aqueousmelodies Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Hello, I was wondering, is some (secret) generally accepted ratio most graduate programs use to determine how many initial phone interview they will give per spot available in their program? I am applying in the I/O and Organizational Behavior areas and I have three telephone interview set up for next week, so I guess I am just confused as to if they are just screening me to make sure there are no red flags before extending the offer, or if They are trying to interview 3+ phone for the offer I am hoping to recieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applicant 1746 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm not sure about I/O, but for clinical and counseling (and maybe social/cog?), it seems that each POI phone/Skype interviews a short list of 5, and then invites 2 or 3 for a campus interview (of which 1 is typically selected, unless the POI plans to take more than 1 student that year, in which case they seem to invite double the number of applicants they plan to take). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewin Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 This varies from person-to-person and from institution-to-institution. There's no secret rule. As a thought exercise, prospective grad students should read this paper on how feeling a lack of personal control increases illusory pattern perception (e.g., superstitions, conspiracy theories, patterns in noise). I think the application experience primes people to look for patterns in everything. VentureIntoNothingness and overdetermination 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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