<p>lol pay for both? That’s just absurd thinking. What kind of etiquette is that!?!</p>
<p>In two years, I am so doing interviews strictly at restaurants.
“Okay, well any questions?”
<em>nervous as hell</em> “Umm…no.”
“Okay, great. I’ll fill out my evaluation and you’ll find out late April if you’re accepted or not. So yeah, this food. You’re taking care of it, right?”
“Umm…sure?”
“Great! I’ll just slip out right now. I have an important meeting to go to. Oh, you wouldn’t mind if I order dessert to go right?”</p>
<p>@wombat and obstinate: it’s awkward just thinking about it. But the way the e-mail was phrased didn’t really give me a chance to negotiate the place- just the time. I was just given a list of times, so I chose the most convenient for me…would it still be possible to ask for a change of venue without being rude? Since I would be asking right after he told me what restaurant it is, he might take it as a slight…</p>
<p>Ugh, I just don’t know how to ask without it seeming impolite, and I definitely don’t want to give him a negative impression of me before we even meet.</p>
<p>Restaurant interviews <em>are</em> relatively common, especially when it comes to higher level jobs out in the workforce. You’d better get used to them.</p>
<p>Just don’t order anything which requires a lot of chewing. Oh, and you can be 99% assured that he’s going to pay (often for both of you).</p>
<p>Why don’t they just send the interview notices in one big wave of e-mails and then do the same with rejections? It seems cruel to make people wait</p>
<p>I got into my governor’s school but I don’t if I should accept their offer or not :/</p>
<p>I have to mail it in by the end of the month, but if I somehow got into TASP, then I would have to go to governor’s school, come home for ONE DAY, and then be on a plane the next day for tasp. Is this not overkill?</p>
<p>I asked my interviewer about Teach for America within a minute or two. He asked me how I learned that about him, and in a half-serious/half-joking tone, I said “Oh, I searched your name on the Internet.” The rest of the interview was significantly less creepy. </p>
<p>I think you’ll be fine. Don’t worry too much about saying stupid things.</p>
<p>That sounds exciting to me, personally. If I were you I would ask TA about your decision before you have to send your deposit in, they have dealt with conflicts like this before and may know a few days in advance of the general deadline. If you get in you might also be able to arrange to arrive a day late if you absolutely can’t pack in one day, though being there the whole time would be preferable.</p>
<p>so should we google info about our interviewer? Gosh, i’m afraid that I don’t know what I’m doing. That I’ll say something stupid or wrong. that i need to memorize my essays. (shudders)</p>
<p>I’m afraid That I won’t get in. How do I do this???
I could commit a social faux pas. I could order the wrong drink or wear the wrong dress…
What if he/she hates my fashion style? What if I sound to rehearsed? What if I can’t defend my points? Is there only one interview?</p>
<p>^I don’t think it’s necessarily bad to know things about your interviewer- the interview, after all, won’t be focused on him/her anyway. My interviewer gave me a link so that I could know more about him. </p>
<p>@nil: I know exactly how you feel. I think you will be fine as long as you keep any nervous habits under control- talking/laughing too much, fidgeting, etc. - and I don’t think that your interviewer will really take notice of or condemn you for your choice of clothes. </p>
<p>My biggest worry is also about not sounding too rehearsed/being able to defend my essays, but I’m not really sure how to prepare for that.</p>
<p>No, the message that I was trying to say is, don’t worry too much about saying the wrong thing. It really doesn’t matter in the long run. Don’t pretend. I personally thought it was humorous looking back on it. I think far too often on CC (and in this thread especially), there is an over-emphasis on presenting the “perfect” picture of yourself. I mean, don’t be something you’re not. </p>
<p>Go for that wrong drink and wear that wrong dress and your questionable sense in fashion. If you do, they may like you for that. Or they may not. It’s not their job to judge you off of that, but rather how they think you will contribute to TASP. Be yourself, completely.</p>
<p>I haven’t been contacted yet, and I called and was told that there is nothing to worry about unless I am still in the dark on April first. I can’t help but worry, though :/</p>