Applicants with the same interviewer

[barca10]

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Say Student A and Student B interviewed back to back with the same faculty member.

Student A was asked about his favorite art work and then had a conversation about art the entire time. He thought the interview was kind of weird, but the interviewer seemed nice.

Student B was asked a series of standard questions about his experiences, opinions, and vision. He thought the interview went well, and the interviewer smiled and nodded from time to time.

Does the difference in their interviews imply that the interviewer found one applicant more interesting/qualified than the other?

 

[NickNaylor]

Trying to figure out how you did from your interactions with an interviewer is a waste of time.

 

[ACSurgeon]

Say Student A and Student B interviewed back to back with the same faculty member.

Student A was asked about his favorite art work and then had a conversation about art the entire time. He thought the interview was kind of weird, but the interviewer seemed nice.

Student B was asked a series of standard questions about his experiences, opinions, and vision. He thought the interview went well, and the interviewer smiled and nodded from time to time.

Does the difference in their interviews imply that the interviewer found one applicant more interesting/qualified than the other?

This is impossible to predict. It will vary from one interviewer to the next.

 

[RingTailedDoc]

Say Student A and Student B interviewed back to back with the same faculty member.

Student A was asked about his favorite art work and then had a conversation about art the entire time. He thought the interview was kind of weird, but the interviewer seemed nice.

Student B was asked a series of standard questions about his experiences, opinions, and vision. He thought the interview went well, and the interviewer smiled and nodded from time to time.

Does the difference in their interviews imply that the interviewer found one applicant more interesting/qualified than the other?

not necessarily, could mean a million different things. Maybe student A was much more thorough in describing his activities on AMCAS and the interviewer didn't feel the need to delve much deeper. Or maybe the interviewer really wasn't all that interested in student A and finding out whether he's a good fit for the school and was trying to find a way to pass the time. Or maybe the opposite.

Take home point: it's impossible to tell.

also, which one were you?

 

[Raziela]

As the posters say above, you can't tell. At one school, one interviewer had to go into a huge amount of detail about my research---meanwhile, with another applicant, he talked about cooking/baking. We both got in. So who knows?

 

[exptherainbow]

Stop worrying about how you did in your interviews. There's nothing you can do about it now.

 

[LEUNIT]

Trying to figure out how you did from your interactions with an interviewer is a waste of time.

Lies. I totally knew I got in from my interviews. They loved me.

 

[NickNaylor]

Lies. I totally knew I got in from my interviews. They loved me.

lols orly

 

[circulus vitios]

Interviewers play favorites? This is downright inconceivable!

 

[slowbutsteady]

OP is Interviewee A, obvi.

The interviewer wrote you off immediately and decided to just talk about whatever until it was over.

 

[LEUNIT]

lols orly

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