Interviewers looked completely 😐 during my scholarship interview… am I done for?
Is it common to interviewers look unimpressed and nonchalant?
I just had an interview for a 100% scholarship at an UK university and the interviewers looked completely 🫤 as I was telling I graduated as top of my undergrad cohort, had my undergrad thesis awarded by the a National Association of Research, coordinated teams and managed publications at a famous newspaper in my town.
I mean... I come from an International Relations background, and I am pursuing a scholarship for a masters in STEM (which is totally valid second the scholarship guidelines) because I aim to work in the Monitoring and Evaluation field. I even said I admire the UK's care policies and wanted to pursue a dissertation on a comparative analysis to improve indicators in my home country.
But, trust me when I say, they looked SO. F*. DONE. Like... it was so quick also. They arrived late because they were in another interview and mine finished right on time.
Really... is it a common experience? Am I cooked?????
Also, I forgot to say lots of my application, like had developed an app and stuff. Do you know it they consider also what you wrote? Or is it just the interview?
Guys, can someone help me read the room? I'm so anxious about this 😭