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Hey y'all,

Got an email today to sign up for a skype interview for WSU! It's next week and I'm excited to even get this far lol. Is there anyone who could tell me about the process? I'm not sure if they change it up every year or if it's usually the same, from what I've heard it's general interview questions (and the slots are only for 15 minutes) and nothing specifically speech-related but I'd like to be as prepared as possible!

 

Thanks for any help!

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@snoves I have no idea what they’re going to ask but it’s only 15 minutes so I doubt it’s too in depth?! I do know I was told in the past they have around 250 applicants and interview the top 100, so I’m already hopeful I might actually have a shot of getting in somewhere! Good luck! 

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3 hours ago, Hoosier27 said:

@snoves I have no idea what they’re going to ask but it’s only 15 minutes so I doubt it’s too in depth?! I do know I was told in the past they have around 250 applicants and interview the top 100, so I’m already hopeful I might actually have a shot of getting in somewhere! Good luck! 

Yeah, that's how I feel too :) I was just hoping to get more insight lol! I did hear from someone that they were more personal questions (rather than asking you to detail out situations and such) so we'll see. I'm not too sure what the point of a 15 minute interview is. :P Best of luck to you!

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I'm interviewing with WSU also! I can't imagine the interview will get too in depth since the slots are only 15 minutes. I also heard that the interview questions are general and more about getting to know the applicant versus academic based questions. Good luck guys! 

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12 minutes ago, MarSLP2019 said:

I go to WSU, if you have any questions!

How exactly does it work being included with another school?! Is everything the same essentially for both schools? How many people are in the program? What are practicum experiences like? Thanks for any info :) 

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4 minutes ago, Hoosier27 said:

How exactly does it work being included with another school?! Is everything the same essentially for both schools? How many people are in the program? What are practicum experiences like? Thanks for any info :) 

I like your username btw:)

We're the exact same program. You ask any of the professors, they only care about it when entering grades. I work in a lab and how I was hired versus how the EWU person was hired was slightly different but that's because I was "hired" by WSU. There are roughly 50 of us, 25 from each school.

You have a client or two first semester in the on-campus clinic. Spring semester and summer about a third (not that many this semester) go off for off-campus practicum. In the fall, we all go out. The internship is in the spring. If you don't go out in the spring semester, you get more clinic assignments on-campus.

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1 hour ago, Hoosier27 said:

@MarSLP2019 thanks! That’s really helpful. Were you offered the job to work in a lab or was it something they made available to everyone to apply for? Is that separate from the research requirement (I believe there’s a few options for this)? 

So in terms of graduate assistantships, you apply during your first semester and then start the second semester, there is only a handful though. My research job was separate from this, basically a professor emailed out to our cohort and invited us to come tour and they had applications we could take at the end. In general, WSU Spokane is an all healthcare campus and I know of other students involved in other research labs, I also know of a few students who have jobs on campus however most went here for undergraduate as well.

Yes, it's separate from the requirement. Our quote on quote capstone is a research project or case study.

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Alright fam here's the deets:

Interview was brief and pretty laid back. They pick questions from a cup, some general questions (i.e. talk about a time you struggled academically, etc.) and some application. They picked only three for me, then I got to ask questions. That was pretty much it! 

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On 2/23/2018 at 4:10 PM, snoves said:

Alright fam here's the deets:

Interview was brief and pretty laid back. They pick questions from a cup, some general questions (i.e. talk about a time you struggled academically, etc.) and some application. They picked only three for me, then I got to ask questions. That was pretty much it! 

I just had mine done too!! So glad that's over with, now I'm gonna go celebrate! I just got an email last night saying ill also be interviewing for EWU on Sunday (!!!) This weekend is crazy stressful!!

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16 minutes ago, snoves said:

Alright fam here's the deets:

Interview was brief and pretty laid back. They pick questions from a cup, some general questions (i.e. talk about a time you struggled academically, etc.) and some application. They picked only three for me, then I got to ask questions. That was pretty much it! 

I’ve been out of school for a few years, do you think I’m going to struggle with any of the questions related to application?! I have experience in the field, however I don’t remember a lot of like anatomy and that kind of thing! @Zoegg182 @snoves

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1 hour ago, Hoosier27 said:

I’ve been out of school for a few years, do you think I’m going to struggle with any of the questions related to application?! I have experience in the field, however I don’t remember a lot of like anatomy and that kind of thing! @Zoegg182 @snoves

Nothing like that! They were questions about assessment/therapy. :) Not anatomy or something super specific!

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Does anybody know when we should hear back from WSU? At the end of the interview they said that they were interviewing more people the next week, but from the results page it seems like they didn’t do interviews in waves in previous years so I don’t know...

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I had a follow up email with WSU and they said that we should hear back decisions the week of March 11th! I believe the same goes for Eastern Washington, during the EWU interview they said they were interviewing through March 6th which would put them around the same timelines.

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I interviewed with Eastern Washington on 2/25. It was somewhat similar in structure- two faculty members and only a 15 minute interview. Unlike WSU, they came in with specific questions to the interview. Questions were to be expected (what led you to pursue this, tell us something you want us to know about you, etc). 

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3 hours ago, babsabbs said:

I interviewed with Eastern Washington on 2/25. It was somewhat similar in structure- two faculty members and only a 15 minute interview. Unlike WSU, they came in with specific questions to the interview. Questions were to be expected (what led you to pursue this, tell us something you want us to know about you, etc). 

tbh that would have been SO much better. It makes it sound like they actually want to know your ambitions and what you want to do in the field, rather than ask you a bunch of random unrelated questions lol. Hope it went well! :)

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17 hours ago, snoves said:

tbh that would have been SO much better. It makes it sound like they actually want to know your ambitions and what you want to do in the field, rather than ask you a bunch of random unrelated questions lol. Hope it went well! :)

@snoves Thank you! I agree! I felt much more confident answer those questions as compared to WSU's, though afterward I didn't feel as confident with the interviewer's response to my answers so who knows honestly! I'm really looking forward to hearing back from both- as I've done more research into the programs I'm more and more impressed. 

 

Has anyone heard any negatives about either of these programs? Or does anyone have something about the programs that doesn't feel 100% with you?

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18 hours ago, snoves said:

tbh that would have been SO much better. It makes it sound like they actually want to know your ambitions and what you want to do in the field, rather than ask you a bunch of random unrelated questions lol. Hope it went well! :)

Don't be fooled, WSU's are all planned even if they're in a cup haha. From my understanding, they both have a list of questions that vary by applicant.

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19 minutes ago, babsabbs said:

@snoves Thank you! I agree! I felt much more confident answer those questions as compared to WSU's, though afterward I didn't feel as confident with the interviewer's response to my answers so who knows honestly! I'm really looking forward to hearing back from both- as I've done more research into the programs I'm more and more impressed. 

 

Has anyone heard any negatives about either of these programs? Or does anyone have something about the programs that doesn't feel 100% with you?

You can PM me if you want to talk pros and cons of the program!

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