<p>Any guidance on the Duke interview? The interview is this weekend at local Starbucks. Are these interviews "scored'?</p>
<p>ignorance is everywhere</p>
<p>Mine was pretty short. He asked me to talk about my ECs and the book i was reading. He also asked me whether or not intelligent design should be taught in science class, and why (this was just to see how i presented an argument)</p>
<p>They're generally easy and conversational. They don't count very much towards your admission, as long as you don't do anything really stupid. Don't worry about it at all.</p>
<p>I don't think they're scored.</p>
<p>Yep, I've got mine in a couple weeks, but mines in this guys office building, and I think he's an accountant, so that should be interesting. But anyway, from what I understand, the interview is A component of the application, but I don't no if it's a heavy weight factor. At least at other schools I'm applying to, the interview can be thought of in the following sense: if you are only an okay applicant and have a great interview, it could be the extra push you need to get into the acceptance pile. </p>
<p>Good luck! If you just be yourself, I'm sure you'll do great (yuck, corny advice, I know, but it's true.) :)</p>
<p>for mine he basically asked me "tell me about yourself" and then we just talked about random stuff for 45 minutes. really no questions at all</p>
<p>my interviewer just started out with tell me about yourself, and then he just told me to ask questions. I did most of the questions, he did most of the talking. He also asked what were my favorite school subjects.</p>
<p>Classes, ECs, random stuff. laid back. I think their agenda is really just to see you as a person, not to extract tons of info.</p>
<p>My Duke interview was 34 minutes long. I spent 28 minutes waiting in his secretary's office. Out of the next 6 minutes which consisted of the actual interview, 3.5 were spent talking about his recent trip to India (I am Indian). The next two minutes was an engaging speech about what a wonderful place Duke is. I did, however, manage to squeeze in a prime 30 seconds about my accomplishments, ECs as he was shaking my hand and telling me that he would write me a glorious recommendation.</p>
<p>Yes, they are evaluative. I had mine yesterday at a local Starbucks too. It was very informal.. started out as a conversation about my activities and hobbies and then transitioned to Duke.</p>
<p>In terms of specific questions, my interviewer did look at his papers and ask:
So, besides your extracurriculars, what do you like to do with your time?
If you could fix one problem at your school, what would it be?
If you could pick one thing that identifies you, what would it be?
Have you had any meaningful interaction with your teachers outside of the classroom?</p>
<p>He also asked if I had visited campus and if I had any questions for him about Duke.</p>
<p>Dude, my interview is in 6 hours...</p>
<p>Marchmadness -- why was your interview so timed/condensed? I thought interviews usually tend to be 1hr+?</p>
<p>^ Did it go well yellowducky?</p>
<p>Idk, he must have been a busy man. I did give him a copy of my resume though, so I guess he assumed that was enough. Basically, I'm thinking that it means that interviews don't mean much to Duke. He was a big-shot white businessman, and it seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing. He said he was going to go straight to his computer and send off my interview rec, so I'm not gonna complain.</p>
<p>my son's interviewer was very cordial and amusing (he goofed off a lot at Duke, had tons of fun and "paid" for slacking later). He is successful in his field but said tons of his classmates were smarter and worked harder. He looked over S's resume and was very good about focusing on Son. However, he asked outright, where else are you applying? OK, now in order of where you want to go the most , give me the list! This was very not fair, but son decided to just be honest. Well, almost honest. He had a huge crush on a certain Ivy which was a reach of course, and said "Ivy and Duke" are my Reach schools and it would be foolish of me to count on admission, then he went on with comments and listed out his colleges in sort of an order of preference.<br>
So...humility seemed to be a good choice. The guy said he was going to give our S his top recommendation..best candidate in years.</p>
<p>um, yellowducky?</p>
<p>haha lmao.
but to OP: make sure you go in there knowing: WHY DUKE?</p>
<p>Mine was relatively short on the whole.</p>
<p>Very low-key; mostly focused on the questions I had for my interviewer than questions she had for me.</p>
<p>Resume stayed in the envelope until I asked her if she wanted it as I was leaving.</p>
<p>I prefer it that way.</p>
<p>i loved my interview!
it went great.</p>
<p>basic questions
Why Duke?
What are 3 adjectives that a friend would use to describe you?
What are your hobbies?</p>
<p>My interview's tomorrow at a Starbucks, a little nervous. At least it's not gonna be as formal as the Harvard interview--an hour in a law office with two grads staring you down gets unnerving. Good luck to all the others doing interviews...</p>
<p>My guy was pretty chill. He didn't look at my resume once, and he wasn't interested in my academics.</p>
<p>Questions: </p>
<p>Tell me about yourself?
Two things to improve?
Two things you like about yourself?
Two things you like about your school?
Two things you dislike?
Favorite subject?
What did you feel you did not include in your application but should have?
How would your teacher describe you?
How would your sister describe you?
Favorite book? -> irked me a bit (How can I say, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" with a straight face)
Favorite extracurricular activity?</p>
<p>We then shifted, and I asked some questions. Honestly, I think if you just ask about Duke basketball (read up a bit before, heh) you will be fine.</p>
<p>i think EVERYONE will ask about basketball... so thats not the way to go.</p>