"I remember thinking the extensiveness of the questions was unnecessary," he says. "They had clearly read my essay very well and interrogated me about it."
Once he started explaining how he would handle a situation, Diamond says, he was confined to his initial response. At one point, the interviewer yelled at him.
"He shouted, 'If you did that, I'd be sorry I hired you,'" Diamond says.
Passing the Test
"We're very pleased with undergraduates," Queen says. "They're really the perfect candidates for this system."
Between 300 and 400 students apply each year, Queen says. Only half that number are interviewed, and about 75 are hired.
Dan L. Cenden '00, who was chosen to be a proctor, said the interview prepared him well for his task.
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