justanotherbutterfly

You can reach out to see if you're on some sort of wait list, or if they just released invites you can wait a day or two so see if there's still a chance

From what I gathered most places like to release interview invites at least 2 weeks (give or take a few days) in advance from the actual interview date. I personally don't think there's any harm in following up. Perhaps maybe wait another day or two so it's closer to 1 week before formal interviews? But I don't think reaching out is a bad thing given how positive your prelim went!

Thanks for the advice and for letting me join the slack! You have been the only positive part of my day so far and I really needed it.

Thank you so much! Also any tips for finding jobs on twitter? I've seen PIs post here and there but I feel like I'm missing so much because I don't follow that many people

I am not. Is it possible to get added? Thank you!!

Apologizes in advance if this is the wrong place to post, but does anyone have any advice on getting post bac positions? This application cycle is looking to have no favored well for me (still have some programs to hear back from but I want to be realistic) and to ease my anxiety I decided it would be best to start looking for jobs. I'm signed up on the Div 53 list serv as well as have looked on clinicalpsych.org but so far it's very limited. Any advice? Thanks so much again!

I honestly never thought I would see people troll about this. This happened earlier with UCSD and I just assumed they meant to say prelim interview because sometimes PIs can be unclear. Now I feel stupid for falling for it

I wonder if maybe it was just a preliminary interview and the poster got confused? I can't blame them. POIs sometimes aren't the most clear, but I did notice they labeled it as a phone interview so I assumed it was a prelim interview because I would imagine actual interviews would be a bit more formal.

@Neuropsych2021 @Gavindorf Thank you both for your very insightful advice. This has eased a bit of anxiety, although I don't think I'll achieve full relaxedness until after the process is over haha. Wishing you both the best of luck this cycle and thanks again

Sorry if this has already been answered but does anyone have an advice on how to approach/ prepare for a preliminary interview. My POI said this interview will be done to help them decide if they want to give me an official interview invitation and that they want to talk about my interests and goals. I can talk about these two things easily (I think) but I don't know if I can talk a whole 20-30 minutes about it. Should I read more of the POIs papers? Talk about the specifics of the program? Am I over thinking this? Thanks in advance for the help!

Awesome thanks! Do you mind if I ask a follow-up? Does your application portal reflect that you received an interview? I added all the emails for the places I applied to in my contacts so hopefully they won't get labeled as spam, but I want to be extra sure.

Hi everyone, this is definitely just nerves hitting in but if we do get an interview email is it typically from the general grad application email address or the PI? My email has been filtering some grad emails as spam and even deleting them, so I'm going to play around in my settings to see what's going on, but knowing where to expect them from would be helpful!

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I've also see some informal interviews from the program I'm applying to (but not my potential PI). Does this mean that they've already gone through all the applications? I'm starting to get antsy not hearing anything. Also it's only been a week since deadlines...I didn't think they'd be done this fast!

@justacigar First this is very cool, happy for you! Second, from what I've been told it's not something you really put on a CV, but it can be something you mention in statement of purpose or cover letter to really show how invested you were in a project. This is only one of my PIs opinions so I'm also open to any additional thoughts!