<p>I got mine recently. It was supposed to be 45 minutes but went about 1.5 hours. I keep replaying everything I said and picking out flaws here and there, got to stop obsessing over little details now! There’s nothing we can do now but wait.</p>
<p>I had a phone interview today (the deadline) with someone out-of-state. I’m really worried! I kind of wish I didn’t get an interview… I wasn’t notified before and I was actually about to take a shower when my interviewer called me. I couldn’t really hear my interviewer and didn’t even realize that it was my Brown interview until he asked me if I had visited Brown. There are some faux pas I wish I could take back and it was a fairly generic, boring interview that lasted about 8 minutes.</p>
<p>I don’t think I said anything so bad that it was negatively impacting, but it was a fairly awkward interview that lasted a fraction to everyone else’s interviews. Should I be worried?</p>
<p>I should also add that I said I liked the environment and students at Brown the most and my interviewer asked what aspect of the environment I liked the most… I said that the students I met there seemed to be laid back even with their rigorous academics (because the students I met were all very nice and funny even though midterms were coming up and I thought it was neat that they took the time to converse with the visiting families even though they probably had to go study or something). I realize now that what I said could be taken as very shallow and it sounds like I want to go to Brown for the wrong things.</p>
<p>@countysheriff,
Wow that sucks…I’m no expert or anything, but I would contact admissions and let them know about your predicament. Maybe if you can explain your case, the adcoms will ignore anything negative your interviewer may have to say about you. </p>
<p>Did your interviewer’s voice sound disappointed/unimpressed when you were talking to them? I think you could maybe use their tone of voice to judge how it all went (?)</p>
<p>Stay strong; the waiting period’s almost over. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>@lovingBrown
Thanks. My interviewer didn’t sound disappointed, it was just awkward because the conversation didn’t start rolling. Also, I don’t think he had a lot of time because as I said the deadline for filing interviews is today and I had my interview at about 6PM. My interviewer was actually very nice, the conversation was just a bit awkward and there are some things I wish I had not said. </p>
<p>Now that I’ve had time to digest it a little more I don’t think there were any serious red flags. I kind of sounded shallow and generic in some parts but I don’t think that will hurt my application-- it just doesn’t help any. </p>
<p>Anyway, if anyone else has had the last minute phone interview, don’t worry I am here for support. Hope everyone else’s interviews went well!</p>
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<p>Please don’t do this. If there’s a problem like this (the interviewer failing to contact you ahead of time to schedule the interview), it’s always helpful to let admissions know about it . . . but it’s probably best to wait until after decisions come out.</p>
<p>should we have gotten an interview by now?</p>
<p>@NewYorkerGuy:</p>
<p>No. It depends on the geographic region, and some are much faster than others at scheduling interviews. You may not even get one.</p>
<p>When the interviewers writes up the report, do they give the applicant a rating? Or is the report just a write up about everything that was said during the interview?</p>
<p>@etisawesomez</p>
<p>This is for Cornell but I can’t imagine that it would be very different.</p>
<p>[Effective</a> CAAAN Alumni Contact Reports](<a href=“http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/EffectiveReports.cfm]Effective”>http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/EffectiveReports.cfm)</p>
<p><a href=“https://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/SampleCAAANReports.pdf[/url]”>https://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/SampleCAAANReports.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/ContactTips&Advice.pdf[/url]”>http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/ContactTips&Advice.pdf</a></p>
<p>Etisawesome</p>
<p>We answer open ended questions. There is no place we assign some sort of concrete value</p>
<p>1) Are interviews assigned randomly? Because I just got an email from one and she has the exact two concentrations I indicated that I was interested in. We also have the same interests.</p>
<p>2) Do interviewers get any information about us besides our name and email? (such as a short write-up, areas of interest, etc.?)</p>
<p>NewYorker: Colleges have different policies for interviews. Don’t assume that Cornell and Brown are similar.</p>
<p>Etisawesomez: We don’t rate or rank the applicants. But we also don’t regurgitate the entire interview. As I_wanna said, we’re given four questions and we answer those. </p>
<p>NewYorker: Area chairs have different approaches to making assignments. Some try to match interviewer interests to student interest, so a pre-med might be assigned to a doctor. Others use geographic criteria, to reduce travel times. I used to like to assign students from the same high school to the same interviewer.</p>
<p>The answer to your question 2 was given in the very first post. </p>
<p>I got my names this week, by the way. And I’m still waiting for a response to one of my emails, and when I called I got someone who doesn’t speak English, so that was frustrating for me. Students, please check the email you gave Brown!</p>
<p>^why do you seem so bitter?</p>
<p>I just wanted to say that I got my interview during the Christmas break at my interviewer’s apartment (it was huge my goshhh).
She was amazing to speak to and we talked more about me than Brown! I think the only Brown related thing we spoke about was the New Curriculum.</p>
<p>Bitter???</p>
<p>I was disappointed to find that a student I know was offered a choice of 30 minute slots. So different than my daughter’s interview which was very freewheeling and loose and ran long due to the enthusiastic conversation. I’m wondering how to help my shy young friend as this format is not going to be kind to her. I guess to prep for some direct questions and get to the point. </p>
<p>fireandrain, do you think it shows a lack of interest to pass on this interview enough to affect her admissions? I had encouraged her to go, but this just seems like processing meat. I think it would be better not to go unless it hurts her. Clearly there is not enough time to learn anything from the interviewer either. What’s the point?</p>
<p>I’d ask my daughter but she is out of the country. She has had to do up to 10 interviews and finds it burdensome and time consuming. But I can’t tell if it is the interviewer doing the slots, or it seems like a 3rd party coordinator setting that up.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t pass on the interview. She needs to make the best of it. I’m not a fan of these set-ups, but I’m told that in areas with large numbers of applicants it’s the only way to get all of them interviewed. I think you can accomplish a lot in 30 minutes.</p>
<p>Not all interviews are 30 minutes. You need to weigh the short time frame she was offered against the impression it can make to turn it down (except for very legit reasons.) Interview notes can be helpful to your app review.</p>
<p>My son had a phone interview. I was surprised that it wasn’t with an alumnus, but with a current Brown grad student from our area. </p>