How to define a glowing/horrible interview

debarghya9
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:04:16 +0000

^^ Yeah I get what you’re saying. I’ve been interviewed by only one school till now. After the interview, I thought it went fine but it didn’t really reach the heights of intimacy that so many interviews reported here on CC do. It lasted half an hour. My interviewer asked me about my academic plans and why I wanted to go to the university he was interviewing for. He didn’t really try to gauge my intellect save for asking “what books do you read?”. Then I asked him some questions about his experiences there and he was very forthright and straight about everything. I thought it was good. Good, but not good enough to create a lasting impression of me as a person in the interviewer’s mind, I suppose.

A boy who happens to be a friend of my friend was interviewed by the same interviewer and they talked almost like two hours. I know that kid is a brilliant conversationalist (something which I’m not). I was wondering if there was something I didn’t do right in my interview. We talked very briefly about my EC’s and I really didn’t try to (or get to) force my “best attributes” upon the natural flow of the conversation. I wonder if this means that the other boy is getting a “glowing” report, while I am not.