<p>Uh... an interviewer called me and asked for an interview in my house... I'm not sure how I'm supposed to take this info. Good: see me in my natural enviroment. Bad: Invasion!!!~~~ Either way, this should be fun. Has anyone experienced something like this?</p>
<p>i'm having an interview at my house tomorrow. i'm kinda nervous about it but i'll guess i'll just have to see how it goes...</p>
<p>My kid had this. The interviewer evidently thought this would be easier for the student, evidently not realizing the panic and the flurry of cleaning that would happen ahead of time! However, it was fine.</p>
<p>My sister had her interview at my house 2 years ago. Mine was at Burger King... I don't know which is more strange...</p>
<p>they want to get a sense of how wealthy your family is.. iof you live in a one bed room apartment then it is not a good thing.. so i told the guy my room is too small better go somewhere else.. im having my harvard one at a McDonalds. =S</p>
<p>What would you wear to an interview at McDonald's? </p>
<p>:| I dressed up for my Syracuse one which was at this fancy hotel. My next one is at Starbucks.</p>
<p>Is it appropriate for the interviewer to invite himself to your home? Isn't that imposing quite a bit, especially if your family isn't OK with it, or if it's a bad time for you. It also puts the student in a difficult position, wondering if saying no will be a strike against them.
IMO, if the interviewer wants to put the student in a "comfy" setting, they should invite them to the "comfiest" room of their own house, not the student's. I would prefer a neutral interview setting, like a nice cafe or coffee shop. How do the rest of you feel?</p>
<p>I don't know if it would necessarily be a bad thing if you live in a small house (or a one bedroom apartment). It certainly wouldn't be very fair. Although if they're looking for applicants who would be potential big donors as alumni, I guess having a big house would be a plus. Still, who knows, that poor applicant could become rich and successful through his/her own talents and accomplishments. As long as your house is clean, I don't know how this should affect your chances for admission.</p>
<p>gianievve: Yes, I agree with you. Even though where you live shouldn't be a factor in decisions, I think most people would still feel pressured to have their homes meet certain standards, and this situation would give people added pressure and stress.</p>
<p>My Princeton interview is at the interviewer's house. She sounded lovely on the phone.</p>
<p>I had my Princeton interview in my house last November, and we just sat around the dinner table. It was not the most comfortable place, but it had the right "business-like" atmosphere in that it felt like a conference. </p>
<p>Everything was A OK except for the fact that my interviewer got lost in my neighborhood trying to find my house........So I walked out of my house, found where she was, and directed her to my house.......And I guess she was really appreciative of that lol.</p>
<p>mine was in the interviewer's office. An office the size of a football field. <em>sigh</em></p>