<p>hi i have mine at starbucks and don't know if I should sit down if I get their earlier or stand in the front. I don't know what my interviewer looks like so I'm worried about that.</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>NEither of you will have any difficulty recognizing each other. I guarantee it. In 200+ interviews, I’ve been able to spot the nervous student every time.</p>
<p>Only once did I happen to run into the weird situation where it was a student looking to meet an interviewer from another college. THat was a good laugh.</p>
<p>Relax. My daughter has had two interviews at coffee places. She emailed or texted the interviewer to let the person know what she’d be wearing, then got there early, ordered her tea (my daughter is strange and does not drink coffee!), then chose a seat in a corner. When she saw someone come in and look around as if to find her, she stood up and asked if she (interviewer was a woman both times) was looking for her. That was all it took.</p>
<p>Her only complaint was that coffee places, especially Peets and Starbucks, are noisy, and people don’t always give their best interviews in a noisy environment.</p>
<p>I hated having my MIT interview in Starbucks Sunday afternoon… way too loud.</p>
<p>wallrus: you’re so right. I avoid buckys just b/c of the noise level</p>
<p>Get a table, of course, so you have a place to sit.
Bring a copy of the college’s brochure and put it on the table, so it’ll be easy to spot you.</p>
<p>Grab a clean table.</p>