How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.57 | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 13 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.62 | 13 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.58 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 1 |
| 30 minutes | 1 |
| 35 minutes | 2 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 4 |
| 50 minutes | 1 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 9 |
| At a regional location | 4 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 5 |
| In a group | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 9 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.57 | 14 |
"In one of your past experiences, what did you do when one of your group members was slacking?"
"Why ISU pharmacy?"
"first of all, we had personal interviews with two faculty members that went for 30-40 mins. then we had a group interview with several other candidates as other students from the program watched. we had a few questions each and then we did a group discussion about a moral/ethical situation where there was no right or wrong answer, necessarily. "
"Why pharmacy? Why ISU? What would you do if you don't get in? What other schools you applied to? "
"what makes you stand out compared to the other three applicants we are interviewing today?"
"Why pharmacy? Why ISU? Did you apply to any other programs? "
"The questions listed above."
"Why pharmacy"
"You work retail, an elderly customer calls because she is missing her meds. You know that her grandson picked them up last night because. What do you do?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What are the best and worst parts about pharmacy?"
"The normal questions"
"What does being a professional mean?"
"What's your least favorite subject?"
"we mainly spent the time talking about nonsense like how hard it is to get hospital experience at times. make sure you know what you can bring up as a bullshit topic so that you can "connect" with them and just have a nice talk. run with it and try and keep it going. the other professor finally had to stop the other faculty member and myself in the discussion so that she could get a few of the "standard questions" in. "
"What would you do if your patient who is a medical doctor is addicted to the specific medication?"
"When have you clashed with a co-worker and how didi you resolve that situation?"
"Discuss a time when you had a setback or failure and how you dealt with it."
"Why do you want to be a pharmacist?"
"What area of pharmacy"
"Why ISU?"
"What would you do if you caught a student with a test that everyone has not taken?"
"You got to know all the fields of pharmacy out there!!"
"What does responsibility mean to you?"
"What is the most undergrad credit hours taken at one time?"
"be sure to be active in the group discussion but also make sure that you include everyone and never put any idea down even if it is the dumbest thing you have ever heard in your life. if you can come off as the mediator of the discussion, mind you not in a forceful way, it usually goes well for you. that's what i did. "
"Most of the time is just chatting. It is most like a conversation with my close friends."
"When have morals come in to play when working in the pharmacy?"
"Do you prefer working individually or in a group? Also, what do you do in a group situation when a member isn't pulling his or her weight?"
"Since you are an out of state resident why do you think we should choose you for one of the 10 spots?"
"What will you do with your buisness once you are in pharmacy school?"
"What would you do if one a your group members is not contributing/slacking off and making you do most of the work?"
"Do you prefer to work alone, in small groups or in large groups?"
"Why should they pick you over any other person!!"
"What would you do if a person with a previous drug history came to you and asked how to pass a drug test?"
"Do you plan on working through graduate school?"
"it was at a different school interview...what does it mean to be a professional"
"Would you like to stay in the U.S or go back to your country after completing Pharm.D program? "
"If a patient comes up to and says they want to commit suicide, what would be your actions?"
"What other career options have you considered or are still considering?"
"You catch one of your good friends cheating on the test - what do you do?"
"You were working in a pharmacy and there was a job opening for a teller. Your friend who uses drugs for recreational purposes asks you to recommend him for the job opening. What would you do?"
"The interviewing professor asked/invited me to go rock climbing with her."
"They only asked me two questions. Why Pharmacy and Why ISU. The rest of the time we just chit-chatted."
"Did you become interested in becoming a pharmacist before you were a technician or when you became a technician?"
"What is your favorite class? Your least favorite class?"
"What other hobbies do u take part in?"
"Nothing very "interesting". Just standard questions."
"What do you look most forward to when you're a pharmacist? The least?"
"None. If any it was from my resume. Anticipate any weaknesses that might be brought up for questioning from your resume. My interviewer noticed the details."
"what makes you qualified for this program? saying your grades or compassion is bullshit. everyone interviewing usually has good grades and compassion...come on...i would shred your application right then and there if you say shit like that. come up with something interesting...i want to advance the field of pharmacy because there are still some many opportunities and niches in pharmacy that could use development...and this would eventually help grow the world of pharmacy.. if you say this have and example or they will nail your ass faster than you can imagine...MTM for instance is a great. and as nice as my faculty interviewers were, there are also the other kinds. asking like "why do you belong here, why should we give you a chance, there are others so many others with better grades that we shouldn't waste our time""
"N/A"
"Your best friend tells you they're cheating. What would you do?"
"What would you do if you caught your best friend cheating on an exam?"
"What do you do if one of your group members if refusing to help with the project and the professor says its your problem that you have to do deal with?"
"You don't have much experience...Are you absolutely sure you want to pursue pharmacy?"
"no difficult questions"
"If you were a retail pharmacist living in Oregon (euthenasia), a long-time patient with cancer presents you a prescription for a lethal dose of Morphine. What would you do?"
"Why should we pick you over any other student applying to ISU?"
"Why ISU"
"If a doctor sends in a prescription and you do not think the patient should take it; and, even after a call to the doctor, the doctor will not change it, what would you do?"
"sdn"
"SDN."
"there are several general question lists on the internet and i looked those over. many questions may seem ridiculous but do them anyway. if they never come up..ok..but they will still help you get your thoughts in order for other shit that may come your way. practice saying it to others, but don't memorize your answers otherwise they will sound rehearsed and certainly not genuine "
"Surf ISU website, student doctor network"
"SDN, read articles, searched common interview questions, talked with pharmacists I work with."
"Read up on current pharmacy issues, and looked at others' interview feedback."
"SDN, mock interview"
"SDN, friends already attending the school."
"mock interview"
"Talked with other pharmacists and this site."
"Review SDN, speak with pharmacists and pharmacy students."
"Reading feedback at ISU, talking to friends."
"SDN, friends & pharmacist"
"This web site. My husband is great with interviews and thought up all the questions he thought I'd encounter. I recommend a mock interview."
"No cut-throat competition"
"Pharmacy building is in great, easy location to find. ISU pharmacy faculty and students were very friendly and courteous."
"All my interviewers and students that I met are very nice and cool."
"Very relaxed atmosphere. Both interviewers seems enthusiastic about topics realating to the future of the pharmacy profession and the opportunities the field has to offer."
"Both interviewers seemed personable and nice."
"The pharmacy building was right in the middle of campus"
"Very laid back, but professional atmosphere. Very friendly. The interview with the professors was more a conversation then a "specific" question interview."
"students and faculty work/play together and there's a great feeling of teamwork and friendliness in the program."
"I really liked the teachers I spoke with and the small town atmosphere."
"The student interview was laid back."
"The current pharmacy students were very friendly and laid-back. They seemed like one big family."
"the cost effectiveness of attending this school"
"The interviewers definitely took the time to review my application. I could tell they did not just walk in and wing it. Also, they accepted me three weeks later into the program. They are quite prompt."
"Meridian Campus lacked research labs...."
"There are a ton of one way streets by ISU. It was very confusing and different. The city architect planner totally failed!"
"most of the day was spent waiting around for the next thing to happen. "
"The cold weather and water!!! I think their water has too much calcium deposit in it. :("
"Pocatello interview involved alot of waiting around"
"My interview started late, and one of my two interviewers left about 1/3 of the way through the interview. "
"They basically told me I had no chance because I was an out of state resident, there was no tour of the pharmacy building, the group interview in which I had no chance to talk, the question and answer with the current students was them just drilling us on more interview questions"
"VERY LONG DAY. We started at 8:30 a.m. and didn't get done until 4:00 p.m. I spent 15 min going over transcripts, 45 min professor interview, and 1.5 hours in student/essay interview. The rest of the time your browsing the halls and talking to all your competition :) I wish they would say "be here at 8:30 to 11:30" then let us leave. Oh well, I got accepted."
"it was cold and pocatello was really gloomy."
"A little chilly for March. I did not like how the interview was spread throughout the day. I wanted to get it done and go."
"An 8am-4pm interview schedule left many long breaks....."
"Pocatello looks like it could be a pretty boring town."
"The frozen sidewalks which almost cracked my skull"
"There was no tour of the campus/building during the second on-campus interview."
"Tuition is increasing by 10% each year"
"There are only a dozen or so slots for out of staters. ISU received over 400 applications for fall 2010, interviewed approx. 130 and accepted 70 total students. Therefore, in order to get accepted as an out of stater you need an over-the-top GPA including prereq. GPA along with strong recommendations, resume, and interview score."
"the structure of the interview process."
"There were no real surprises."
"They guarentee 50 spots to Idaho residents and so there are only 10 spots for out of state residents."
"Nothing."
"Utah residents can qualify for a non-resident tuition waiver if they apply to the school seperately."
"I wish that I had known a little more of the school's history."
"Idaho is beautiful"
"I would say that I felt my application was very strong. The interviewers focused more on this than I imagined. I would have not gotten as "stressed out" if I'd known how relaxed the situation would be. It was more me asking them questions about the program rather than a standard interview."
"Meridian campus has lots of opportunities to work and go to school at the same time"
"If you are invited to an interview, prepare for a long day! Although the interview process is well organized and lasts only half a day, you can expect an open file interview, a student group interview, an ethical question group discussion while being observed by ISU pharm students & faculty admissions personnel, and lastly writing an essay about the ethical question posed to your group. It was a grueling process. I'm not sure if it was because this was only my second interview that I was so nervous or if it was the newness of what to expect for the interview, but I was way nervous throughout the day."
"interview with more than one school. find one that gives out early acceptance letters like the southern nevada (private) pharmacy school. that school is way to fucking expensive but do it anyway because going to the interview that really matters and being able to say that you have already been accepted elsewhere is a big bust. plus, that first interview is a good practice run for yourself. sounds like a lot of money for an extra interview but its certainly worth it. trust me. I got accepted into the program so i'm not blowing smoke up your ass."
"First I had an interview with two professors for 55 minutes. After that, I had a group interview with other applicants for 30 minutes. Then, we had 30 minutes a case-study discussion. Also, we got another one hour to write an eassy about our case study question. During discussion time, I felt a little bit nervous coz those pharm.D students were observing us. However, everything went very well. I got my accpetance letter after three weeks of my interview :) I am really going to the school since they have the resedency program that I want to practice!"
"Overall it was a good experience. But I wish I didn't have to spend all day in Pocatello for an interview that only lasted a few hours."
"I wish Boise applicants got to do their faculty interviews at the same time as the Pocatello interview day."
"There was tons of downtime. I kept leaving and coming back and it was a huge pain. I wish they would have just scheduled everything that was required right away in the morning and then the optional things if you wanted to stick around. The case study and group interview was not set up right. I never even got a chance to talk since I was the only girl and got over powered by the guys. I would have also brought my own dictionary if I would have known we were all going to be sharing one."
"Long day, but great experience."
"It was a lot of hurry and then wait for a few hours. I had a interview with 2 faculty members and we just talked about football and rock climbing for 45 minutes. All they asked was why I wanted to be a pharmacist and what do I like to do in my spare time. After that we had an applicant group interview and 3 current students asked us questions. Then we had a group discussion and we individually wrote an essay on the ethical situation. All the applicants, students, and faculty were friendly and we all hung out and had fun during our breaks. It was a long day but very relaxed compared to other interviews."
"I thought it was good. They space your interview out throughout the day which makes for a long day. I was lucky and had some pretty laid back intructors interview me which made for a very relaxed environment. A good experience overall."
"The interview day was a lot of hurry up and wait. We had three seperate meetings: one with the head of admissions to go over our coursework, one with two faculty members (the questions asked are above), and then a group interview with some of the current pharmacy students. We had a group activity/discussion and then wrote about the ethical issue we discussed."
"nice school, pointless tour, the intreview was from 8-4 so plan on being really bored. You will meet with 2 Faculty, then one more, and then with 2 students and finally you will have a group activety were you will have to write about it."
"The interviewers were fair and appreciated academics...especially that organic chemistry grade. My advice is to kick butt in chem, and your interview will go very well. It also helps to have a "unique" experience on your resume. Something like strong community service or pharmacy experience goes a long way. "
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 9 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 5 |
| Neutral | 4 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.58 | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 7 |
| Out of state | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 1 |
| 2-3 hours | 2 |
| 4-6 hours | 5 |
| 7+ hours | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 2 |
| Automobile | 9 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 3 |
| $101-$200 | 3 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 3 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 0 |
$ 700
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 1 |
| Hotel | 9 |
| Home | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.11 | 9 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.75 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.33 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.83 | 6 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.17 | 6 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.33 | 6 |
"Prospective students appreciate when e-mails are responded to in a timely manner."
"get your stuff in early and think about having a professional editor look at your personal statement"
"Applicant applying for Meridian campus should be able to do group interview in Pocatello right away"
"Consolidate interview process for Boise applicants."
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?