londonbnd Posted January 24, 2019 Author Posted January 24, 2019 What are some top questions you all have run into for IO interviews?
Joegeo Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, londonbnd said: What are some top questions you all have run into for IO interviews? From last year I remember these questions Why apply to this program? What is your main research interest? What makes you want to work with the certain POI? (Depending on if that is how they do things) What makes you a good fit for this program? What in life as prepare you for this opportunity One might have asked me why they should pick me over other candidates. Best of Luck! If it helps most of my interviews were pretty chill.
Left Skew Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, londonbnd said: What are some top questions you all have run into for IO interviews? Based on my subjective experience, most of my interviews (8) were more about my questions to them and less about their questions to me. I don't recall ever being asked an achievement-related question (e.g., define an eigen value?), so most of the questions don't have right answers- remember that. I don't know if anyone else can echo this, but make sure you prepare very good questions. Here are some examples: For current students: What would you improve about your program? What class was a waste of time? What are 3 things your adviser can do better? If you had to punish someone deeply, what professor would you handcuff them to? How much time have you spend off-campus with those in your cohort? How much of your weekend is spent doing work? My favorite: If all of the faculty participated in the Amazing Race with a clone of a generic student, who would you put your money on? Who would drop out? For faculty: What are three adjectives your students would use to describe you? What is a unique skill you offer that the other faculty do not? If you could add a course from the core-curriculum, which would you pick? In your opinion what proportion of a PhD student's time should be spent in the following areas: Assistantship, Coursework, Research, Personal Life? From your perspective what is the biggest social challenge? emotional challenge? and financial challenge? a student faces in grad school. What was something critical that you learned from YOUR advisor? In an ideal world, how would your time be portioned between teaching, research, and your personal life?
Joegeo Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 So update to my situation. I got word from the head of the I/O program at Albany and she told me it is the first time this has happened. She told me they never accept people before they get funding but they were impressed by my application so I can consider myself "accepted" but they don't know if they can fund me or who my advisor will even be. What a weird situation all around. OddIsEven 1
OddIsEven Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Interview with Auburn today went - I thought - really well! Was told they'll be conducting interviews until early next week and then offers for Open House will be sent out. Joegeo and psychedpsyched 1 1
Joegeo Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) @OddIsEven congrats on the successful interview! Usually, I find interviews scarier in theory than they really are. Edited January 25, 2019 by Joegeo OddIsEven 1
psychedpsyched Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Looking to connect with the other's who were accepted to UNC Charlottes Org Science program. DM me if you're interested!
psychnerd92 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 To the other person who got into Bowling Green I'd love to chat, are you going to recruitment weekend? If so, I'll see you there! Has anyone heard anything from USF?
londonbnd Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 Thanks everyone for the advice on interview questions!! On another note, has anyone heard from Michigan State’s Organizational Psych PhD program? I don’t see anything posted in results but they typically sent out notifications early January the past few years.
Cronbachs Alpha Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Hello all! Longtime lurker finally jumping into the conversation. @psychnerd92 I have not heard anything from USF either. Has anyone heard anything from NCSU? I saw one person notify of their acceptance a couple of weeks ago. No one else has posted and my application status hasn't been updated.
OddIsEven Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Hey all! So today I was invited to attend Auburn's open house event on March 1st! If anyone else plans to attend let me know - it'd be neat to know some names prior to the actual event. I'd also love to know your POI if you're comfortable sharing!
Joegeo Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 It's odd either a lot of I/O psych programs are taking their time this year or worse they have sent out their interviews/acceptances and those people just don't post here ? londonbnd 1
azumarills Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Joegeo said: It's odd either a lot of I/O psych programs are taking their time this year or worse they have sent out their interviews/acceptances and those people just don't post here ? It's getting kind of crazy! I'm hoping the fact that I haven't heard a rejection from anywhere yet is a good sign? Do schools normally send mass rejections out way past the time they send interview invites out?
Joegeo Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, azumarills said: It's getting kind of crazy! I'm hoping the fact that I haven't heard a rejection from anywhere yet is a good sign? Do schools normally send mass rejections out way past the time they send interview invites out? From last year I got 2? I think mass rejection emails. I am worried about schools like Rice who last year sent out the email request on the 21st and nobody on here has heard anything.
HopingForOne Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 18 hours ago, Joegeo said: It's odd either a lot of I/O psych programs are taking their time this year or worse they have sent out their interviews/acceptances and those people just don't post here ? For my own sake, I am going to assume that they are just taking their sweet time...
crovanika Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) I am super worried for the early December Unis. Was really hoping to hear from Penn, USF, BGSU, and Colorado. I did hear from Akron tho as well as Auburn. Had an interview with the latter on Thursday...don't feel like it went too well, really disappointed in myself. Hope Akron goes better. Edited January 27, 2019 by crovanika
brighteyes Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 1:10 PM, Cronbachs Alpha said: Hello all! Longtime lurker finally jumping into the conversation. @psychnerd92 I have not heard anything from USF either. Has anyone heard anything from NCSU? I saw one person notify of their acceptance a couple of weeks ago. No one else has posted and my application status hasn't been updated. Lurker from the Developmental thread. I applied to NCSU and haven't heard anything either, after a promising Skype talk with my potential POI in October. I hope they just haven't sent invites yet. Cronbachs Alpha 1
petitebiscuit Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Y’all, I feel like tomorrow starts a “make it or break it” week for hearing back from I/O programs. ? psychedpsyched, hejsan and crovanika 1 2
Sherifoz Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, petitebiscuit said: Y’all, I feel like tomorrow starts a “make it or break it” week for hearing back from I/O programs. ? I hope this really happens instead of feeling left out with more nerve-wracking silence! Any news is better than no news to be able to plan and move on. ? HopingForOne and Cronbachs Alpha 2
Left Skew Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Don't panic! (easier said than done). We are still in "peak-season" for interviews, and it will continue until roughly the 3rd week in February. hejsan 1
HopingForOne Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 35 minutes ago, OddIsEven said: Anyone heard from anywhere today? Nope! Another day, another empty mailbox. brighteyes and londonbnd 1 1
hejsan Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 4 hours ago, OddIsEven said: Anyone heard from anywhere today? I received an email today from UCF requesting a phone interview. It will be held later this week--wish me luck!! Not heard from any other schools yet though. HopingForOne, Joegeo and psychedpsyched 1 2
crovanika Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 7 hours ago, hejsan said: I received an email today from UCF requesting a phone interview. It will be held later this week--wish me luck!! Not heard from any other schools yet though. Congrats! Good luck! hejsan 1
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