UCI CLS - Interview & Recruitment Event

[waitnhope]

Hi ya'll, 

Today, I heard back from UCI and was invited to the interview and recruitment event on January 26-27th. I'm not sure what to expect and pretty nervous.
Question: How do the interviews usually go? How many people do they reject after the interview/recruitment event? Does anyone have previous experience or info on what to expect?

Thank you so much!! Good luck to everyone during this anxiety filled time!!

Edited January 13, 2017 by waitnhope

[AspiringScholar17]

11 hours ago, waitnhope said:

Hi ya'll, 

Today, I heard back from UCI and was invited to the interview and recruitment event on January 26-27th. I'm not sure what to expect and pretty nervous.
Question: How do the interviews usually go? How many people do they reject after the interview/recruitment event? Does anyone have previous experience or info on what to expect?

Thank you so much!! Good luck to everyone during this anxiety filled time!!

Congrats! I'm still waiting for an interview (that is, if they are still notifying people). Did you get the notice via email? On my application tracker, it still says "being reviewed".

Sorry for not being able to answer some of your questions, but I truly do congratulate you on your invitation!! And best of luck!!

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

12 hours ago, waitnhope said:

Hi ya'll, 

Today, I heard back from UCI and was invited to the interview and recruitment event on January 26-27th. I'm not sure what to expect and pretty nervous.
Question: How do the interviews usually go? How many people do they reject after the interview/recruitment event? Does anyone have previous experience or info on what to expect?

Thank you so much!! Good luck to everyone during this anxiety filled time!!

Congratulations on the interview invitation! I'm not sure the answer to your questions but it is very exciting to have such an opportunity. 

[waitnhope]

On 1/13/2017 at 7:59 AM, AspiringScholar17 said:

Congrats! I'm still waiting for an interview (that is, if they are still notifying people). Did you get the notice via email? On my application tracker, it still says "being reviewed".

I received a phone call, with a follow up email the following morning! I checked my tracker and it also states, "being reviewed". I know some people received a phone call the next day, so I would wait to hear back this week! *fingers crossed*

[wknd_worrier]

On 1/12/2017 at 10:54 PM, waitnhope said:

Hi ya'll, 

Today, I heard back from UCI and was invited to the interview and recruitment event on January 26-27th. I'm not sure what to expect and pretty nervous.
Question: How do the interviews usually go? How many people do they reject after the interview/recruitment event? Does anyone have previous experience or info on what to expect?

Thank you so much!! Good luck to everyone during this anxiety filled time!!

 

 

I'm going as well! I'm excited but fairly terrified at the same time. Have you been preparing for the interviews? I've been trying to this weekend but idk how to go about this stuff interviews are not my strong suit unfortunately 

[a little-stitious]

Sorry, I can't answer your questions either. But I'm also going to the recruitment event, and it's comforting to hear that others are as nervous and unsure of what to expect as I am!

[waitnhope]

I'm nervous as well! I don't know what to expect either. Do you all know how many students they accept every year? 

Also, I just received my itinerary today. Do you all know how the faculty meetings will happen? Are those one-on-one or more like group interviews? 

 

[a little-stitious]

I got mine today too! It seems like the faculty meetings will be one on one with each faculty member and then maybe a group interview? I really don't know though. That's just a guess. And it looks like their cohort sizes are around 10 each year. I've heard that schools usually admit roughly double the number of the cohort that they want, so maybe around 20. But again, that's also just a guess. 

If anybody actually knows the answers, I'd also love to know. 

[wknd_worrier]

4 hours ago, waitnhope said:

I'm nervous as well! I don't know what to expect either. Do you all know how many students they accept every year? 

Also, I just received my itinerary today. Do you all know how the faculty meetings will happen? Are those one-on-one or more like group interviews? 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, a little-stitious said:

I got mine today too! It seems like the faculty meetings will be one on one with each faculty member and then maybe a group interview? I really don't know though. That's just a guess. And it looks like their cohort sizes are around 10 each year. I've heard that schools usually admit roughly double the number of the cohort that they want, so maybe around 20. But again, that's also just a guess. 

If anybody actually knows the answers, I'd also love to know. 

 

Yikes group interview sounds like something out of my nightmares one on one already has me anxious enough 

I don't know anything about how many people they admit but it looks like maybe 26 were invited based on the last email where you could see all the other addresses it was sent to

[waitnhope]

lol I counted too! I'm not sure how the group interviews will even work. I looked at my schedule and it looks like the time allocated for my interview is just 20 minutes. 

[a little-stitious]

I counted that too haha. I wish they had given more detail about the interview format. Fingers crossed it's not a group one!

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

At least we finally know who we'll be interviewing with and whether we'll have morning or afternoon interviews. 

[waitnhope]

Anyone else not like the short interview that lasted 10-15 minutes? I felt as though it was too short and the interviewers were too drained. 

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

11 hours ago, waitnhope said:

Anyone else not like the short interview that lasted 10-15 minutes? I felt as though it was too short and the interviewers were too drained. 

Definitely my least favorite of all arrange face-to-face faculty interactions. Unfortunately, the grad student mentioned these carry more weight on the decision process. 

[waitnhope]

2 hours ago, OptimiscallyAnxious said:

Definitely my least favorite of all arrange face-to-face faculty interactions. Unfortunately, the grad student mentioned these carry more weight on the decision process. 

Yikes! Well, they emphasized how they accept most students who attend the recruitment event. Hopefully we are the lucky ones!

[wknd_worrier]

11 hours ago, OptimiscallyAnxious said:

Definitely my least favorite of all arrange face-to-face faculty interactions. Unfortunately, the grad student mentioned these carry more weight on the decision process. 

 

Yikes I had the other interviewers and that was the one part that was a nightmare for me

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

At this point there's nothing else to do but wait and hope for good news. Hopefully decisions come sooner rather than later. Good luck to everyone.

[a little-stitious]

I just read an article saying that UCI is pushing to increase the number of its doctoral students by 35% over the next 5 years, so here's to hoping that might help out our chances!

[waitnhope]

When do you guys think we will hear back?

[a little-stitious]

I was told on Jan. 30 that we'll be hearing from the Admission Committee in the next couple of weeks. So I would expect to hear back sometime next week. 

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

The longer we wait and the more I think about my interviews, the more "mistakes" I remember making. 

[wknd_worrier]

1 hour ago, OptimiscallyAnxious said:

The longer we wait and the more I think about my interviews, the more "mistakes" I remember making. 

I swear I think of a better response to questions I fucked up at least once a day I'm ready to get it over with and hear a decision for better or for worse at this point haha 

[OptimiscallyAnxious]

6 minutes ago, wknd_worrier said:

I swear I think of a better response to questions I fucked up at least once a day I'm ready to get it over with and hear a decision for better or for worse at this point haha 

Same.

Hopefully we get decisions soon.

[waitnhope]

Same! It's good to hear I'm not the only one that thinks about the interviews on the daily. I really enjoyed the event, however, felt as though the interviews were a bit rough. 

[kiki_2_4]

In sure you all did a lot better than you think you did. Have faith/hope! I didn't make this account with an anonymous type name so you all probably know exactly who I am but, everyone I met there was super smart and a real contender! You all definitely have a shot!