<p>Yeah, now that I have gotten your attention, I plea that you dont leave this thread till you help me out....</p>
<p>Ok I know what an interview is....lol. But, I was asked to come for an interview for princeton, and I am not sure what the person is going to ask me.....(in other words...I am lost).</p>
<p>So, what is done in a typical interview..? Help me out here pls...</p>
<p>Ok, although i haven't had a formal one, i think i had an informal one. Anyway, (catchy title by the way) the guy didn't ask me the questions you'd expect like "Why Princeton" or "What do you have to offer to the univ" and stuff like that. No we mostly discussed our interests. What REALLY helped was knowing about the university. If you've read the prospectus and everything, try reading "The Rule Of Four" by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. It's about these undergrads studying in Princeton, and you learn a lot about Princeton (Caldwell graduated from Princeton). If you can, I'd also advise you to go and talk to your counselor, he/she might be able to give you some tips.</p>
<p>oh ok.. read more books about Princeton....although i thought "The beautiful mind" was enough ...lol...but yeah I get ya.... So u saying that I should not prepare anything in mind apart from being myself.???</p>
<p>Well "prepare in mind" I guess you should. Like since I didn't know that my interview was formal, and it was on such a short notice that I had nothing prepared. And if I had another chance I would have liked to mention that I speak 4 languages but I guess i missed my opp. So no, you should have in mind a direction, but don't plan out a whole dialogue. What I strongly advise you to do is have like some questions ready, not stuff like "So what job opportunities can you get with a Pton degree" but like thoughtful ones, that you have as backups wehn you sense that the conversation is going through a slump. In a way it's like talking to a girl, never have a dialogue planned out, cause she might say one thing that will totally ruing everything, but have an idea of the values you want to convey, and be alert at how she reacts to what you say (same goes for the interviewer).</p>
<p>nicely said Zarah......nicely said</p>
<p>If you REALLY want to impress your possible interviewer with your arcane knowledge of Princeton, you should read The Making of Princeton, by James Axtell:</p>
<p>If you're really interested in this school, this is a very entertaining and easy-to-read book.</p>
<p>I would also recommend This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, though it is a little out of date.</p>