@potatoz Last year the “finalists” were the ones who interviewed - so being interviewed meant that you were pretty close to admission. It might be different this year. Yes the interviewer knew just about every little detail about my application and asked specific questions. The interviewer also asked some other generic interview questions. As for length, I can’t really remember, but it was definitely less than an hour (so shorter than my interviews that I’ve been having for college). As for your chances, I honestly have no idea, I would say maybe 50/50 because they really do love coders. That being said, this year’s applicant pool is supposed to be tougher than last year’s. Either way, I would give it a shot. I was in a similar situation last year - I applied to three summer programs that were tough to get into. I wasn’t sure that I would get into any of them, but I still applied and ended up getting accepted to all three (too bad it isn’t working that way so far with colleges haha).
And don’t worry about asking too many questions, I’d be happy to answer them!