<p>Hey other applicantees, I just had my Yale interview, so I thought I'd share a little. My interviewer was a woman who works at the European Central bank in Frankfurt. I had the interview there, so I dressed up with a tie and jacket because...well, it's a bank. She was really nice and the interview was really comfortable. She had a list of 15 questions which I'm sure Yale sent to her. There weren't any surprises; the questions were very basic and were not intended to stump or trick. Examples included: "Why are you interested in Yale?", "What do you want to accomplish in the next 5 years?", "Have you ever not attained one of your goals?", "What asset would you bring to the Yale community?" etc...the conversation flowed smoothly, and it took less than 45 minutes. Hope that helps somebody....</p>
<p>Any idea how well it went? Could you read her reactions or not at all? Mind sharing some other questions she asked? Thx for your post, it'll help many applicants.</p>
<p>She was very positive the whole time. She told me that she hoped I would get in, and that she'd write an excellent report, so I'm assuming it went pretty well. some of her other questions were: "What are your strenghts and weaknesses?", "What are your interests?", "How important are people to you?", "What do you think a person needs to have as quality to go to Yale?" etc... oh, and "Who do you want to study under?"...jk, ;)</p>
<p>I'm giving you all these because I understand how nerve-racking it can be, and because it doesn't affect the application process to a significant degree. You don't want to appear as if you've memorized the answers to these questions, but you should prep yourself if you're not good at speaking on the spot</p>
<p>Tbh, all these questions sound like they came out of the catalog. I guess these are the standard questions that Yale interviewers get from the brochure. Thx for sharing and good luck for your application, :-D. So was she German, btw?</p>
<p>There are no standard questions provided by Yale. Perhaps your interviewer interviews a lot of applicants and these are her standard questions. I know I have a standard list of questions, but it comes from years of interviewing, not from a Yale brochure.</p>
<p>I just had my interview today, and it went very well. I'm sure I will be getting a postive report. Although I did get some unexpected questions, such as, "How important is humor in your life?" Did anyone else get this question, or some other strange ones?</p>
<p>Well, not TOO strange, but mine asked, "If you were an animal, what would you be?"</p>
<p>Interview went great by the way.</p>
<p>My daughter is having her Yale interview tomorrow. She cracked up when she read this about animal(she is not an animal person). She said, "Turtle, I may be slow, but I usually finish first. Turtle is also good luck for Chinese."</p>
<p>i didn't get either of the animal or humour questions; all of mine were really quite standard</p>
<p>Pearfire: no, she wasn't German, she was Greek</p>
<p>My daughter had the interview.<br>
1. What do you think you'll doing 10 years from now?
2. If you had one regret, what would it be?
3. Books you've read lately.
4. What would you like me to add to my report that's not already in your application.
The interviewer went to my daughter's high school and his daughters also graduated from there. They had a lot to discuss, but it seem to be similiar to robbyg's interview (different questions, but similiar theme). My daughter thought the conversation flowed very easily. He said to her, "It's not the school you go to, it's what you make of it. You seem to be the kind of person that would get the most out of wherever you go. I hope you get accepted to Yale because then I'll have the pleasure of calling you to let you know."</p>
<p>Yale doesn't have "standard" interview questions that all interviewers ask...it differs from alum to alum.</p>
<p>I hate the "one regret" question.</p>
<p>I don't have any regrets. I've liked my life, and all my mistakes. Like Ali and Game, I would do it all over again the same.</p>
<p>I agree with Kamikazewave. I don't regret anything because every mistake I've made has helped make me who I am today.</p>
<p>So just tell them that?</p>
<p>Sure, if you really feel that way. But the whole "every mistake has helped make me who I am today" can also be kind of cliche. Do you think you are the best you can be now? You don't necessarily have to have regrets, but there is always room for improvement.</p>
<p>By the way, my interviewer asked me about 3 things I would change about myself. It was actually easy to come up with 3 things.</p>
<p>i had my interview at this nice restaurant in this mall in the bar. my interviewer was this middle class cuban lady (i do live in sofla) and she never asked any of those questions, she basically asked why i want 2 go2 yale and she just explained alot of stuff about the school, its a pretty white bread nerdy school according to her, but its still yale so who cares</p>