University of Houston College of Pharmacy

Positively 🙂

1 out of 10

There were about 20 people interviewed on that day including me. We all had different scheduling times and to some extent different items. I had my one-on-one interview with Dr. Wallace. He was very nice and funny. I guess he was impressed when I told him I was so early for the interview because it meant I was serious about what I wanted. Also I had made a list of questions to ask him which also impressed him(I came prepared). After that was the preparation for the group discussion and the essay writing. I guess the topic for the essay was hard. We were asked to write only in pens. I saw one of the applicants really attacking his paper, scribbling and scratching out. His paper was really a mess. I guess that gave me confidence that I was not alone in thinking the topic was hard and I actually did a decent job(my paper was very neat). The group discussion was very interesting. We(6 applicants) were all laughing and making decisions. For a moment I forgot it was an interview and I was discussing with friends. We all felt at ease with each other. The scenario was: Six of us went on a camping expedition and one of us was attacked by a bear and left unconscious. We had to decide on the fastest way to get him medical attention given a list of items which we took on our trail. We had to prioritize the items in order of importance and choose the best strategy.

In a group work where your position is not adopted by the group, how did you feel about it and what did you do?

In the past 6 months what are the 2 good decisions you made?

Mock interview by the UH career services. I learnt about this website from there and it helped a lot.

How did you treat someone in the past you think you might want to change now?

The interviewer, Dr. Wallace, he is really a nice intelligent guy.

Nothing

My interview started at 8:15am and I got there at 6:30am. If I had known that it would take me a short time to get there I would have relaxed and gotten some more sleep. I was out there in the cold and all alone in the street because the building was locked.

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