Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	2
Negatively	0
No change	0

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
2.50	2

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
8.50	2

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.00	2

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Questions

How long was the interview?

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5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	0
25 minutes	0
30 minutes	1
35 minutes	0
40 minutes	1
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	0

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	2
At a regional location	0
At another location	0

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	0
In a group	2

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	0
Closed file	2

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
2.00	2

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What interested you about this program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why CIIS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What do you expect to get here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What areas do you think you will excel in (in grad school) and what areas will need improvement?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"What do you want to know about this place?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Questions about my work history." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your aspirations or goals for your future in this field? (And then, when someone in the group didn't understand... What are your dreams?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Why come to CIIS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Internet research about program." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read this site, checked interview feedback of Pharmacy schools that had group interview formats (b/c psych didnt have interview feedback yet), read up on the school, prepared questions to ask the interviewers." More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Very warm and friendly faculty, staff, and students. Very open and casual. Easy going." More from this Member | Report Response

"There were plenty of faculty members and students to talk with before and after the interview." More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Location and facilities." More from this Member | Report Response

"One of my two interviewers got bored and spent the last 10-15 min not looking at us and picking at his nails." More from this Member | Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The East/West spriritual element is more pronounced in other programs at the school. It's not really a big part of the Psy.D. program." More from this Member | Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Very positive. It turned a somewhat dubious impression into a solid positive." More from this Member | Report Response

"It was interesting. I think one of the most difficult things was just that it was in a group setting. This is very hard to handle when there is a person in your group who completely dominates the conversation and is extremely long-winded. The school didn't seem interested in how we interacted as a group, and it was very much a structured interview. Though, I should mention, the other interview group during my time said their session was completely relaxed and like a conversation, so I guess it depends on who you get for your interviewers. Anyway, I must have handled it well enough because they called me the next day to let me know that I got in!" More from this Member | Report Response

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