<p>Pavement: I would seriously report that interviewer to Yale. An interviewer is there to represent the school and to try to adequately assess your fit. They should give you a good impression so that Yale would be a more attractive option if you were accepted. If an interviewer has a great conversation with an applicant, and that applicant accepts/attends, then the interviewer has done his/her job.</p>
<p>If your interviewer is just being a ******bag, that’s just not cool.</p>
<p>I was interviewing for Olin sometime last year. So he starts asking questions and eventually he gets to something along the lines of “What sort of extracurriculars have you done in the past year?”</p>
<p>So I’m like “Well, I did research at the University of Wyoming last year in semiconductor lasers.”
<em>he gives me a blank stare</em>
<em>I start sweating because that’s like a 1/3 of my resume :P</em>
“I also do FIRST Robotics.”
<em>another blank stare</em>
“I’m an Eagle Scout as of last month.”
<em>he actually responds this time</em> “Oh okay! What else?”
And I’m like “Uhh, well, that’s it actually.”
<em>He frowns</em> “So what role do you have in FIRST Robotics?”
“Oh, well I’m the lead programmer and the… Um, the …” As it turned out, my brain blanked the term “team captain” so I sat there like a artard for about 30 seconds and just called myself “team leader.” That was the worst. He was familiar with the program so he probably thought that I was lying or something -.-</p>
<p>Also, my Mudd interview got sorta awkward in the middle too. I was trying to say that I don’t like busywork projects that are characteristic of high school like coloring assignments. Somehow this ended up with me trying to clarify that I would like building benches to help parks, but I would not enjoy building a bench for the sake of making a bench. Very odd.</p>
<p>My Lehigh interview was also awkward, but for the other way around. He told me that I would pass out of most of my freshman classes so I asked him about transfer credit and 5-year programs in four years. He had no idea how to answer those questions, so he had to come up with BS on the fly to answer me. I think that was the best interview ever.</p>
<p>Please continue this thread…or read it…</p>
<p>Has anyone had an interview yet this year, awkward or otherwise?</p>
<p>Any anecdotes would be appreciated :). I’m still anxious for my first this year.</p>
<p>My interview with Cornell University this Saturday. PLENTY to post here after it… don’t worry.</p>
<p>^ Looking forward to it Versii, I’ve read every page of this thread lol.</p>
<p>I had my Penn ED interview last week, and everything went fine until the end. My interviewer asked me (off the record) what other schools I was applying to. I told him my list, which included Drexel (safety) and he proceeded to ask me about DREXEL’S psychology department (my intended major)! I was so taken aback that he was quizzing me on other schools that I couldn’t even think properly; I completely forgot to mention the Co-op program they have. Instead, I talked about how they have a strong science and math program, and how I would probably pursue a B.S. instead of a B.A. there. That doesn’t even have to do with science or art at all what the heck was I thinking? He must have though I was a complete dumb***. Oh well, hopefully it won’t count too much against me.</p>
<p>hahaha BUMP these are hilarious!</p>
<p>Some moral of lessons I realized after reading some of the posts here</p>
<ol>
<li>Never bash other schools. He may by somehow related to them.</li>
<li>Think of a word to describe yourself beforehand.</li>
<li>Expect to talk about other schools when he asks what other schools you are applying to.</li>
</ol>
<p>When I introduced myself to an Agnes Scott College* alumni interviewer, I said “Hi, I’m [full name], class of 2014!” She did not get the joke and thought that I was talking about my high school graduation year.</p>
<p>The same interviewer blindsighted me with a question about words my friends and family used to describe me. I responded by stammering out that my friends considered me the “genius of their group” and that my stepfather thought I was “remarkable”. I managed to sound embarrassed and arrogant at the same time.</p>
<ul>
<li>Tiny, excellent women’s college in Georgia</li>
</ul>
<p>My Georgetown interviewer had to cancel because he sad Swine Flu…</p>
<p>D’s interview with WashU alum was spent with him describing the drinking available at the school. You can drink in the dorms, no one cares, you can drink in town, etc. D smiled and nodded- what else do you do?</p>
<p>oh man i cant believe i only found this now - so hilarious
i have a series of awkward interactions with my interviewer from bryn mawr - one of my top choices
first i meet her at a college fair for underepresented minorities (my conselor sent me to it becase i have a hispanic last name but look incredibly white - i didnt realize until afterwards - i must have looked like a tool)
second- i see her again at a college fair the next day housed at the uni i was working at - she looks surprised and i go - yeah its sort of embarrassing
third- she ends up being my on campus interviewer! we have a fantastic conversation and its great - until she looks at my transcript and remarks on my many absences - i then proceed to shove my pinky finger in her face while explaining that i had surgery to reattach the nerve
fourth - i return to campus for an overnight (its an amazing school) - the next day while waiting for my friend who i traveled with i lollygag around the admissions office awkwardly - after returning from the bathroom i see her and the whole admissions committee walking down the hall - she asks me : “Are you leaving now?” I respond while we approach each other. For some reason it appeared that she was looking to hug, so we did - the other admissions ppl looking at me as if i was crazy (still seemed good to me)- until i got home and on a hunch googled admission ettiquite - i come across"NEVER HUG YOUR INTERVIEWER- it makes you seem too forward"
later when a rep visited my school i made sure just to shake her hand.strangely enough she remarked that it seemed too formal… LOL</p>
<p>this is funny,
I went to my interview early like 30 minutes early…it was in a coffee shop.
I was sitting in a different table and without noting that my interview was sitting behind me…I called my friend and started to practice with her what i would say…I had a good 10 minute conversation about my upcoming interview and how nervous i was about it…I even cracked some jokes about the interviewer i had never meet. After the phone conversation, my interview came to my table and without introducing himself he said, “That was the most interesting phone conversation i have ever heard…I know everything I need to know!” </p>
<p>I apologies for my jokes but he just thought it was funny and we had a good 2 hour interview.</p>
<p>Calling UPenn</p>
<p>Me: Hello my name is Julia__, i have a question about blah blah blah
Dean: Oh man that’s a tough one, let me transfer you.</p>
<p>so i wait and assume i’ve been transferred…someone picks up on the other end </p>
<p>Dean: Hello?
Me: Hello my name is Julia and bla blah
Dean: <em>cuts me off</em> It’s still me…
Me: 
Hi again…
Dean: Bursts out laughing for like 5 minutes </p>
<p>It was freaking hilarious, we sort of bonded at the end. I told her i was on autopilot since when you call an admin office you have to make it quick and she was like “I’m on autopilot because I work in an admin office”</p>
<p>Bump!! I just discovered this thread and I love it.</p>
<p>I was doing my Columbia interview at a local university with a professor, and I was talking about this organization I lead and one of the professors I worked with for it.</p>
<p>Interviewer: “So what’s her name?”
Me: “Dr. Woolf, I think… and I think she’s your colleague here actually”
Interviewer gives me a blank look.
Me, finally “remembering”: “Oh oh oh, it’s Dr. Virginia Woolf!!”
Interviewer: “Seriously? That’s a… coincidental name.”
Me (who doesn’t know what the coincidence is): “Yeah, I guess…”
Awkward silence.
Me: “Oh my god, it’s not that. I didn’t mean Virginia Woolf! I guess English class just got me messed up.”
Interviewer gives me a smug look, and I turn red and start sweating.</p>
<p>Yeah, so I went home and looked it up. Turns out her first name is not Virginia, and her last name is not Woolf. Yay for me!!</p>
<p>I was sitting in an office for an interview when suddenly I smelled something awful. My interviewer had let out terrible gas and I was nearly coughing. I tried very hard to keep my face natural.</p>
<p>He quickly wrapped up his questions and said “I’ll send [the next guy] in.” I stood up, shook his hand, thanked him for his time, and my mind started reeling …</p>
<p>That nasty smell is still here and it’s going to hit the next guy like a ton of bricks … what if the next guy thinks that smell is ME? What if he says not to hire me because I stink? Should I say something about how it was the interviewer, not me? How could I possibly say that politely? Is there any way I can try to open a window discreetly?</p>
<p>I had no time to come up with anything as the next interviewer walked into the office and closed the door. I just did my best to appear like there wasn’t a disgusting smell lingering. </p>
<p>I ended up getting hired, but I still wonder about that to this day. I never saw either one of them again. I wonder if they cracked up about it after I left … if the perpetrator owned up or said “can you believe how bad that girl smelled?”</p>
<p>I’m just glad that a) it WASN’T me, and b) it didn’t affect the outcome of the job.</p>
<p>just read through a ton of these.</p>
<p>thought i’d post mine
had harvard today.
totally amazing woman who interviewed me and told me she would give me the highest ratings. she was awesome.</p>
<p>two awkward moments though:</p>
<p>-i showed up at 4 when my thing was at 4.30 but it took me fifteen minutes to get there. when i finally got to her office and told her assistant my name, the lady looked at me like i was crazy and told me i was super early. i was fifteen minutes early…i don’t get it…</p>
<p>-im a national merit semifinalist and when she asked me where i sent my first college designation, i said princeton. its true but probably not what she wanted to hear. she was totally cool about it though :)</p>
<p>MIT tomorrow…</p>
<p>This is not nearly as amusing as some of the rest of these posts, but I was at an interview for my top choice school - it’s a school that doesn’t offer interviews unless you’re a legacy - so I was, needless to say, very nervous. </p>
<p>So my interviewer and I sit down and begin to talk. . . .</p>
<p>I: So, why do you like our school?
Me: Well, besides the fantastic academics, I really like the community, the atmosphere. I love being around people and talking to people, because I don’t really have anyone to talk to back at home.
I: . . . .
Me: . . because I’m an only child. ONLY CHILD. Right. Ok</p>
<p>We moved on</p>
<p>(We got around to talking about lanuagues, God only knows how)
I: What language are you taking?
Me: Well, I’ve taken four years of Latin, but I don’t have a desire to pursue the classics, so I removed Latin from my schedule so that I could take another English course.
I: Oh. Ok. Well, what language would you pursue here if you were to do that?
Me: *<strong><em>DISCLAIMER: I had a choice. I had no clue. So, she had an accent and I tried to guess it *</em></strong> Fre…nch?
French. French? French!
I: … Oh really? Why?
Me: It’s a beautiful language. . . one of . . . romance?</p>
<p>MIT interview.
almost an hour on steel.
how its made. what types there are.
problems with it. companies that perfected producing it.</p>
<p>um yeah…i know nothing about steel…</p>