<p>Can anyone elaborate on what to expect for the Georgetown interviews?</p>
<p>Are there certain questions they ask?
How long do they generally last?
Should you bring a resume?</p>
<p>What did you find surprising about the interview?
Is there anything you wished you had known before hand?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>it's going to depend a lot on who is interviewing you
but for me the interviewer was very friendly and really easy to talk to
the interview is just to enhance your application, so unless you say something really stupid like "i got completely wasted last night so I have a bad headache" it won't count against you
just be yourself and show them all the good things about you that you can't show on paper</p>
<p>most importantly: RELAX</p>
<p>Well, I definitely think each interview varies, but here's how mine went (yesterday).</p>
<p>Are there certain questions they ask?
My interviewer did say there were some questions that Georgetown wanted him to ask... Such as to describe my family, and to name a rewarding experience I've had.</p>
<p>How long do they generally last?
When my interviewer called me, he told me it would last a half hour, tops... Whereas two of my friends' Georgetown interviews lasted an hour and two hours. So I guess it depends on the person.</p>
<p>Should you bring a resume?
I would say yes. I brought one to my interviews, and all of my friends did the same. The resume is something that the interviewer can look at to begin to direct questions regarding your interests.</p>
<p>What did you find surprising about the interview?
Really nothing. All the questions are about yourself, so they aren't difficult to answer. It's a lot like a conversation.
Only thing... My Georgetown interviewer's style was different from my Penn interviewer's style, meaning like... My Georgetown interviewer seemed to pick random items off of my resume to inquire about, while my Penn interviewer basically went through all my major activities. Also, my Georgetown interviewer would pause for a few seconds to write things down, during which no one would be talking, while my Penn interviewer never wrote down anything during the course of the interview and there never was a time when someone wasn't speaking.
[Edit]Oh, come to think of it, I was surprised that my Georgetown interviewer had a copy of my SAT scores. My Penn interviewer didn't have this... He had told me that he wanted to get to know me outside of the context of my grades and test scores. The first thing my Georgetown interviewer said to me was, "I see you smoked your SATs." He also said it's pretty random if Georgetown gives the interviewer your scores are not. Maybe it depends on your score or something? Mine was good (2300+), so possibly if Georgetown sees that your scores are above average, they'll report them to your interviewer? I have no clue. I probably would have rathered if my interviewer hadn't had my scores, because then he asked me if my grades were at the same level as my test scores, and although I said yes and told him that I was ranked in the top 2-3% of my class, it felt like it was getting too academic-focused and less personal/friendly (at least compared to my Penn interview, where there was no grades/SAT talk whatsoever).[/Edit]</p>
<p>Is there anything you wished you had known before hand?
Nope, not really. Except I couldn't find my interviewer's house at first, since the number wasn't very visible.</p>
<p>Hope that's somewhat helpful. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the reply! Your experience is reassuring and I appreciate you taking the time to respond.</p>