<p>My interview was an infertility doctor. Although the beginning of the interview went fine. One-third of the way through her boyfriend call her and she answered and talked with him for 10 minutes this happened 3 TIMES!!! Later the(i am from florida) Miami Lab called her and told her that they had dropped the sperm and need to find sterile sperm. I was thinking TMI(to much Information). Later she went on this harangue about how the sperm wouldn’t penetrate the egg. This is no joke. At the end when I asked her about work study, she said “yeah there are several opportunities to get money for old household expenses as well as money for drinks”(something like that). I couldn’t believe she was saying that people at UPenn drink. I know it happens, but you just don’t say it. </p>
<p>I don’t know whether she got a good picture of me or not. What do you guys suggest? Should I tell my regional director, because honestly I think she acted inappropriately? She continued on one topic as well and never switched, which really annoyed me. Any suggestions are great!</p>
<p>She was a cool person, but somethings she said and did were inappropriate. It didn’t bother me, but I just think maybe a more professional interviewer would have better been in my convenience.</p>
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<li><p>Numerous studies have confirmed that interviews assessing “fit” and not “ability” – whatever those terms mean – are over within the first thirty seconds. Did you smile warmly when you met your interviewer? Did you look her in the eyes? First impressions matter.</p></li>
<li><p>Studies have also confirmed that good-looking people will do the best in the type of interview Penn conducts. You’re the only one on this board who knows the answer to the following question: Are you cute? If so, and the answers to #1 are positive, you’re set. If not, keep reading.</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re not cute, your job becomes harder. (Yes, I know I’m objectifying women. Men – and even women themselves – do it. Again, look up the studies.) You have to make the interviewer think you’re an incredibly engaging, intellectually curious person that Penn just cannot reject. Did you give your interviewer the impression that you’re extremely involved in your community? Did your interviewer find your intellectual capacity truly incredible?</p></li>
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<p>Granted, it’s great if you have positive answers to 1, 2, and 3; if so, you just slam dunked the interview. But most of us have to work with what God gave us, and for many, that means a “No” to number 2. That “imperfection” must be compensated by numbers 1 and 3. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you. I’m sure you did well.</p>
<p>Oh, and about calling the regional director, do not do that until you are admitted. Do not do anything that could hurt your chances (e.g., irritating your interviewer.)</p>
<p>hahaha, one of my friends had a princeton interview, where the interviewer was drinking bacardi during the interview and asked my friend if he wanted something to drink…HHAHAHAH</p>
<p>After you get admitted, rejected or deferred you need to address this with the SSC office at Penn. Interviewers should be respectful of the prospective student and should not be taking phone calls in the middle of the interview. Interviewers are representatives of the school and should be extremely professional when interviewing prospective students! If you contact Penn you will help another student from being put in the same position.</p>
<p>-advertisinggal- yeah, i plan on doing that. Don’t worry.
-VandyFootball- lol.<br>
-shuaishuaishuai- hey she was pretty, but she was really arrogant. But I kept a smile on.
-Batllo- agreed, but again not every alum is asked. Its really an honor and she should have been a bit more professional.
-IRJunkie- Many people tell me I am cute sense I am artsy. So hopefully that worked to my advantage. </p>
<p>Hopefully it all went well. Thanks for the comments.</p>
<p>Yo, chill out! Interviews are the least important part of ur apps and wont make or break you. Its only there to help. They could hurt tho if you didn’t dress properly, swear, say a bunch of "i don’t know"s or if ur really really late. Basically Penn wants to see that u can keep a conversation going (just look at it that way).</p>
<p>My first job out of law school was at the county Public Defender’s office. The interview was really strange. First I interviewed with the head public defender, who I found arrogant and unpleasant. Then they had me wait in the waiting room with all the clients until the deputy was available to meet with me. Kept me waiting an hour. Finally brought me in. He proceeded to tell me that I was too short to be a criminal defense atty (I am a five foot tall woman) and that I would be dealing with difficult clients and he didn’t think I could stand up to them and tell them to go “f<strong>k off” if needed. I said that I could and that in fact I was telling him to “f</strong>k off” right now. I then smiled and we continued the interview. Before I had arrived home they had already called to offer me the job.
I learned from that experience that there are many ways to do an interview. They needed to test my ability to stand up to difficult people and I proved I could do it.</p>