<p>Ah! So my interview is tomorrow, at Starbucks.
Should I offer to pay for her drink? And if she offers, am i to accept, or say nono i got it thanks?</p>
<p>here's what i do...to eliminate any kind of awkwardness:</p>
<p>arrive at the interview a good 15-20 minutes early and buy your own drink. then, find a quiet place, preferably in a corner (make sure the chairs are the regular wood ones - those extra plushy-soft chairs are tempting, but they can be quite a distraction during an interview) and wait patiently for your interviewer. He/she will then buy their own drink and then join you. Thus, any "who is going to pay" awkwardness is eliminated =D</p>
<p>hope that helps!</p>
<p>According to my interviewer they are not allowed to buy you drinks. It was an akward situation but my interviewer started apologizing and said that he would buy me a drink but they are not allowed. I just carried on and bought my own drink (I wasnt expecting him to buy me one lol)It was weird lol. Just pay for your own drink.</p>
<p>As an adult, I would always offer to pay for a younger person's drink/food. Cadabra's interviewer was just cheap. How would anyone from adcom know he bought interviewee a drink. But, do not offer to buy the interviewer a drink/food, it would be inappropriate.</p>
<p>I'm interview for my Ivy and because I had donated to some sports organization there I got a huge legalese document that among many other things said if I ever interviewed a recruited athlete I could not buy him or her food or drinks or let him or her use my phone....it was pretty scary, so I tried only to interview only normal applicants - and have paid for sodas!</p>
<p>My interviewer insisted on buying me a drink. I tried to buy my own coffee but she wouldn't let me.</p>
<p>ya my interviewer bought my drink too, although I offered to pay for my own. But it's innapropriate to pay for theirs.</p>
<p>hmm, interesting, am I the only person to have an interview in a restaurant?</p>
<p>Wow. Thank you guys for the help!
I will either buy the drink before she arrives, or buy my own quietly.
I'm glad I asked :)</p>
<p>hmm, my cousin does interviews for Cornell, and I asked her this question before I interviewed for another school. She said Cornell does not allow interviewers to buy anything for the applicants, and vice versa.</p>
<p>haha, mine paid for my drink and didn't even give me a chance to say no. I was there about 5 minutes early and did not know what do with myself so I went up to the counter and grabbed a bottled iced tea. Turns out, the guy in front of my was my interviewer and he had a hunch that I was the interviewee and he just paid for it without making a scene and turned around said "I got ya" after he had already paid. I wasn't sure what to say, but it was very generous of him, but I am not sure what I would have done if he offered to pay instead of just doing it. Imagine if I turned out not to be the kid he was interviewing.</p>
<p>thats interesting coolman, my interviewer paid for dinner and even offered to buy my mom a slice of cheesecake (which i politely turned down). the only awkward part throughout the entire interview process was wondering about what could be awkward. so, just relax!</p>