How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 7 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.71 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | 7 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 2 |
| 20 minutes | 3 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 1 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 6 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 7 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 0 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 7 |
"If you were working a slow shift at a pharmacy and realized that you had a big paper due the next morning that you completely forgot about, what do you do?"
"Scenario: You are a pharmacists. Congratulations. What would happen if a prescription came in and your technicians could not read it? How would you handle the situation?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What is your current opinion of the Obama Healthcare plan?"
"Why do you want to pursue pharmacy?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"See above"
"If you have a patient that has been coming to your pharmacy for many years and suddenly the insurance doesn’t want to pay for the medication and you end up losing money, what do you do? Do you take the loss or refuse?"
"Tell me about an ethical situation you might face as a pharmacist."
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"What role do you play in a team?"
"What is the greatest problem facing your generation?"
"See above"
"Tell me about a situation where you had to be able to multi-task."
"What do you think is the biggest problem today facing your generation?"
"Describe a situation where you were a leader."
"Have you ever witnessed cheating in your classes? What did you do?"
"If you could be one animal what would it be and why?"
"What was your most difficult class?"
"If we focused on one single area of your application what would it be? ..ie, grades, PCAT, skills, etc..."
"What field of pharmacy would you like to go into?"
"What is an ethical situation you have faced while working in a pharmacy?"
"What would you do if you caught another student looking at your paper during an exam?"
"Is there anything else you feel that we should ask you? (If you get this one I think a good comeback would be to tell them why you want to go to their school of pharmacy. This question caught me off guard, but that is what I would have done in retrospect because they never specifically asked me why I wanted to attend their school.)"
"What is a question you thought we would ask, and then answer it."
"What superhero would you be?"
"What is the biggest challenge in your generation?"
"I did a mock interview and looked at potential questions on the internet the week before the interview."
"Clean attire, dress to account for the webcam. Make sure to keep eye contact, clean surrounding area."
"Having a friend ask me aloud questions found here on SDN."
"SDN and other pharmacy interviews."
"A videotaped mock interview, practicing questions in front of mirror and with friends."
"Previous interviews, talking to pharmacists"
"The pharmacy students help out with the interview a lot. They have many forums for the candidates and help us get to where we need to be at the right time. Everyone was excited to be there."
"Openness and friendliness of the panel. 4th year student was also present and I was able to speak to the student personally after the professor left the room."
"The atmosphere was very friendly and I felt welcomed rather than intimidated."
"Communication was easy at MT because their pharm secretary, Erika, does a very good job."
"Interviewers were very nice and made me feel comfortable."
"The responsiveness of the faculty to students."
"The facility, all the people were very helpful, and it was very well ran and organized"
"Getting to UM SKaggs school of Pharm was a joke because there's many one way streets and the signs are not very clear (including their custom made map). The campus is like in a corner of Missoula and you feel like your crammed between mountains."
"The room we interviewed in was a professors office, so it was a little squished."
"Nothing"
"Breathe and enjoy yourself. They are interviewing you for their school and you are interviewing them to see if their school is right for you."
"For out of staters the cheapest roundtrip flight to the nearest airport in Missoula was approx. $650! I ended up driving instead, but the out of stater must also consider the odds of being accepted. The interview doesn't mean your going to get accepted and certain schools are more expensive than others to interview at."
"The interview is very short, and I didn't know if it was open or closed file."
"None"
"Options to have remote interviews. Dress to impress as colors tend to fade via webcam."
"Montana pharmacy faculty were very courteous, respectful, and helpful. I got the impression that UM pharm takes care of their students and the students have a tremendous amount of support to rely on through pharm school."
"Skaggs made a very good impression on me, unlike other interviews where it felt like I had to impress them, at Montana it seemed like they were trying just as hard to impress me!"
"Wonderful people and the place is all very new and nice. There was no stress really involved and it was very well organized so we only had to be there a half a day!"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 5 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 5 |
| Neutral | 0 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.43 | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 4 |
| Out of state | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 3 |
| 2-3 hours | 0 |
| 4-6 hours | 2 |
| 7+ hours | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 1 |
| Automobile | 5 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 1 |
| Hotel | 3 |
| Home | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 1 |
| $101-$200 | 2 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.29 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.71 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.86 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.67 | 6 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 10.00 | 6 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.67 | 6 |
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?