<p>I have an alumni interview for CIT today and I’m not sure if I should bring anything there other than myself. Anyone have suggestions or have gone to one of the interviews and can reply?</p>
<p>My son’s CMU interviewer suggested that he bring a resume if he had one. (He did, but that’s mostly because his nice mom had started it a few years ago for him.) You could have a folder with resume or common app printout with you, in case needed.</p>
<p>Make sure you have a ton of questions that you want to ask about CMU. My interviewer pressed me on that saying most of these interviews “are not qualitative but informative”. As for bringing something, I didn’t bring anything to the interview and my interviewer didn’t request anything either. I guess it depends on the interviewer. Unless explicitly stated, as in colorado_mom’s case, I wouldn’t bother bringing any materials.</p>
<p>I do alumni interviews and don’t mind seeing a transcript or something of the sort. It lets me know where you’re standing relative to how most people I knew back at CMU were. That said, if you don’t feel comfortable showing one to an interviewer, you don’t need to.</p>
<p>As nightvisitor said, it is mostly an information session for you. What I’ve been told by the alumni council is the interviews are supposed to be for people that don’t have the chance to visit the campus in Pittsburgh. By talking with an alumni they’ll be able to ask any question they want of the interviewer and get an honest answer (hopefully). Please have lots of questions, otherwise it can be difficult to know what to talk about. Also, we do have to write up a little report on you, and if you’re asking questions and involved in the discussion it makes it a ton easier (which will probably make the report better, too).</p>
<p>I’ve done interviews both with and without the parent present and both seem to work pretty well. I think the most awkward interview I had was when I met a family at a restaurant, they had me sit with their kid, and they sat one table over. It’s like, I knew they were listening to everything we said, so why wouldn’t they just sit with us so they can ask their questions to me instead of badgering their kid later that day.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to do an alumni interview SEND OUT AN E-MAIL NOW. Our reports need to be sent in by Feb 1, so if you want CMU to have a record of you doing a visit, SEND AN E-MAIL NOW. That said, if you get accepted and can’t visit but want someone to talk to, do it any time.</p>