Honestly, it isn't an interview in the traditional sense. Other than a short coding exercise, there were no technical questions. If you think about it, that makes a lot of sense. The whole point of the program is to take people who have (potentially) never programmed before and turn them in to Ruby on Rails beasts.
Ned and I chatted about ourselves for a little bit, we talked about the program and what I could expect, Ned asked what I was looking to take away from App Academy and what I wanted to do afterwards. It was more about us getting to know each other and making sure I would be a good personality fit for the program.
As I mentioned, there was a short coding exercise that we went over during the interview. If you are offered an interview then your interviewer (Ned or Kush) will send you an email with some introductory material to go over before the interview.
The most important thing is that you don't stress out. These guys just want to get to know you and make sure that you are the kind of person they are looking for. If you aren't, then you wouldn't enjoy the program anyways so, again, there is no reason to stress.
Good luck! Hopefully I will see you on the mailing list soon!
I received my acceptance within two days. Then again, I applied for a class months in advance. If you don't get accepted, you will receive an email saying so. Best of luck!
I find the idea of writing non-original content to be pointless though. If it isn't original then someone else has already said it and they have probably said it better.
I actually have two goals: one short term and one long. The more immediate goal is to build a blog that will tell prospective employers that hiring me is good business. I want to show that I'm knowledgeable about my field and that I would be a good asset to the company. Secondly, I do want to establish myself as an expert at some point. This is a goal to be accomplished in the years to come as I am still a new developer.
The Quora suggestion is great! I don't have a Quora account, but I do follow links from Google to the site every once in a while, so maybe it's time I signed up.
I'm working on doing something similar now. I've been accepted to App Academy (www.appacademy.io) for their May 13, 2013 class, so I'll be learning everything you talked about and more!