<p>Strange thing happened to me at Starbucks. I finished my interview and waited for my Dad to pick me up, interviewer had left. This old guy who was at the next table eavesdropping started talking to me and ranting about how american corporations were all screwed up and why I should only work for myself. He thought I was interviewing for a job and he said the interviewer was a clown and I shouldn’t trust him. This guy was freelancing as a tech consultant. I smiled, played along, and listened to the guy for five minutes. Left when my Dad arrived.</p>
<p>Why is this posted in the College Admissions thread…?</p>
<p>Dunno about “common” . My advice to you:don’t frequent that starbucks in the future</p>
<p>maybe that guy was a secret agent admissions man</p>
<p>Oh you’d be surprised at how common this is, this exact scenario has actually happened several times to me.</p>
<p>Dude, that guy was a CIA field agent spying on your interviewer. You got caught in the middle.</p>
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<p>Why not? Because the man eavesdropped on the OP? Or because you don’t find his beliefs acceptable to a social norm? I don’t see how these can be a deterrent factor against the OP going back to the said Starbucks.</p>
<p>the old guy was right</p>
<p><the old=“” guy=“” was=“” right=“”> True, true. If you know anything about the corporate world, it’s that everyone’s trying to one-up your ass and will throw you out to the dogs to save themselves. One big bad world.</the></p>
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<p>Sounds like HS.</p>
<p>You can run into strange people anywhere and chances are you will run into many strange people during your lifetime. If anything, the man got you to consider a different point of view for a little while.</p>
<p>What if HE was the real admissions interviewer and the other was a fake! Mwhahaha</p>
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<p>It has nothing to do with what he said or what he believes. If it were my daughter came who out to the car and said some old creep wouldn’t stop chatting w/her-- I might consider going inside and exchanging some words with him. Young people, IMHO, are sometimes at a disadvantage. I would have hoped the OP would have said curtly: “Thank you for your thoughts. But you weren’t invited to my private conversation. Good day” and moved to another spot. What he did was rude. Period.</p>
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<p>It was an alumni interview for a top tier college.</p>
<p>Not that unusual for random people – sometimes random people who are a little “off” – to insert themselves into conversations in public places.</p>
<p>Yeah: definitely a strike against the “interview at a coffee shop” thing, right NSM? No creepy eavesdroppers at my dining room table! ;)</p>
<p>I think that Starbucks might be likely to attract weirdos, since their restrooms are open to anyone, and you basically could just sit at a table all day if you want.</p>
<p>Another question for Northstarmom: If an interviewer for a certain school hasn’t called by the first week of February, would it be safe to assume there will be no call? I guess I’m asking what a realistic cut-off date would be for interviews for fall 2010 admissions.</p>
<p>I’ve interviewed students as late as March 15, and admissions has called to make sure the students were interviewed, indicating that admissions had strong interest in those students.</p>
<p>That man speaks truth.</p>