<p>Some have interviews in public places. For some its too noisy. Some have the students come to their workplace (office) and yes-- some are seen in the alum’s home.</p>
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<p>Or colleges arrange for a public space so local alum interviews take place in a centralized location with a few vetted alum liaisons to oversee the entire operation. Around a dozen or so alum interviewers could be conducting interviews in such spaces. </p>
<p>Yes, I know all these things. Were you trying to make a point were you trying to make when you said, “oh my, here we go again” - ? </p>
<p>My point about home interviews was that I thought they are not the most desirable locations…even though I know interviews happen there, all the time. </p>
<p>One reason would be - kid now knows where you live, worry about distractions, kids being nervous about going lto a stranger’s home. Interviews at kid’s home filled with distractions, too. </p>
<p>Yes samurai- PG and I referenced a thread from a few years ago where this issue got beaten to death… and then some. Wish in the new format there was an easy wayt to find it. PG did-- hope she links it again.</p>
<p>I only read a couple if pages of this thread. The whiteness and font size is too painful to read for very long… i promise not to beat subject death. ;)</p>
<p>Cobrat,
In many places there arent all that many alums and/ or there arent all that many interviews. In my area the college does not get directly invvolved in arranging the interviews. They provide the contact info and some very basic info. There are some suggestions/guidelines/policies/procedures for the interview arrangements/procedures, but this is all done on a volunteer basis. The schools do not provide or rent any space for these interviews.</p>
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<p>Too bad we can’t access that old thread in the old format. The topic was chewed up and spit out. Bigtime.</p>
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hit “enter” prematurely. Does that count as a typo?</p>
<p>It is an appallingly bad “upgrade”. I am thinking my CC addiction will come to an early end. </p>
<p>OMG that thread was a real doozie, SLS. Probably better that you can’t read it. IT would make you want to poke a stick in your eye.</p>
<p>Many, many threads make me want to poke a stick in my eye. </p>
<p>Maybe I will read it through when I have had a glass of wine. Probably highly entertaining. </p>
<p>I would recommend 2 glasses of wine. Or single malt scotch. </p>
<p>75 pages. Yikes. Might be a whole bottle. I bookmarked it and will have to review. When I can read this forum again without getting a killer migraine. Arial font…just enrages me. It is ridiculously hard for me to read. </p>
<p>Woo hoo, PG I found it! <a href=“Do I allow my daughter to go to the home of Ivy alumnus to be interviewed? - #271 by jym626 - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/855533-do-i-allow-my-daughter-to-go-to-the-home-of-ivy-alumnus-to-be-interviewed-p19.html</a></p>
<p>There are some amazinly outrageous posts in that thread. If they werent edited out.</p>
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Fingers move faster than the keyboard… again</p>
<p>I don’t understand why the student was upset about the wife asking her where she applied. I was asked that question in an interview, and I answered. Not a big deal.</p>
<p>I read a couple of pages. Wow. </p>
<p>Interesting, it is. </p>
<p>Now you know what prompted the “uh oh, here we go again” reply.</p>
<p>A little bit unusual if the interview is being held in a public place, but I would just go with it. Perhaps he has had a bad experience in the past. Think voicing an objection would just put him off, which isn’t your objective.</p>
<p>Yes, now I do. I was baffled. Thanks for sharing!</p>
<p>Sorry I can’t refer to post number (another problem with new format). A couple pages back Epiph. quoted me as she assumed that I was assuming that she was the mom. I said “the mom’s report” --I knew the poster was NOT the mom. That is why I didn’t refer to the OP, OP’s kid, etc. I referred to “the mom,” thinking the mom had complained to the OP about it, and the OP was passing it along in this thread. I believe I was misunderstood. (No need for facepalm.) I think it is best in this situation (and as an approach to MANY somewhat unexpected situations in life) to imagine that the other person has some good or at least harmless reason for doing what he or she chooses to do that you can’t control anyway-- Instead of thinking that her rights are being violated, that the guy had bad intentions or is doing something illegal or against the rules, that he needs to be reported/fired, that the two of them were conspiring to ruin her (the student’s) chances by stressing her out, etc. Really, this is an opportunity to meet another human being that she may not have expected to meet. Why not approach it with a positive attitude? If anything could change the student’s outcome, (I’m sure nothing about this interview actually would) it would be a hostile or defensive attitude during the interview. It is the simple difference between choosing to think “Pleased to meet you!” OR “What the heck are YOU doing here?!” And after the interview, peace out. “His wife was there. Shrug. Whatever. . .” (I know some students who would be “grilling” both husband and wife to see if there are any potential internship connections there 
It’s all in how you look at it.)</p>
<p>Student said that the non-alum controlled the interview, asked most of the questions (~75%). When student complied with naming a few other colleges she had applied to, non-alum pressed her for more info, was not satisfied with the few mentioned, and even started naming schools and demanding to know if those particular schools were on her list. Questions from non-alum sounded very rehearsed. Alum could barely get word in edge-wise. I have nothing to say to anyone who thinks this is “No Big Deal.” Again, if it’s No Big Deal, then have a group reception, inviting random significant others with absolutely no association with the private college in question. (Oh wait, I guess it was the non-alum’s college-in-law, which allowed her to CONTROL the interview.) I seriously think my student told me that they said that “both of them” would write up a recommendation. Swell.</p>