mbabiden08 wrote:
How were y'all's interview experience? My alum interview was really unpleasant. She really seemed to be phoning it in--had clearly not even looked at my resume and asked very generic questions already covered in the app. Also rushed me out after 30 mins. Didn't wish me luck or anything at the end, and didn't even acknowledge my thank-you e-mail after. I guess that could have just been her "style," but I thought it was rude and not at all informative. Definitely my least favorite interview!
mbabiden, although I don't know 100% for sure about UCLA, but almost always interviews are conducted blind, which means they do not get to look at your application at all. This is pretty much the case for all alum interviews.
That would be the reason why they ask generic questions, they are trained to ask certain questions to make sure that the interviews are consistant from interview to interview. As for the Thank-you e-mail, you can find threads on that throughout the forums, sometimes they reply, more often they don't reply.