Did I completely screw up my interview?

adrenalinegirl
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:48:27 +0000

So, I had my Brown interview.

I expected it to go smoothly. Chit chat a bit, a couple questions about myself, and maybe a good laugh or two.
But it didn’t even seem like an interview.

It lasted about an hour long and was pretty much him lecturing me on the government and how schools are really not schools and implied that at Brown you weren’t going to get a good education. In fact, the interviewer badmouthed Brown and pulled up negative stuff about the university to show me on his laptop.

I was so shocked and so surprised. It didn’t seem like an interview at all. I have no idea what he learned about me! I don’t know what he’s going to write! The entire time I pretty much nodded and said the occasional “ooh” or “wow, I never thought of that” or “why don’t they teach this at school?” and sometimes tried to jump in and show him that I was thinking about what he was telling me. But I don’t know. I might have completely blown it.

He didn’t ask me “why brown” or “what are you r extracurricular activites” or any sort of questions at all. It was pretty much him lecturing me. He didn’t want to know anything about me, so it felt.

Was this how it was supposed to go? I’m assuming not. I have no idea what he even has to say about me or report about and the fact that he was saying bad things about Brown and almost trying to dissuade me really left me so shocked. Was this purposeful? Are any interviews meant to just make you feel completely surprised and stressed to see whether you can handle it??

Any commentary would be nice - especially if someone else has gone through the same experience. I hope I haven’t screwed up my chances.