<p>Hi, so I'm going to have my interview soon, and I am nervous and borderline terrified. :( I've never been interviewed for anything before, plus I'm not very good at socializing. So this is really big for me. Can anyone share their experiences so that I'll calm down a little? >.< I'll really appreciate it. What was the alumni like? Did they ask typical questions like Why Georgetown? How long was it? etc.</p>
<p>I have mine tommorow. I don’t know why Igot assigned to an interviewer in the city. I live 1 hour north of the city so I have to take an hour train ride into the city to be interviewed. I did some research on the guy interviewing me and he is on the board of Georgetown + holds an important position at a 12Billion dollar Private Equity fund…
This should be very very interesting.
PS: I’m wearing tie, sports jacket, button down, kakais and boat shoes.</p>
<p>No need to worry, I had my interview yesterday and it was fine. It was at her house and we talked for well over an hour.
They ask the typical why georgetown questions, and also they give you a little bit of an opportunity to “brag” a little bit and include some mentions of awards or honors that you weren’t able to put into your application.
It really is just an extra effort to get to know their applicants.</p>
<p>You should be fine, there is nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I’m not good at talking…especially with strangers who are helping to determine my college path 
I’m applying to McDonough, and what I’m really afraid of is he’ll start to ask me business type questions. So if I had your interviewer UVA, I’d be terrified. >.< </p>
<p>Anyone else care to share their experience? I’d be very grateful :)</p>
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<p>Okay that’s 2 stories, soon to be 3. Anyone else? I’d actually be more interested in McDonough applicants. But if you’re not then please feel free to share too :)</p>
<p>By the way UVA, after your interview, could you tell me how it went? I’d really appreciate that. :)</p>
<p>I have my interview in 1hr. I’ll let you all know how it goes. I’m extremely worried because it is taking place inside the Alumni’s office on Park Ave. The alumni is also on the board of gtown… AHHHH</p>
<p>Alright I just had my interview and I don’t know If it went well or not. I got grilled so bad about my stat. He asked how many AP’s I took, sat/act, class rank, gpa. Worst part is that he didn’t know much about the act. I told him my sat first and it was a 1820. He asked subscores and I didn’t even know them becase I took it 1 year ago just to see how i’d do… Then I told him I got a 33 ACT and I didn’t think he knew what that was in sat scale. Finally he asked what percentages my sat and act scores were. I didn’t know my sat percent bu I knew my Act percentile was 99 and he still didn’t look impressed. Well I guess I’m not getting into gtown.</p>
<p>Thanks for responding UVA 
Oh man, that sounds brutal. Did he even ask you questions that pertained to Georgetown itself? Or anything other than academics? It doesn’t sound like what sugerghuman and anonymous said it was like. :(</p>
<p>Relax.</p>
<p>It is not clear how important the alumni interview is at Georgetown.
Probably can only help but not hurt. The interview process is designed to provide information about you as a person. Your application will have all the academic stuff so it is not necessary to relay all this information to the interviewer. </p>
<p>Best thing to do is (1) dress for the interview (business casual) and (2) be prepared for the obvious question “Why do you want to go to Georgetown”.</p>
<p>When answering the “why” question, stay away from glib responses (ie it is a good school, you get a good education, it is in washington). The interviewer knows all that.
Best thing to have is an “individual” reason why you want to go-something based on your values or beliefs.</p>
<p>ie. I want to go to Georgetown because I want a classical liberal arts education. Historically Georgetown’s approach reflected the Jusuit’s orders committment to classical eduation.</p>
<p>ie. I am interested in political studies and going to Georgetown will allow me to learn from experts in the field in the political capital of the country and perhaps the world.</p>
<p>ie. I want to go to Georgetown because of its uniqueness: its gothic architecture, its beautiful campus which has the advantage of being close to official Washington while also being in a historic residential community, and because of the friendly student body which is from all over the country and the world. When I visited the campus, I was struck by …</p>
<p>It helps to have some knowledge about the school going in. Most of this is on the web, so take a little time and read up. This is not the time to ask basic questions about the school or its requirements-especially if this information is on the web or was provided when you toured the school. It is a good idea to have one or two questions prepared about the school.</p>
<p>Know a little about the history of the school. A hoya is a mythical creature. The bull dog mascot is not actually a hoya. Georgetown interrupted college during the civil war as the students left to fight for the North (1/3) and the South (2/3). Its colors blue and grey reflect the civil war.</p>
<p>If you are comfortable, talk about yourself, your connection to the school (even it is only watching the basketball team on TV), your family and/or your background as this information is usually not in the application. </p>
<p>Provide information that you think will help your application and be careful not to be too comfortable in your discussions as this is an interview not a chat with a friend.</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>UVAorBust - That sounds like the complete opposite of my interview! My interviewer specifically told me that he wasn’t interested in hearing about my grades/test scores/etc. Instead, he wanted to know more about my family, my ECs, and my involvement in things outside of school.</p>
<p>Well, I get screwed in terms of luck once again. Thank you god.</p>
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<p>When you say business questions what do you mean exactly? They won’t ask you specific things like industry news or what amount the DOW Jones is at. Maybe things like, why are you picking business school over say, SFS?</p>
<p>My interview couldn’t have gone any better.</p>
<p>To start off, the guy interviewing me was one of my friend’s dads and works with my mom. So going into it, I knew it would be a very comfortable conversation.</p>
<p>I got asked questions about my family, my classes, my extracurricular activities, what I would do with a free year, and what I would like to mention to that may not be apparent on my application. After that, I asked him questions about his Georgetown experience.</p>
<p>We ended up talking for an hour and forty-five minutes. I felt great going out of it.</p>
<p>I realize not everyone has the advantage of having a personal connection to the interviewer, but I’m sure the laid-back atmosphere I got applies to most interviews.</p>
<p>Mine was good. While I am not applying to the business school, my interviewer went to the business school. She interviewed me for an hour in her office. She was nice, wanting to know mainly about me (what I wanted to do in life that would be furthered by attending Georgetown, what my extracurricular involvement was like, why I liked Georgetown). She joked that since I took Latin, I’d be able to read the diplomas (hers was on the wall behind her, written entirely in Latin), something she could not do. In addition to my motivation, she asked what I wanted conveyed in her report that couldn’t be properly put into the application, and answered any questions I had about Georgetown, telling me stories about having the then-unknown founder of AOL as a guest in her class and attending the university with Fonzie’s step-daughter.</p>
<p>It was a very relaxed atmosphere.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing everyone! Your experiences have made me a little more relaxed now. They were extremely helpful. Hopefully I’ll get a cool interviewer like you guys did–except UVA’s lol, sorry you lucked out. :(</p>