Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	3
Negatively	0
No change	1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
5.75	4

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
6.80	5

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.80	5

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	0
25 minutes	0
30 minutes	3
35 minutes	0
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	2

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	5
At a regional location	0
At another location	0

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	5
In a group	0

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	1
Closed file	0

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
5.40	5

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Tell me about your current research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What kind of projects are you interested in working on" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing that you like about Penn State that other programs don't offer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Why do you think you are a good fit with Penn State?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What kind of research study would you design if you had $1,000,000?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''Who are you?'' ''What is anxiety?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't really remember - very conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What was the most difficult question?

"Which orientation are you most interested in and why" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you NOT want to come to Penn State?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to explain my thoughts on this obscure topic I had been researching. I had not really come up with any answers, so it caught me a bit off guard. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read professor's articles and about research projects listed on lab website. Read over my personal statement and research papers. List of potential interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read 4 faculty members' papers; looked at program characteristics; mock interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"studied faculty profiles" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read my profs articles, read about the program" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you positively?

"Everyone is super friendly. State college is actually pretty nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"the graduate students/faculty were incredibly friendly and seemed very happy" More from this Member | Report Response

"the dct was very enthusiastic and supportive of clinical work on top of research. i liked the students a lot" More from this Member | Report Response

"The students and faculty were absolutely amazing." More from this Member | Report Response

"Super friendly faculty and students, great facilities" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you negatively?

"Facilities in need of renovation." More from this Member | Report Response

"the location" More from this Member | Report Response

"the students seemed really overworked and stressed out" More from this Member | Report Response

"The location." More from this Member | Report Response

"The center of Pennsylvania" More from this Member | Report Response

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Read a little about professors outside my main interest" More from this Member | Report Response

"I fit in with the people much better than I would have expected. The people there were just fabulous. If it weren't for the location, I very well may have chosen PSU." More from this Member | Report Response