2015-2016 APPIC Internship Interview Thread

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Tosca10 said:
Does anyone have suggestions for finding faculty email addresses that aren't listed on their hospital profile? I want to send a thank you note....
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I've ran into the same problem with some UCCs. When I've came across this problem, something I've done is ask the Training Director to pass along my appreciation. I think the wording I used was "If you are willing to do so, please pass along my appreciation to Dr. So-and-so and Mr. XYZ." I also made sure to include the names of the other interviewers in the initial sentence of the thank you note where I state something along the lines of "I greatly enjoyed meeting you, Dr. So-and-so, and Mr. XYZ."
 
Hi all, First time posting. I went to an interview (one of my top) and I inadvertently said, "I hope I hear from you." Is this not allowed? And if not, should I apologize for saying that and that I know the rules regarding revealing my rank choice and theirs? I hope I didn't ruin my chances.
 
sms06h said:
I've ran into the same problem with some UCCs. When I've came across this problem, something I've done is ask the Training Director to pass along my appreciation. I think the wording I used was "If you are willing to do so, please pass along my appreciation to Dr. So-and-so and Mr. XYZ." I also made sure to include the names of the other interviewers in the initial sentence of the thank you note where I state something along the lines of "I greatly enjoyed meeting you, Dr. So-and-so, and Mr. XYZ."
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What if the only email you have is the admin that scheduled the interview?
 
Psychology_Queen said:
Hi all, First time posting. I went to an interview (one of my top) and I inadvertently said, "I hope I hear from you." Is this not allowed? And if not, should I apologize for saying that and that I know the rules regarding revealing my rank choice and theirs? I hope I didn't ruin my chances.
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You're fine.
 
NY-Psych-Dream said:
What if the only email you have is the admin that scheduled the interview?
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Um.... Maybe you could send an email to the admin first thanking him/her for their help in scheduling the interview and then ask if he/she would send you the email address for the Training Director. I don't see any problems with this approach and would imagine many people would be accommodating. However, I'd be curious about what others think.
 
Psychology_Queen said:
Hi all, First time posting. I went to an interview (one of my top) and I inadvertently said, "I hope I hear from you." Is this not allowed? And if not, should I apologize for saying that and that I know the rules regarding revealing my rank choice and theirs? I hope I didn't ruin my chances.
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I would guess that this isn't a problem. It isn't anything offensive or a "red flag." It also doesn't seem to break the rules, as APPIC allows applicants to express their interest/excitement for the site. Saying"I hope to hear from you" implies that you're interested and excited about the program. Your statement doesn't reveal rank choice, as you could hope to hear from your 8th choice just as much as your 1st choice. My guess is that your interviewers probably didn't think anything negative about you saying this and have likely forgotten about it by this point. At least that's my guess...
 
Hey Guys,
For mock interviews, how crucial is it to have someone in the field be a mock interviewer?
 
internship2016 said:
I haven't heard from Orlando VA either. What's up with that? They have passed the 15th suggested date and their own date of the 18th.
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Yeah, definitely annoying that they didn't make their own deadline. Maybe they contact everyone Monday. It does make me feel a little better that no one heard from them (and not just me) but I'm kinda looking forward to being done waiting for interview notifications. It is a plus that they do phone/Skype interviews. Having to squeeze in another trip this late would definitely make things hard.
 
Hi all,

Has anyone been to an "optional" site visit? What was that like? Did you feel like it added or took away anything from your phone/skype interview?

Thanks!
 
Hope4Grad said:
Hey Guys,
For mock interviews, how crucial is it to have someone in the field be a mock interviewer?
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I did a mock Skype interview with one of my supervisors who has interviewed many intern applicants. It was incredibly helpful, as she gave me feedback to strengthen my answers and how to refine my case examples to improve the impact without taking up a ton of space. I don't think I would have benefited as much from someone who wasn't in the field; however, other people who are not in psychology could provide helpful feedback on more general things (e.g., body language, how your answers may be interpreted). I would highly recommend doing at least some practice interviewing with someone in psychology, even if it's a fellow cohort mate, someone who went through the process last year, or a supervisor you trust and feel comfortable around. But, if those aren't options, I imagine working with someone outside of the field would still be helpful, even if it's just to practice saying your answers to another person. Best of luck!! 🙂
 
sms06h said:
I did a mock Skype interview with one of my supervisors who has interviewed many intern applicants. It was incredibly helpful, as she gave me feedback to strengthen my answers and how to refine my case examples to improve the impact without taking up a ton of space. I don't think I would have benefited as much from someone who wasn't in the field; however, other people who are not in psychology could provide helpful feedback on more general things (e.g., body language, how your answers may be interpreted). I would highly recommend doing at least some practice interviewing with someone in psychology, even if it's a fellow cohort mate, someone who went through the process last year, or a supervisor you trust and feel comfortable around. But, if those aren't options, I imagine working with someone outside of the field would still be helpful, even if it's just to practice saying your answers to another person. Best of luck!! 🙂
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This is all an unfortunate necessity because clinical psychologists like to pretend that the field of I/O psych doesn't exist.
 
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Meh, interviewing isn't that bad. Just look at it as practice for the future. Plus, a lot of places do more informal interviews and instead use it as a platform to sell themselves. I, for one, am grateful for the interview process. I changed my rankings fairly drastically after interviewing and ended up somewhere that I loved.
 
WisNeuro said:
Meh, interviewing isn't that bad. Just look at it as practice for the future. Plus, a lot of places do more informal interviews and instead use it as a platform to sell themselves. I, for one, am grateful for the interview process. I changed my rankings fairly drastically after interviewing and ended up somewhere that I loved.
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From the standpoint of the interviewee, I agree. I do think that interviews should at least be of a certain length though to make it worthwhile. I recall some really short interviews for internship - some only 2-3 hours in duration. I knew people that flew across the country for that. Seems like such a waste of money.

From the standpoint of the interviewer, I like it just for detecting red flags. But I do think we give ourselves too much credit given the literature on unstructured interviews as not the greatest predictors of job performance.
 
Hi, all: I'm wondering if anyone else is thinking similarly to me . . . If fortune's in my favor, and APPIC match statistics stack up correctly, there's an 80% chance I'll be moving any one of 3-4 very large, very expensive cities this summer. I'm a single person and most certainly not independently wealthy, so finding living arrangements will be something of an adventure, to put it euphemistically.

As we find out where we're headed in roughly 2 months (presuming we're lucky!), I'm wondering if those of us single/non-independently wealthy interns moving to pricey places would do well to come together (maybe in separate thread?) and discuss issues like apartment hunting, possibly rooming with one another, etc.?
 
Does anybody know what's going on with Connecticut Valley? I saw they sound out mass invites, but I haven't gotten a rejection yet. Then I checked the APPIC directory and saw that they extended their application deadline to 12/18/15.
 
Maccus said:
Hi, all: I'm wondering if anyone else is thinking similarly to me . . . If fortune's in my favor, and APPIC match statistics stack up correctly, there's an 80% chance I'll be moving any one of 3-4 very large, very expensive cities this summer. I'm a single person and most certainly not independently wealthy, so finding living arrangements will be something of an adventure, to put it euphemistically.

As we find out where we're headed in roughly 2 months (presuming we're lucky!), I'm wondering if those of us single/non-independently wealthy interns moving to pricey places would do well to come together (maybe in separate thread?) and discuss issues like apartment hunting, possibly rooming with one another, etc.?
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I think this would be a great independent thread topic
 
Anyone hear from or waiting to hear from Alexian Brothers behavioral health hospital? I waiting to hear about their Adult PHP/addiction track
 
Has anyone received rejections from the University of Maryland Counseling Center? Thanks!
 
Maccus said:
Hi, all: I'm wondering if anyone else is thinking similarly to me . . . If fortune's in my favor, and APPIC match statistics stack up correctly, there's an 80% chance I'll be moving any one of 3-4 very large, very expensive cities this summer. I'm a single person and most certainly not independently wealthy, so finding living arrangements will be something of an adventure, to put it euphemistically.

As we find out where we're headed in roughly 2 months (presuming we're lucky!), I'm wondering if those of us single/non-independently wealthy interns moving to pricey places would do well to come together (maybe in separate thread?) and discuss issues like apartment hunting, possibly rooming with one another, etc.?
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When I first moved to a big city for graduate school, craigslist was actually extremely helpful. You could also reach out to current interns when you find out your destination and see if maybe they have a place that they can hand off to you with a roommate situation already set up that will lessen rent or at least ask them for advice on where many interns live that's affordable/easy to commute to and from.

There's a lot of options, and it will be a fun adventure to find a new home, not a burden.
 
sms06h said:
I would guess that this isn't a problem. It isn't anything offensive or a "red flag." It also doesn't seem to break the rules, as APPIC allows applicants to express their interest/excitement for the site. Saying"I hope to hear from you" implies that you're interested and excited about the program. Your statement doesn't reveal rank choice, as you could hope to hear from your 8th choice just as much as your 1st choice. My guess is that your interviewers probably didn't think anything negative about you saying this and have likely forgotten about it by this point. At least that's my guess...
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I think I was so anxious because this is one of my top choices and it was the first interview out of four that day (with the TD, no less!!!!!!). The rest went really well. I'm just hoping when they discuss the case they'll be merciful...and pick me as one of the six!!
 
Psychology_Queen said:
I think I was so anxious because this is one of my top choices and it was the first interview out of four that day (with the TD, no less!!!!!!). The rest went really well. I'm just hoping when they discuss the case they'll be merciful...and pick me as one of the six!!
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Completely understandable!! As I have been completing interviews, I've also questioned some of my responses. It's just the anxiety talking, which is completely understandable as it is a stressful and competitive process. I would imagine that your interviewers recognize how excited you are about their program. Fingers crossed that you match there! 🙂
 
NN2009 said:
Anyone hear from or waiting to hear from Alexian Brothers behavioral health hospital? I waiting to hear about their Adult PHP/addiction track
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I'm still waiting to hear about the child/adol track as well.
 
Maccus said:
Hi, all: I'm wondering if anyone else is thinking similarly to me . . . If fortune's in my favor, and APPIC match statistics stack up correctly, there's an 80% chance I'll be moving any one of 3-4 very large, very expensive cities this summer. I'm a single person and most certainly not independently wealthy, so finding living arrangements will be something of an adventure, to put it euphemistically.

As we find out where we're headed in roughly 2 months (presuming we're lucky!), I'm wondering if those of us single/non-independently wealthy interns moving to pricey places would do well to come together (maybe in separate thread?) and discuss issues like apartment hunting, possibly rooming with one another, etc.?
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I think this is a great idea! I live in NYC in a relatively inexpensive apartment in a wonderful neighborhood and will need to sublet if I match outside of NYC. This is highly likely since only one of my interviews is here. It would also be helpful to get tips for finding rentals from folks who may be familiar with the city we may be moving to.
 
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empathiosis said:
I think this is a great idea! I live in NYC in a relatively inexpensive apartment in a wonderful neighborhood and will need to sublet if I match outside of NYC. This is highly likely since only one of my interview invites came from a city site. It would also be helpful to get tips for finding rentals from folks who may be familiar with the city we may be moving to.
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Agreed! I live in the Bay Area. If I need to leave, I would love to have my great apartment occupied by another student on internship. That will let me take the apartment back after a year 😉
If I don't end up moving, I'm also happy to help applicants matched to this area in the search for housing (pretty familiar with all neighborhoods in SF, East Bay, South Bay, and North Bay).
 
sms06h said:
Completely understandable!! As I have been completing interviews, I've also questioned some of my responses. It's just the anxiety talking, which is completely understandable as it is a stressful and competitive process. I would imagine that your interviewers recognize how excited you are about their program. Fingers crossed that you match there! 🙂
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Thank you!! I'm really hoping I do, too!
 
I know that match day is quite a ways a way (or rather it feels that way), but if one matches in a big city (i.e. NYC, San Francisco, LA, Chicago) how early should one start the apartment hunting? I have a family moving with me and I know I'm moving because the two local sites I applied to rejected me. I would like to be settled before I begin internship, well...if I match.
 
Psychology_Queen said:
I know that match day is quite a ways a way (or rather it feels that way), but if one matches in a big city (i.e. NYC, San Francisco, LA, Chicago) how early should one start the apartment hunting? I have a family moving with me and I know I'm moving because the two local sites I applied to rejected me. I would like to be settled before I begin internship, well...if I match.
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So first of all, you will match.

Secondly, I can speak for NY and say it depends on your price range. So if you're looking for a smaller, 1 or 2 bedroom non co-op on a budget income, those come available every day all the time and you likely would not find anything for rent more than a month out (if you do, it's rare). Co-ops are typically things you can find between 6-8 weeks out max. If you aren't sure what a co-op is, just do a quick google search. There are pros and cons to it.

If your price range is a bit higher than the median, you can get those a bit further out (1-2 months) and also just a week or two before you plan to move.

Basically, it varies wildly, but most people will not find a spot available more than a month out. i got mine by taking a 3 day trip up here 2 weeks before i moved and got a place the first day i was here. Do a lot of research on what you need to have handy (paychecks, bank statements, checks to pay fees, etc) for whatever city you end up in.

I'm happy to answer any other questions you have about NYC, and I'm sure there are others for other cities, but just know that for many of those cities (from what I've heard from friends for Chicago and LA), you won't be finding anything more than a month out, more than likely, unless you are buying.
 
ab2844 said:
Hi all,

Has anyone been to an "optional" site visit? What was that like? Did you feel like it added or took away anything from your phone/skype interview?

Thanks!
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I have!! and if you have the time and money for it, it's definitely worth it. you make a better personal impression and you get to feel for yourself whether the site matches you and if you could spend a year there.
 
Psychology_Queen said:
I know that match day is quite a ways a way (or rather it feels that way), but if one matches in a big city (i.e. NYC, San Francisco, LA, Chicago) how early should one start the apartment hunting? I have a family moving with me and I know I'm moving because the two local sites I applied to rejected me. I would like to be settled before I begin internship, well...if I match.
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It's really hard to say! Doing it too late can be bad, but doing it too early can also be problematic, as places won't really want to save an apartment for a long period of time without any pay. I moved to a large city rapidly growing in popularity for internship this past year (none of the ones you mentioned), and I couldn't even get places to hold on for a week before I could come from out of state and see them. I moved in July and started looking in late May, ultimately visiting my new city in mid June. When you move in the summer it's even tougher because that's when most people move. With that said, apartments may be different. I was looking for a house to rent. Though another intern at my site had a lot of problems finding an apartment, and ended up losing the first one she committed to because she couldn't move in fast enough for them to hold the slot.
 
I'm always curious as to how many applicants sites rank. Let's say they interview 30 to 40.. Surely they don't rank that many as well? Something like half that maybe?
 
PSYquailman said:
So first of all, you will match.

Secondly, I can speak for NY and say it depends on your price range. So if you're looking for a smaller, 1 or 2 bedroom non co-op on a budget income, those come available every day all the time and you likely would not find anything for rent more than a month out (if you do, it's rare). Co-ops are typically things you can find between 6-8 weeks out max. If you aren't sure what a co-op is, just do a quick google search. There are pros and cons to it.

If your price range is a bit higher than the median, you can get those a bit further out (1-2 months) and also just a week or two before you plan to move.

Basically, it varies wildly, but most people will not find a spot available more than a month out. i got mine by taking a 3 day trip up here 2 weeks before i moved and got a place the first day i was here. Do a lot of research on what you need to have handy (paychecks, bank statements, checks to pay fees, etc) for whatever city you end up in.

I'm happy to answer any other questions you have about NYC, and I'm sure there are others for other cities, but just know that for many of those cities (from what I've heard from friends for Chicago and LA), you won't be finding anything more than a month out, more than likely, unless you are buying.
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I'm also in NYC, and I generally agree with most of what you have said. A couple of things you didn't mention though: sublets and shares. I know that if I have to move, that I will likely advertise my apartment (to sublet) on Craigslist by early March. I may also give it to a couple of real estate agents at the same time. Since I know I'll need to sublet from August 1 for 12 months, it just makes sense for me to strike a deal as early as possible. So it may be possible to find sublets earlier. It may also be possible to find share situations earlier too.

You may want to start taking a look at Craiglist listings now in your target cities so you start getting used to the rents. They're pretty crazy. I am also happy to speak to anyone who matches in NYC or the surrounding area.
 
Hi, I am still waiting to hear from California Pacific Medical Center. I see you hadn't heard either, any luck? I sent them an email today and still haven't heard anything.
 
GoPokes said:
I'm always curious as to how many applicants sites rank. Let's say they interview 30 to 40.. Surely they don't rank that many as well? Something like half that maybe?
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I was told by my internship training director that APPIC recommends sites rank approximately 8 applicants per available slot and then most sites will add a few extra just to cushion to avoid going into Phase II. At my site we have 4 slots and my TD said that they will likely rank 35 applicants. We are only interviewing about 40, so most everyone who interviews will be ranked.
 
Do you think it's ok to bring an orange suitcase that's kinda beat up to interviews ?
 
Me2011 said:
Me three. I was thinking of emailing them on Monday. The good thing is that they don't prioritize site visits. So, we won't have to finagle travel and such.
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Did you email them? I think I'll email today if they don't send anything.
 
chelly78 said:
I was told by my internship training director that APPIC recommends sites rank approximately 8 applicants per available slot and then most sites will add a few extra just to cushion to avoid going into Phase II. At my site we have 4 slots and my TD said that they will likely rank 35 applicants. We are only interviewing about 40, so most everyone who interviews will be ranked.
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Applicants should only NOT rank a site if they'd rather not match then end up there. The same is true for sites. We rank everyone unless we'd rather have open spots in Phase II than match with that applicant.
 
hamsterpants said:
Do you think it's ok to bring an orange suitcase that's kinda beat up to interviews ?
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Ask yourself this: If a program is unwilling to rank you high despite qualifications/good fit due to your bringing a worn down orange suitcase to an interview, is that really a place you'd like to spend a year?
 
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