<p>It was really exciting. It lasted for about an hour. The guy knew a great deal and he really seemed to treasure his college experience. I asked him way too many questions (probably more than he asked me). He was tentative in answering a few questions, but other than that it went smoothly. Sadly, I had some trouble answering questions about Inception (my favorite movie which he had apparently watched). So how was yours?</p>
<p>And,how do you know if your interview went well?</p>
<p>My interview was just like a conversation. He said the interview was supposed to be how he could show Princeton how I was unique from the other applicants. That was the first question and the rest just flowed from there. I asked about five or six questions (way fewer than the twelve I was planning to ask). I know my interview went well because there weren’t too many awkward pauses, and he told my mom and me afterward that he would write me “a glowing recommendation.” :)</p>
<p>Mine didn’t have any awkward pauses surprisingly. I don’t know if I showed that I am unique from other applicants but I talked about my activities and my accomplishments. The thing is, I couldn’t tell if the guy liked me or not; that’s what worries me.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s a good sign or not that my interviewer said not to stress out about the EA round so much because there are plenty of qualified applicants that don’t get in EA but are later accepted. Does that mean he think I won’t get in EA or does it mean that he thinks I’m a good candidate that will probably be accepted either way?</p>
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<p>Alum interviewers are notoriously bad at telling whether or not someone will get in. At best, having a good interview just means you have one more advocate for you application…an advocate no more powerful than your teacher recs and likely considerably less so. </p>
<p>The thing is, an interviewer has a limited sample to compare you to. He/she doesn’t see the other applications, so how can a substantive comparison be made?</p>
<p>"I don’t know if it’s a good sign or not that my interviewer said not to stress out about the EA round so much because there are plenty of qualified applicants that don’t get in EA but are later accepted. Does that mean he think I won’t get in EA or does it mean that he thinks I’m a good candidate that will probably be accepted either way? "</p>
<p>1) He doesn’t want you to needlessly stress
2) Factually, many EA deferees eventually get accepted
3) what he thinks means nothing to your eventual likelihood of being admitted/rejected
4) he has no idea of your relative chances </p>
<p>He was trying to be nice. Don’t overthink it.</p>