writersoul- I would think that the interviewer saw right through it… no? They usually know when you prepared answers in advance.
I’m actually one of those who gets really nervous and doesn’t interview well, so I was lucky to apply to only one seminary where I knew I was getting in. My sister B’H is much better with interviews than I am, and she seems to have gotten through her 3 interviews pretty well. She was asked several on-the-spot questions which would have caught me for a loop, but she was able to think on her feet and respond well.