<p>I'm doing my interview with a U of Chicago alum in less than two weeks. What should I expect? What should I know? Anything helpful or otherwise will be much appreciated :)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Relax, be yourself, and be talkative. As always, be polite, on time, and in appropriate attire. </p>
<p>You don't have to stress about your interview. Mine was on campus and very painless. Don't be afraid to talk--that's kind of what you're there for.</p>
<p>Mine on campus went for an hour and a half. Very unusual for a campus intervie. It's really just a regular conversation, at least mine's was.</p>
<p>talk about what? mine's in 2 weeks and i'm afraid i have nothing prepared except a few questions on the school. what do they generally ask? should i take a resume with me?</p>
<p>Be prepared to discuss the differing opinions of Kant and Nietzsche, alums love drilling kids about that kind of thing. Make sure you can differentiate and integrate 8th degree polynomials with trigonometric functions in your head in under 15 seconds. Knowledge of calculus based electricity and magnetism is also recomended. </p>
<p>In all seriousness, don't worry too much about it. This is your chance to show Chicago the person you can't be on paper. Show up with a good attitude, be polite, and be inquisitive! This interview is as much for you as it is for the adcoms, if not more.</p>
<p>Haha, you're too worried. Don't take anything. It's a regular conversation. "What do you like?" "What are your interests" It's a regular conversation that ends when you two have nothing left to talk about.</p>
<p>The interview was definitely more like a conversation than anything else. The only thing I found a bit, well, frustrating about it was that my interviewer became fairly critical of my senior thesis (which was qualitative research, no experimentation). "Why didn't you think of doing this? Obviously you should consider the ethical implications behind these theories" instead of realizing that what he was talking about wasn't even related to the project. I was willing to talk about the ethics behind those subjects, but kind of resented it being implied that I was irresponsible for not considering these topics.</p>