<p>If the interviewer said to dress informal (no need to dress impressively), should I wear jeans and a shirt, or dress pants and a dress shirt?</p>
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<p>What are some good questions to ask an interviewer?</p>
<p>There were many interview threads from last year with very good advice. It's never good to be too informal. I would not wear jeans, but instead khaki or corduroy depending where you live, a nice polo shirt or sweater, and loafers (no sneakers or flip flops).</p>
<p>There are ways of preparing for interviews. My daughter and I practiced together last year. I tried to ask her some tough questions to make sure she could think on her feet. Interesting enough, some of those questions did come up. One question to be prepared for is "what other schools are you applying to?" Even though they are not suppose to ask that question. Know current events (more than once my daughter was asked about different events), know your ECs because some interviewers may be knowledgeable of your ECs(one interviewer asked her about different styles of ballet training). Think about what is it about yourself that you want to come across to your interviewer, then frame your answers as such. Have a point of view when it comes to politics, but don't push if it's different than your interviewers'. One thing I always stressed to my daughter was to make the interviewer feel like it was a positive meeting. She got better with each one. </p>
<p>Most interviews don't matter, except if it's horrible, or if they think you lied or stretched your achievements on apps. Be on time, be sincere, be yourself and you will be fine. Practice with an adult before hand if you could. Good luck.</p>
<p>I agree about the clothing. I recently had a Princeton interview where the interviewer told me to dress casually as she would be dressing casually. To be safe, I wore khakis and a button-down shirt. When I meet the interviewer, she was dressed far from casually. I would say that she was dressed like she was going to church (if that makes any sense). Anyway, if the interviewer says to dress casual, do not show up in a suit, but it is better to err on the side of more formal.</p>