<p>Just for fun. Thank you.</p>
<p>I applied last year, but I’ll bite anyway.</p>
<p>My interviewer was dressed far more casually (jeans and T-shirt) than I was, but I had just come from a piano recital. He was a computer scientist at Microsoft, where he said Princeton students were heavily recruited by Princeton employees at Microsoft. He was very nice, and asked questions about the extracurriculars I had listed on my resume. He was very sharp and pointed out a discrepancy between something I said and what I had written down (the mileage on a backpacking trip, I fortunately accounted for the difference). That part of the interview lasted twenty to thirty minutes. He labeled me as a Woody Woo student, funnily enough.</p>
<p>The rest of the interview was my asking questions about Princeton and his thorough and detailed answers. It was actually quite enlightening, and increased my interest in the school.</p>
<p>baelor, how long was the interview in total? were you asked any pressing questions or was it more of a conversation? did you get accepted?</p>
<p>It was probably an hour to an hour and twenty minutes. I was not asked any questions that threw me off guard (not the case at my Harvard interview). It was a conversation for sure.</p>
<p>I am a current student. :P</p>
<p>My Yale interview lasted an hour and 15 minutes. The interviewer was from the area and was very kind but very sharp just as Baelor’s. One of the most memorable parts was when I told him that I loved Hans Christian Andersen. We discussed Disney’s false portrayal of the Little Mermaid (in the real story, she dies) and the dark, moralistic undertones of his work. The interviewer was EXTREMELY well-versed and able to carry on an in-depth conversation about everything we discussed. I was very impressed with him, and I am very excited that I was accepted!</p>
<p>Baelor, what sort of questions threw you off guard at your Harvard interview?</p>
<p>My Chicago interview was excellent. The lady was very friendly and we basically just talked about the school and our lives.</p>
<p>I’m worried the Harvard interviewer is going to be like, “What? You didn’t win the national so-and-so competition? WTH are you doing applying to Harvard blah blah blah.” Haha. It’s not like I’m going to get in anyway.</p>
<p>Haven’t done a princeton interview.</p>
<p>Thank you all for replying. The scope of responses is much broader than I anticipated. ne1 else?</p>
<p>Just got home from mine. It was mostly an informational meeting. She seemed to be there mostly to answer my questions about Princeton.</p>
<p>My Harvard interview was fairly casual, at Starbucks. I arrived 20 min early and kept looking around for her, but she turned out to be the one who found me (I’d googled her online so I knew what she looked like).</p>
<p>She started out with her life, then we turned to my life; I provided a resume which she accepted, and she started off with the standard questions. Soon I told her I was homeschooled (mainly when the topic turned to EC’s) and naturally she had many questions about homeschool. I don’t remember any particular questions that threw me off guard; it was more my homeschool education that kind of set her off guard. It ended with her not having any more questions for me. Fortunately I’d managed to stuff in a few questions about Harvard before our interview ended.</p>
<p>Overall it was an enjoyable 1-hour interview, though it was tinged with the nervousness that comes when you know that someone is evaluating you… especially based on a single meeting… I’m glad the interview doesn’t count for very much in the admissions decision. :)</p>
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<p>I was talking about ECs, which included religious ones and science ones. My interviewer asked how I reconciled religion and science. I essentially answered that no reconciliation is necessary.</p>
<p>Baelor, I am so jealous that you go to Princeton!
My interview for Georgetown was at the Starbucks inside of a huge Barnes and Noble. It was very conversational and after a few questions from him and from me we actually legit just started talking about life and sharing funny stories. it lasted around an hr and a half.
i got accepted, so i guess the interview helped.</p>
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<p>You should be, in a good way! Princeton has so much to offer. I hope those interested have good interviews and an opportunity to attend the school.</p>