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Same thing happened to me last year at two schools. The first, one professor exclaimed during the interview, "oh this is so perfect, I'm so glad you're here!!", and I went over time with several professors. No offer.
School number 2; One professor I interviewed with who was not my POI said - I'll tell you right now, I want you in my lab, would you consider working for me instead? Or just collaborating? Later on I talked to my POI for over an hour, interview time alloted 30 mins. When she realized we were running late, she rushed me over to a professor she collaborates with and said, "oh you need to meet her, she'll love you!! you're perfect!!". Professor number 2 and I had a 90 minute chat. She told me when they'd be meeting as a group to make admissions decisions, and that if I didnt hear soon don't assume that that means I won't be getting an offer. ummm...no offer.
I thought both of these were flukes and have since gone over them in my head thinking I should have gotten some clue it wasnt going as well as I thought. I had an interview last week where my POI was equally enthusiastic; she told me she was so excited tomeet me and that my application was fantastic and then just let me ask her questions. I actually had to ask HER if she had any questions for ME near the end of the interview. When I wrote her a thank you email she replied just as gushingly, and said her grad students also thought I'd be a perfect fit for her lab. Given my past experience I was cynical about the interview, but after her email I thought maybe I should feel like I probably got in....now hearing that this is more common than I thought, I'm starting to get nervous....
School number 2; One professor I interviewed with who was not my POI said - I'll tell you right now, I want you in my lab, would you consider working for me instead? Or just collaborating? Later on I talked to my POI for over an hour, interview time alloted 30 mins. When she realized we were running late, she rushed me over to a professor she collaborates with and said, "oh you need to meet her, she'll love you!! you're perfect!!". Professor number 2 and I had a 90 minute chat. She told me when they'd be meeting as a group to make admissions decisions, and that if I didnt hear soon don't assume that that means I won't be getting an offer. ummm...no offer.
I thought both of these were flukes and have since gone over them in my head thinking I should have gotten some clue it wasnt going as well as I thought. I had an interview last week where my POI was equally enthusiastic; she told me she was so excited tomeet me and that my application was fantastic and then just let me ask her questions. I actually had to ask HER if she had any questions for ME near the end of the interview. When I wrote her a thank you email she replied just as gushingly, and said her grad students also thought I'd be a perfect fit for her lab. Given my past experience I was cynical about the interview, but after her email I thought maybe I should feel like I probably got in....now hearing that this is more common than I thought, I'm starting to get nervous....