son's army interview with his FFR (army equivalent of BGO) was remarkably shockingly bad.
...to set the stage, we lost power shortly before the interview started, it was 100 degrees in Chicago-no air conditioning. Son had never ever practiced an interview (nope he was so sure he was perfect...no need to practice...)son dressed well (sport coat etc) so did FFR (army equivalent of BGO). The FFR was sweating so bad I thought he was seriously going to have a heart attack.
Son did not keep another copy of his resume in front of him during the interview with the FFR. It may have helped had he had a couple of talking points in front of him. It was his first interview EVER. I would say (from spying from the other room upstairs...) it was an unmitigated disaster! I tried to get him to practice interviewing with someone before hand. (nope he knew better...). He mumbled, kept his head down and was inarticulate.
...One question that the FFR from USMA asked him was "what book have you recently read that gave you insight into the military?"
"Good!" I thought...he knows this one, he he had just finished "The Things They Carried." He had, the past year, read: Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers Once, Flags of Our Fathers and Lincoln.... but instead, he stumbled and answered, "I saw the movie Saving Private Ryan" (well at least it wasn't Saving Private Benjamin). His FFR at the end, shook his hand and gruffly told him to improve his eye contact and practice his interviewing skills. It did not go well.
Son ended up with and LOE to USMA anyhow but it was not a winning interview.
(BTW DS chose navy instead of army...that interview came next and was far better)