> Hi
>
> I've been working this jock for some time now, but I keep getting told to start from the beginning of the interview.
>
> I am at my wits end. Any advice will be very welcome, please. And thank you.

*sigh*

Actually, the interview's one of the less annoying professor tasks...

First off, DO NOT GO AWAY AND COME BACK. You will have to start over from scratch if you leave the jock and come back for the interview. You're basically wearing him down.

You won't get him to crack on the first round of questions; you'll have to map out each line of questioning and keep track of the responses you get. Start off with "picking up chicks" til you get a bit of a reaction from him, then take a different line of questioning and map out the responses. Once you've gone through all four initial questions once, you have to find the path that gets you INDIRECTLY to the "beer thread" of the conversation. (This is why you map the responses.)

Once you get into the beer thread, try all your options. At one point, you will get a retort choice that you DON'T get when you start off talking about beer directly. Use this and he'll crack like an egg.

-Mandi aka Chaos