I will be attending three separate congressional interviews for potential nominations, and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to expect at these interviews? Is it similar to, for instance, the USAFA ALO interview (in terms of question types)? Anything anybody has regarding the interviews would be greatly appreciated!
I just got done with my first interview 40 minutes ago. They asked me about what I expected.
1. How was your Summer Seminar experience? (I went to NASS)
2. What reasoning do you have for ranking your academies this way?
3. Why the military? What do you want to do in particular?
4. How would you feel being in the infantry? (From a Marine Colonel naturally!)
5. Why did you fill out all of the application essays when you only had to choose one of the four? (Ha. It was an accident.)
6. There are lots of qualified candidates here. What do you want us to know? (Kinda tough to think of something I hadn't already said in those 3,000 extra words I submitted. )
7. What questions do you have for us?
Lasted 20 minutes. Here are the most important things:
1. Know about your academies and service branches. Have some stuff in mind that you want say but also
2. Be calm, be confident! Makes a world of difference. Don't recite answers robotically and slow down if you need to.
3. Be yourself! That is who they want to see.
4. Talk to the people in the lobby – fellow candidates and staffers. You'll all clear your throats and get more confident speaking about yourself.