<p>@Morgan
Sounds like your interview went very well! Good to hear. :)</p>
<p>Mine was okay. I don’t feel like my interviewer and I “clicked” very well. Might have something to do with the fact that I’m more interested in arts and humanities and he’s a doctor? We talked for about 40 minutes…went into how I was studying Chinese history (source materials, texts from mainland China), which was something I didn’t really expect. And he also brought up healthcare reform, which I had fortunately read up on the day before. I do think I left a good impression, even if it wasn’t overwhelmingly impressive. :)</p>
<p>Mine’s tomorrow! I’ve been planning to wear this certain shirt for so long and now I can’t find it, so that’s disappointing, but I’m trying to remember it doesn’t matter. I think I have a new outfit in my head anyway. I hope my physics tests goes well so I’m not demoralized by it and that Quiz Team goes well, so I’m not feeling down an hour before my interview.</p>
<p>Wow, that is a complete contrast! It was weird; my interviewer pursued the same course of study that I want to do! But sounds good :-)) I was actually going on a wild goose chase in the library (interview place) because I thought I was in the wrong place! Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I have a quick question. My interviewer for UPenn e-mailed me and said he can do the interview on either Feb.3 or Feb.10 (both Wednesdays) at his office. It’s about 3-4 hours away from where I live. Does it make a bad impression or affect my admission chances if I say I can’t go or ask for a phone interview.</p>
<p>ptbdsrj: If UPenn operates like Yale, I’d say contact UPenn and ask them. 3-4 hrs away is ludicrous IMHO. If you were my kid, I wouldn’t let you do that. If there are no closer alums, then I’d let it pass. Pehaps there was a mix up and your name appears on someone’s list when it should be on another?</p>
<p>I guess it’s my turn to post my interview experience.
I got the chance to ask my ASC director why he wanted to join the interview. He said he thought i had a rly unique background so wanted to see me. After I had my 2-people interview, I came out repeating to myself “omg, that was so bad” for ten minutes, but the interviewers were certainly nice. I was just too nervous. Both talked to me equally much, one was a football athlete, one was a young female management consultant; it was slightly mentally tasking thinking up answers that wouldn’t sound weird to either interviewer. And i forgot to pay for my drink. So advice for future interviewees: if you have two completely different interviewers, try to be yourself, actually always be yourself, and try not to sit in an awkward position.</p>
<p>@Vortar: That’s interesting to hear. Yea, the added pressure from getting two interviewers sucks, but I’m sure they didnt mean to make you that nervous. You’ll be fine. Nice name btw.</p>
<p>@T26E4: Thanks for the reply. I don’t think it’s a mix up. Technically it doesn’t seem like a long distance. By car it’s abt an hour away, but my family doesn’t own a car. There’s no direct public transportation route to the meeting place. I have to change a lot of trains and buses so that takes up a long time.</p>
<p>The interview went better than I expected. I’m not a people person so I expected lots of awkwardness, but the interviewer had a bunch of questions and seemed interested in what I had to say, so it went fairly well. Basically I talked about my life, my plans for the future, my hobbies, interests, etc. I think I left a solid impression and a basic “image” of what I was about. Things wrapped up nicely.
I could have explained things more in depth, but oh well…
The interview lasted about 50 minutes.</p>
<p>My interview went great! I think my interviewer really liked me! I brought a copy of my resume and also my two essays that I submitted to Yale (because I said I enjoy creative writing). My interview was 30 minutes and I talked about my passion for spanish since I’ve studied abroad in Spain. We talked about my other passions (science, public speaking, piano, art) and I’m glad I got to say everything I wanted to say (stuff I practiced in the shower haha). I’m really glad this went well since my harvard interview was horrible :(.</p>
<p>I have my Yale interview in a week. Im the kind of person who is okay at interviews but am not amazing or anything, because no matter how casual they make it, I still get tense. When they ask “talk about yourself” what would interviewers want to hear?</p>
<p>“Talk about yourself” means “tell me about what makes you tick, what you like/dislike, love or hate”. It’s an open ended question. Hopefully it’ll be a vehicle for the interviewer for useful topics to continue discussing.</p>