<p>Mario--The interviewer shouldn't ask questions about politics and history if those aren't your areas of interest. Don't worry about what happened on the phone. I suspect you're magnifying the interviewer has since forgotten. As long as they are good questions, ask as many as you like. I've had people with a list of 10 questions and that was fine because they were all specific and not stuff you'd know from the Yale website.</p>
<p>Not all ASC territory link high schools with specific interviewers. I had never heard of such a thing until I read about it on CC. Several of my college friends interview in different states and none of them live places where there is this linking thing. I suspect a few places to the linking, not the majority of ASC territories.</p>
<p>It would be weird to ask about secret societies. They are not a big deal at Yale and only about 10% of each senior class belongs, so odds are you interviewer won't have too much to tell you. Even if he or she were a member, s/he can't discuss it!</p>
<p>All the older interviewers I know are really nice and easy to talk to. If you get someone in their 50s, 60s, or even 70s, don't freak out. They are probably very cordial, kind people who enjoy interacting with teenagers. They wouldn't be alumni interviewers if that weren't the case.</p>
<p>I've received an email from my interviewer's secretary and in the email she said "Please bring all relevant documents to your interview." I was just going to take my resume but are there anything else that I need to take?</p>
<p>idk, it sounds like a hard interview. my interviewer said just bring yourself no resume etc.
but how come they can't call you themselves or at least email you themselves</p>
<p>Supermario: don't read into the person's assistant contacting you. He/She is pretty busy but still wants to take time out to meet with a prospective Yalie. </p>
<p>In the business world, assistants/secretaries handle many, many affairs. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I just received an email for an interview at Yale.
I was wondering what I should wear... this is probably the #1 most asked, most-generic interview question, but I wore a full-fledged suit/tie ensemble for another college interview and I was completely overdressed...
The interviewer said it would be at his office.</p>
<p>Also, how much does the alumni interview count with Yale? I know that Harvard weights them a little more than other colleges, but I'm not sure about how Yale does it.</p>
<p>I apologize for the ridiculously generic/mundane nature of my questions, but I guess I can't ALWAYS post interesting (if somewhat frivolous) things on CC!</p>
<p>Since your question is generic/mundane, rest assured that it has already been answered in the previous 28 pages of this thread. Look through the previous posts by me and T26 for more detailed info.</p>
<p>Assuming you're a boy, a pair of khaki pants and a button down shirt sounds fine for an office. Alumni interviews are probably tie-breakers, although a really bad one can probably kill your application even if everything else looks good.</p>
<p>Ah I've seen you before AdmissionsAddict, the omniscient CC scholar :)
(that wasn't meant sarcastically)</p>
<p>Yes, okay, so khakis and a button-down ARE good. Is a tie overmuch, and should the shirt be tucked in or should it be let loose?
I'm usually decent with the interviews, but I'm prone to being nervous... especially with an interviewer whose conversational/social skills aren't optimal. Two slightly nervous people= a slightly disastrous interview.</p>
<p>You're probably right, but you really never know these days... I'm just worried about how I'LL act during the interview, not about my interviewer's social skills.</p>
<p>About how you'll act? Do you mean as in, how you will portray yourself or how often you will move in your seat. Personally, i have ADD and i can not sit still for longer than 3 mins</p>
<p>Yes, Yale MIGHT see that you chose not to interview. Depends on how your local ASC works. Instead of filing a report about your interview, a report can be submitted with the notation "no interview" under your name and the interview could submit a brief statement that you were offered an interview and declined. My bet is that most interviewers do not submit a "no interview" report, but I bet there are some that do.</p>
<p>@ SuperMario: At how I'll portray myself, I do that with varying degrees of success. My mind either goes completely blank and I stutter, or I can give a compelling schpiel about my passions...
I've heard bad things about my particular interviewer, too.</p>