How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.19 | 37 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 32 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 6 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.29 | 38 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.11 | 38 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.33 | 36 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 1 |
| 25 minutes | 2 |
| 30 minutes | 23 |
| 35 minutes | 7 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 4 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 13 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 23 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 37 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 3 |
| Closed file | 32 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.19 | 37 |
"What type of exposure/experience do you have in pharmacy?"
"What characteristics do you have that you think would make you a good pharmacist?"
"If we had 1 spot left, why should you get it?"
"If 89 seats were filled and there was only 1 spot left, why should we pick you over someone else?"
"What qualities should a pharmacist have and how have you displayed those qualities?"
"What problems do you anticipate there will be in pharmacy within the next five years?"
"Where do you sit in the classroom? the front, middle, or back?"
"If there was only 1 spot left, why should we choose you?"
"What book are you reading now? And tell me about it."
"Why Pharmacy ?"
"If there was one more spot open, why should we choose you?"
"What are some of the major issues currently in pharmacy?"
"Tell me about yourself and how to attract to pharmacy."
"What changes do you think pharmacists are facing and how would you help this change?"
"If you could meet any fictional person who would it be and why?"
"How do you resolve conflict?"
"What would you do if one of your team member slack off ? What was the most difficult decision you ever make and what process did you go through for the decision ? "
"do you participate in any extracurricular activities?"
"Why UH-Hilo? "
"would you fire your best friend?"
"why you?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why pharmacy?"
"Would you be able to fire anyone?"
"Why University of Hawaii at Hilo over other schools in the US?"
"why pharmacy? why UH Hilo in particular?"
"Give an example of a time when you had to work with someone with different morals and values than you and how did you handle it."
"How would you go about making a difficult/important decision? What is your process?"
"Why do you want to become a pharmacist?"
"What are good qualities that make a pharmacist, and give personal examples."
"What is a current issue in pharmacy, and how you would address this issue?"
"What is the last book you read?"
"if you saw students cheating in an exam what would you do?"
"What is your greatest strength?"
"What qualities do you possess that would make you a good pharmacist?"
"If you could have dinner with any fictional character who would it be and why?"
"What was the most recent book you read?"
"What is important to you when choosing a pharmacy school?"
"Why Hilo? Why pharmacy?"
"What would you do if you saw a classmate cheating?"
"Tell me your pharmacy associated experience."
"Tell me about a big decision you have had to make, how did you handle it?"
"Out of the many different pharmacy school in the US, why Hilo? "
"What do you do if you see your friend cheating on the exam?"
"If we have only one spot left, tell me why we should choose you ? what is your strength and weakness ?"
"Why Hawaii?"
"Why UH-Hilo?"
"what are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"If you were to choose a fictional character to have dinner with, who would it be? Why? "
"What is the hardest decision you've had to make?"
"Why Hilo?"
"Why Pharmacy?"
"if you were the pharmacy manager and a coworker didn't do his/her work, what would you do and how would you handle the situation?"
"Why did you choose to apply to this school?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem facing pharmacy today?"
"How would you go about making a difficult/important decision? What is your process?"
"What pharmacy experience have you had?"
"Why pharmacy and why do you think DKICP will help?"
"If you saw a classmate cheating on an exam, how would you approach the situation?"
"Name a situation where you had to make a difficult decision ?"
"give us a time where you had to make a difficult decision? what are some of your weaknesses?"
"What is your greatest weakness?"
"Our curriculum is much more difficult than undergrad; how will you be prepared for it?"
"If we had one more spot to fill, why would we choose you?"
"If a team member was not doing their job, what would you do?"
"If you gained admission to your top 2 schools, how would you make your decision?"
"What would you do if you saw a classmate cheating?"
"If you saw one of your classmates cheating on an exam what would you do?"
"Why University of Hawaii at Hilo?"
"What is the biggest mistake your had made?"
"We have one spot left, why should we choose you?"
"What is your biggest mistake you have made?"
"What was the hardest decision you have had to make?"
"IF you have to be a character from a movie or a book. Which one you want to be and Why?"
"What part of Pharmacy today you think that need to improve ?"
"What have you done to prepare for pharmacy school?"
"If there was one seat left, why should we choose you?"
"we only have one seat left, why should we choose you?"
"Why should we choose you? "
"have you been to hawaii before?"
"Tell me about urself"
"What is your hobby?"
"would you fired a person from work?"
"Why pharmacy?"
"What are some advantages and disadvantages of team work?"
"if someone cheated, what would you do?"
"What are the current issues in the pharmacy?"
"How did you become interested in pharmacy?"
"Imagine you’re in a team of healthcare professionals. How would you handle a doctor suggesting the wrong medication/dose for a patient?"
"Why should we pick you over the equally qualified students?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Essay: If you could bring one book to a deserted island, what would it be and why?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"At work you saw your pharmacist pocket some controlled medication. what would you do?..... If there was one spot left in program, why you?"
"Who has been a role model to you and how so?"
"What is the last book you read? Tell me about it..."
"What time period would you like to live in?"
"Explain a current trend or problem in pharmacy."
"What animal would you be and why?"
"If you could sit down and have a convo with a fictional character who would it be?"
"If you got accepted to two of the top schools of your choice, how would you choose?"
"None."
"What fictional character would you like to meet and why?"
"How has your past experiences prepared you to become a good pharmacist?"
"If you could meet any fictional person who would it be and why?"
"IF you have to be a character from a movie or a book. Which one you want to be and Why?"
"nothings"
"If you could have lunch with any fictional character who would it be and why?"
"None. They were mostly questions from the interview feedback."
"If you can have lunch with any character, who would it be with and why?"
"If you were to choose a fictional character to have dinner with, who would it be? Why? "
"Do you surf?"
"None"
"What was the hardest decision you've ever had to make?"
"If one of your best friend cheat on an exam, what would you do?"
"What changes in pharmacy were coming up."
"none really ..."
"none, really"
"How do you like your current school ;)"
"Very typical questions. Had several personal off the topic questions like "How do you make Pho (a vietnamese soup)?"
"How do you see pharmacy in the 21st century and what role do you play in it?"
"What challenges do you think the fields of pharmacy is facing and how do you plan to meet that challenge?"
"What problems do you think there are in the pharmacy industry and how would you be able to solve these problems once you become a pharmacist?"
"If we had 1 spot left, why should you get it?"
"What is a current issue in pharmacy, and how you would address this issue?"
"Why would you choose University of Hilo out of all the other pharmacy schools?"
"What are some issues in pharmacy?"
"If you had a project due in seven days and a group member wasn't helping, what would you do?; Now, one day before, what would you do?; On the day of the presentation, do you keep their name on your group's project?"
"If you could be a flower what would it be and why?"
"If you could be a plant, what plant would you be?"
"Writing the paper about your favorite plant"
"Have you had experience dealing with other cultures? Describe and explain how you handled the situation."
"What are some of the major issues currently in pharmacy?"
"What are three books you would take on a deserted island?"
"If you are given your top 2 schools' admission, how do u choose?"
"What are some current issues in pharmacy?"
"Tell me about a time you encountered a clash with someone having a different cultural background than you? How did you handle the situation?"
"If there was only one spot left and it was between you and another candidate, why should be choose you?"
"None. "
"One spot left, why you ?"
"Would you be able to manage and possibly fire a friend at work? If we only had one open spot left why should we choose you? "
"They were all pretty basic but the one that threw me off was a question about whether or not I've ever considered going into research."
"we only have one seat left, why should we choose you?"
"If you were an animal, what would you be?"
"None"
"Same as above"
"what is your weakness?"
"Asked about stress/weaknesses."
"nothing difficult ... "
"discuss a challenge facing pharmacy and what you would do to overcome it"
"Where do you see pharmacy going in the future?"
"No difficult questions"
"Go over some common questions asked in every pharmacy school interview (i.e. Introduce yourself, Why pharmacy?, Why this school?)"
"I googled a lot of pharmacy school interview questions and put them all together in a Quizlet, and practiced from there."
"SDN interview feedback and various internet searches. Wrote questions and possible answers down in a notepad to sort out good answers versus bad."
"Studied school-specific questions on Student Doctor"
"mock interviews, SDN"
"SDN interview feedback. Practicing with another friend. Making sure i was calm and prepared"
"Mock interviews!"
"Read the interview questions on here, looked at other sites."
"SDN and mock interviews"
"Going through possible interview questions"
"SDN, mock interviews"
"SDN, positive thinking, reviewed profile on UHH website of interviewer"
"I read the questions that were on SDN and came up with answers for those. I am not submitting any questions that I was asked since they are all already here."
"Brief review of questions on here."
"SDN, School Website."
"SDN interview feedbacks."
"Went over common interview questions. "
"I practiced with a friend that does interviews for another pharmacy school. Went through the questions on SDN and typed up some responses."
"SDN, mock interview with friends."
"read this SDN"
"I read over interview feedback on this website."
"SDN interview feedback."
"review application, this site, practice with friends"
"Reviewed previous interview feedbacks on SDN "
"this forum"
"Practice talking about myself, reading my personal statement, researching the school"
"using some Kaplan refernce book: Rx to Pharmacy school"
"Reviewed articles/opinions about the future of pharmacy, SDN, and school website."
"SDN Interview feedback ..."
"SDN and reading up on current issues in pharmacy"
"SDN"
"Read studentdoctor questions from other schools. "
"Interviewers were quite nice and one was pretty local, interview felt quite relaxed"
"The interviewers were very laid back and nice. Also, their questions were very straightforward."
"Friendliness of the school."
"The interview was very laid back"
"The interview was very relaxed."
"How responsive and helpful the admission staff was. They were always willing to help and not be rude about it."
"The friendliness of the interviewer and how conversational the interview was."
"Friendliness of everyone; it's definitely a priority here for them. There's an admissions specialist that welcomes you when you sign in for your interview you, and talks to you while you wait for your interviewer to come."
"The in formalness of the interview."
"friendly faculty"
"The person who interviewed me was a professor at the college and he was easy to talk to."
"Interviewer was very genuine and nice. Interview was more of a conversation and actually went past the 30 min time slot."
"Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The island is beautiful!"
"While this was only my second interview for pharmacy school, my interviewer seemed a lot more professional than my first one. While it was a little intimidating, I liked how he carried himself during the interview while still being friendly. My interviewer seemed like he was really listening to my answers, and responded appropriately."
"Relaxed nature of the interview. The staff is very timely in their responses. Staff and faculty really cares for their students' well being."
"How unique the program is."
"the friendliness of staffs and faculties"
"How friendly and laidback the interviewer was."
"The interviewer was very nice and welcoming. "
"The interview was really laid back and the questions that were asked weren't particularly intense or hard."
"The interviewer is very friendly. "
"the faculty and the people on campus are very friendly."
"To go to school in Hawaii would be awesome."
"The interview was very nice and responsive."
"how nice people are. lots of restaurants around the area "
"the green suroundings"
"The interviewer was very casual. He made the interview seem informal, which somewhat lowered my anxiety level."
"the prof. is really friendly and easy-going."
"Faculty and building of the new pharmacy building."
"The interviewer was really friendly, he wanted to gt to know me, my intentions, my point of views. No talk about GPA or PCAT scores."
"the school and city are small...it's cozy"
"What they plan to do with their new facilities"
"First, being in Hawaii!! Second, the professors were awesome and nice. They really want to get to know you."
"They were very informative and gave a lot of much needed information especially since it is a new school"
"My interview was held in Las Vegas at Embassy Suites, horrible location, the fire alarm went off the night before entire hotel was soaked. In addition there was not a table or place to write the written portion. Apart from the interview location, the entire interview went very well, and impressive."
"It would have been nice to have a table for the written portion and better lighting than the light in the hallway."
"The location (in a hotel room)."
"no main building, but modulars were quite impressive!"
"The location is horrible for students who lives in the states. You fly to either Hawaii or Las Vegas and the interview is only 30 minutes."
"Interviewed in Anaheim, CA so haven't got a chance to visit Hilo, HI."
"Nothing!"
"Tuition for non-residents and its impossible to become a resident to gain resident tuition. No main pharmacy building (not yet built); instead one has class in modular units."
"The buildings they are using for lectures are temporary and they won't have a new pharmacy building for a while."
"None."
"Nothing at all."
"The location of interview. "
"It was in a dimly lit hotel room."
"none"
"the town closed down so early, at 9 p.m I try to find some food to eat and found out most of the stores and restaurants already closed."
"The interview was in a hotel room. There was not a lot of information about the school presented at the interview. It was kinda hard to gage how formal the interview wanted to be. The interviewer was a bit condescending. "
"I didn't get to see the campus but it was my decision to interview away from Hilo."
"the actual pharmacy building is not completed yet. the current building is old"
"Not much really..."
"we have an interview inside a hotel room, which i think is kind of different"
"Location of the campus"
"Nothing really"
"the pharmacy school doesn't have their own building--they share facilities with the undergrads"
"Nothing, they were great! "
"Nothing."
"nothing"
"I actually had my interview over video chat, instead of actually visiting the college. And I wish I had known that my computer would crash.."
"Don't rely on Google maps, haha. Show up 45 minutes ahead of time so you can find the place instead of wandering around. Plus, you get to talk to other people while waiting."
"How low stressed it was."
"How low stress the interview is."
"Fly to Hilo International Airport, not Kona! Hilo International is literally 10 minutes away; Kona is not."
"The essay question would be kind of off the wall."
"The interview was way more casual than I had anticipated."
"I should have spent more time on the island. (Only stayed one day)"
"Nothing really. I did my research on the school."
"read more on the faculties page to know the possible professor who will interview me."
"nothing. "
"They recommend all students to have a car or some sort of transportation because the public transportation in Hilo is not that good. "
"none"
"nothings"
"It was really odd being interviewed in a hotel room. If you have more money available I think it would be worth it to go out to the school for the interview. "
"I wish I had known the interview was going to be inside the interviewer's hotel room because then, I wouldn't have stressed so much."
"nothing"
"The questions were so generic like tell me about yourself, why pharmacy, etc. I prepared more on the harder questions, which were not asked at all. If I knew it would be relatively easy, I wouldn't have been so anxious. After all, the interviewer made me feel at ease."
"n/a"
"Their curriculum will probably change in the next year"
"nothing that i can think of"
"The temporary pharmacy building is off campus across Komohana St. on Nowelo St."
"I got asked for an interview the day after I submitted my PharmCas application. And after the interview, I got accepted the next day."
"Use AirBnB for a budget trip. Save a whole day for the Lava Flow tour, I heard it's awesome. Also, it costs $20 to get into some of the parks."
"What I did to prepare was look over all of interview feedback responses and compiled a list of all possible questions, prioritizing questions that seemed to be asked the most in addition to general questions. I was accepted into the college a couple weeks later."
"The environment is very country-like here. Be prepared to find a hobby or study all the time!"
"This was my second time interviewing with them and the person who interviewed me was so much easier to talk to than the person before. It's all in the questions that they ask. The first time I interviewed, I felt like I didn't have a good chance to show them who I was."
"Awesome school. They really care about the success of their students."
"Good school as they are really important and incorporated into the Hawaii community. Just hoping inflation doesn't bury us pharm students in major debt."
"It was kind of weird having an interview in a hotel room and writing my essay just outside the room."
"overall, the interview is causal, as long as u know what your want to say about yourself and pharmacy, it should be fine."
"Be confident in your answers and give yourselves time to think before you answer. There is an essay question at the end of the interview and you get 30 minutes to write it. They don't give you much space to write so be concise. "
"Just relax, the interviewers are there to get to know you that all. They are not there to make things harder then it already is. "
"It would be really cool to go to pharmacy school in Hawaii. I hear however, that the school fascilities are run down. It would also be expensive to go to the school and live on the island. Just something to think about. "
"i had to wait almost an hour.... it was a long hour! however, when i met my interviewer,Dr. (forgot his name) was cool and laid back. "
"Overall, it was good. I felt like it was kind of short because my interviewer talked a lot about his own background. Make sure you know your positive traits and mention all of them concisely with examples. Otherwise, you'll come out wishing you had said that in there."
"The interview is good, nice and relax, i can feel that the school/prof. really want to get to know the applicants more, instead of challenging them/stress them out"
"Very casual...more like a conversation than anything. "
"Everything went pretty well, the interviewer was really friendly and wanted to get to know me. I also got to know him, his level of experience, research, etc ... all the questions were the usual: Why Univ of Hawaii, why pharmacy, and then some questions about teamwork."
"it was really hot there and i was uncomfortable/perspiring, but the interviewers are really nice and really want to get to know you"
"The environment was stressfree. The professors wanted to know you. They joke around and asked you off the topic questions. Be yourself, smile, be genuine and kind and you'll get in like me! =)"
"It was not very stressful at all. It was short and to the point. No wasted time. I went to San Francisco for it so i also got a nice trip out of it"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 4 |
| Faculty member | 3 |
| Admissions staff | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 8 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.81 | 27 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 5 |
| Out of state | 31 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 7 |
| 2-3 hours | 6 |
| 4-6 hours | 7 |
| 7+ hours | 13 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 25 |
| Automobile | 7 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 4 |
| $101-$200 | 6 |
| $201-$300 | 4 |
| $301-$400 | 4 |
| $401-$500 | 3 |
| $501+ | 11 |
ITO and HNL
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Long Beach Airport (LGB)
Las vegas
Hawaiian Airlines
McCarran International Airport
ITO & HNL & LAX
McCarren international airport
Las Vegas airport
Hilo International Airport
LAS
Hilo
LAX
ito
SFO
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 6 |
| Hotel | 21 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.16 | 37 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.64 | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.69 | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.34 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.34 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.07 | 28 |
"Nothing. The admissions office replies VERY quick to emails and they're always very nice and helpful."
"In the interview request email, I think you should mention "We are at the other end, opposite the Observatory", so people don't get lost or park far."
"Continue the great work. My experience was very positive ."
"more questions and longer interviews"
"The admissions office should provide some chairs in the hallways for students and family while they are waiting."
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?