<p>There are some colleges that will no longer permit interviews in either the interviewer's home or the interviewee's home. Cornell is among them (my daughter found this out when she scheduled her interview). The rationale seems to be that if interviews are conducted in public places, it is not possible for either participant to accuse the other of some sort of sexual misconduct afterwards. This cuts down on the legal bills. </p>
<p>However, if the college doesn't mind and you're not uncomfortable with going to the interviewer's home, I see no problem with it. The female interviewer/female interviewee situation is probably the lowest-risk pairing anyway.</p>
<p>Both of my boys have interviewed at the interviewer's home and in coffee shops. They preferred the home interviews because it was quieter and more relaxed. They said it was weird wondering if someone was listening to their conversations at the public ones.
There were family members (and dogs) at home during the interviews. I never had a problem with it.</p>
<p>As an alumni interviewer, I can report that some parents are definitely concerned about interviews at the interviewer's house. I used to do interviews at my house, but several times parents invited themselves in and wanted to stay in the house while the inteview was taking place. One wanted to be in the room during the interview which, of course, I couldn't allow. This has happened to other interviewers I know. I am not imposing or scary in any way. The parents came to the front door with their children and obviously planned to stay in the house regardless of who answered the door. I no longer interview at my house and my college, Yale, specifically tells interviewers to suggest multiple venues so the applicant doesn't feel he or she has to go to your home.</p>
<p>Since she offered her house, and you don't mind, meet her there. The advantage to you will be that you'll learn things about her, so that will help you get ideas about what things to mention about yourself that would be of interest to her. Since presumably her home is most convenient for her, she'll probably be less stressed, too (It's amazing how many things alum juggle in order to volunteer as interviewers).</p>
<p>I personally wouldn't have concerns meeting a female interviewer in their home. I would have concerns about meeting a male interviewer in their home. Indeed, I think that most thoughtful males would not interview a strange female of any age in their home for a job or for college consideration. </p>
<p>I don't interview students in my home any more because a deferred student dropped by my house (when I was out of town) and left a gift bag at my doorstep. That gave me the creeps because I wondered what he might do if he ended up being rejected.</p>
<p>That same student also had overstayed his interview by about a half hour. Instead of driving himself to the interview, he had had his mother drop him off, and then called her after the interview, and waited for her to pick him him. He then kept talking to me about himself while waiting for his mom. That was annoying to me, and would have been extremely inconvenient if I had scheduled back to back interviews.</p>
<p>Another female interviewer told me that a student who was rejected showed up on her doorstep with his mom. They basically pushed their way in and then insisted on going over a scrapbook about his achievements. Apparently, they thought somehow that the interviewer was to blame for his rejection or could reverse his rejection.</p>
<p>Despite the noise problems in coffeeshops, I found it better to interview students there.</p>