<p>i interrupted my interviewer a few times... but it totally wasn't on purpose. he had this tendency to stop in the middle of his question and then i would assume that he had finished his question so i'd begin answering and then he'd keep talking, to finish his question...</p>
<p>it was a weird scenario... </p>
<p>i dont think i presented myself as a strong speaker...</p>
<p>sooo word of advice to those of you who haven't had ur interview yet ... make sure you look like u know what you're saying :)</p>
<p>as for me, my dreams of columbia are shattered :'(</p>
<p>I had an interviewer like that. He took a long time to say one thing, so I never knew when it was safe for me to talk. I accidentally interrupted him once, but he kept on talking. He didn't really crack a smile, and I didn't dare ask him more than one question in case I took up too much time (because it seriously took him ten to twenty minutes to answer one question).</p>
<p>Anyway, I walked away from the interview with mixed feelings, and I think that's normal. I really wouldn't say that your dreams for Columbia are shattered.</p>
<p>People who take too long to say what they have to say, and people who have no sense of humor, well they should all be shot is all I have to say :)</p>
<p>lol thanks guys... i just realized... i always feel like i did crappy for every interview so maybe its not just columbia i screwed up on... </p>
<p>yeah actually my interviewer was pretty old and he didn't smile either... i was sitting there grinning like an idiot and he had a stubborn frown the whole time</p>
<p>i heard that if you get a REALLY bad interviewer though, you can write to the school and tell them that ur interviewer was a nut-job and that they should disregard your interview evaluation</p>
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i heard that if you get a REALLY bad interviewer though, you can write to the school and tell them that ur interviewer was a nut-job and that they should disregard your interview evaluation
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<p>Yeah, i also heard that if you get a REALLY bad math teacher though, you can write to the school and tell them that ur math teacher was a nut-job and that they should disregard your C in math!!</p>
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<p>What did she "confirm"? If your interviewer sexually harassed you or something like that, Columbia wants to know and you should let them know. If you got a curmudgeonly old geezer as an interviewer and send a whining letter about how you didn't like him, Columbia will probably reject you on that basis alone for being a dumbass.</p>
<p>columbia2002, if you think jerseygirl is a "dumbass", thats great! but do you really need to tell her that? does it really help her? i think you are a very informative member here at cc, as you have answered several of my questions. however, i think you should consider how your posts and tone can make people feel. i dont wish to debate with you or insult you, only to bring to your attention how you come across.</p>
<p>nah. i think not. Christ. You guys are real wussies. He/She makes a really good point. Did he call you a dumbass? no. Should he have? definately.</p>
<p>My friend reports having an amazing interview with an alum where they connected and had some laughs. He was rejected ED. In my interview with Penn we had a good period without any talking towards the end but I was still accepted. Interviews are not make or break, but to see that you are a real person (not like the woman who stole an identity to get into Columbia), some interviewers can verify ECs (saw an example of this in the parent's forum) and for you to ask questions about the college. They are not required, so they cannot be a deciding factor in your admissions unless you do something really bad like say a few ethnic slurs, threaten the interviewer, lie about ECs, etc.</p>
<p>i agree with columbia2002, the worst thing is to have a bad interview then draw attention to it by seeming like an immature sheltered child who doesnt think anything is his/her fault. I am quite sure that would hurt you alot more than just having a bad interview.</p>
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<p>One additional point is that you never know what your interview report will be like. Just because the interview seemed like it went bad doesn't mean that he is going to write a bad report; he may make everyone feel like they had bad interviews, but he's got to give good reports to some people.</p>
<p>The reverse is also true. Sometimes kids I interview really walk away thinking they had a great interview with me, blind to the fact that they're getting a not so great review from me. I may like the kid and have a good conv w/ him, but that doesn't mean that the kid meets the criteria that Columbia is looking for..</p>
<p>"Sometimes kids I interview really walk away thinking they had a great interview with me, blind to the fact that they're getting a not so great review from me."</p>
<p>I don't either and I am sure C2002 is very proud of the fact that he is so hard to read by those 17 - 18 year olds. It's intoxicating when you have so much power and so knowledgeble.</p>
<p>Sorry I sound a bit snippy, but I think C2002 has been very rude to the kids on this forum, especially on this thread. C2002 is not representing Columbia well. I would hope after 4 years of the best education this country has to offer that one would know how to get one's point across without being rude - at least that's what I would expect of my kids.</p>
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<p>It's not power; it's the natural human tendency to want to be liked. An interviewer wants the interviewee to feel comfortable, to like him, to think things are going well, to engage him/her in a good conversation, etc. An interviewer isn't going to want to have an awkward conversation for 45 minutes if he can avoid it. You can read any interview book and hear the same thing. That's why the interviewee often can't tell how an interview went based on his/her perception of whether the interviewer liked him as a person.</p>
<p>Besides, a Columbia interviewer doesn't have too much power given that the interview is a secondary factor. It takes a really terrible applicant to get such a bad review from me such that would actually make Columbia seriously consider rejecting someone who was otherwise great.</p>