My perception of the interview is that it is a way to look for kids who fit that too tightly wound/perfectionist types that probably would not be happy at MIT. They are looking for that person who will contribute to campus and can play well with others. Hence the not wanting to talk about resume, grades, and scores. My son genuinely enjoyed talking to his interviewer about her experience at MIT. She didn’t give much feedback but did comment that it was refreshing to just be able to talk to an applicant without them trying to use every question and comment to bring up resume fodder as applicants from a highly competitive private HS in our area with many MIT applicants are apparently trained to do.