<p>i have 3 interviewers…any advice?</p>
<p>^that sucks. Having one interviewer is stressful enough for me. Um, make sure to focus your attention equally amongst them…look them in the eye…stuff like that. Sorry, I suck at interviews :/</p>
<p>I actually wouldn’t do that. I was interviewed by two people, and for the most part one of them asked the questions and the other recorded and observed, throwing in a few follow-ups. It is possible that your panel will be different, but regardless, I was told during an interview which was run by five people (for something else) that I was shifting my eyes around too much. I would focus on the person who asked you the question. It wasn’t an issue in my TASP interview because the two interviewers told me what their respective roles were. Basically just look at the person you are talking to, which is common sense but not necessarily to everyone (I am including my self a year ago in “not everyone”).</p>
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Completely, completely agree. I’m confident that each one of you has something interesting to offer a diverse community, and it would be a shame if you tried to squelch that for the sake of pleasing someone else. Relax, have a good time with this, and good luck!</p>
<p>Daughter had sort of a comedy of errors with her TASP interview last year. Although she and the interviewer exchanged cell#s “just in case”, both forgot to bring their cells. Also, both arrived about 20 mins early and kept watching the door for a young, eager-looking person, who of course never appeared because they were already sitting at a table 15 feet away from each other. After about 45 mins, they figured it out and had a good laugh and then a good talk. </p>
<p>(Logistical) moral of the story: Do exchange cell#s, Do bring your cell (but set it to mute when you see the interviewer), Do arrive early and Do be somewhat aware of your surroundings!</p>
<p>I’m freaking out a little bit. My interview is in two hours and my interviewer was supposed to get back to me with logistics… but he never did. I guess I’ll just cross my fingers and hope that nothing goes wrong. Eeek!</p>
<p>wow! i cant wait for my interview, it sounds like such a cool experience. Sadly no notification yet…</p>
<p>do the interviewers come to you or do you have to go to the inteviewers? because i live in massachusetts and idk how long they’d travel 2 see me?</p>
<p>It depends, you and your interviewer work it out. They will try to hook you up with an interviewer who lives where you do, or who is somewhere you are going to be. You might have to travel also.</p>
<p>I just had my interview. Nerves.
I was overdressed; but i did it to make a statement- “I care.”
One piece of advice; be able to defend your essays because they will have read every bit of the essay and will scour it to ask you questions. My interviewers forget to ask me questions on one essay- is that good or bad? My interview went for one hour longer than it was supposed to- I have no idea if that was good or bad. </p>
<p>It was overall a good experience.</p>
<p>The only essay I couldn’t defend was the one I wrote at 2 AM that morning because I had to scrap the other one-grr.
Crossing fingers and hoping for the best. I don’t think my interviewer(s) were extrwmely impressed by me but I <em>hope</em> I intrigued them. At least, I think they didn’t hate me. 
hopeful.
Never despair.</p>
<p>^ahh I’m going to be so anxious until my interview. I bet yours went better than you think…how did you handle not being able to defend that one particular essay? Which essay did they not ask you about? If it was the book analysis or the write about whatever your want essay I don’t think it matters as much.</p>
<p>it was the what do you want to be when you grow up essay</p>
<p>suprisingly, the critical analysis and the tick essay were the ones they questioned me on.</p>
<p>i didn’t want to ask them whether they wanted to ask me questions on my last essay for fear of looking awkward.</p>
<p>@nil desperandum: did you talk only about your essays or were there other things you talked about? (like current events, school, etc…)</p>
<p>anyhow, i think the interviewers realize it’s a grueling process, and it’s always hard thinking on your feet. so you might have done much better than you really think. good luck! :)</p>
<p>hopefully all went well with your interview! mine is saturday. I applied last year for TASS and they rejected me after the interview, it was depressing. hopefully I do better this interview because last year they asked very little on the essays -.-</p>
<p>we didn’t really touch on current events and other stuff but all interviews are different
ugh, now i’m actually depressed that i maight not make it in.</p>
<p>the solution: assume possibility of rejection and focus on other apps/school.
Otherwise, will worry and obsesss.</p>
<p>@nil desperandum: What do you think were the toughest questions that you got? And did you get the feeling, in general, that they were trying to rip apart your thesis/assertions or just try to get you to expand on your ideas?</p>
<p>And don’t worry, nearly everybody has said that it was a grueling encounter that left them a bit shaken.</p>
<p>^Oh, great. Now I’m terrified.</p>
<p>“And don’t worry, nearly everybody has said that it was a grueling encounter that left them a bit shaken”</p>
<p>that WAS me after my interview haha…definitely grueling.</p>
<p>My interview was more or less a question and answer session. The whole thing was 45 minutes flat, plus 15 more for questions. After hearing the stories of other TASPlicants and the '08 TASPers, I thought I failed miserably because it wasn’t like extremely grueling or anything. </p>
<p>So don’t worry too much. Just do your best with what you have in it. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Still not a contact for an interview, meh.</p>