<p>To comment on the intial post, if I was interviewing someone and they started to talk about how much they liked the poetry of virgil, I'd be inclined to start swearing too and I don't have tourettes. And no, I will not vote for Barack Obama.</p>
<p>Here's a story about an interview that never happened. I hope it's not typical of Georgetown:</p>
<p>My D received the postcard in early December with the name and phone number of her local alumna to call. D called twice and left mesages both time. When she did not get a response after 2 weeks, she called the regional director of alumni, also listed on the postcard. He told her to send him via email a resume, and he would do a phone interview with her. She sent the email, no response, then called again, no response. She was convinced that they do not feel she has any chance of acceptance and that is why they did not respond. I, however, know that they do not make those ultimate decisions. So I called the admission office and explained the problem to one of the women in the admissions office. SHe then put an older male (I think it might have been a director) on the phone who was rather upset that this had happened to my D, and convinced me he would look into it. That was 3 weeks ago...still nothing. Believe me, both my D and I were absolutely as nice as can be about the whole thing - didn't want to jeopardize anything of course. This whole thing transpired over 2 months. We are pretty fed up at this point.</p>
<p>I went for an interview in a Peet's Coffee and my alumni interviewer came in saying, "Sorry that I'm exhausted - I'm getting over whooping cough." I was like um...why are you here then? It went okay after that, though.</p>
<p>I was interviewing to be a Rotary Exchange Student in South America and I was asked ... "What would you do if your family decided to eat dinner every night naked?" ...</p>
<p>My response: "I would join them!" -- way enthusiastically</p>
<p>I know it's not believeable...but I was hung up on the whole ... they want adaptability ordeal at the time. I felt incredibly stupid after saying this. But I really didn't know what else to say.</p>
<p>Needless to say, I was one of the few picked.</p>
<p>Has anyone had the interviewer not show up/been sent to the wrong address? I am not sure which of these happened to me. When the person (I assume a secretary) called me to make the appointment, she hung up on me before I could ask her where to go, or with whom (or at what phone number) to verify the appointment. When I got to the address I did have - from a letter from the school - the people there said, "Oh, he doesn't work here anymore. He retired last year."</p>
<p>I think this one is pretty good...my friend told me this</p>
<p>Some guy was having an interview with MIT...he was going for engineering. When the interviewer asked him what other schools he was applying to...he said: "well...I'm considering Fu" (Referring to the Columbia FU school of engineering"</p>
<p>Interviewer: "FU?" (Completely oblivious to the Columbia reference)
Student: "Yes, FU" "F....U" (Spelling it out) lol</p>
<p>I guess the interviewer was a bit offended =)</p>
<p>has anyone heard the story of the kid who had an alum. interview for Georgetown and was stood up?
turns out that the alum. died.</p>
<p>That's so sad. <em>stifles chuckles</em></p>
<p>what do you mean "stood up"??</p>
<p>he didn't come</p>
<p>he didn't come.
he was dead.</p>
<p>i'm applying to boarding school right now as a transfer student and had a phone interview scheduled for 8 AM pacific time, 11 est. I usually wake up around 11.. the interviewer called me at 8 and i was asleep.. i wake up 10 minutes later, the interviewer calls again.. i make up a BS story about how i ran outside to help my brother get in the bus..she's a bit jaded, we chit chat, all lukewarm. 3 minutes later, my alarm goes off. it's on the other side of the room. IT ****ING LOUD and could wake up my neighbors down the street. i sit there for a minute (in bed stillll.....lounging), frozen. cover the mic and walk over to the alarm and turn it off. interviwer is silent. hahahhahaha. i dont mention it and get back to talk about XYZ school. she doesn't buy my love for the school (it really was my favorite..) because of my.. um, bad start. lasted like 18 minutes. shortest interview ever. i had another phone interview that was great. the interview adored me and said with my voice, i should be an actor and maybe try acting if i attend..she designed my schedule for next year while over the phone w. her.. so it's not my interview skills..</p>
<p>i still haven't turned in everything i need to for the 1st.. and they're accepting 6 out of 120-130 applicants... should i withdrawal my app? they sent me a letter statign what materials they needed from me and then noted that i could withdrawal my application. ugh. i have a 3.9 and 98th %tile.. what shall i do?</p>
<p>Given that the school is your favorite, you should send in the materials that they need.</p>
<p>For a first choice, I'd rather face rejection than be left wondering. </p>
<p>You had two interviews, one of which was stellar, one of which was "lukewarm." You're not in a bad position.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>My Yale interview was a three-hour long political grilling session. Not fun.</p>
<p>Legendofmax, at least you got a Yale interview!</p>
<p>I had a really political UChicago interview. My interviewer was very happy when I mentioned "egalitarianism," and he basically pressed me to say that the Iraq war was misguided...damn hippies...great interview(er) though.</p>
<p>I've been ridiculously busy for the past few months, not getting a ton of sleep, and the night before my Georgetown interview was one of the worst. I was going on about three hours of sleep (for a few days in a row), and it was after a long day of school and dancing, AND I had a pounding headache. </p>
<p>So basically I sounded completely cracked out through the whole interview... man, I was a mess. Luckily, the guy was telling me all about how he was a slacker, etc, which made me feel better.</p>
<p>My pomona college interview, I sweated like mad and my voice cracked like three times. Plus the guy's eyes kept lingering down onto my crotch area. :(</p>