<p>for all the '10 people that've had interviews already, what is it like? can i be myself or do i have to look like i'm going to a funeral with a stick up my butt? any sample interview questions? how long?
HELP!! i'm RD and clueless. and also a little creeped out because my interviewer guy wants me to go to his house at 7 PM on saturday. eek</p>
<p>BTW, congrats</p>
<p>Since it appears that you are female, I understand why you are creeped out by being expected to meet a strange man at his house. My suggestion is that you call him and tactfully ask him if you can meet him in a public place like a coffee house. Suggest some place that's near him. Blame your parents for this suggestion. </p>
<p>If he balks in any way about this or if you feel that you got an unfair interview as a result, contact Harvard's admissions office, which would arrange another interview for you. Adcoms want all interviewed applicants to have a comfortable and fair experience.</p>
<p>Harvard asks alum interviewers to take these kind of things under consideration, so there's nothing wrong with your preferring to meet elsewhere. </p>
<p>I have interviewed students at my home, but I am female. If I were a male, I would not invite females to my house because that could lead to the type of concerns that you are expressing.</p>
<p>If you use CC's archives on this board, you'll find plenty of info about Harvard interviews.</p>
<p>Just make sure you conclude every meaning you say with "according to the prophecy" :D</p>
<p>Kidding, I think you'll do just fine. Can't help you though, I'm not applying till december.</p>
<p>The only question that made me nervous was "what was the last book you read that wasn't required for school?" Other than that, they just ask about your EC's and that kind of thing.</p>
<p>My interview on Sunday at a man's house as well (I'm a female) so I'm a little anxious...I've had three other interviews and they were all with females so this will be a new experience. When he called me, there was opera music playing in the background- should I be scared? Haha</p>
<p>I had my interview today, it was at his office (he was male, i'm female) i wore a green skit and a white sweater, and the interview went great, he just asked one or two questions and then the interview turned into a conversation, in which I took the biggest part of course, but I could just say what I wanted to say and sometimes he asked me to ellaborate. We talked about my school, favorite courses and extracuriculars, reasons for wanting to go to harvard and a lot of other stuff that just came up. We ended up talking a lot longer then expected and he said that was a good sign and that he had been really interested in talking to me and in what I had to say. </p>
<p>In short, just be yourself, show your passions and smile a lot and it will abe fine!!!!</p>
<p>yeh. No biggy, my guy was a scientist and I was a student looking forward to a future on Wall-Street. We still got along well and spoke for an hour and a half. Totally different areas of interest, he couldn't tell me half about the courses I want to take, but we talked about other stuff, more personal and interesting so that he could get to know me better. But was I frightened when I first walked in lol. 5 generations of Harvard legacy this alumni. Got my Yale likely letter and phone call the next day. :p. Don't you love fate. Anticipation and fear for no reason. :)</p>
<p>I noticed the same thing as AY8888. I'm interested in finance/banking with an econ or int'l relations major, and i was set up with a neuroscientist at a local hospital. he didn't know anything about econ as a major other than what he had heard from other people, but he was still a nice guy with a lot of good info about the school that i hadn't heard before.</p>
<p>I'm getting a second interview for that reason I hope. So that I can have some of my questions answered. :). While the conversation definitely helped him get to know me better as a person, it didn't serve its true purpose from a student's perspective which is to get to know how a college can meet his/her needs. Or else, it's a way to save myself from getting rejected or is it just for the college to get to know me better. Anyone here getting a second interview? It's not just me because the e-mail specify that it was for a specific number of students in the region. I still have unanswered questions so I hope that this interview can clarify them. :). Does anyone know anything more about these second interviews?</p>
<p>Hello interviewer 1234
I am a French student at a French school in Montreal, Canada. I submitted my application to Harvard on Nov, 28th and I have not yet been contacted by an interviewer, is it okay? Do you think he will soon contact me?
Thank you very much</p>
<p>My son’s interviewer asked him to bring a list of activities. She also asked about his scores and he ended up emailing her his SATII results which he did not exactly remember on the spot. They talked about school and his ECs but my son thought the interview didn’t go as well as the more informal interviews he had with alums of other schools. She seemed pretty skeptical and gave him a hard time about the questions he asked.</p>
<p>… *** does harvard ask other people to do interviews? my person didnt go to harvard… b4 hand (i googled him)</p>
<p>Yeah i was invited to my male interviewer’s house as well but mine’s in the afternoon.
The form i was supposed to fill out with my ECs and tests and such misspelled California…</p>
<p>^ignore my previous post please 
lol</p>
<p>Second interviews are generally good signs (unless the first interview was a complete screw up by the interviewer and you complained about it).</p>
<p>What is the appropriate dress attire for a male going to an interview?</p>
<p>clou1993 I´m also an international student and as such you are the one that needs to contact the interviewer. You have to write an email to harvard and they´ll give you the email and phone number of an interviewer in your area.</p>
<p>If your interviewer says casual attire is fine, then believe it. Otherwise, a polo and khakis is a safe bet. It name of the game is location, location, location.</p>
<p>Wait, so international applicants are supposed to contact the adcom to seek an interview? I’m from Canada, btw.</p>
<p>theEnigmaaa, it probably depends on where you’re from. If you live in the GTA, interviewers will contact you. (I actually live about an hour from Toronto and was still lumped in with that group.)</p>