<p>I have been lurking here for a while but I now have a substantiative question to ask so I figured I better start posting ;)</p>
<p>Anyway, it has to do with my interview. I recieved the name of my interviewer and we are currently playing phone tag trying to set something up. I do know that she is fairly young and a grad student which sort of puts me at ease. Anyway, I figured since she was so young there would probably be something about her on princeton.edu and I proceeded to do a search. Sure enough a bunch of things popped up about her, one of which was very interesting to me. It turns out she did her senior thesis on a topic that pretty much encapsulates a large aspect of my identity and that I would love to speak to her about in the interview process. However, I figure it might come across a little creepy or intrusive that I was able to make this connection.</p>
<p>So basically I am trying to gauge whether this would enhance my interview or come off as stalkerish. Also, what are some interesting questions you guys have been asked?</p>
<p>Just ask her during the interview what her senior thesis was. Once she tells you, you can talk to her about it without having to worry it'll come up as stalkerish,etc.</p>
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<li><p>they kind of expect you to at least 'google' ur interviewer, and i would guess that nearly every applicant does as opposed to going in 'blind'.</p></li>
<li><p>if u feel uncomfortable appearing stalkerish, then try and engineer the situation such that u talk about it and then see her reaction and then go into more depth. </p></li>
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<p>i'd see this bond as a strength and dont be afraid to use it. hell, i found out that my interviewer's sister went to the same school as my sister, so i dropped that into the convo, and he naturally said it was the same for him. anyway, overall, id certainly use it.</p>
<p>i am from the princeton area. i think it is really sporadic and depends on the supervisor for the area who is in charge of doling out assignments to interviewers.</p>