If you've thought more than 10 seconds about your college admissions interview, you're ready for the basic questions--why do you want to go to our school, what leadership activities have you done, etc. (If you're not, try here).
But what about those questions that everyone dreads--what about the curveball questions?
You know, the annoying ones that seem designed solely to make you look dumb ("If Lincoln were to meet Kennedy, would they be friends?") The type that immediately become infamous because they're tricky. Or mean. Or just plain weird or dumb.
I've heard from a lot of people over the past few months, and heard a lot of interview questions. Below are some of my favorites:
#5: "If you were screening college applicants, what would you look for? What would you ask?" If you're a college interviewer, one way to avoid being totally unprepared for your interview is to own up to being totally unprepared for your interview and ask your applicant what you should be asking. Sure, it's lazy--but the response might be entertaining.
#4: "If you could go back in time and assassinate one person, first, who would it be, and second, would you do it?" Because nothing says "dream school" like "interviewer with psychopathic tendencies"...
#3: "If you could do anything you want with your life and nothing mattered, what would you do?" When you know that the honest answer is "lay around and play Playstation", why make your applicants lie about how they'd change the world?
#2: "If you could be any type of [blank], what would you be and why?" Wanna look like a deep, profound admissions interviewer? Play interview Madlibs! Fill in the [blank] with anything--"instrument", "tree", "dog", "worm", "verb", "admissions interviewer", "Hindu diety" and presto! Profound, insightful question sure to impress your applicant!
#1: "Why do you think manhole covers are round?" Because sometimes your interviewer is high...
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