<p>Does the interviewer read your admissions file (application, essays, et al) prior to the interview, or do they go into it only essentially knowing your name?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they go into it just knowing my name. Going into my interview, I remember always having a resume on-hand, and they always thought that was great. had they seen my app, they wouldn’t’ve needed/liked it so much</p>
<p>I’m an interviewer. We know your name, your high school, contact info, and a very terse description of your interests (i.e., lacrosse, literary pubs). Nothing else.</p>
<p>So it is a good idea to tag along with a resume?</p>
<p>they dont read your essay, but they know about you. </p>
<p>interviews mean very little. dont worry much about it</p>
<p>It’s up to you whether you want to bring a resume. If you want to refer to it just so you don’t leave anything out. Remember that Brown sees your resume – what they want from the interviewer is stuff they don’t necessarily see in your application.</p>
<p>And no, Napoleon, interviewers do not “know about you” unless they decide to google your name. And interviews do not “mean very little” – Brown spends an awful amount of time, energy and money on interviews.</p>
<p>Great, thanks for the info. I’ll probably bring my resume just for peace of mind - whether or not it’ll leave my bag remains to be seen. I’m actually not really nervous for my interview - rather, I’m excited to talk about Brown with someone who won’t roll their eyes and sigh! (Hopefully, anyway ;))</p>
<p>I think Napoleon meant that they don’t matter much as far as admission goes, not that they don’t matter in general.</p>
<p>I’m supposedly supposed to get my first interviewee this year, and think it’s rather funny that someone would be nervous to talk to me.</p>
<p>what do they ask you generally at an interview? Also, am I suppose to be contacted by the interviewer first? or am I suppose to contact the interviewer?</p>
<p>smilee: I just put up a new thread with lots of answers to commonly asked questions – including yours. Check it out.</p>
<p>thanks 
I’ll go check it out</p>