<p>mike: I have never heard of an email interview, and I don’t believe that it accomplishes the goal that Brown has for alumni interviews. If this alum can’t interview you on the phone, then as far as I am concerned, this contact is worthless. If I were you, I would contact admissions about this. </p>
<p>(I am almost tempted to call Alumni Relations about this issue, but I don’t want them to connect the real me with the College Confidential me. Alumni relations handles the interviewing process, and I am almost positive that an alum who does an interview by email would be admonished and taken off the volunteer list.)</p>
<p>gee: It means you need to call admissions, tell them what happened, give the name of the alum so we know never to use him/her again, and get another alum.</p>
<p>i was recently contacted by my interviewer and we’ve just about set up a time, but i am still unsure of the place? Library or Cafe? (or somewhere else?) Which would you say makes for better interview environment.</p>
<p>we’ve been in touch by email (is this okay?) to set up times and i don’t want to waste his/her time going back and forth choosing a place? Where would you suggest?</p>
<p>^sounds like fun. Kind of what im going for, pleasant environment helps for a pleasant interview? though in the end its more the person i guess that sets the tone</p>
<p>how do interviewers preferred to be addressed? first name or by Mr/Ms? for my first interview i used the Mr ____ but it made for a bit more formal atmosphere</p>
<p>There are thousands of interviewers. We are not all the same. There is no way I can answer a question like that. How do you address your parents’ friends? Your friends’ parents?</p>
<p>I was somewhat disappointed by my interview.</p>
<p>It was by phone and only lasted 15 minutes because my interviewer was in a rush and had another interview following mine. She graduated just a few years ago and felt somewhat inexperienced (stating the questions she needed to ask, what she needed to fill out, etc.). She did, however, say she ‘might’ email me a few follow-up questions.</p>
<p>So my interview is finally scheduled, and I am really more excited than nervous! I am confident in my “why Brown” answer, as well as talking about my EC’s and anything else about myself.
The only thing I am a little nervous about is an unexpected question not relating specifically to me, or any other kind of “tough” question. I know this probably varies by interviewer, but should I be expecting questions about politics or my views on a current world issue? Obviously I have opinions on these, but I’m afraid of being caught off-guard and not being able to formulate an answer. So, in general, what kinds of questions outside of what I do and like should I expect?</p>
<p>I literally just had my interview. I got asked a few of the basics, as well as a few like “What do you daydream about.” things like that. Twasn’t too bad, I was just nervous.</p>
<p>I just had my interview. It was a bit intense-my interviewer was a former senator so it was intimidating.
questions were the normal, “why brown, how did you find out about it, what do you do outside of school, have you lived outside of your home state, how do you think brown’s curriculum would help you”
is it normal for them to ask which schools you are applying to, and what your parents do? just wondering</p>
<p>yos: I don’t think they’re supposed to. But as many have said, interviewers are curious like anybody else and sometimes curiosity gets the best of us.</p>
<p>This totally depends on your interviewer and the direction of your interview. Brown doesn’t ask its interviewers to go in this direction, but some do. I would ask questions like this if the student expressed interest in studying international relations or political science.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t do this. You had your interview; I’m sorry it didn’t go perfectly, but Brown is struggling to find enough alumni to interview applicants. Be happy you got an interview. While interviews are important, it is extremely rare – to the extent that it almost never happens – that an interview would influence admissions to accept someone. Your transcript, SATs, ECs, recommendations and essays play the most significant factor in the decision.</p>
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<p>There is no such thing as “normal.” Every interviewer has his/her own style and own list of questions. I have at times asked what parents do – it helps put the applicant’s accomplishments into perspective. Sometimes I’m just curious. Sometimes I used that as a filler question, or as a way to put the kid at ease. Brown doesn’t care what other schools you are applying to, so that question is not supposed to be asked.</p>
<p>BTW, in the last two interviews I’ve done, the students have listed the schools they applied to voluntarily. I told them I didn’t need to know, but they told me anyway. I kept thinking about how concerned students get on CC about being asked this question, and yet here are these students insisting on telling me where else they’ve applied.</p>
<p>I was just contacted for an interview tonight. My interviewer stated that prior to the interview that I send her my personal statement “or anything else you think would help me learn more about your interests and goals, both academic and non-academic.” Does she mean my “Why Brown” short response, my resume, my common app essay, or what? I don’t want to misunderstand what she wants and send her something she isn’t interested in seeing/reading.</p>