How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 18 |
| Negatively | 2 |
| No change | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.09 | 23 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.42 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.46 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 3 |
| 25 minutes | 3 |
| 30 minutes | 11 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 3 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 20 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 20 |
| In a group | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 18 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 24 |
"Have you ever had to work with a difficult person? How did you handle it?"
"tell us about a time when you acted against moral values"
"When have you had to deliver someone bad news and how did you respond?"
"Discuss what you think about the new State law if you're familiar with it, if not, the state has recently passed a law allowing pharmacist to give immunization to patients right at the pharmacy. What's your feeling about this?"
"Why UB?"
"When have you had to work with someone difficult?"
"What do you do for fun outside of school?"
"Asked me about one bad grade I got from my transcript."
"If you could interview any famous person or any person on the news, who would it be and why?"
"Tell me about your room mates during college?"
"Tell me about a current event in health care."
"what are the other pharmacy fields? "
"Have you ever worked with someone different from you?"
"Have you been to New York before?"
"We were given a written essay: "List two qualities you possess that would make you a good pharmacist.""
"What motivates you to enter the field of Pharmacy?"
"Why pharmacy?"
"Describe one of your activities that involves the community."
"Why do you want to be a pharmacist and not doctor or nurse or other health career?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What was the most challenging part as shadowing in pharmacy"
"Why Pharmacy? Why UB?"
"what would you do if you weren't accepted to pharmacy school this year"
"Who is someone you would interview and why?"
"If you didn't get into pharmacy school what would you do?"
"Describe a time when you had to do something against your moral values."
"When have you gone out of your way to help someone?"
"If there was a famous person that you could interview, who would it be?"
"Tell us about yourself"
"Pick a problem in society and describe how you would fix it."
"Tell me about a time where you considered doing something unethical."
"What's a recent book that you read?"
"What are the strength and weakness of your best friend?"
"What is your opinion on HIPPA and how do you think it impacts you as a pharmacist?"
"what do you think of HIPAA?"
"Why UB? "
"Why pharmacy?"
"Difference between a profession in Pharmacy and other health care professions?"
"What's so good about working at a pharmacy? "
"Who do you admire and why?"
"What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?"
"How do you see yourself in 6 and 10 years?"
"tell us about a time you had to care for somebody who was ill or sick and how did you go about it"
"Describe a current issue (health care related or not) and your opinion/stance on it."
"Where do you see yourself in pharmacy?"
"When have you stood up for something you believed in?"
"Tell us about a time when you considered doing something unethical."
"Tell us about how you handled a situation with someone who was sick (testing altruism, compassion/empathy)"
"Describe one instance where you went above and beyond to help somebody."
"If you could interview anyone in the world right now who would it be?"
"Tell me about some of the roles of a pharmacist."
"Tell about the research project you are in."
"If someone gave you directions, how would you go about understanding the directions?"
"what have you heard recently about healthcare?"
"Name something you've read in the paper or heard in the news that's related to pharmacy."
"Tell me about your experience working in a pharmacy."
"Tell me about yourself"
"Can you give me an example of a time when you changed someones opinion about a matter?"
"Why do you want to become a pharmacist?"
"What would you do for the next year if you didn't get in to any pharmacy schools?"
"Tell me about your volunteer activities."
"Who is one person you would interview and why?"
"tell us about your friend, positives and negatives"
"Nothing"
"Tell me about your best friend."
"Tell us about a time when you went above and beyond to help someone during your time as a volunteer."
"Tell me an interesting story you have about your roommate."
"the question about best friend"
"What current event in the health field peaks your interest?"
"what is the latest you have heard about healthcare?"
"Have you been to our Wegman's?"
"We know that pharmacy is one of your major life-goals at this time. Please tell us about your biggest non-pharmacy related goal."
"I was really only asked two "major" questions--"Tell me about yourself" and "Why pharmacy?" The rest was sort of conversational."
"Depends on who interviews you...I got one very informal interview where we just chatted about the school and my desire to enter pharmacy. My other interview was 10 minutes."
"Can you give me an example of current issues in the field of medicine/pharmacy ? "
"Name a situation in which someone was exhibiting questionable ethics and what you did about it."
"Define ethics and give an example of an ethical issue."
"Challenge for the health care in short and long term."
"Tell us about a world problem and how you plan to solve it."
"tell us a current healthcare topic or event and your stance on it, as well as how you would go about solving it"
"None, they were all about getting to know me. And who knows me better than I know myself!"
"Describe time when acted against moral values"
"All questions were on this message board, but I wished that I had practiced more."
"Tell us about a time when you considered doing something unethical."
"Describe the different fields of pharmacy and which one you are most interested in."
"what is a problem you have face and how did you solve it"
"What is your opinion about HIPPA?"
"See above. Nothing difficult, no typical "gotcha" questions or anything. "
"What other programs are associated with the PharmD program at UB?"
"Can you give me an example of a situation where you witnessed an ethical violation? and what did you do about it ?"
"How many gas stations do you think are in the United States and how would you figure this out? (the guy told me this was supposed to be a question to test your analytical thinking..)"
"If you turned on a hot water faucet, and after 10 seconds the water was still not warm, are you wasting energy?"
"None."
"SDN questions, typed all my answers out on Word"
"SDN interview feedback"
"SDN, typed a word document with all of the questions found on the interview feed back portion."
"SDN, this is my last interview had lots of practice"
"Just read about the school, mock interview"
"SDN, practice outloud. Mock interview."
"SDN interview feedback and practiced interviewing with people that I knew."
"SDN, prepare my answers, practice speaking"
"SDN feedback, practiced in front of a mirror"
"read newspaper articles, sdn,UB website, get a good night's sleep and eat before the interview"
"I spent most of my time on the school website thinking that the questions would be more related to the school rather than current events. I didn't know about this website until afterwards and some of the questions were alike."
"SDN"
"SDN, school website"
"Well, I used student doctor, and I had seen some pretty crazy questions posted here. However, none of those questions were asked."
"I interviewed at the same place last year, it was more stressful. My parents and I brainstormed good qualities, bad qualities, other things I found in here."
"Forums with interview questions"
"SDN, Website, Make sure you look at the "annual report" its on the website it has alota facts that you can impress the interviewer with "
"I printed out a list of about 40 questions and had a friend ask me them. The interviewers also have a list of about 30 questions and they all use the same list, so there is a good chance that you will get to answer some of the same ones between the two interviews (as I did) because some of the interviewers ask upwards of ten questions."
"Practice, looking at UB website"
"Mock interviews."
"School website, review my PharmCAS application, practice responses to interview questions obtained at SDN."
"When there was a time to ask interviewers the questions, they were delighted to answer my questions."
"How much pride the faculty and students had for their school."
"the facilities"
"The faculty and staff. Everyone was so nice! They made the interview so comfortable. Very stress free!! And, of course, the pizza and wings made the day!"
"curriculum, different programs"
"The current students were all enthusiastic, I went to see the new school and holy hell... it looks gorgeous. plus the south campus is WAY prettier"
"I ran into some students in the elevator and they seemed truely happy with the school."
"The interviewers were friendly and very knowledgeable about the school. The"
"friendliness and especially of the Asst Dean, and the neighborhood feel of the campus"
"They were very relaxed, and have study abroad opportunities for internships"
"I am from Georgia and I'm not used to snow and I assumed that it would be impossible to attend classes in what I would consider terrible weather. We walked around the entire north campus without going outside. "
"very enthusiastic and caring people wonderful school"
"Students, staff and faculty were super nice. Cheap tuition. Interesting dual degree programs (they have a PharmD/JD program!). They have a jewelry store on campus. "
"This year, they expect to receive over 1700 applications, which they cut down to about 225-250 interviews. So, if you get an interview, you are most of the way there. Also, they let you know their decision within a few days (5 in my case) so you aren't hung out to dry for months at a time."
"The relaxed atmosphere. And the Tim Horton's coffee. ;)"
"The faculty: their knowledge and passion for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. North Campus is very safe...Amherst is one of the safest communities in America. South Campus is a different story...."
"The school is HUGE, the faculty members are VERY VERY nice"
"The presentation about the school was really nice and well put together."
"I really liked the atmosphere - seemed very uncompetitive and friendly, and all of the students and faculty seemed really nice. And I was impressed by the labs and facilities."
"I have interviewed to 9 schools this year, and I have to say that the students and faculty are the most friendly people I have ever seen."
"That according to UB, the discipline of pharmacokinetics began there. Also, that Dr. Fung developed the nitroglycerin medication."
"Interviewers' face expression did not change throughout the interview process"
"The pharmacy building is fairly new but it wasn't to my liking. It felt cold."
"geographic location"
"The current students- seemed uninterested in answering our questions. They were kind of intimidating."
"weather"
"north campus tour as it was really fast and had no point to it since we wont be there next year"
"Students were not clear about what they do for fun. They just stated how close the other major cities were."
"The interview was done over skype, so at times there were some technical difficulties, but"
"All the snow!"
"Interviewers"
"students need to shuttle back and forth between north and south campus"
"There was a snowstorm and I got stuck in the city for a few days."
"the temperature (cold)"
"The weather."
"No financial aid info, but maybe that is open-house stuff."
"Relaxed atmosphere was also a bit disorganised. "
"The current pharmacy school facilities are below average. However, they are building a new school, to be opened by 2010. "
"Its very cold and it snows alllll the time"
"The interviews were very disorganized. There was about 45 students and half as many interviers, and many people had to sit and wait while others were interviewed. This would have been fine, but when some interviewers came out, the students that they were supposed to interview were with other interviewers and they were confused, further confusing students. Granted, this was their first year of interviews, but their 5th interview session. I expected more organization."
"The area - Buffalo is cold, economically depressed, and boring."
"Nothing."
"Second faculty interviewer did not take the time to read over my file before interviewing me. New pharmacy building will not be ready for at least 2-3 more years. "
"To stay an extra night so that I can go explore downtown Buffalo"
"there would be a pointless group presentation on a hypothetical situation/problem"
"How stress free it actually would be!"
"A group session discuss about a problem and present it."
"That it wouldn't be too stressful at all. that it would be cold and that buffalo is tiny"
"You dont have to answer every question perfectly."
"wear a suit, not just dress pants and a dress shirt."
"I wish I would've spent more time studying current events and I wish I would've worn flat shoes."
"how big the campus is"
"That they're going to serve Buffalo wings. I should have brought wetnaps --it was hard to eat while trying not to ruin your suit."
"The pharmacy courses are split between two different campus locations."
"Nothing I can think of."
"Know where the building is, make sure u go the night before and know how to get there because mapquest doesnt recognize any of the streets/buildings of the campus! but you'll be fine if you have a brain and a school map "
"There is a study abroad program you can do through the pharmacy school."
"That the interviews were pretty casual - nothing to stress over!"
"Need change to pay for the tolls!"
"I joined the interview through ZOOM, and when you are other interviewees are in the main room, they through you a topic to discuss. It is usually a scenario question so please be prepared for that."
"It's a very impressive school but the geographic location isn't the best."
"keep providing students with pizza and wings! that was awesome! best interview food ever!"
"It's a great school and the students seem happy there. All questions asked were on this forum, but you need to practice answering them outloud."
"The interview was laid back and the questions weren't terribly difficult to answer. I haven't visited the school yet, but from what I have seen so far, the pharmacy program really prepares its students well."
"The interview was pretty relaxed. They didn't try to trick me, they just wanted to know my opinion on some topics. We also had some issues with skype (I was only the sixth person they had done a skype interview with). The connection was bad at some points, and they ended up having to call me, but leave the video on mute."
"mostly stress-free"
"Although I was stumped on a few questions, I refused to choke under the pressure. I was nervous and it showed during certain times of the interview but I survived. "
"first you had a brief information session, then a tour, then interview and then a social."
"Best interview I've had so far. The faculty and alumni that interviewed me were really cool and it felt like I was talking to people I already know."
"Basically me babbling on about how much I love pharmacy and working in one."
"It was a pleasant experience. Stress level was very low. Faculty are the most enthusiastic and friendly staff I've met. The school is really focused on the research side pharmacy...and if you want to do research, this is one of the places to go (NIH funds them pretty well). "
"They ask alot of challenging questions. Be prepared to answer questions in which you have to think analytically. DO NOT GET NERVOUS! this is your first and last impression, Keep that in mind. "
"Very Good. The interviewers were very nice, really just trying to get to know you."
"I got nervous because it was my 1st interview and I thought I messed up, but I think they're very understanding of that because I got in anyway."
"The interview was not bad at all. Since this is the first year they have introduced the interview as a part of the admission process, they didn't make it stressful at all. I felt like I was in high school. They give you a breakfast before they introduce their program, so you have time to relax and talk to P2 and P3 students (who were extremely nice), and after an hour, all the interviewers (23 interviewers for 23 candidates) will come on stage (they all were waiting outside the lecture room), then the director of admission introduced one by one so we know who are who. Then they call your name and the interviewer took me to his office, which I found very nice because he came to welcome me instead of waiting for me in his office. After interview him, I interviewed with a P3 student, even though he was evaluating me, it was like more a conversation than an interview. Then we all came back to the big room and we went to a conference room to have a lunch, there were plenty of food there. Then we came back to the room to take our writing essay. The topic was "what a pharmacist should perform for the care of a terminally ill patient" or something like that. After the writing section, we went to the tour, but actually half of the group went."
"Positive."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 18 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 18 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.79 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 9 |
| Out of state | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 7 |
| 2-3 hours | 3 |
| 4-6 hours | 6 |
| 7+ hours | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 10 |
| Automobile | 10 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 3 |
| $101-$200 | 3 |
| $201-$300 | 2 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 4 |
| $501+ | 1 |
JFK to BUF
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Buffalo
laguardia
BUF
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 2 |
| Hotel | 9 |
| Home | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.17 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.13 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.25 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.23 | 13 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.38 | 13 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.15 | 13 |
"Can you please be more friendly"
"Love the pizza and buffalo wings"
"Please answer all the question the student asks in his/her email. Not part of it. I got accepted and I can barely get my questions answered."
"Allow students to take pre-reqs over the summer."
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?