I’m a 28 year old Indian-British-American law student. What do I win?
Well, you’ve got that going for you. 
Just get through that written test, and be charming in your interview… I see good things in your future. 
i tried out earlier this year. the written test is a timed test. the questions are ones that were on the show previously. you are given a number on the envelope, that is the way they announce who has passed the test.
when you pass, you are gathered for a quick interview. you write your name and the date on the back of your questionaire, they take a digital photo, and then you go to the interviewer.
they ask things like what would you do if you won 25 thousand? tell a funny story of something that happened to you. that sort of thing.
good luck!!!
In the past two or three years, at least at the NYC tests, the post-test interview has been in two phases, with a cut (which most people don’t survive) after the first phase. In that first portion, they basically re-ask some of the same stuff you have already answered on the application form and sometimes scarcely lift their heads from their papers while doing so, so I think dry humor is likely to go to waste there. Of course, it isn’t easy to casually work in a prepared comedy routine. The second phase is in front of a camera, so maybe that’s where to really let fly. Of course, you have to get there first.
I have never made it (though I did get as far as the second interview this last time), so I guess that’s why my advice is so equivocal. Anyway, good luck.
I’m not going to be there, RNATB. Too many rearrangements, should have planned ahead! But I’ll be rooting for you, and interested to hear all about it.
I took the test last week in NYC. 30 questions, 30 minutes.
I ‘passed’. (I think they take the top scores, no true pass/fail mark) I’ve been watching the show and some of the questions I’ve seen on the show. (rephrased but the same knowledge tested)
Everyone gets a different test. Be sure to memorize the number you test is. (mine was 147) When they call out the winners the do NOT go in numerical order. Well they started that way and passed my number, so I felt like shit, then they called my number and for a moment I panicked wondering if that was number. They’ll take a photo of you so look presentable. This was followed by a very brief interview. (nobody seemed to be having a long interview)
They have a tight schedule with groups coming in right on top of each other and I imagine it will be the same in Tampa.
Good luck!
Should I dress up? There are only two sessions during the road auditions - one from 7am to 11, and the other from 4pm to 5:30.
There’s no way I’ll make it by 7 am - it’s a 2 hour drive - so I’m just hoping they’ll still take me at 9 am.
Here are my application answers, in case anyone is interested:
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Quirks, rituals, superstitions…What makes you unique?
I’m an Indian-British-American, so I have strange habits from all over. I do the “Indian head bob”, but I also call people “dude” at inappropriate times. I’m also working full time and going to law school full time, but I’m a bit of a slacker. I also like to point my big toe at things when I have my shoes off and pretend I’m shooting toe lasers. -
How would winning $1 million change your life?
I could help a lot of family, friends and charitable causes. Plus, I’d be personally set for at least 3 weeks. Maybe even longer. -
What is one thing you do that makes people laugh?
I can’t help asking questions, whether or not I am supposed to be asking questions. I try to keep them witty for the benefit of people who don’t find it funny. Results are mixed. -
If you could nominate yourself as best-_____ or “most likely to_____,” what would be your vote?
Most likely to be an awesome Who Wants to be a Millionaire? contestant! Also, best hair. -
What do you do for fun?
I enjoy college football games (UCF KNIGHTS!), playing poker, 80s heavy metal music and Salman Rushdie novels. I also can’t get enough trivia – on TV or anywhere! -
You’d never believe it but I once…
…stopped talking for almost five full minutes. -
Why do you want to be on Millionaire?
I like television, trivia, contests, attention, prizes and New York City. It’s got everything! It will also make my brother insanely jealous.
Oooo ooo ooo good luck! I think you’d be great; you’re certainly colorful enough.
Let us know how it goes!
Good luck! Knock their socks off!
Boo!
Yay!
Can you change your application (as in, have you submitted it already?) It sounds perfect - good blend of normal and fun and quirky and bright.
But I would just eliminate the following:
if only because it sounds a little clunky and my reaction was “hmm, inappropriate can mean a variety of different things…”
Woohoo! Still excited for ya.
Well, that jives with my experience; although there was one on today’s show (a rerun).
I auditioned in NYC almost 2 years ago. Passed the written test (which had a surprisingly high bar – maybe 10% passed), a quick interview with a bored and disinterested production assistant; and then a postcard 2 weeks later saying thanks, but no thanks.
I assumed at the time that they had met their quota for WMAMs and apparently that was the case.
Maybe I’ll tell them I’m Puerto Rican.
I didn’t see those questions about ‘you’ until about ten minutes before I left for the audition. So my replies were very short.
I just got my rejection postcard.
They take your photo. They don’t ask what race you are.
I’m sorry about your postcard. 
Maybe they can’t ask your race; but you can volunteer it during the interview.
Too bad nashtash and Acid Lamp moved down south. I could see them getting on and winning. I think you have a good chance of getting on at least 
Rooting for ya!
+1000
Assuming that you mean east Indian, I would downplay the American/British angle. Tell them that your family scrabbled hard all their lives to stake out 25 square feet of sidewalk on Indira Gandhi Boulevard in Calcutta. Your only employed relative works at the Adidas factory. You do your laundry by hand in the Ganges. I actually have no friggin’ idea whatsoever whether there even is an Adidas plant anywhere in India or if Calcutta is even remotely close to the Ganges, but they may not either. Walk in there wearing ridiculous plaid pants and an ill-fitting gaudy orange blazer and act like Raj Koothrapalli when he’s drunk. You need this money so can buy your own Quiznos franchise and fly your entire family in to work at it. You’ll represent the poster boy for the American dream. They’ll eat it up.
Did they change it to 30 minutes? When I took the test last year we only got 15.
My brother fits that criterion and he was on earlier this year. However, he was very persistent and must have auditioned at least six or seven times over as many years before finally being selected. He won $17,000. Right now he’s spending part of his winnings on a vacation in Ireland.