<p>First question the Princeton alumni who happens to be Chinese asks me is if I'm Chinese as well. I reply in mandarin that yes and I also speak mandarin fluently so he replies "why don't we converse in mandarin". I'm like alright cool w/e and so the entire interview is conducted in mandarin.</p>
<p>Anything of the sort ever happen to you guys?</p>
<p>nope, all my interviewers were americans (and spoke english...)</p>
<p>uh, not at my interview </p>
<p>I guess you'll get extra points for your interview if he wrote "fluent in mandarin" O.o (besides the fact that you guys probably connected better)</p>
<p>thats really awesome!! as someone in their second year of learning mandarin, im really jealous that youre already fluent!! also, one of my friends who is literally a polyglot is basically fluent in french, and told his interviewer so, and from what i understand the majority of the interterview was conducted in french...so this does happen sometimes, just depends on whether both parties are fluent in the same language</p>
<p>My AP gov. teacher told me this helped someone get into Harvard, so I'm betting it helps with Princeton too. Either way, it's very admirable. Good luck!</p>
<p>Sounds like a great interview for you.</p>
<p>wow... that's special :)</p>