<p>Hi, guys.</p>
<p>I was offered an interview over the phone because there aren't many alumni interviewers in my area (I'm an international). The interview lasted for only 15 minutes, and the interviewer didn't really follow-up on the questions I asked, and the only questions she asked about Princeton were about 'would I fit into Princeton's community' etc, no question about why princeton for undergrad and all.</p>
<p>Does any one of you have had such a short interview over the phone?</p>
<p>that does sound strange…part of the college admissions process is luck and I guess your interviewer just happened to be too busy that day. She might still write you a great rec from what she knows of you. Anything can happen in this process</p>
<p>Don’t fret.</p>
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<li><p>You’ve seen it before on these threads but we can’t stress it enough; the Princeton alumni interviews REALLY don’t matter like admissions interviews at other schools. We aren’t even trained by admissions for the interviews, we get general guidelines. I’m sure if you said or did something horrible to your interviewer admissions would hear them out, but otherwise they just aren’t a big deal.</p></li>
<li><p>Whether or not you get a long, in-person interview or a short phone call is totally either luck of the draw or a sign that there were too many applicants in your area for the alumni volunteers to cover. This year after the regular emails had gone out asking for people to volunteer we got a later call for people willing to conduct interviews over the phone, to try to get at least that much contact with applicants. The pool can sometimes just be too big to get everyone an interview.</p></li>
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<p>Just don’t worry about it, the interview is supposed to be much more of a dialogue than an interview, and it’s not a huge deal. Good luck!</p>