preparing for my interview

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<p>my interview is coming up in about 2 weeks. I'm not sure where because the interviewer has to get back to me with the time and location (he was still in the planning stages when we spoke)... so I don't know yet if it will be casual or more formal. But either way, I have a couple of questions:</p>

<p>1) Were any of you asked some really "hard" questions in your interview that I should be prepared for?</p>

<p>2) I read somewhere that the more selective a college is, the more likely they are to grill you about things like current events? Did this happen to anyone, and should I expect it? I was kind of nervous when I read this -- I think I keep up with current events fairly well, but probably not as well as I should</p>

<p>3) How did you prepare for your Princeton interview? </p>

<p>4) Is there anything you would have done differently in your interview?/any other advice?</p>

<p>Thanks so much for your help! This will be my second college interview, and the first one went wonderfully -- I suprisingly wasn't nervous at all, even though it was with the Dean of Admissions! But for some reason I feel less prepared for this interview because, well... it's Princeton :) And with my test scores, I can't afford to make any mistakes! </p>

<p>If you, like myself, have an interview approaching: Good Luck! I wish you all the Best during the interview/application process! We're all in this together :)</p>

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<p>one hint:
show a genuine interest in your interviewer.
ask them about their career, their experience at princeton, their thesis, other interests, etc... if you happen to discover a common interest, then great, but they will be flattered, and it will keep the conversation going.</p>

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<p>My interview is tommorrow. Have I prepared? No. Will I prepare? No.</p>

<p>I will merely be myself. If he doesn't like that, then sucks for him. :)</p>

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<p>i didn't prepare at all.</p>

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<p>My interviewer didn't once ask me anything about myself, passions, or ECs. All he talked about was the great things about Princeton. It was really weird. My Harvard one went a lot better.</p>

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<p>Just don't forget to think about why you want to go to Princeton and why Princeton should accept you.</p>

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<p>I just had my interview today. </p>

<p>The first 30 minutes was basically me and the interviewer going "I love Princeton so much, because....yes, me too....yeah.." back and forth.</p>

<p>The other 30 was about interests and stuff. But overall, it was really laid back and fun. I had a good time.</p>

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<p>I somewhat winged mine for ED. I had a fairly good idea of why I wanted to go to Princeton and what I wanted to say about myself, but unlike some of my friends, I didn't spend a long time preparing.</p>

<p>My interview lasted 15 minutes (gasp!), and more than half of it was me asking my interviewer questions about her time at Princeton. It really was rather laid back and pleasant.</p>

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<p>my interview was today and lasted 2 hours long.</p>