Official Interview Thread 2017

[SpeechLaedy]

Question for everyone.. How many days did you all need to prepare for your interviews (i.e.,go over possible questions, brush up on your coursework, etc)? 

[imunster]

42 minutes ago, SpeechLaedy said:

Question for everyone.. How many days did you all need to prepare for your interviews (i.e.,go over possible questions, brush up on your coursework, etc)? 

I prepped for about 2 weeks because I was notified 2 weeks in advance. Although most questions I prepped didn't even end up being asked. I had the expected questions about why this school? And what makes you a good SLP? And then got 3 situational questions. 

[maurmaur]

1 hour ago, SpeechLaedy said:

Question for everyone.. How many days did you all need to prepare for your interviews (i.e.,go over possible questions, brush up on your coursework, etc)? 

I didn't apply to any schools that interview and ask content questions (things I need to reference my coursework for). So I generally prepare a little each day and then 3-4 days before the interview I discuss possible questions with family and friends and what my answer might be and if it's good. I also talk to someone about questions I might want to ask the people interviewing me to make sure they aren't questions that are too out there. I usually research the school more to get a better feel and feel more comfortable.

There are of course people who can just do interviews without preparation but I have anxiety so full research mode gets turned on.

[SLPsingballs]

1 hour ago, SpeechLaedy said:

Question for everyone.. How many days did you all need to prepare for your interviews (i.e.,go over possible questions, brush up on your coursework, etc)? 

I had my interview today, and was only asked casual questions about myself.  I don't think I could have prepared too much for these questions aside from some good introspection.  There was nothing clinical to brush up on.  I have another interview (hoping to add the /s morpheme to make that plural, hah!) soon, and I have no clue what to expect there either.  This is rough, emotionally speaking.  

[maurmaur]

1 hour ago, SLPsingballs said:

I had my interview today, and was only asked casual questions about myself.  I don't think I could have prepared too much for these questions aside from some good introspection.  There was nothing clinical to brush up on.  I have another interview (hoping to add the /s morpheme to make that plural, hah!) soon, and I have no clue what to expect there either.  This is rough, emotionally speaking.  

Pacific? How do you think it went? Also would possibly mind telling me a tiny bit about how you felt about the tour? I missed out on the in-person thing due to money!

[kate775]

I did not prepare at all for my interview and I am glad I didn't. The questions were nothing that I really needed to prepare for. EX. what special talent do you have that will make you a good SLP? The questions were pretty basic. I did not want to go in with preconceived answers and end up getting too caught up in these and panicking if I couldn't remember what I was "supposed" to say. 

[SLPsingballs]

11 hours ago, maurmaur said:

Pacific? How do you think it went? Also would possibly mind telling me a tiny bit about how you felt about the tour? I missed out on the in-person thing due to money!

Yes, it was at Pacific!  The campus is beautiful, and everyone was extraordinarily happy.  The tour of the campus was real short because the only building that really matters for us is the one where all the SLP classes are.  It was gloomy and rainy the whole time, which matters for some people.  There is really no town here so if you get in and decide to go there, live in Beaverton or Hillsboro or even Portland if you want to make the drive.  I went to the only 7-11 in the town at around 10 pm the night before at it was pretty sketch.  But the few homes and life I saw in the town during the day was very cute.  (just super duper small, the town is the campus and like 2 minutes of streets).

[maurmaur]

4 minutes ago, SLPsingballs said:

Yes, it was at Pacific!  The campus is beautiful, and everyone was extraordinarily happy.  The tour of the campus was real short because the only building that really matters for us is the one where all the SLP classes are.  It was gloomy and rainy the whole time, which matters for some people.  There is really no town here so if you get in and decide to go there, live in Beaverton or Hillsboro or even Portland if you want to make the drive.  I went to the only 7-11 in the town at around 10 pm the night before at it was pretty sketch.  But the few homes and life I saw in the town during the day was very cute.  (just super duper small, the town is the campus and like 2 minutes of streets).

Did they talk to you guys about placements? That is the thing I think I want to know more about. I want to know if it is possible to do placements in like Portland at hospitals and such.

[SLPsingballs]

7 minutes ago, maurmaur said:

Did they talk to you guys about placements? That is the thing I think I want to know more about. I want to know if it is possible to do placements in like Portland at hospitals and such.

Yes!  All of their placements in Portland hospitals, other local town hospitals, and schools- They have no on-campus clinic.  However, you might not always get where you want with what you want to do because they have to share placements with PSU.

[maurmaur]

4 minutes ago, SLPsingballs said:

Yes!  All of their placements in Portland hospitals, other local town hospitals, and schools- They have no on-campus clinic.  However, you might not always get where you want with what you want to do because they have to share placements with PSU.

I assumed, but I never assumed it would be that easy at any school really. The faculty definitely seem like they would work with you on things though so that is good!

[Elska]

4 hours ago, kate775 said:

I did not prepare at all for my interview and I am glad I didn't. The questions were nothing that I really needed to prepare for. EX. what special talent do you have that will make you a good SLP? The questions were pretty basic. I did not want to go in with preconceived answers and end up getting too caught up in these and panicking if I couldn't remember what I was "supposed" to say. 

I'm glad I didn't spend a ton of time preparing either, for that same reason. I took some time to collect my thoughts for potential questions, but nothing extreme. The questions I ended up getting were a little unexpected, but I feel I still gave strong responses. I guess I'll find out how they felt about it in a few weeks. 

[katherinexo]

On 2/15/2017 at 10:34 AM, wldnjwid said:

Did you hear anything about their interview process or what to expect for the full 4 hours?

It changes every year but I heard that they ask clinical type of questions? Like things we've learned in our pre-reqs. I'm not sure what they're planning to do for this year!

[Callen]

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 4:29 PM, maurmaur said:

Where did you interview? How'd it go?

Central Michigan University!! And it went pretty well - mostly personal questions. I also had one with St. ambrose University today, and that was also pretty personal also!! I was happy with how they went and the faculty were all pretty great about everything 

[pbandj]

Just got out of an interview with CSULB! I didn't prepare too much - just asked my boyfriend to ask me some common questions to get me reflecting lol. It was nerve-wracking at first, especially because I did not do my undergrad in CSULB and it was my first interview, but all the faculty members, graduate students, and applicants were so warm and supportive. I really felt like we all wanted everyone to do well and that made it a lot easier  

I feel positive about how I did, but all the applicants interviewing are strong candidates deserving of a spot so it's really such a toss up! Good luck to everyone out there still interviewing and/or waiting on results. Fingers crossed for good news  

[Elska]

1 hour ago, pbandj said:

Just got out of an interview with CSULB! I didn't prepare too much - just asked my boyfriend to ask me some common questions to get me reflecting lol. It was nerve-wracking at first, especially because I did not do my undergrad in CSULB and it was my first interview, but all the faculty members, graduate students, and applicants were so warm and supportive. I really felt like we all wanted everyone to do well and that made it a lot easier  

I feel positive about how I did, but all the applicants interviewing are strong candidates deserving of a spot so it's really such a toss up! Good luck to everyone out there still interviewing and/or waiting on results. Fingers crossed for good news  

I had my interview with them this morning. Definitely agree that everyone there was so kind and friendly, it really helped calm the nerves! It was surprising to me that they only asked 3 questions, and they weren't questions I thought they would ask. I felt I gave a strong interview, but we'll see! 

[pbandj]

57 minutes ago, Elska said:

I had my interview with them this morning. Definitely agree that everyone there was so kind and friendly, it really helped calm the nerves! It was surprising to me that they only asked 3 questions, and they weren't questions I thought they would ask. I felt I gave a strong interview, but we'll see! 

Oh wow, in my group they definitely asked more questions! Did you take 30 minutes for all 3 questions? I wonder if the professors created their own questions; I assumed there was a set of questions everyone was asked.

I am sure you did fantastic! Best of luck to you  

[jmk]

On 2/24/2017 at 6:09 PM, SpeechLaedy said:

Question for everyone.. How many days did you all need to prepare for your interviews (i.e.,go over possible questions, brush up on your coursework, etc)? 

I prepared by researching the program I was about to interview with (in order to ask some questions//answer why I wanted to attend that program). I also did a bit of introspection (why I wanted to do SLP, basically reread my personal statement.) I'm glad I didn't practice questions because I feel like my answers would have been too "formed", and I might have stumbled if I forgot an answer partway through. Meanwhile, I also would say that I'm pretty good at thinking on my feet & sounding articulate through past speech & debate practice. 

 

21 hours ago, maurmaur said:

Pacific? How do you think it went? Also would possibly mind telling me a tiny bit about how you felt about the tour? I missed out on the in-person thing due to money!

Pros;;

Very encouraging & supportive faculty! They definitely want students to succeed. Seems like a great community feeling. The campus is brick, and beautiful. 

 

Cons;;

The school // town is TINY! & about a half an hour from a larger town. The weather is cold. No on campus clinic (could also be a pro). No "real" cons. 

 

[Elska]

1 minute ago, pbandj said:

Oh wow, in my group they definitely asked more questions! Did you take 30 minutes for all 3 questions? I wonder if the professors created their own questions; I assumed there was a set of questions everyone was asked.

I am sure you did fantastic! Best of luck to you  

I don't feel like they did, because we were the first group to switch to the writing prompt part. Also, they were very open with answering our questions, and spent a lot of time giving their own insights and thoughts along with the answer itself. I feel like we spend just as much time asking them questions as they did to us!

Perhaps there's a pool of questions and they pick whatever questions they want? It's definitely interesting to hear that some groups had more questions than others. I kinda wish we had maybe one more question, just because most of everything that I prepared to use for answers either wasn't relevant or touched upon. 

I hope we both get good news when they send decisions! 

[SpeechLaedy]

54 minutes ago, jmk said:

I prepared by researching the program I was about to interview with (in order to ask some questions//answer why I wanted to attend that program). I also did a bit of introspection (why I wanted to do SLP, basically reread my personal statement.) I'm glad I didn't practice questions because I feel like my answers would have been too "formed", and I might have stumbled if I forgot an answer partway through. Meanwhile, I also would say that I'm pretty good at thinking on my feet & sounding articulate through past speech & debate practice. 

I'm actually going over some interview questions now. Not really rehearsing, but just trying to get my brain thinking of some of these things prior to the interview I have in 2 days so I won't have to think as much if they actually ask me and I don't prepare myself lol I actually like looking at the different things about the schools that make me interested in them. And I made sure to reread my personal statement so I can back up my interest in the school more based on what I said in it. I really hope it goes well! Good luck to you!

[KnittingSpeechie]

On 2/24/2017 at 1:06 PM, StPaulCCC said:

I know it is a joint program between the two schools; but are there two separate campuses/separate applications?

One campus, two totally separate application processes. The programs also have different grad requirements: EWU requires a research project, WSU has the option of that or an oral case presentation.

[wldnjwid]

On 2/25/2017 at 3:05 PM, katherinexo said:

It changes every year but I heard that they ask clinical type of questions? Like things we've learned in our pre-reqs. I'm not sure what they're planning to do for this year!

Thanks!

[speechie575]

So I have an interview this week, and decided to brush up on the school and their program. As I was reading their FAQ's, I noticed this about interviews : "Each candidate will participate in a "proficiency" measure of knowledge of the basic sciences (as defined by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)."

What do you think this means?? Will I get a test or something about the ASHA courses that are required?

Edited February 27, 2017 by Murr57

[kayyyyy_]

25 minutes ago, Murr57 said:

So I have an interview this week, and decided to brush up on the school and their program. As I was reading their FAQ's, I noticed this about interviews : "Each candidate will participate in a "proficiency" measure of knowledge of the basic sciences (as defined by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)."

What do you think this means?? Will I get a test or something about the ASHA courses that are required?

What school is this for?

[speechie575]

47 minutes ago, kayyyyy_ said:

What school is this for?

SUNY Plattsburgh 

[slpgrad620]

I got a call to schedule an interview at CUNY Queens College today! i'm so nervous!!