2018-2019 APPIC Internship Interview Thread

[procrastin8r]

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On a different subject, do y'all have any suggestions on shoes for interviews in cold/potentially snowy ( 😱 ) climates? For some perspective, I am a Southern gal born and raised who has managed to exist on this planet for over 2.5 decades without buying an actual winter, wool coat, and am at a total loss for suitable winter-appropriate shoes to go with my suit. My pants have a trouser leg that my pumps look great with, but I don't want to be slipping and sliding outside in that stuff y'all call snow and ice. This is not a "what's "appropriate" interview attire" question, this is a serious "what kind of shoes do people wear when it's cold and snowy because I'm from a city that literally shuts down at the CHANCE of snow" question. Any suggestions are more than welcome!

I interviewed a bunch of super wintry places last year, and wore black snow boots with my dress suit. It wasn't the dressiest get-up, but no one seemed to give a damn. (Other interviewees I saw wore hardcore winter boots, left them by the coat-rack and brought flats). One of my interviews included walking around some seriously snowy terrain for a tour, and I looked way more profesh than the women stumbling around in 4-inch heels. So, my experience is, when it's cold out, do whatever you need to not fall on your face and/or get pneumonia - dress code come second to that! =)

 

[InternshipNewsCrazed]

If one of the two sites I have an interview at is my #wandsite, that means I don’t have to worry about the eight responses I’m still waiting for or the two rejections I’ve gotten, right?

 

[Psychchick09]

If one of the two sites I have an interview at is my #wandsite, that means I don’t have to worry about the eight responses I’m still waiting for or the two rejections I’ve gotten, right?

Exactly! You get the #wandsite you’re meant to have 🙂


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[Gepetto]

-Full Site Name: Albany Psychology Internship Consortium
-Track: None
-Rejection
-Date of Notification: 12/3
-How You Were Notified: Mass email

 

[saarloos]

-Full Site Name: Penn State University CAPS
-Track: None
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 12/3
-How You Were Notified: Mass email
I didn't write down all dates on their scheduling calendar, but the dates were December 18, 19, Jan. 2, 3, 4th... through January 12th I believe.
Oh. My.Goodness!!!! Such a relief given the radio silence from 14 of the 19 sites I applied to.

 

[Irielennon]

-Full Site Name: Penn State University CAPS
-Track: None
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 12/3
-How You Were Notified: Mass email
I didn't write down all dates on their scheduling calendar, but the dates were December 18, 19, Jan. 2, 3, 4th... through January 12th I believe.
Oh. My.Goodness!!!! Such a relief given the radio silence from 14 of the 19 sites I applied to.

 

[PsychPhD19]

Penn State Counseling Center
No track
Rejection
12/3/17 4:30pm
Mass Email

 

[plaegiste]

-Full Site Name: Mount Sinai St. Luke
-Track: Adult
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 12/03
-How You Were Notified: Mass email

 

[AllTheFeels]

Penn State Counseling Center
No track
Rejection
12/3/17 4:30pm
Mass Email

I got this one too

 

[mermaidman]

UNC School of Medicine
multiple tracks between friends and i (all child related)
Rejection
12/3/17 at 11:30am (A SUNDAY MORNING)
mass email

 

[Ladytiger95]

UNC School of Medicine
multiple tracks between friends and i (all child related)
Rejection
12/3/17 at 11:30am (A SUNDAY MORNING)
mass email

Same!
-Full Site Name: UNC School of Medicine
-Track: child community and TEACCH
-Rejection
-Date of Notification: 12/03 (A SUNDAY MORNING)
-How You Were Notified: Mass email
-Eating for junk food than is typical

 

[slaney]

I can't decide if I'm more salty about notifications on a Sunday, or grateful that some are being spared from a brutal start to the week on Monday. So much cognitive dissonance.

 

[EmAreBee]

Super rude!! If it helps, our DCT says the "magic number" is 5-9 🙂 so according to her, you are golden!

I have heard the same thing! I have also heard that even 3 or so is something to be proud of depending on how esoteric your area of study is.

 

[EmAreBee]

I interviewed a bunch of super wintry places last year, and wore black snow boots with my dress suit. It wasn't the dressiest get-up, but no one seemed to give a damn. (Other interviewees I saw wore hardcore winter boots, left them by the coat-rack and brought flats). One of my interviews included walking around some seriously snowy terrain for a tour, and I looked way more profesh than the women stumbling around in 4-inch heels. So, my experience is, when it's cold out, do whatever you need to not fall on your face and/or get pneumonia - dress code come second to that! =)

Ditto that! I had a similar experience applying to graduate school in Vermont and Montana and people tended to respect someone who would wear practical shoes and still be able to look professional. Black leather ankle high or calf boots can be a great happy medium if the weather is really terrible.

 

[EmAreBee]

Y’all, I’m trying so hard to write a paper, but the internship-process-induced ADHD is real View attachment 226142


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And the irony of writing about the CPT. I'm dying.

 

[traumamama]

Guess we should all get a good night's sleep before the incessant checking, stomachaches , and crippling self-doubt get reactivated tomorrow!

 

[PsychGradAd]

Here are two that were posted as rejections previously, but didn't make it to the main update page. Figured I'd post the invite info in case anyone is waiting on these or curious.

George Mason University Counseling Center
No track
Invite 12/1
Via personal email
January 8, 9, 10, and 16

Catholic University Counseling Center
No track
Invite 11/28
Via mass email
"We will be interviewing on December 18th, 19th, and 20th prior to our winter break. We will resume interviews on January 3rd, 4th, and 5th"

Here's to a good day of notifications tomorrow! Good luck all!

 

[MinniePsych]

 

[jm315]

Anybody interviewing at St. Lukes/know anyone who is interviewing that might have a little flexibility in switching dates? They are trying to schedule me for Friday the 15th but I already have an interview scheduled across the country on that day and already bought a flight so am HOPING to interview on Dec. 14th instead.

 

[ellabelle46]

Patton State Hospital
Track: Neuropsychology
Invite!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg I never thought they’d say yes!
Personal Email 12/1
Dates:
12/11, 12/15, 12/18, 12/22, 1/5, 1/8, 1/12, 1/17, 1/22, 1/26, and 1/29.

Did you pick a date? I’m going 1/22!

 

[ellabelle46]

GOOD FOR YOU!!! Prove them all wrong! I still remember in high school, my guidance counselor told me I’d never get into U of Miami. I got in with scholarship. Take that, lady!


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Did you end up going?? I’m a U alumna!

 

[BusyAsABee]

I am very curious to learn about rejections and invitations that have been privately messaged. Has anyone gotten a rejection from New Orleans VA or the Salem VA? Has anyone heard from the Hampton Virginia VA? Tucson VA? Please feel free to private message me and I will post the information for you.

Very interested to hear about the Salem VA because their interview notification date is after their first posted date and on their second posted date. So confusing...smh.

 

[ForTheLoveOfPsych]

I am very curious to learn about rejections and invitations that have been privately messaged. Has anyone gotten a rejection from New Orleans VA or the Salem VA? Has anyone heard from the Hampton Virginia VA? Tucson VA? Please feel free to private message me and I will post the information for you.

Very interested to hear about the Salem VA because their interview notification date is after their first posted date and on their second posted date. So confusing...smh.

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

 

[thisgirl]

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

Good luck on the interview!
Don’t give the updates a second thought till you’re ready again 🙂

 

[BusyAsABee]

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

Good luck!!! I'm sure you'll be a rock star though.

 

[thisgirl]

Good luck!!! I'm sure you'll be a rock star though.

Love your picture

 

[BusyAsABee]

Love your picture

Thanks!! All about perspective 🙂 I don't have mental energy to worry about everything, so I'm selective about what I allocate my valuable resources toward 🙂

 

[drxa]

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

Good luck! Bet you'll rock it!

 

[Antiquing]

Did you end up going?? I’m a U alumna!

Me too! Got some canes over here!

 

[ForTheLoveOfPsych]

Thank you! So much love for my #forumfam right here 😍

Any one else have interviews this week?

 

[EmAreBee]

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

you'll rock it!! Thanks for all you do!!

 

[slaney]

Sorry! I haven’t gotten around to updating the rejections, they’ll be done after my first interview (ahhh!) tomorrow.

Goooooooood luuuuuuuuck! You're gonna rock it tomorrow!! 🙂

 

[Psychchick09]

Thank you! So much love for my #forumfam right here 😍

Any one else have interviews this week?

I do! On Wednesday


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[cam88]

I do! On Wednesday


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My first is on Wednesday too. Getting increasingly anxious...

 

[PedPsychPhD]

Me too! Got some canes over here!

Me 3 []_[]


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[HappyPhDHopeful]

Good luck on interviews this week!!! You will all kick asssssssh!!!!!!!! #wandsitepicksthewizardandwitch #it'llbesogoodyou'llalmostpeeyourpants

 

[Psychchick09]

My first is on Wednesday too. Getting increasingly anxious...

Same here! Where’s yours? If you don’t mind me asking 🙂


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[Psychchick09]

Good luck on interviews this week!!! You will all kick asssssssh!!!!!!!! #wandsitepicksthewizardandwitch #it'llbesogoodyou'llalmostpeeyourpants

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[thisisaname]

Site: Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Rejection!
Type: mass email
When: Sunday 12/2 at 8:41pm EST

Welp, my first Sunday rejection! What a blast!

 

[Rey2017]

The Catholic University of America/Counseling Center
-Track (if applicable): NA
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 11/28/17
-How You Were Notified: mass email
-Interview Date(s): December 18th, 19th, and 20th. And January 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

 

[Rey2017]

George Mason University/Counseling and Psychological Services
-NA
-Invite
-Date of Notification: 12/1/17
-How You Were Notified: personal email
-Interview Date(s): January 8, 9, 10, and 16

 

[coffeepsyched]

so i was at my friends' place decorating xmas stockings for a party and she wanted to put a movie on so i suggested The Christmas Prince cuz of yall!

the cotton candy for my brain was delightful hahah thanks #FORUMFAM!

good luck to us for another week of dreadful waitingggggg <3

 

[plaegiste]

Anybody interviewing at St. Lukes/know anyone who is interviewing that might have a little flexibility in switching dates? They are trying to schedule me for Friday the 15th but I already have an interview scheduled across the country on that day and already bought a flight so am HOPING to interview on Dec. 14th instead.

sorry my interview is in Jan but I know they have availability on Jan 5th.

 

[pepperfriend]

Has anyone heard from the Palo Alto VA?

 

[junebug621]

AspenPointe
-Invite
-12/3 (Sun at 10:45pm - WHAT)
-personal email
Interview: 1/18 (selected via scheduling website)

 

[AllTheFeels]

I’m now at 4 rejections and 0 interviews. My panic level is reaching even newer highs 🙁

 

[thisgirl]

Hey guys
i'm looking for that separate thread someone made for interview tips but can't find it - could someone link back?
thanks!

 

[EmAreBee]

I’m now at 4 rejections and 0 interviews. My panic level is reaching even newer highs 🙁

Man, that really sucks- TERRIBLE way to start things out. BUT! I will just remind you (as I have been reminding myself) that each application is a separate, independent event (#stats) and 4 rejections doesn't mean the rest will be rejections too! Keep the faith!!!

 

[carapox]

Site: Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Rejection
Type: personalized email with attached letter
When: 12/2
Staying sane: I'm waiting for my christmas portraits to be posted so I can show you all!

 

[drxa]

Hey guys
i'm looking for that separate thread someone made for interview tips but can't find it - could someone link back?
thanks!

The internship interview questions thread?