<p>I was asked by an interviewer to provide some numbers in addition to information about my activities, pre-interview. I know that it is part of this particular college’s policy to not ask for numbers in the interview process. Should I politely inform the interviewer of this? I don’t have a problem with sending them as I’m happy with my test scores and such, but I’m wondering if this is intended to create an ethical dilemma to see how I respond.</p>
<p>Ethical test? Methinks you’re reading too much into this. I’m going to bet this was an interview with an alum. And what you’ve given is a fine example of why alum interviews are not really that important. It is hard to train a corps of volunteers to do the things correctly. What I think you run into is an alum that wants to play admissions officer. So before she/he writes the report they want to know your scores. Surprised they didn’t ask for a transcript too.</p>
<p>You could politely declined to provide the scores. There is another way though. Email the scores to the interviewer, along with an expression of mild surprise that they wanted them. CC the admissions office. You will be doing future interviewees a favor.</p>
<p>edit: if you do anything other than simply provide the scores to the adcom wannabe (eg decline, or supply under mild protest) then you should be sure to copy the admissions office. You don’t want the poser to try and sandbag you with a strongly negative review. Alum interviews don’t count for much unless there is a red flag in the report. For example “student said he is applying just to see if he could get in” or “student is applying because parents insisted”. </p>