It depends! A variety of factors impact how important your child's interviews are. While liaison officer interviews are important, the unknown factor is often the Congressional nomination. Depending on the competitiveness of your Congressional district, your student may need to perform extremely well just to get a nomination. In other districts, there is virtually no competition and they simply need to meet the minimums to earn a nomination. However, the
method your Member of Congress uses to nominate students (ranked or unranked) greatly impacts the importance of interview performance.