<p>I just have my Penn interview... I was by Skype but it last only 25 minutes!! She was really nice actually, but she didn't ask too much about me... She just ask me: What do you want the admissions office know about you? And after that, it was merely my questions about the school. Why do you think she acted this way?</p>
<p>oh, sometimes interviewers are like that. depends on the interviewer (and you are not “screwed” at all). sometimes, the school wants the interviewers to make it more like a Q & A format, not the interviewer asking you any question.</p>
<p>These interviews are not “decision-deciding”</p>
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<p>If you talked to me like that, I’d get pretty annoyed within a couple of seconds…</p>
<p>^Well in fairness, if it’s a skype interview, it’s a good chance that OP is an international</p>
<p>Hey Noka,</p>
<p>I’m from Canada, and I have a friend here who applied to Penn who received an in-person interview. His interviewer told him that the interview wasn’t intended to evaluate you as a person or have any bearing on your chances of admission; it was solely for him to find out more about Penn. I hope that makes you feel better!</p>
<p>Besides, I don’t think ANYTHING can ever screw you over for admissions at Penn, save a photo of yourself on Facebook vomiting on a statue of Benjamin Franklin or something.</p>
<p>Best of luck! =)</p>
<p>I know someone who had a Penn interview. It went fab. They spoke for over and hour and a half. The interviewer told the applicant they could absolutely see them at Penn, stay in touch, gave them the personal cell number, etc. The applicant did not get accepted at Penn. My point, don’t worry. The interview is not the deciding factor.</p>
<p>Although I’m not applying to UPenn (got into Columbia ED), I had a moderately short interview (15-20 minutes) with the head of admission for my region. She asked me very straight forward questions: does your highschool career represent you, why do you like engineering, name three characteristics your friends would use to describe you, etc. It was not very personal in that she didn’t ask me about my favorite movies or books. I was admitted, and she actually wrote me a personal note suggesting that I join the URC because I seemed to fit the bill for that committee. Don’t worry if it’s not freakishly personal. Interviewers are really supposed to see if you’re right for the school and then answer your questions. That’s about it (:</p>