<p>Honestly, if OP was my Yale interviewer, I’d be disappointed with those canned questions. They don’t necessarily elicit any important information about a particular candidate. “Tell me about yourself,” makes a heckofalot more sense than: major? mistakes? weaknesses? whyYale? </p>
<p>My D’s Yale interviewer (whom she knew in the sense that he was an alum of the same hs) made her come home crying because he was so awkward and drilled her about current events minutiae that elicited nothing about her other than what she knew about current events. All that did was make her respect him less and wonder if she really wanted to go to Yale. Fortunately, she made the right choice anyway.</p>