<p>I have my interview tomorrow for Brown and I was just wondering what types of questions I should ask my interviewer. I love interviews and I am excited to answer his questions but I’m not sure what types of questions I should ask in return. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been home alone all week so I can’t really ask my parents for help. Thanks :)</p>
<p>When the interviewer asks you if you have any questions, ALWAYS say “no”. The question is purely a formality intended to instill some semblance of cooperative dialogue between the interviewer and the interviewee.</p>
<p>That is terrible advice.</p>
<p>When the interviewer asks if you have questions, ALWAYS say “yes”, and have a couple of intelligent questions ready. This true for all interviews in life-not just college. If you say “no” you come across as disinterested and miss a great opportunity to steer the conversation and tell the interviewer something important about yourself.</p>
<p>@WilliamWagner its QUITE the opposite
use the time to show your interest in brown… ask some questions you couldn’t find answers to on the website
however, if its something like “what is unique about brown’s curriculum?” it will probably be unfavorable considering EVERYONE knows about the liberal curriculum
there was a thread on here that was EXTREMELY helpful… it was by like fireandrain or something like that who is actually an alumni interviewer 
ill post the link when i find it again</p>
<p><em>edit</em> FOUND IT <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/810532-brown-interview-faq-answers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/810532-brown-interview-faq-answers.html</a></p>
<p>My interviewer is a graduate of Brown’s graduate school. Would it be bad to ask him questions about the undergraduate programs I’m interested in? Or things about undergraduate in general?</p>
<p>post #2 was obviously a joke…</p>
<p>brightdreams: Since graduate students interact with undergrads, it’s OK to ask him those questions – although there will be lots of things he won’t know about.</p>
<p>agreed. you need to show the interviewer that you are interested in the college, or “whats the point of applying here?” is what they would think</p>
<p>Instead of overanalyzing the ‘role of questions’, you’re better off asking your interview exactly those questions that you want to know the answers to. More often than not (I’ve done nine interviews this application season), the questions arise contextually and it’s often better not to prepare for them. With Columbia, I asked my interviewer (a lawyer) how he felt about spending two years reading the works of dead white men and how he thought the Core (of which I am an ardent supporter) related to his career and personal life. With Pomona, I asked my interviewer about the experience of being a Singaporean student at a liberal arts college (something you don’t see everyday). With Princeton, I asked my interviewer about foreign service careers and my conceptions of Princetonian intellectualism. And with Brown, I asked about popular conceptions of the university and how they related to the school both back in my interviewer’s time there and now. Your questions don’t ‘need’ to be anything, they simply should reflect your curiosities; they are, after all, your opportunities to capitalize on the experiences of someone else at the tail end of an education at the school you want to attend. Arguably, information can be obtained off web pages, forums like this one and with an email or two addressed to the right peoples; opinions and reflections, on the other hand, (for instance, from the hypothetical graduate who left the same conservative small town as you for Brown) can be far more valuable. Don’t be afraid on the other hand, to tell your interviewer that you have no questions. At my Tufts interview, for example, our conversation was largely two way and whatever perspective I wanted to glean from this particular interviewer came out naturally in body of the interview itself; at the end of it, I told my interviewer quite plainly that the substance of the interview and my prior research provided me with sufficient perspective and information and that I had no further questions.</p>