The nostalgic feeling made me sigh, then suddenly realize something.
"Komachi, are you okay with interviews?"
"Yeah. Komachi had no expectations, but when she unexpectedly got a recommendation slot, she did several mock interviews."
"Oh, mock interviews."
As expected of a cram school for entrance exams. They seemed thorough even with recommendation admission prep. Though Komachi had ultimately been rejected...
The fundamental reason was that her school grades hadn't been good enough, so there was nothing to be done.
The Hachiman family's ultimate communication weapon couldn't possibly fail an ordinary admission interview. As long as her written exam scores were good, she still had a chance... Her brother believed in her!
When I took my high school entrance exam, it was through ordinary admission. I only cared about settling everything with the written test, and I vaguely remembered breezing through the interview the next day.
After the written exam, I checked my own answers and felt completely secure. I had this in the bag! Hah hah hah! Maybe I passed the interview because I had been relaxed and unruffled.
Still, since I had gone into that interview with my head empty, I couldn't remember a single thing the interviewer had asked.
Going into an interview with that kind of relaxed mindset wouldn't cause any problems, but for anxious examinees, even something that small seemed enough to worry them sick.
"I've never had an interview before. I'm really nervous..."
Taishi said gloomily.
However, I thought that was just needless worry.
For recommendation admission, the interview process did influence the result to some extent. But ordinary admission interviews were merely screening interviews; unless something unexpected happened, the written exam results mattered far more. That was my personal opinion.
Honestly, no matter how good an impression an applicant made during the interview, they