I also am an interviewer for a highly selective school – not Stanford, and I know little about their specific process, so take with a grain of salt. But this would work for me…
- Read anything on the Stanford page about the process - it probably will give hints on questions and what sorts of things they ask interviewers to look for
- Show off your intellectual curiosity, engagement, and passions (all sorts). Let your personality show!
- Know about the school and why you want to go there and what you would study/join/do there (seems obvious, but believe it or not, I sometimes get applicants who don’t have good answers to “why” the school or use the wrong major names or are unsure of fairly basic facts).
- Do have questions prepared for them - bearing in mind they are alums (and in this case an old one!)
- Use this as a chance to add anything to your app that you didn’t have room to put on your app or activity list if you think is interesting or important- take voice lessons for fun for 16 years but didn’t have it on your activity list? Feel free to mention that you might want to join a singing, etc.) or anything you want to add that just happened?
- Unlike the other poster, I fully expect many candidates google me after I reach out, and I am a pretty open book when they ask me questions
. I wouldn’t expect people to pepper me with questions about what they learned about me (that would be a bit strange), but I would not at all be surprised if they had viewed my LinkedIn,etc.