Why do you want to go to USNA?
If USNA doesn't work out, what is plan B?
How do you feel about killing other human beings?
Say you were off the coast of some foreign country. There is a compound that contains nuclear armaments and you're ordered to destroy that compound, but there are civilians in the compound that cannot be evacuated. What do you do?
What doesn't your application show us?
These are some questions I've encountered. They'll also probably ask you to elaborate on something in your essay or activity listed in your application. I've also encountered in about half of my interviews someone on the panel trying to throw me off. It happens if you've only applied to one service academy and/or talk about one particular branch. Example, why this academy and not this one, or why this service when you can do practically the same thing in this service, or I've even had someone ask since I wanted Marine Corps if I'd chose Surface, Subs, etc. upon graduation, which are Navy only options. They do this not because they're interested in your answer but to throw you off and see how you react. ALWAYS stick to your guns on these questions. Think through your answers before giving them, even if it takes a moment. Always better to take a second to think of a good response than to answer immediately and it be a bad response.
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