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  • Ohio State University
  • Psychology School
  • Columbus, OH
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

10 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Have you read any good books lately?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you deserve a spot at this school? Why not the next person who walks into the interview room?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about zoonotic diseases. Why do we care about them?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"I was asked a lot of situational questions about how I would handle a given situation in practice. For example, I was asked how I would handle a situation where a client brought a puppy in to me that had a broken leg and had been treated by my colleague down the street, but it was clear that it wasn't treated properly. I was also asked about zoonotic disease - i.e. name some, why do we care about them?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"I did a lot of research on zoonotic diseases, and different species of farm animals ( I had heard that some of their interviewers would ask people to name 5 species of swine or dairy cow)" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The facilities - they were up-to-date, state of the art. Everything seemed new, and very nice. It was a bigger school than others I had seen." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The whole process was quite unnerving, because everyone was so unfriendly. There was nothing organized for interviewees other than the actual interview itself. The tour was thrown together last minute, and led by a student that was only half interested. The admissions staff was quite unfriendly, and my interview was incredibly stressful. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That this type of interview process was very uncharacteristic of all the other processes! I thought I was going to experience hell like this at every school I interviewed with. Definitely not true!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall, it was not a good interview experience, and definitely gave me a negative impression of the school. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

How would you rate the hotel?

7 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/24/2007

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

6 out of 10

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