Mallorye

Short and sweet: is it rude to withdraw from an interview I've already accepted? It's the first weekend of March.

Athlete2academic & iphi, thanks for your wonderful, comprehensive replies! I am really relieved to hear that you weren't thrown any curveball questions during the interview. About wearing a pantsuit to an interview... I would also appreciate experienced interviewees take on this, though I suppose it doesn't much matter for my first interview as it's on Friday & I already have my suit.

Hi everyone! I have been ghost reading posts from this thread for weeks, without much to contribute myself, but I've been enjoying hearing about other people's admissions journeys. I am attending my first interview next week for a PhD program. I have been scouring the Internet for weeks searching for tips on what to expect and how to prepare. I just read through the links iphi posted on page 7 about interviewing, and found them to be extremely helpful. Thanks for posting! Now, I am curious to hear about people's personal experiences with interviews, if anyone feels like sharing. Specifically, I'd like to know what you did to prepare, if you found your preparation to be sufficient, what questions were asked (hardest to answer, most common, etc), the feel of the interview (formal, casual, lots of questions, conversation, discussion, etc). For current grad students, do professors have applicant preferences pre-interview or are they really choosing who to offer admission to mostly based on that interaction? I really want to know if people have been grilled, question wise, and if so, on what topics. I had planned on doing a mock interview to prepare but it fell through, so now I'm frantically trying to figure out what a typical interview specific to school psychology PhD programs is like. Any input/advice would be greatly appreciated.