<p>my interview lasted about 30 min… they asked how the WH interniship would benefit me, and a few of the normal interview questions. (biggets weakness, biggest strength, etc…)</p>
<p>Aloha everyone. Good luck to everyone applying for the Spring 2012 internship!</p>
<p>I’ll be applying for the Summer 2012 internship (App comes out Nov. 7!)</p>
<p>I am dying; the stress is killing me! I applied for a Spring 2012 WH Internship. I had an interview, and I was asked to complete a complicated, timed, writing sample. I interviewed with one office. I didn’t, however, get a vitals email. Just an aip email and one about the interview and writing sample. I’m really hoping decisions are coming soon…</p>
<p>@wh2360 a complicated, timed writing sample? Holy shenanigans.</p>
<p>@willardwonka umm…YES. Have an education section where you list your college and your high school. And since the readers might not necessarily know the high school, maybe make a quick reference to it in your public service essay or in one of the short answers or something. But yes, absolutely. In the very least, they’ll think that’s cool.</p>
<p>@mrgrimm92 similar questions here. What am I hoping to get out of the internship / why do I want it, could I elaborate on my experiences and describe the challenges I’ve overcome in them, etc. ~20-25 minutes? </p>
<p>AHH. Sorry, I have actually managed to not really think about all of this since Monday evening and it’s hitting me again hahaha. It could literally be a few weeks though before we hear anything. I may be mistaken, but it looks like (based on the thread dates) last year’s spring interns maybe heard in early to mid December??? But maybe their whole process was pushed back… Look in the mid-150s on this thread and you’ll see what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>Also, maybe people have just “moved on” from college confidential for other social network sources (is there another place that you guys know of where applicants are discussing their anxiety?), but I feel like there are fewer of us talking about this than there have been in the past, even for spring / fall sessions which seem to be less busy in general.</p>
<p>Good luck again! Fingers crossed! Let’s all try to find ways of keeping distracted…!</p>
<p>mid-December?? that would give us like a month to get everything straight if we get the internship. yiiikes. major dislike.</p>
<p>Last year, a friend of mine interviewed for an office and heard back precisely 2 weeks after she interviewed. She was denied, unfortunately.</p>
<p>I received an APE, no vitals email however.
And i was contacted for an interview last week, which lasted 30 mins.</p>
<p>I never heard of a writing sample though. that sounds intense.
I also doubt we shall be hearing back from the WH anytime soon.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all, hopefully the stress wont devour us before we get our responses.</p>
<p>Ok- so I’m freaking out. I received an APE email but not vitals nor was I interviewed. What departments were you all interviewed for? Did they randomly call you?</p>
<p>My interview call was out of the blue and the number was blocked so it just said caller unknown.</p>
<p>I haven’t received a vitals email–just the application processing email.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any rhyme or reason to any of the process. I think it’s very staggered and random, so don’t worry!</p>
<p>As far as I know, no one has heard a decision either. Bit nervous because the application for my back up is due November 1st, but I don’t want to submit it until the very latest in case I get the White House internship…</p>
<p>historically, it looks like we wont find out til mid-november or so, unfortunately. :/. hope it is sooner!</p>
<p>Senior dont freak out. You received an ape. Thats a good sign. It means your application is complete and they are reviewing it. I didnt get a vitals email either.
Amplifiar Im sorry to hear you were interviewed out of the blue, thats intense. I was contacted by email in order to set a phone interview time.
/I don’t think there’s any rhyme or reason to any of the process. I think it’s very staggered and random, so don’t worry!/ - I definitely agree with this. By reading previous posts, it seems like there is no pattern that we can follow with certitude.
Also, amplifiar, my back up deadline is approaching as well but I dont want to have to start anything unless I have too. Haha.</p>
<p>Haha–the interview was totally fine! I was responding to Senior’s post that it was kind of a random call.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to start my back-up application. It’s just a cover-letter, a resume (already prepared), and a brief writing sample, so no big deal at all, really…it’s just being on the safe side. I also worked for the brother-in-law of the organization’s head this summer and he offered to put in a good word… I just would rather not have to politely withdraw an application, especially if I ask someone to pull strings for me. It would be nicer to just hear from the White House sooner rather than later. We’ll see, I guess. I just hope that what happened last spring with everyone hearing in December was a very unusual exception… It looks like they were actually supposed to learn in December…just it was a week or two later than the date they said decisions would start to roll out.</p>
<p>I wonder just for curiosity’s sake how many people apply. I’ve heard everything from one thousand to like, tens of thousands, for just over one hundred positions. I don’t know…just, if it’s a huge number it would make a lot more sense that they’re taking so long if it’s say, ten thousand applicants, rather than just one thousand…which would still be a huge number to deal with.</p>
<p>Did a Twitter search of “White House Internship” and only one decision came up – a girl claiming and acceptance from the Office of Presidential Correspondence. This is dated October 26.</p>
<p>“White House Intern,” “WH Internship,” “White House Internships,” and “White House Interns” turn out nothing from the last few weeks.</p>
<p>The fact that there’s just one signifies to me that they haven’t sent out a lot of the acceptances yet, because Twitter has EXPLODED in the previous application periods.</p>
<p>since it is highly unlikely that the WH sent out just ONE acceptance letter, that means the rolling notifications have started :). hopefully we all hear soon!!</p>
<p>Thom Rakes, director of UNC-Ws Career Center, said about 6,000 students apply for the internship program each session.
As long as noone tells on me that I read the Daily Tar Heel, I will share my source haha.
[The</a> Daily Tar Heel :: White House internship program selects 4 North Carolina students](<a href=“http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/10/nc_students_receive_white_house_internships]The”>http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/10/nc_students_receive_white_house_internships)</p>
<p>and yes I also doubt that girls claims are true. But I guess only time shall tell.</p>
<p>gosh it feels like senior year of high school all over again. at this point the wait is the worse. i rather just have a response. but hopefully in the end the response is worth the wait.</p>
<p>so if theres only approximately 150 spots and theres “about 6000 applications” according to Rakes, then i did the math and that would mean the acceptance for this program hovers around 2.5%…
my mouth just got really dry all of sudden.</p>
<p>@mrgrimm92 Hey. It was the Office of Public Engagement.</p>
<p>I feel like it’s slightly questionable that ONE person would hear back on the 26th… </p>
<p>To make myself feel better, I’ve decided she’s fabricated the truth. :p</p>
<p>Another guy on twitter had an interview today. <em>sigh</em> If only this process wasn’t so stressful…</p>
<p>For which office?</p>