<p>My heart jumped so hard! I was looking on my phone so I couldn’t see the subject line! And it was like “Thank you for applying…” and I was like oh crap, the next like will be “Unfortnately…”, haha, but it wasn’t!</p>
<p>Looks like they need more time to decide probably due to the thanksgiving holiday :-)</p>
<p>same email</p>
<p>Looking back on previous posts, it looks like this is standard procedure. I wonder has anyone ever heard on the actual date posted on the website. Lol</p>
<p>Uh oh I didn’t get it…either way I haven’t heard anything though ughhh</p>
<p>Ems dont worry and check spam!</p>
<p>Did you check your Spam? But no worries if you didn’t get it, some people didn’t get the email in past posts and they still received a final decision.</p>
<p>Okay good! A positive final decision?!</p>
<p>I got the same email. My heart DEFINITELY jumped. I went to class and came back and there were like 2 new pages of posts on the forum haha… Glad to know we are all in this together</p>
<p>I definitely have a bad feeling that I’m the only one on here that didn’t get it :(</p>
<p>Don’t worry yet Ems! We don’t even know what this means-- the fact that you were one of the few that got interviews means a lot-- plus, we don’t know if they already sent it to everyone on their massive list or if they’re doing it systematically somehow.</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten any email either… You’re not alone Ems. At least you got interviewed, I still got no contact whatsoever except the vitals email.</p>
<p>Shan, seems as if we had a couple of heart attacks today haha… =-)
Ems…don’t worry.</p>
<p>So what do you guys think of these emails? Do you think they are doing background checks still and contacting references? or what?</p>
<p>I received the same email. Has anyone heard from the Management and Administration Office?! My first choice as a documentary photography graduate student was to work in the White House Photo office and learn from Pete Souza and Chuck Kennedy!</p>
<p>Yes, I know they’ve contacted at least one person, but none of us can know for sure how far along they’re in the process or what circumstances dictate an interview. I would take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>None of us have the right to be discouraged right now.</p>
<p>I got an interview last week, Friday and it was about 45 minutes. I think it went really well. Then got a follow up email today that they were still interviewing people. The email also said that the decisions would probably be given by next week after the holiday weekend. I was curious did anyone get more than one phone interview? From more than one department?</p>
<p>Congrats on the interview! I just got interviewed by one department. Was the department that interviewed you one of your top choices?</p>
<p>For those of you who have been interviewed, how long were the interviews??</p>
<p>Hi I was interviewed twice. Both by two different of my top departments. One was 40ish minutes (pre-scheduled) the other 20ish (not scheduled aka random). They both went really well and the second random interview was more to just see if I had any questions about the department and make sure who I said I was on the application.</p>
<p>MBAGrad10, did your email say they are still interviewing others? And your email also said that they would give decisions after the holiday weekend?</p>
<p>Hmmm, def. didn’t get an email like that! :-/</p>
<p>I didn’t either. I just got:</p>
<p>Dear Applicant,</p>
<p>Thank you for applying to the </p>
<p>Spring 2011 White House Internship Program.* We are still processing your application and will notify you via email when we have made a decision.</p>
<p>*</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>White House Internship Team</p>
<p>Your e-mail was very specific MBA. I wonder does that mean anything.</p>
<p>I was interviewed by three different departments. The first one, about 20 or so mins, went really well. The last two were more brief and were about 15mins each. I didn’t take multiple interviews as a good sign though :/</p>