<p>has anyone RD been contacted for an interview yet? i'm so scared...help!</p>
<p>if any ED people have anysample interview questions for us RDers or tips in general, thanx!...</p>
<p>here is a link to "Guidelines for Interviewers" from the Yale Alumni Schools Committee website:
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/asc/guidelines/interview.html#questions%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/asc/guidelines/interview.html#questions</a>
very useful information</p>
<p>I have!!!</p>
<p>An alumni interview a few miles away, at the house of the aforesaid. As a result I'm practically trying to figure out everything this woman does for a living...well, OK, just what a couple Google searches will get me on the place where she works. I'm so nervous.</p>
<p>i just got an email. i'm a little bit nervous. I'm just thinking about what to said.</p>
<p>The link above is very good. Now I'm totally nervous. My, those seem to contradict themselves.</p>
<p>I got a call last night from my future alumnus interviewer. I'm optimistic about it, because he seemed like someone I could talk to, which hopefully means a lively conservation with no awkward silences. Has anyone here done interviews for other schools? I met with an alum from Swarthmore some six weeks ago, which went swimmingly, so I feel like I have some experience.</p>
<p>Interviews are my thing, so I wasn't worried. I've had a bunch now, and I think my Harvard one went the best so far. She wanted me.</p>
<p>I got an EA interview with a guy in his 30s working at the largest law firm in cleveland. To be quite honest, the most intimidating part of the whole interview was the ride up in the elevator in the tallest building in cleveland, and stepping out into not your typical bland hallway, but the law firm itself, complete with a view over most of cleveland and out onto lake Erie. My interviewer was an extremely nice guy, but he didn't really ask me that many questions. I happened to be riding up in the elevator with a coworker of my interviewer, so I had a great conversation starter. There was no "what's your biggest weakness" or "how would your friends describe you" or even the question I was hoping for "have you read any good books lately?" I spent most of the time asking him questions, actually... But I really think the character of the interview varies tremendously based on who is carrying it out.</p>
<p>am RD applicant. i actually got contacted for the interview on last wednesday (the 4th) and had my interview the following friday. it was disappointingly basic (was hoping for the type of interview people rant about: i.e. having amazing intellectually discussion about string theory, or in my case, maybe sharon's stroke), and held at his office at the university near my house (since he's a professor). it definitely depends on the interviewer...he went to yale 35 years ago (!) asked very standard questions like what's your favorite class, what's your least favorite, what do you do outside of school, why yale?, etc. </p>
<p>We didn't have any 'amazingly intellectual' discussions, although i did ask him to compare yale and berkeley (because he went to berk grad) and got him to ramble on about his pet peeve of students not coming to him for help and stuff. but yes, i asked about study abroad, and they didn't really have study abroad then, so that question died. but he was part of the last all-male class at yale, so he had some interesting insights there. all in all, it went well until i screwed up at the end with some blabbing...but it went OK. <em>shrugs</em> </p>
<p>That interview really reaffirmed some of the things i love about Yale (he really sold me on the residential colleges and the quality of Yale's undergrad program), so i hope that didn't just kill my chances....</p>
<p>I just had my interview a few hours ago, and I thought it went really well. I had called him to schedule a time after he e-mailed me and we ended up having a 20 minute conversation about my school, sports, etc. I had already sent him a resume, so he asked about the political club I was involved in and we got into a discussion about outsourcing. He asked me some difficult questions (what are two aspects of your character that motivate you?), and several times he challenged me to support my ideas and plans (in a very non-confrontational way). Overall I thought he did a great job of finding out who I am as a person. It lasted an hour and a half.</p>
<p>do only certain high schools get interviews? I got my confirmation letter today and it said I couldnt get an interview b/c my high school isnt connected with their alumni network or something like that</p>
<p>No, but it does depend on whether there is an alumnae nearby. I had to resort to a phone interview, since I'm 200 miles away from the nearest interviewer. It's funny, I wish I had seen that link before my EA interview, but honestly, my interviewer probably asked me about 4 of those questions. What I liked about Yale was that the majority of interviewers are young people, who have recently graduated and share most of the same interests as you, rather than an old 60+ man who is more worried about the Medicare issue than you learning about the school. My interview lasted an hour and a half, but it was totally painless. What I found to work best was to answer the interviewer's question and then ask him/her some questions yourself. It makes the conversation much more lively and takes some pressure off of you. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>hmm, thats interesting. I actually live in a place where there probably are many interviewers nearby. Anyone else in a similar situation?</p>
<p>i read the guideline. i had my interview. i think my interviewer liked me. so what role do interview reports play in the admissions process??</p>
<p>cityknight, how did you know she wanted you? what did she say about you?</p>