Any funny/embarrassing interview stories?

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I feel like most people who visited more than a couple schools must have some kind of mildly embarrassing story from the process…

Personally, I was getting something from the car at a certain school (the rest of my family was in the admissions office) and, of course, I managed to set off the alarm. Panicked, because I didn’t have the keys to shut it off, I ran inside to find my mom. As luck would have it, I ran into the wrong building. Frantic, I rushed back outside, and called my mom to come help. As the AO who interviewed me would later tell my parents, they saw everything…

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Lol funny story @emro12. when I was at my last interview at Exeter, I got some hot chocolate while sitting on the couch , and accidentally spilled it all over the floor. I tried to clean it as fast as possible without anyone seeing, but with my luck I ended up slipping and making a lot of noise. It turned out fine though since my interviewer and I just laughed about it.

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When I was at my first interview, I wore my glasses to look more “intellectual.” I ended up getting so nervous that my cheeks got warm, making my glasses fog up in the middle of our conversations. :)) I tried to act cool while I casually took them off, and it looking back on it, it was definitely not my finest moment…

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I made the mistake of wearing shorts during my skype interview and it was at nearly midnight; could not help shivering the entire time, and I probably sounded ridiculously nervous WHOOPS

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At Choate I had a cup of water while I was waiting to help my cough, but I ended up spilling it down the front of my shirt. I went to the bathroom to try to dry it up, but it still looked wet and the AO was waiting for me… The interview actually went pretty well though, so I don’t think it messed anything up.

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We talked about The Office.

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@GrotonKid123 @funinthesun Totally relate-I can be prone to spills, and I remember caaaaarefully drinking a cup of coffee at St. Paul’s and just thinking, “don’t drip, don’t drip, please don’t drip…” :))

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@snapchat Well, anything to set yourself apart, right? lol

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@emro12 I guess. All of my interviews were laid back. My parents told me to make coffee at SPS and I was so careful not to spill anything.

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I talked a lot about Harry Potter with one interviewer.

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I talked about The Three Laws of Robotics with my interviewer(s?)

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I talked about birds with one of my interviewers.

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There was an old thread about awkward interviews, which went on for several years.

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/424935-favourite-awkward-interview-moments-p1.html

And here is the original post that kicked it all off. One of the funniest things I have ever read on CC:

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I actually laughed out loud at that story, @hebegebe, thanks for sharing- any idea if that person got into Swarthmore? :))

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Have no idea about whether she was accepted to Swarthmore. I think she ended up at Rice, so she did fine.

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@hebegebe I read through a few pages of that thread and there are some really funny stories on there! Thanks for posting!

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I love that thread, thanks for sharing it, probably the funniest thing I’ve read all day

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So I was interviewed by an alumni of one of the schools I applied to. I got there early. A few minutes later, I had to go to the restroom. That very moment I went inside the stall, the alumni arrived. My mom had to burst into the bathroom and drag me out.

The worst part was, it was a really quiet library and everyone gave us odd looks. I was mortified and quickly turned into a tomato. Not the best first impression.

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did anyone else have those awkward moments when they sounded like the most scripted applicant ever, or was it just me?

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@willmo I felt like that was my NMH interview. I am not very confident in my chances there