<p>I just had my interview up at the campus on Friday (11/3). It's really not that intense. My interviewer was focused on mainly on why I wanted to go to the hotel school, and some of my previous ec's. As everyone said, know the hotel school well. I printed out pages and pages of the website and looked at it all on the 5hr bus ride up from NYC. It's a lot of info and they get impressed if you know a lot. My interviewer was extremely nice. They even take you on a little tour of the school afterwards. More of a learning experience about the school then an intense interview. Just be yourself.</p>
<p>i didn't get taken on a tour afterwards..is that a bad thing?</p>
<p>No rocker11, it is not a bad thing. I was interviewed on September 7th, which happened to be the same date of the inaguration of the next president of Cornell. This resulted in my interview being quite rushed and she was scrambling to get all the required questions out. She felt bad afterwards and tried to secure me a spot in a "visitor class" but forgot that all classes were cancelled. I would say that my interview lasted no more than 15 minutes. Also, the professors all conduct interviews differently, perhaps his/her schedule could not permit a guided tour. The only worrysome part of the interview should be if you are prone to shout an obscenity at your interviewer! The interview is just a further precaution the SHA takes to ensure that admitted applicants are true to the industry and not trying to secure an easy way into Cornell. Good Luck All!</p>
<p>ach44 so far, you seem to be everyone's stress reliever! thank you so much..you seem to be a genuinely nice person who deserves to go there.</p>
<p>yeah, what ach44 said. Don't be worried that you didn't get this or that. If you are posting on here, it probably means you care and did a fine job.</p>
<p>Okay, I'm just back from the interview. My interviewer was a very nice person, and I enjoyed talking to him. It wasn't as intense or formal as I'd thought, but it certainly had the focus on WHY I wanted to work in the hospitality industry. I think I sort of went off the track, talking too much about the tourist industry, that he suddenly said, "Okay, simple. What is your career goal?" I was too nervous to articulate my career goals in a logical order. Oh my (T<em>T)/
Today, I was at school and suddenly I got a text message: "Can we meet today at XXhotel coffee shop?" Wow... I called him, and he said I could come with my school uniform on, so I was clad in school uniform when I did the interview. And although I had prepared to talk about the school, I didn't catch the chance to. Actually he talked about most of the things I knew, before I was to speak. (He gave introduction to the school and himself. I thought that was very nice of him.) But he certainly asked me "where" I would apply to if I were rejected (a scheme I don't even want to imagine), so thank you again, ach44, especially for that. Oh, he also asked me things that I didn't expect at all: what do you prefer: teamwork or alone work? etc..
What I really regret is although I had prepared to elaborate on the internship experience, I couldn't and didn't. I simply talked about things I did, rather than what I learned from the experience. so I'm panicking...
I just hope it turns out well... I had been so nervous (unconciously) that I couldn't walk or eat as usual after the interview. I hope you guys felt better!
Well, everything is off my hand now(></em><) Everybody, good luck! (& wish me luck ~!) Thank you all again!</p>
<p>I remembered another mistake I'd made.
He asked me what kind of setback I had and how I overcame it, and all I could think of at the time was AP history subjects. Lord. I'm not supposed to talk about APs! So, as I had already taken out the topic 'ap history,' I said "Oh, I'm not supposed to talk about this but..." and went on. how stupider can I get..Things really went the way I never expected. wow..
My interview lasted a full hour. This is much less than my friend's two-and-a-half-hour interview, but she wasn't applying for SHA.
How long did you guys have the interview?</p>
<p>damnnn i had a 30 minute interview</p>
<p>I had like a one hour interview. They took me on a tour of the school too.</p>
<p>do you guys think an off campus interview or on campus interview is better? I live in california...a bit far. Also, maybe an off campus interview would have more standard questions while a professor would have more detailed? hmm. Thanks!</p>
<p>That is excatly right. If an alumnus volunteers to conduct interviews, he/sher is sent an "interview" package. Included are the required questions, as a quantitave measure. The questions that an alumnus would ask would be purely "quantitave." That means your answer to those are relayed to adcom and they analyze if your answers indicate a good fit for the Hotel School. These questions may be, "What are your plans if denied admission? Why the Hotel School? Why hospitality? What have you done thus far?"</p>
<p>My opinion is that if you are interviewed by a professor, even though they too are given the required questions, are ultimately the ones who are going to be teaching you, so they know which questions to ask and can get to know you on a more personal basis. Some of these questions, for me at least, were: "What do you find most interesting about hotels? What would your concentration be?" Something like that. If you can make it, I stongly encourage you to have an on-campus interview. Good Luck!</p>
<p>snappleyum, please don't feel bad. I was talking about unnecessary things and my logics fell a part as the time got longer. The quality of your interview should matter, not the quantity. What I was worried about though, is, because my interviewer didn't seem very interested, maybe he tried to end it as soon as possible. I'm sure you did a better job. & right now, I'm just hoping the interview doesn't hurt me.
password, I think you'd better have your interview on campus. Just like ach44 said, I felt like my interviewer was asking questions (from the question sheet) that was sometimes cutting the flow. Those moments made me freeze for a while.. You can have your interview before you submit your application, so you might go to Ithaca for a pleasant diversion or something. For me, it was hard because I live far away from the United States. Anyways good luck.
Good luck and good luck everyone.</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys! i'll try to get an on-campus interview when i apply next year as long as plane tickets aren't super duper expensive. Thanks!</p>
<p>Are SHA SATs and GPAs as high as overall Cornell average (1460 and 3.75)?
thanks</p>