<p>One of my safety/matches set me up with an alumni interview. Luckily, the alumni lives a mile away and set up our interview at a Dunkies down the street.</p>
<p>Should I buy him coffee?</p>
<p>Here is what most likely will happen</p>
<p>He gets there first, takes care of his coffee, when you get there, introduce yourself, and go get your coffee or water</p>
<p>If you get there first, take care of yourself, get a seat. He will arrive look for you. When he gets to the table, stand up shake hands, and you can offer. My instincts tell me he will decline and get his own. To offer is gracious, but I doubt he will take you up on it.</p>
<p>Make an offer...can't hurt, and the alum may be impressed with your generosity. Just don't order anything with powdered sugar!!!!</p>
<p>I offered to be a drink for my interviewer, and she offered to buy a drink for me as well.</p>
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did you really??? and how did she respond??? how were you able to do it, and the interview??? that's really amazing!!!</p>
<p>lol.... sorry.... I just couldn't resist!</p>
<p>suggest you stick with H2O, however. No need to get a caffeine-driven full bladder half-way thru the interview.</p>
<p>you probablly won;t drink it anyway, it is more of a prop, and to justify use of the table</p>
<p>well I feel a bit dumb now. I drank my entire hot chocolate.</p>
<p>BTW - My interviewer paid for me (I got my wallet out and she told me to put it back in my bag...)</p>
<p>I'm going in a little...I'll let you know how it goes.</p>
<p>i would probably treat him/her as if he or she is your boss...</p>
<p>Don't do what I did...Walk into the shop having no idea whether your interviewer is there, exchange awkward glances with potential interviewers while in line, smile intently at the most likely candidate, evoke a roundabout response a la "You can go ahead of me, I'm waiting for someone," introduce yourself awkwardly, have the interview, and realize eventually that your interviewer never got the coffee she had been waiting for :)</p>
<p>i think you should go with CGM's advice
gluck</p>
<p>Oh my god. I promise I'm not that dumb normally. Senior year stress has depleted my brain. :)</p>
<p>Basically, I just dressed myself up in aluminum foil like a tin can and put on a bright pepsi shirt for a label. I think it really helped my chances.</p>
<p>My interview was great. He offered first, and I kindly said no thanks. It went good, he was really laid back.</p>