Torah613: I know someone who said Queens, waited a beat, and gave the name of the cemetery. But it was for her grandparents.
(I just typed seminary instead of cemetery. Is that a Freudian slip?!?)
It was one of the seminaries (did it again) that she didn’t actually want to go to, so she didn’t. She was a lot more normal by her other interviews.
To lead the conversation in a different direction, I’m about to start the whole seminary parsha, or sugya, or whatever, and I haven’t been interviewed since eighth grade and I have NO IDEA what to say.
For my first choice sem, what do I say as far as why I want to go? Because my friends are going and I don’t particularly want to go anywhere else? Because that’s the truth.
Sample interview (THIS WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DON’T HELP!):
Why do you want to go to my seminary?
Because it’s in Israel, and I love Israel. And my friends are probably going because they have much better interview answers than I do, and they’re pretty okay to hang around. And I like frozen yogurt.
What’s your favorite tefillah?
HaMapil, because I’m, like DEAD when I get home from school and I just want to go to sleep already.
If you could be any fruit, what would you be?
A poisonous one so people don’t eat me. I have a strongly developed survival instinct and it’s very efficient evolutionarily.
Whom do you admire?
My mother because she’s always there for me. (Awkward silence)
Ha’im at yecholah ledaber be’ivrit?
No comprendo! No comprendo!
I, um, like your t shirt…
Yeah, I know, it’s really cool, it’s from Despicable Me. My brother’s obsessed with that movie. Do you want to see my ankle socks? They have Peanuts characters on them.
Okay, so to allay these fears,
1) What questions do seminaries like Michlalah, Darchei Binah, Machon Raayah, etc. ask?
2) If not a uniform, what do people usually wear to interviews that are not held in school?
3) What are some good/cute answers to some of these questions?
4) What are some interview tips? I’m not THAT shy, and I’m actually a good public speaker, but I have no idea if I interview well.