<p>I was just wondering how long the congressional interviews are and what sort of questions they ask. Is it just one person or a group of people?</p>
<p>There really isn't a "standard Congressional interview." My interview lasted only 5 minutes, and I wasn't even asked a question by the interviewer. But if you're from a really competitive district, the interview could last an hour and might even be in front of a board. If I were you, be prepared to answer some basic interview questions:
Why do you want to go to West Point?
Why do you want to serve in the military?
What has been the most meaningful extra-curricular activity?
What is your greatest strength/weakness?
etc...</p>
<p>I guarentee you I had the shortest congressional interview of anyone.</p>
<p>I didn't even have a congressional interview but still received a nomination. Kinda odd but i'm not complaining.</p>
<p>mine was about 30 minutes long with 2 people interviewing me</p>
<p>Spider's nomination came from an inteview that lasted about 15 minutes. It was kinda cool though, because the guy who did the interview was the guy who wrote the article on the benfits of the plebe experience, Col Bo Friessen.
<a href="http://www.usna-net.org/4thclass.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna-net.org/4thclass.html</a></p>
<p>In my state, New Jersey. </p>
<p>For both my senator and congressman, I was interviewed in front of a board of 4 people. One was for about 30 minutes, the other 45. They asked me everything; even if I had problems with girls at school.</p>
<p>Mine was 10-15 minutes probably even shorter. I had 5 retired military interview me.</p>
<p>lol, jq, same thing here. Even better, they said I couldn't get their nom (double nom then) and I said I wouldn't go. Well, that was a lie haha.</p>
<p>I was interviewed for about 20 minutes. The first time by a panel of 5, 3 military 2 civilian. They were friendly. The second interview they were pretty cut straight to the point, and the third interview they were very nice again. It depends who you interview with. They will ask you why you want to go to West Point, what your values are, why you want to serve your country.</p>
<p>i was also asked what i wanted to major in and what i wanted to be when i graduated. if you want to be a pilot or a doctor come up with two answers.</p>
<p>There were, I believe, 5 people on the board who interviewed me. One was a local high school teacher, 1 retired military veteran, 2 Naval Academy Alumni and another dood. In addition, my congressman's laison/constituent was present too.</p>
<p>The Questions I was asked by them:
1) Why do you want to go to USMA?
2) Where do you see yourself in ten years?
3) If you caught someone cheating, what would you do?
4) (depending on how you answered the 3rd question)
What if it was a close friend and it was only a 'one time deal'?
5) Who do you look up to?
(btw, a buddy of mine answered, 'Jesus' to that question and the
interview did not go as smoothly---there were follow-up questions)
6) What sort of leadership responsibilities have you had and
elaborate on them (or something to that extent) (funny, cuz they
had my resume, but i guess they liked to question their candidates)</p>
<p>There were a couple more questions, but I've forgotten them.
I really did not like my panel too much since they seemed to be interogating the applicants. I talked with a couple of other applicants a few weeks later, and they had a terrible experience similar to mine.
The board would just interogate u and would come up with follow-up questions and basically, if you're not initially confident to defend your answer, you'd be digging yourself a deeper hole with all their follow-up questions.</p>
<p>-Btw, I did end up getting a nomination from that Congressman yesterday! So I shouldn't be complaining :-)</p>
<p>Oh yea, and it wouldn't hurt to write a thank you note to your interviewers after your interview--it certainly didn't hurt me :-)</p>
<p>my phone interview for the senator's panel (two people) was around 15 min. and my in-person interview for the representative's panel (4 people) was around 30 min long. in both cases, they asked questions regarding my interest in west point, my future plans (academically, militarilly), my leadership positions and some moral ethics questions. </p>
<p>the best thing to do is to answer honestly. if you do, you should have no problems.</p>