Hi everyone,
My Princeton interview is soon and I was wondering if there were any specific or weird questions you were asked.
People who have interviewed with Princeton in the past couple years, were there any unexpected/unconventional questions aside from the typical “tell me about yourself”, “talk about your extracurriculars”, “why Princeton”, etc.?
Thanks 
Tell me about how you spend a typical day.
Tell me about your favorite book / movie or last read book / last watched movie.
How will you spend next summer?
My daughter had her interview today. She said it was very low key & conversation like- not pretentious at all! The interviewer started the interview off by asking her about her family (if she had any siblings, what her parents did for a living, things like that) what she liked to do for fun, what her high school was like, if she had visited Princeton (she had) & what parts she liked about it and why she applied to Princeton. From there, it was very much a conversation about her favorite science class, favorite teacher and why, what she wanted from her college experience and then she got to ask questions. She thought it went very well. The interview lasted an hour- they met at a coffee shop and this alumn was actually a highly regarded professor at another well respected top college in our area -she thought that was helpful in that this interviewer was used to interacting with young adults on a daily basis.
Good luck!!!
Thanks so much! Just had it and it went great.
My interview was super chill. Honestly, just be yourself. Highlight your passions, and don’t be afraid to be different. Admitted 2021.
Don’t think of the interview as a test, like a job interview is. It really doesn’t matter much at all.
I had one today and the interviewer asked me what I would have done today if I didn’t have the interview. He also asked me what I want included in the report she has to send to Princeton–anything I wanted to say on the application but did not have chance/space to. He was really nice overall