MtnDuck Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 One school has released interview invitations today and several schools have switched to using interviews in recent years (Baylor, Boston, DePaul, Penn State, Chicago, Iowa, UC Irvine, Villanova). Since last year folks wanted to talk with one another about what questions to ask and get advice, here is a thread for that! See also this post from @directingdirections(who in turn was sharing information from a previous year) with potential questions to ask. ShadyCarnot, Marcus_Aurelius, Quaaliaa and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDuck Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) UC Irvine (LPS) has sent out interview invitations. Confirmed both by a student at my university and from another person on FB. Edited January 14, 2020 by MtnDuck Quaaliaa, Marcus_Aurelius and ShadyCarnot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eheydon Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I would like to formally introduce myself as the ‘person on FB.’ Hello! ShadyCarnot, syn and Marcus_Aurelius 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicdegree4me Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) A new pal from facebook got an interview invite this morning to Cambridge. Most notably, I did not. The email suggests that all candidates under serious consideration will be interviewed. So much for that ... Edited January 27, 2020 by musicdegree4me Marcus_Aurelius and Eheydon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eheydon Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 9 hours ago, musicdegree4me said: Most notably, I did not. ... So much for that ... I’m sorry to hear that! Hope you get some good news soon. Marcus_Aurelius and HootyHoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazad Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Will be interviewing at UC Irvine (LPS). Can anyone shed light on what to expect? I'm not sure how serious it will be or what level of technical interview to expect. Thanks! Eheydon and ShadyCarnot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eheydon Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 22 hours ago, shazad said: Will be interviewing at UC Irvine (LPS). Can anyone shed light on what to expect? I'm not sure how serious it will be or what level of technical interview to expect. Thanks! Same, and I have all of the same questions. Although I’ve heard (from a very reliable source) that the interview invitation is more or less an acceptance, and that the interviews are just mandated by the university as part of the applicant screening process. Will update the thread if/when I hear more. shazad and ShadyCarnot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazad Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 2:23 PM, Eheydon said: Same, and I have all of the same questions. Although I’ve heard (from a very reliable source) that the interview invitation is more or less an acceptance, and that the interviews are just mandated by the university as part of the applicant screening process. Will update the thread if/when I hear more. Well that is comforting to hear. Please do post an update if you hear anything! Eheydon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THSRPPhD Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Hello! Will be interviewing at Iowa, please what should I be expecting? Has anyone interviewed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syn Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 22 minutes ago, THSRPPhD said: Hello! Will be interviewing at Iowa, please what should I be expecting? Has anyone interviewed there? I believe you're in the wrong section. This is for Philosophy programs, not Health Policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eheydon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 hours ago, shazad said: Well that is comforting to hear. Please do post an update if you hear anything! I’ve received confirmation that this event is more of a meet-and-greet, and any questions asked will just be to get to know us. We don’t need to show up expecting to get grilled.... Also, they are expecting about ten students to show at this event, and they typically enroll about 8 a year. shazad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlX Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, THSRPPhD said: Hello! Will be interviewing at Iowa, please what should I be expecting? Has anyone interviewed there? Congrats! Edited January 31, 2020 by KarlX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazad Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Eheydon said: I’ve received confirmation that this event is more of a meet-and-greet, and any questions asked will just be to get to know us. We don’t need to show up expecting to get grilled.... Also, they are expecting about ten students to show at this event, and they typically enroll about 8 a year. Fantastic (and relieving) news. I suppose I'll see you there! Eheydon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eheydon Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, shazad said: Fantastic (and relieving) news. I suppose I'll see you there! Same! Feel free to send me a DM if you’d like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platonetsocrate Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Received an interview invitation from DePaul today. Interviews to take place over the first part of the week (Mon/Tues/Wed), then decisions on the 7th. Anyone have any idea what to expect? How to prepare? Marcus_Aurelius and Eheydon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmugSnugInARug Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 10:50 PM, platonetsocrate said: Received an interview invitation from DePaul today. Interviews to take place over the first part of the week (Mon/Tues/Wed), then decisions on the 7th. Anyone have any idea what to expect? How to prepare? As far as I understand, Continental interviews are usually about fit with the program more than anything. Its usually some time devoted to your interests, your writing sample, and why you think it would be a good match. And my discussions with a few of the DePaul PhDs generally seem to confirm this as being true there as well. So prep is largely having some questions prepared for them about how DePaul Specifically could help YOU, as well as taking some time to review the faculty/their research interests/the interests of the other grad students, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UndergradDad Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hey platonetsocrate were you the one who already had a fellowship offer? If so you should have a good shot at this. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platonetsocrate Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 6:23 AM, SmugSnugInARug said: As far as I understand, Continental interviews are usually about fit with the program more than anything. Its usually some time devoted to your interests, your writing sample, and why you think it would be a good match. And my discussions with a few of the DePaul PhDs generally seem to confirm this as being true there as well. So prep is largely having some questions prepared for them about how DePaul Specifically could help YOU, as well as taking some time to review the faculty/their research interests/the interests of the other grad students, etc. It was indeed quite like you suggest here - focus on fit, etc. Thanks! On 2/3/2020 at 10:32 AM, UndergradDad said: Hey platonetsocrate were you the one who already had a fellowship offer? If so you should have a good shot at this. Good Luck! Yes I was. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmugSnugInARug Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 1:55 PM, platonetsocrate said: It was indeed quite like you suggest here - focus on fit, etc. Thanks! Yes I was. Thanks! Glad it helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
711fanatic Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 has/can anyone claim the Notre Dame HPS interview? Jewggernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikari Gendo Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Will be interviewed by Central European University the next week. Some (relatively) good news at last. Does anyone have any advice that could help me? This is going to be my first time getting interviewed by a non-local philosophy program. KarlX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botao Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Hello! Will be interviewed by KCL, does anyone have any idea? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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