I interviewed at Harvard in November 2012. The interview was exactly 30 minutes and in the room was a man asking questions, a woman silently taking notes, and myself. It was a little awkward.
Below are the questions I was asked, though they are not in order. They weren’t any of the questions I saw in past years, and it was a pretty tense interview. The interviewers were very hard to read.
• What’s a piece of constructive criticism that you’ve been given that you didn’t agree with?
• What do you know now that you wish you’d known earlier at your job? (4th year vs. 1&2)
• When did you have to tell a peer something difficult?
• What would be your dream internship during the summer?
• How did you form your opinion about Harvard and what is it?
• What would you cut out of your job if you could cut out one aspect?
• What part of your job do you like the best?
• What is one criticism you have of Harvard?
• What don’t I know about you from your application?
• What’s a spontaneous decision you made?
• How did you get your internship? How much influence did you have over it?
• Of the following 5 people, if you had no other obligations, who would you want to spend 2 years with (trade negotiator for BRIC countries, Teacher in bad area, Doctor for infections diseases…)?
• How would you introduce yourself to your new classmates in 2-3 sentences?
• How did you prepare for the interview?
• What questions do you have for me?
