I have an interview coming up (only on the phone), and I am extremely nervous. Not only do I feel like I don't know anything, but like I also won't know how to answer when under such pressure. What kinds of questions do you folks think interviewers are likely to ask in general? My concentration is the cross-section between music and French/Russian/English literature, in the 19th/20th century. I cited Joyce, Kuprin, Mallarme, Verlaine, Tolstoy, and cited my interest in theory as stemming from Bakhtin and Voloshinov, in addition to Adorno, Pater, and (J) Goethe. Is there anything else anyone can think of I could also read up on or review to prepare on my interview? Any ESSENTIAL critics I might be asked about for French/Russian literature--especially that might have to do with music?
What do they really ask during an interview, anyway? Is it to grill me? Will they test my Russian and French? (I didn't lie about my level of fluency, but I'm still worried!)
Thanks so much ahead of time for the advice! God knows I need it.
Tell me about your experiences with interviews--please please please!