t hold it against you as long as you are being at all reasonable in your claim. </p>
<p>If you feel uncomfortable doing it while things are pending, then I guess you could wait until you’ve been admitted or rejected and this has no bearing on that result. But if you’re rejected there’s a fear that they think this is some sort of sour grapes. </p>
<p>I’d just tell them now, with sincerity and humility, and hope that it helps avoid similar situations in the future.</p>
<p>As per T26E4, it would be helpful for us to know specifically what was said and in what context in order to give you assistance. Also agree that an anonymous report is not helpful. If you don’t name the interviewer how does this help admissions? If you do name the interviewer, it is likely that he/she did only 2-3 interviews so your anonymity is quite limited. If you choose to report it I would do exactly the opposite of how you started this thread. Rather than say your interviewer made a racist comment, I would say you were uncomfortable about the interview because your interviewer specifically said X, Y and Z. Let the adcoms reach their own judgements. Even if they do not think this is racist, they will surely want to follow-up with the interviewer to let him/her know constructive feedback since no one wants the applicants to be uncomfortable and much of the interview process is positive public relations.</p>