<p>Hi CC community
I received a Princeton interview offer recently. Because this is my first time having university interview, I'm very anxious about it. I have a few questions. Do the alumni interviewers read your personal essays before they interview? If anyone had already gotten interviews, can you post some main questions? I know for some universities interviewers, they have an official interview sheet but some others do informal questions. Should I prepare with information about Princeton (ex. appealing classes, clubs, organizations in Pton) and precise inclination to study in Pton? Any advice would be appreciated, Thanks.</p>
<p>No – they are alumni volunteers who know nothing about you (stats, essays, etc.)</p>
<p>No set of questions because it’s all informal and de-centralized</p>
<p>No main questions</p>
<p>It’s a conversation.</p>
<p>Although written for Brown: this post basically covers it
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9107078-post1.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9107078-post1.html</a></p>
<p>I interview ( 23 yrs) for neither Brown or Princeton but my school and those are very, almost exactly, similar. Good luck.</p>
<p>@T26E4, thank you very much. I’ve read that Columbia university alumni interviewer had a formal question sheet so I was wondering if Princeton would be the same.</p>
<p>Hey, I just got interviewed by a Pton alumna today! Here are my afterthoughts:</p>
<p>As to seeing your stats, the interviewer doesn’t know them at all. I even offered my interviewer my resume, but she said she didn’t need to see it. It was entirely a conversation.</p>
<p>I would say that you should have questions prepared for your interviewer, because it is mainly a conversation in which both sides participate. It’s not like you’re being questioned in a courtroom. There should be some back and forth. </p>
<p>Have some main points ready that you’d like to emphasize, such as any extracurriculars or special passions.</p>
<p>Oh, and she said that the main point of our interview was so she could supplement anything I didn’t put in my application, so if you have something of that nature, be prepared to talk about it.</p>
<p>Good luck!! It’s very casual, don’t worry.</p>
<p>Thanks for your information. I have lot of things that I really wanted to talk about which I didn’t have much chance to present in my application. Now I’ll need to spend some time on my preparation. Thanks!</p>