<p>Ok, so I just got informed that my interview is a two person interview. This guy called me and said this kid from my school and I are going to interview at the same time. Any tips, or suggestions? I am scared, cuz this is very knew to me.</p>
<p>Relax. Do not try to make yourself sound better, don't brag, just tell it like it is. The MOST important thing is to be conversational with both the other applicant and the interviewer.</p>
<p>That's REALLY weird. Darn. I would be in conflict whether to exaggerate my passions and interests or be considerate and let the other person talk too.</p>
<p>I dunno. Another bad point is that Harvard has REALLY strong applicants and I would be scared if the other person was very domineering or cannot tolerate being beaten on competitions and etc. =\ Hopefully your interview partner is nice/not pretentious enough to do that.</p>
<p>this just goes to show how little the interview actually counts...the format is pretty inconsistent across the board.</p>
<p>don't worry about it, appear relaxed and friendly, and make sure you talk to that person from your school before the day of the interview so you can share advice (for example, don't contradict anything i say) and calm each other. during my recent harvard interview at starbucks, someone from my school was sitting with his interviewer at the table right next to me. to my horror, his interviewer began to talk to my interviewer and me as well! he kept it brief (10 minutes or so) but in that time we had to talk collaboratively about our school.</p>
<p>Ok look:</p>
<p>College interviews are almost entirely to judge personality and character, not what you've done. The adcom has what you've done on your application, recommendations, and they don't need to get this from the interviewer.</p>
<p>Avoid laundry lists of things and try to avoid talking about yourself unless they ask you question specially about yourself. Talk about Harvard (why you want to go!), talk about current events (don't be afraid to share your opinions!), things that are important to you (describe them, don't list them).</p>
<p>That being said, it's OK to promote yourself– just be vary gracious... don't sound pushy or arrogant. It's easy to look as the other interviewer as a rival, but try to look at them as a Harvard classmate (which they might be). The interview is not a competition.</p>
<p>well I had three alumni interviewers</p>
<p>OK thanks a lot guys!!! Just what I wanted to hear </p>
<p>(I read my post and realized i mispelled NEW as KNEW LOLOLOL)</p>
<p>i had a double interview.
i like it better than just a single because you get two people's input and there's less awkwardness too. i wish all mine were doubles now.</p>
<p>Today I had a quintuple interview haha</p>
<p>Its a lot better, because you get more time to think while the other person answers questions. And there is a lot less pressure becasue the attention is only on you half the time.</p>
<p>by the way my quintuple interview wasnt for harvard</p>
<p>the interview is supposed to be fun though!!! maybe they just ran out of time so they had to squeeze in both of you :D good luck</p>
<p>ok when i said double interview, i meant there was two interviewers and one interviewee, not one interviewer and two interviewees. i read that wrong. sorry.</p>
<p>that actually sounds scary.</p>
<p>My Cornell interview had us 5 at a time. The alumus gave a brief powerpoint on why Cornell is the best place to do one's undergraduate degree, allotted some time for questions, and asked us very simple, easy-to-prepare for questions.</p>
<p>I only had one person, but it went for 2.5 hours. I was kinda shocked at how long it went.</p>