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Everything was going really well. I then ask "How is the dating scene at Duke, and how are the girls?
My interview kind of loudly said "Well, as you know the more prestigious a school, the worse the girls. There are a few good looking girls, but in general your standards would have to be dropped a few points". Then he looks around and a women with a Harvard sweater is glowering at him. I almost cracked up. Awww, it was a good interview.
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<p>Bahaha, this made my day :)))) ruskie, what is your ethnic origin, if you don't mind?</p>
<p>When I was waiting for my interview at Wake Forest, I sat on the couch and read a huge from like 1976. The guy came out to interview me, and I stood up, forgetting the book was on my lap, and it just went BAM! on the floor. Awk-ward! The whole interview was full of cringe-worthy things like that....eek.</p>
<p>So, it's not me, it's my cousin. She just called me all freaked out about her Notre Dame interivew. I laughed at her until she hung up. </p>
<p>The lady asked her to describe herself in one word. </p>
<p>She wanted to say 'nice' at first, but she thought that would sound too corny or something. So she started thinking 'friendly' would sound better. But she wasn't sure. Apparently she sat there trying to decide which one to choose for a really long time, because the interviewer started tapping her pencil. This made my cousin really nervous and jumpy. </p>
<p>So when the interviewer starts to ask the question again, she literally screams, "FRIENDLY!!" lol. The secretary person actually came in to ask if everything was alright. HAHAHA. She's psycho.</p>
<p>I mentioned how my Mom is close to a PhD from UCLA, my dad works at UCLA, they met at UCLA, my brothers both attend UCLA. And he says as a joke, "Maybe you should just go to UCLA." Heh</p>
<p>Good thing I didn't tell him I went to UCLA's preschool and that I've attended several UCLA basketball games posing as a student (using my brother's id).</p>
<p>After the interview at Starbucks (an hour), my interviewer went the the wi-fi area to work on something because he assumed that I had a car, which I don't have.</p>
<p>I tried to read a book, but I couldn't concentrate at all. So I came up with another question in order to approach him again. </p>
<p>Me: May I interrupt you?
Him: Sure.
Me: I have a question that I forgot to ask you. [question]
Him: Good question. [response]
Me: OK. Thank you so much! ... I'm waiting for my dad.
Me: [waiting him to say something else]</p>
<p>Silence.
Me awkwardly smiling.</p>
<p>I was hoping for another small conversation, but he went back to his Mac and totally disregarded me. So I sat there with him wishing to death for my dad to show up. I see a white car (thinking it was my dad) and thanked him. After I got out, I realized that it wasn't even my dad, so I waited outside at an area where he couldn't see me.</p>
<p>Worst ending ever. His face was probably smeared with annoyance.</p>
<p>lol...for half of my harvard interview we looked thru the interviewer's harvard yearbook and tried to find any black people X________X lmaooooooo. he was like...pretty old. um and he had his walls and desk completely covered in everything harvard 0.o teehee but it was pretty cool anywyas</p>
<p>My son had an interview scheduled for this afternoon. He went to the coffee shop in Harvard Square to meet the interviewer, who had suggested the day, time and location. Then, he didn't show up. My son called him after a half an hour and he didn't answer his cell phone. Finally, he reached the interviewer, who somehow thought the interview was tomorrow rather than today, though he agreed he'd made a mistake in reading his calendar. So, they'll have to get together at a later date. But, my son was nervous the whole time that somehow he'd made a mistake.</p>
<p>I had my interview at the interviewer's house. Her house was freaking dry and I could barely speak. For some reason, I was worried about swallowing or clearing my throat. So when I talked, I would sort of gasp for air and then trail off at the end of my sentences. The interview didn't go very well.</p>
<p>I had only one interview at Goucher. I was so happy to see it was a guy because for some reason I just get along with guys better. So everything is going great, when I first enter his office, I notice it is crowded with so much stuff and then in the middle of this tiny crowded office there is a table with a light hanging over it. I'm like, "Nice Usual Suspects (interrogation) light, no pressure there." He laughs and says he loves that movie and I'm like "YES! He'll think I'm the funniest interviewee ever and give me loads of grants!" So Goucher asks kind of funny questions like what's you're favorite song. He surprises me with what's my superpower not invisiblity or flying or anything cliche. Well, I also liked reading minds but that is bit cliche so I look around his room and say "to be able to break things with my mind." He looks at me funny but with a smile on his face. I say then, "Well, like then I would have more time to answer your question, I could break that, 'indicate his degree from Goucher that's framed' and then I could come up with something witty while you clean up." He laughs and nods his head, then looks at me, tilts his head to the side and says "Okay." But I think he liked me because I made him laugh even when we were talking about the Mumbai attacks. His face was bright red and he wouldn't stop grinning when we were talking so I feel comfortable.</p>
<p>Got cut off, but also asked what my favorite word was. I said "Boondoggle, because when I heard Chris Matthews say it,, I thought it was a fake word." Josh, the interviewer says,while laughing, "Nope, it's a real word." I then feel the need to add, "Yeah, at first I thought he said POON-doggle, and I started yelling for my sister to hear Chris Matthews say Poon because he kept repeating it but my sister was like, 'Boon, Conner, Boon.'" Josh laughs at this as well and kept repeating under his breathe "poondoggle" and then he'd laugh. Really great interview though, could have been terrible had I had someone who was really stuffy. Got lucky.</p>
<p>my interviewer from middlebury told me about how his thirteen year old daughter always throws up gang signs in pictures (since her father was the skinniest, geeky white dude i've ever seen i could only imagine...) so i tried really hard to pretend taht was cool and everything...</p>
<p>and then he starts randomly attacking libertarianism, completely unprovoked. he kept asking me to comment on an "ridiculous" article about libertarians, but since i was on a huge libertarian kick i just pretended i didn't understand :/</p>
<p>then he proceeded to make it EXCEPTIONALLY clear, and i just played dumb. didn't get in...</p>
<p>Brown interviewer:What makes you a unique student at your high school?
Me: I have a very diverse background, and I've endured some hardships, I'm half korean and many of the koreans at my school ignore me thinking that I'm not as into my culture as they are....
-I suddenly start crying, alot, not just a few drops, ALOT
BI: Do you need a tissue?
Me: No <em>sniff</em> I'm fine, it's just that some kids at school say things to me you know, especially b/c my Dad's Iranian and muslim so recently people at my school have been saying things you know
BI: Yes, kids can be cruel I know, but thankfully we all graduate from highschool
Me: I think I need a tissue now
-The interview got a little better, I stopped crying, but there was one part where he asked what I could bring to Brown and I kept saying my opinions, my perspectives, I'm a good person......didn't go that great.
-The next day I got my period, perfect weekend, huh?</p>
<p>I forgot to mention this but he asked me what I did in my spare time and I said that I looked for jobs but that I didn't have one b/c no one would accept me, I realized right after I said it how horrible it was and then decided to talk about how I want to go to korea with my friend this summer, which doesn't have anything to do with my spare time. Does the interview matter alot for getting into Brown?It also didn't help that my friend had her interview an hour before mine and after mine was over called my and said what a great time she had and how much in common they had, and how he actually TOLD her that he was sure she was gonna get in and then he said to her "when I go to visit Brown again I'll be sure to say hi to you". Now, I felt bad and all, but aren't interviewers supposed to keep their impressions to themselves? This whole week I've been trying to cope with the fact I probably won't get into Brown. Ugh, stupid hormones!</p>
<p>" and how he actually TOLD her that he was sure she was gonna get in and then he said to her "when I go to visit Brown again I'll be sure to say hi to you". "</p>
<p>Feel sorry for your friend. The interviewer shouldn't have said that since the interviewer has no idea whether she'll get in. There's a big chance that the inteviewer set up your friend for a big disappointment.</p>
<p>I interview for Harvard, a friend interviews for Brown. The best applicant that either of us had ever interviewed ended up being accepted by Harvard (after being deferred EA) and every other place he applied to except for Brown.</p>