<p>there's never a specific dress code, but you should never look like you just walked into the interview off the street...unless you happen to have fabulous, dressy personal style.</p>
<p>i go to a prep school and our guidance counselors say that when we're in dress code we're usually fine for an interview... for boys, that means shirt and tie and dress pants. for girls interviewing, you have more room to maneuver- just don't wear denim, sneakers, tee shirts, or anything distracting and you should be fine.</p>
<p>Got an email from interview coordinator in December. He told me it'd take like a month...maybe. Got called by interviewer two days ago. Interviewing tomorrow!! A little intimidated because the interviewer told me straight up that he got this guy from my school into princeton 2 years ago...expectations!</p>
<p>i got an email this morning =]. i go to a prep school too, and it's actually in princeton, and my interview is right after school on princeton's campus, so i'm going in my school's dress code. there's no specific dress code for interviews... just no jeans or sweats... try to dress business casual.</p>
<p>Occasionally..
Usually not much weight though. Most interviews are pretty basic.
They have more potential to hurt your application than to help it though.</p>
<p>About two days after I had submitted my application, which was around mid-December, the committee chair for my region sent me an email. He said they had recieved my information and he would be assigning an interviewer to contact me and schedule something shortly after the new year. I'm starting to get a little antsy, since the new year was thirteen days ago, but I suppose there's nothing to do but wait.</p>
<p>I had my interview yesterday. It turned out that my Uncle was in my interviewer's class in both high school and at Princeton, and that he took her to prom! Small world.</p>
<p>I was so surprised that I got contacted for an interview. I thought I lived in such a small place that won't have an alum living anywhere near...
Anyways, I got my interviewer's name (I googled it, and it seems like he's accomplished some major things, so as everyone, I am bit freaked out) and I'll probably be interviewed this weekend. I'll have to go brush up on my knowledge on Princeton!</p>
<p>Oh, if anyone wants to know, I applied on the deadline date...</p>
<p>My Princeton interview was the best of all the interviews I've had. We sat down at Dunkin Donuts and talked about life for an hour. He didn't take notes, didn't follow a rubric, yet I find he best accomplished the goal of learning who I am as a person.</p>
<p>I had my interview yesterday with an alum who teaches at the state university in my town. I wasn't really nervous because I'd just done an extremely scary scholarship interview, and it went well.
My interviewer asked me to call him by his first name. He took no notes; actually he didn't seem to know what to ask, so I ended up asking questions about Princeton and we ended up having a really cool conversation about the environmental research we've both done. He said at the end (an hour) he'd had a good time because with most kids it's like pulling teeth to get them to talk. I was surprised to hear that, it being Princeton and all.
I'm waiting to hear back from Princeton to decide if it's my first choice or not. I appreciated that my interviewer was very honest about the issues of snobbishness and professor availability (which are apparently definitely issues).
So my advice is to research the school, google your interviewers name, prepare lots of questions, and go in to have a relaxed but challenging conversation.
Good luck everyone</p>
<p>I have an interview Monday, but my interviewer said he was over 50 and graduated a long time ago. He also said that it was an informative interview, but I'm skeptical, since things may have changed a great deal.</p>
<p>Did anyone else have an interviewer who had not graduated in over 20 years?
And is it appropriate to ask the same types of questions to him as to a recent grad?</p>
<p>AskMe02, when the alumnus meets you at the agreed upon location, he or she should be wearing a Princeton ID badge, and carry the Princeton ASC (Alumni Schools Committee) papers that are only available from the secure TigerNet servers. </p>
<p>Unless you are a Princeton student or alumnus, you cannot use the Princeton website to look up Princeton alumni. All of the alumni directories require a TigerNet or User ID and LDAP password. </p>
<p>If you want, you could call the number of your local Princeton Club (you can search for this) to ask about your interviewer, but that is likely your only option.</p>
<p>Schrodingers_Cat, my interviewer graduated the year my mother was born (1962). It's in 4 hours, and I'm dying of nervousness. I actually haven't communicated with him at all yet; his secretaries have been the ones calling me. I have a bad feeling about this one... :/</p>
<p>Some of the "Old Timers" are actually some of the best alumni interviewers, but its not a question of age, but rather how active and informed they are as alumni. I've worked at the Princeton U Development Office and you would be surprised how well informed even some Class of '54's are! </p>
<p>The good news is that most alumni interviewers, as a matter of participation, are also the more active, informed alumni, the kind that visit campus often and go to colloquia and other Princeton events. Of course, many of them also have full-time jobs and families, so they may not be so easily able to drop you a direct line.</p>
<p>Personally, my favorite thing about the older alumni is that they are the friendliest people, and yet, they don't beat around the bush. They are really direct and forthcoming, and I think people appreciate that frankness.</p>