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  • University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Pharmacy School
  • La Jolla, CA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Why pharmacy?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe a difficult situation and you helped solve it. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why UCSD?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"None really, except perhaps if you could travel anywhere you want, where would it be and why?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"All were amazingly easy. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read SDN, pharmacist.com, some other offline pharmacy journals, went thru every single interview question posted in the interview feedback section (including non UCSD), practiced repeatedly and tape recorded myself, attended a mock interview held at my school, had 5 more mocks elsewhere, " Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"accepting 60 out of 1058 people (I got one), the intensive curriculum, the beautiful surrounding. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nothing. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"It was damp. No need to wake up at the crack of dawn to do my hair. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"FABULOUS. I am definitely going!" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Faculty member

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/22/2005

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