Do not worry about what we want to hear. Prepare to be genuine, to talk about yourself. The reason why we find these interviews so helpful in the process is because this is our opportunity to get to know you and who you are. And there is nothing you can really do or say that will make us say, “Oh, you were looking like a good applicant but not anymore!” ... We really just want to see what your personality is, what you are like, how you answer the questions. We are not here to judge you. We are not here to make you feel bad about your English. That is not the purpose of the interview. When we are reviewing them we are smiling because we are just happy to see you… Of course you will be nervous, it is OK to be nervous. Just remember we are human beings too and that we are rooting for you!

不要介意我们想听到什么，展现真实的自己，讲述自己的故事。不要期望我们会对你说：“你是个很棒的申请人”，我们不会做出判断，我们不会让你感觉你的英语很糟糕。面试的时候，我们会保持微笑，因为和你谈话很愉快。当然，你会感到紧张，这没关系。记住，我们都是普通人，我们是来帮助你的！

I think the interviews that make the biggest impression on me are the ones where I can tell the student is very comfortable with themselves and with their answers, and they are not trying to tell us what they think we [universities] want to hear, they really just genuinely are excited to show us their personality, to show us what they think on different topics, they are not afraid to really put themselves out there.

给我留下深刻印象的是那些对自己充满信心的学生， 他们不是极力证明自己是学校想要的学生，而只是真诚地展现自己，和我们探讨不同的话题，他们勇于进行这些讨论。