<p>My MIT interview is soon and it's going to be at the alumni's house.</p>
<p>Apparently, my dad, who used to work at MIT, wants to meet him and say a quick 1 minute hi at the start.</p>
<p>Would it be weird/suspicious if an EC hears the doorbell, opens the door, sees me and my dad together, and then I say "Hi, I'm "insert my name here" and this is my dad." followed by a 1 min talk with my dad, and then my dad leaves and I enter the EC's house.</p>
<p>By weird/suspicious I mean like would the EC think I was using my dad to try and influence him before the interview (even though I'm not)?</p>
<p>Also, should my dad ask "How long will the interview take?" or is that a stupid question to ask?</p>
<p>I don't think your dad wanting to meet the interviewer would be that much of a problem, but I'm not sure about it.</p>
<p>For the how long thing though, I don't think you should ask. Several people at my school had interviews for MIT that lasted 2+ hours (the longest clocked at 3). It was in a good way too. ^^</p>
<p>As an interviewer, this is not that uncommon a situation. However, I would advise e-mailing your interviewer in advance to let them know what your dad wants to do. I have certainly had candidates where I felt that they weren't actually applying to MIT at all; rather their parents were applying through them.
Again, I've met quite a few parents over the years, but it is worth letting the EC know.</p>
<p>Durations can vary widely, usually mine are an hour or so, but I've gone shorter and longer depending on the candidate (longer is not always better).</p>
<p>I would be impressed that your Dad came with you.</p>
<p>Speaking as one (a Dad, not an interviewer,) if my child were interviewing off-site, and especially at someone's home, I'd want to meet the person.</p>
<p>If, and the probabilities are infintesimal I'm sure, something were to go wrong, I've never forgive myself for not taking the most basic step to insure my child's interview was "okay." Does that make sense?</p>
<p>My interviewer wanted to meet my mom after the interview. He specifically requested that she come pick me up and that he have a chance to talk to her - mainly, he just talked about MIT, though he talked a little bit about what we had discussed in the interview as well. So if you're nervous about having your dad come with you when you arrive, you could always have him pick you up, which probably would not be weird at all, and would not be like making the first impression be with your dad standing right there and all....</p>
<p>Yeah, you could ask your dad whether he would be willing to meet the interviewer afterwards instead. Also, you probably do want to email your EC to let him know.</p>
<p>I think that wouldn't be the best idea. why go through the trouble- just focus on YOU and don't add the extra elements of emailing your ec, letting him know etc. plus you'll look more independant alone, always good.</p>
<p>I had an interview last night. It was quite odd actually. 30 minutes of him telling me about MIT from his expericences (I didn't even ask; he just started talking haha). Then 15 minutes talking about me. Then 15 minutes for some questions. </p>
<p>This interview was definitely different from the ones I've already had.</p>