<p>Interviewer: So what books have you read recently?
Me: I am recently re-reading Gone With the Wind because I read it in Chinese years back and did not comprehend it.
Interviewer: Gone With the Wind in Chinese?!?
Me: Yep.
Interviewer: HAHA How do you say Scarlett I don’t give a damn in Chinese?
Me: … <em>nervous chuckle</em></p>
<p>I wasn’t expecting any words rated G+ in my interview so I was shocked for a moment.</p>
<p>I was really distracted at first during one of my interviews because the interviewer was young and kind of hot! Curse you, hormones! Fortunately I managed to get back to business after the first couple of minutes.</p>
<p>^Lucky you. All of my interviewers were guys. :(</p>
<p>Most of my interviews were with guys (I’m a girl) but this was the only young one XD caught me off guard</p>
<p>In parent interview, dh was talking about attributes of certain schools that were right for ds. As an example, he mentioned a school and their informality, and how it turned off my son. Interviewer than casually responded, yeah, I attended that school and I can see why you feel that way. Though he was gracious, we felt pretty badly. Note: Don’t mention other schools in your interview!</p>
<p>^^Forgot about our experience with our first child. Interviewer asked why we felt child was applying to his prep school. We contrasted the benefits of the prep school with our LPMS. Said a few unflattering things about the local school. Turns out the interviewer attended said school. This particular prep was the only school which initially waitlisted our child. Didn’t matter as it was our child’s 4th choice, but we the experience did make us feel like idiots!</p>
<p>Interviewer (parent of student who graduated 10 years ago): What is the order of proofs for establishing a scientific law?</p>
<p>Child: Hypothesis, theory, law</p>
<p>Interviewer: Incorrect.</p>
<p>Child. Oh. What is the correct answer?</p>
<p>Interviewer: What books have you read?</p>
<p>Child: ??? (Puzzled as to why Interviewer didn’t answer the question, but recovers and answers with title of a book he read recently)</p>
<p>Interviewer then proceeded to tell child and parent that his son had not gotten in when he first applied, but worked really hard at PS and reapplied for 10th and got in then.</p>
<p>Child decided to apply to other schools where the interviewers seem to actually like children.</p>
<p>Is that interview at Hogwarts?</p>
<p>@pulsar
It was a HADES school, but not H or D. 
To be fair, the Headmaster at DS’s current school called the Head AO to relay the story and the AO offered to interview DS himself. DS passed as there were other schools that he liked more.</p>
<p>at one of mine my interviewer told me how her son’s friend’s wife started an organic baby food company… for like 10 minutes ahahha</p>
<p>A few yrs. ago, my sisters interviewer @ Hotchkiss asked her if she had to leave earth in a hurry and was allowed to bring one thing, what would it be? Sister’s response, a swimming pool!!!
She had just finished talking to the swim coach, but realllly???</p>
<p>Did she get in?</p>
<p>my interview for one school we ended up talking about jersey shore for like 10 minutes!!! XD she kept asking me my favorite character and all this lol. hilarious.</p>
<p>another one the interviewer went to talk with my dad so he let me use his ipad. there was no apps or songs anything!! 
just his kids ‘learn your ABC’s’ game. i’m like im not gonna let him see me play this. but after 20 minutes i got so bored i started playing the game where u trace your letters. 5 mins later he ends up coming down saying “oh you found my kids games?” busted lol.</p>
<p>but i ended up getting accepted to both so if u have a sense of humor dont be shy to use it once u get comfortable with ur interviewer :)</p>
<p>alright… so… i was having this interview with an admission parent for Hotchkiss in a public library. We decided to sit in the most secluded corner of the library to avoid distractions… (NOT TO BE RACIST. I AM NOT RACIST) this black couple decides to sit about ten feet away from us, blatantly knowing this was some sort of interview. Now… when my interviewer talked, she used a lot of hand gestures and moved around a lot. Then, (her back is toward the couple and I am facing them) suddenly, i hear giggling come from the couple away from us. i peripherally look at them to see what they were doing. They were imitating my interview lady by swinging their arms and swaying their heads. I constantly heard soft giggling, probably because they were trying to hold back their laughter. Unfortunately, the interview lady notices me frequently looking back behind her and she peeks back and sees the girl of the couple imitating her hand motions. I couldn’t help it, but i quietly giggle. immediately, the interviewer looks back at me and I have nothing to say (the couple is still there watching us). We go on with our conversation and everything did not go back to normal. The couple actually stood up, obnoxiously laughing. My interview lady once again turns around and i mouth a few words at the couple telling them to leave. Fortunately they leave and everything goes back to normal… sort of. Anyways, I got waitlisted at Hotchkiss… haha.</p>
<p>Is the color of their skin relevant to the story? I’m not sure why you felt the need to mention it. If this were a novel, you’d want to include as many details as possible, but for the purpose of this anecdote, it only serves to distract. I understand that you meant no harm, and it IS a funny story…</p>
<p>I was in the novel writing mode if that makes sense. I just got caught up in the heat of the moment. If you were there at that interview, trust me, you’d know why id be so hyper. One of those gottabethere things. Anyways, no racism intended. I was trying to explain what happened, the skin color has nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>I was walking up the stairs at one interview, and my shoe fell off! The interview was in front of me and when she turned around to see what was taking so long, she saw me awkwardly putting my shoe back on and then rushing up the stairs.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve been keeping this one to myself for a while now…but in one parent interview this fall (not at any school still in contention, btw), the AO farted. </p>
<p>Not audibly, but it was noticeable. SBD. My wife confirmed my suspicions.</p>
<p>At one school I applied to, I talked about horse racing for about 20 minutes. It was actually really fun. (: That was the only funny thing, otherwise both interviews were run-of-the-mill…</p>
<p>Hey SevenDad, you’ve been “holding that one in?”</p>
<p>And how do you know it wasn’t your wife?</p>