Interview at CCNY - Mental Health Counseling

[aceegreene]

Hi All,

I have recently gotten an interview call for the MA in mental health counseling at City College of New York. Could anyone give me any tips as to how the interview will go and how to prepare for it? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[CaffeinatedCounselor]

Hey, congrats on the interview for CCNY! I still haven't heard yet . When did you hear about the interview and did you hear via email or phone (or both)?

Are you coming on to campus or will you be doing this via phone/Skype (I see you're in Karachi)? If you're coming on campus, and they're doing what they've done in the past, you should be interviewed by two people one-on-one. (I'm from CCNY and if the same people are doing the interviews as last year...these professors are REALLY nice, warm people...so be yourself!) From what I know, CCNY doesn't do group interviews. I was asked some of the following questions at Baruch this week (and at an earlier group interview):

1. What are your career goals? How do you see this degree fitting into your career goals?

2. What are some of the special challenges that face mental health in the South Asian community? (I am Indian, and I am specifically interested in working with this population.)

3. What are some of the emotional challenges that worry you about embarking on counseling training?

4. Do you see yourself working in an institution or in private practice?

Mostly, all the questions I had to answer were very specific to my application. Make sure you remember what you said in your personal statement (not that that's hard... you wrote it )--I was asked to expand upon some of the things I said. I would say, be as comfortable as possible with being able to explain why you want/will need this degree, and what your strengths and weaknesses are. 

Good luck!

 

[aceegreene]

Hey, thanks for such an elaborate answer, it's really helpful.

So I heard from them about the interview via email on the 16th of March. And since I'm in Karachi, my interview will be held via Skype. 

Thanks again for your help!