<p>this is honestly the best thing i've seen on this site. I don't really have that many embaressing stories, except I guess I was interviewing at Bates, and the admissions officer was asking why bates? and so I started saying all of the things, and when i'm nervous and speaking too fast my mouth gets really dry (and there was no water for me to drink) so I ended up like stammering about nothing. But the interview I think(a.k.a. hope) went really well anyway.</p>
<p>aww i wish i had more awkward interview moments to contribute!! these are great. well i'm still applying to like 10 more RD schools so there'll be plenty of time to mess up there :p</p>
<p>i had my first interview today... i went over to the guy's house.
some of the highlights:</p>
<p>interviewer: so...what questions were you hoping i wouldn't ask you?
me: um..probably the "if i had to pick one person--dead or alive--who would i choose and why?"
interviewer: well...i'll be kind and won't ask that. there are always those tough questions like that one, the last book you read, and your biggest regret. but i'll go ahead and ask what was the last book you read outside of school.</p>
<p>i don't remember other direct quotes but the guy dropped so many swears, it was hilarious. </p>
<p>he also told me how some guy tried to sell him pot when he was studying abroad.</p>
<p>Thank you for this thread! I laughed so hard. It was really relaxing with all this stress about admission.</p>
<p>This is my favorite thread, period. When I start doing interviews I promise I'll be posting here =D</p>
<p>My Yale interviewer asked me who I supported in the election.</p>
<p>I wouldn't tell him.. haha. He was a financial advisor (=likely conservative) and I was strongly for Barack Obama.</p>
<p>It was awkward, to say the least.. and kind of inappropriate.</p>
<p>So this didn't happen to me but all the same i thought it was pretty funny</p>
<p>so my Uncle was telling me this story yesterday about an interview he had with Intel when he was trying to get a job there.
the interviewer asked him a question and my uncle answered the question. Then the interviewer said that he was wrong but instead of just laying down to the guy my uncle proceeded to argue with the interviewer for 45 minutes. The funny part about it is that my uncle told me that he knew he was wrong but he didn't want to admit it and look stupid</p>
<p>so then four days afterwards, he ended up getting the job</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I forgot to mention that I'm taking AP Econ in my interview which is bad since I'm considering being a BUSINESS MAJOR.</p>
<p>Also, when I felt the interview coming to an end, I started wiping my hand on my dress since I didn't want to have an awk, sweaty handshake as we said good bye. Since his huge desk was between us, I thought he couldn't see. But I later figured out that since he was leaning back, he probably could!!!</p>
<p>Moreover, when he asked me how I felt about Obama as president, I was really incoherent in my response and couldn't find the right words to describe Obama in his recent 60 min interview. After my lengthy ramble, he didn't even say anything and just went on to the next question. Now I'm trying to find out if he's a republican. (I'm a Democrat) eep!</p>
<p>Who is supposed to buy the lunch or tea? The interviewed or the interviewer.</p>
<p>Each of you should pay for your own.</p>
<p>I was early for my interview at Franklin and Marshall, so I killed time by going to the cafeteria. I had a blue slushie from the machines there. </p>
<p>Big mistake. My tongue was bright blue for the interview.</p>
<p>I managed to joke about it though, and my interviewer laughed.</p>
<p>My interviewer asked me what newspapers I read. I don't read any, so I just said, "All of them." God, I was so embarrassed. :(</p>
<p>haha, nothing too embarrassing from me but... during my Bates interview, the alum was really condescending (i kinda wanted to slap her and be like 'wth. this is bates. chillax.'... needless to say, i didn't do that). She asked me about my favorite book... then I had to summarize A Clockwork Orange for her, since she hadn't read it... that was interesting. (it didn't help that it'd been almost a year since I'd read it)</p>
<p>At my Mt Holyoke interview, the student was really high-strung and, well, bouncy. She asked 'If you were an ice cream flavor, what flavor would you be?' I just kinda sat there for a while, because I couldn't believe that they would ask such a stupid question... i think i ended up saying something lame like, "uh.. .well, i guess i'd be some sort of ice cream that looks pretty plain from the outside, but then you dig in and find all these gummy bears and other... interesting things.' xD it was rather awk.)</p>
<p>encarta: I disagree w/SJTH. The interviewer should always offer to pay. If you arrive early at somewhere, it wouldn't be wrong for you to order a drink. But in situations like an interview, you're the junior and the interviewer is the senior -- and therefore obliged to pay for drinks. Business etiquette says nothing less. You can offer to pay your portion surely, but will most likely be declined so don't push it. Just say thanks and move on.</p>
<p>Of course if someone offers to pay, that's terrific, but you shouldn't take it for granted. Etiquette could also say that you could offer to pay, if the interviewer is a volunteer alum. Common sense would dictate you be prepared to pay for yourself, and then possibly be pleasantly surprised, rather than looking like you expect to be paid for.</p>
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<p>Sarah Palin? Is that you??</p>
<p>^ LOLZ!!! Word-for-word Palin right there</p>
<p>SmallCollegesFTW: I had an adcom. Shipping Up To Boston went off, and all I hear is, "Gross."</p>
<p>I also had a student interviewer at Kenyon who asked my opinion on whether she should run the naked mile or not. Told her it'd be doing the community a favor</p>
<p>i had a really long coughing fit.</p>
<p>hehe</p>
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<li>I knew I wasn't really interested in the school but my parents wanted me to interview, so..yeah. </li>
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<p>Anyway, I walk in to her office and sit down. She's sitting at her desk writing furiously..like she's almost tearing through the paper with her pen! So I'm like, excellent, she's in a fabulous mood. So then she turns to me, and just stares. Just stares! I swear it was about 30 seconds of staring. Then, she breaks into this goofy grin, giggles, and says, "Oh sorry, I was just writing a love letter...", and then SNORTS and squeals, "JUSSSST KIDDING!"</p>
<p>????? </p>
<p>then proceeds to ask if I've ever been in love.</p>
<p>OH MY GOD.</p>
<p>so yeah, that was kind of awkward.</p>