2018-2019 Postdoc Interview Thread

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PsychCaRIH said:
I received an email from Kaiser West Bay Consortium saying they'll be notifying folks this week an interviews will include mandatory orientation and are as follows:
Chemical Dependency Team (Orientation 9:30 - 10:30 am)
Thu, Feb. 1
Thu, Feb. 8

Adult Psychiatry Team (Orientation 9:00 - 10:00 am)
Tue, Feb. 6
Wed, Feb. 7

Child Psychiatry Team (Orientation 9:00 - 10:00 am)
Tue, Feb. 13
Wed, Feb. 14
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Thanks for posting! I was curious about this one...could you f/u and let us know when you hear?
 
- James A. Haley VA (Tampa VA)
- Pain/Psycho-Oncology (email stated it was an invite for Pain/Psycho-Oncology, Health, & PTSD/TBI)
- Invite
- 1/17/18
- Mass email
- In-person interview/open house 2/9/18, or phone interview 1/22/18
 
-Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, NH)
-Behavioral Medicine
-Invite
-1/16/18
-Personal Email
-In person dates: 1/31, 2/5, 2/7, 2/12
 
Has anyone heard from South TX VA Health track, Atlanta VA Health track, VA Connecticut Health Track, Eastern CO VA Health Track, or Cambridge Health Alliance? I actually assume I was rejected from VA Connecticut based on the confirmation email saying people would be notified by January 12, but want to confirm my rejection :laugh:
 
ctpsy11 said:
Thanks for posting! I was curious about this one...could you f/u and let us know when you hear?
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Absolutely! They didn't say much, other than they were considering apps and would notify us this week regarding interviews and to make sure our contact info was correct.
 
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Department of Neurology- (neuro) personal email for interviews at INS on Tuesday
 
Dudes, sometimes when you ask for something you need you actually get it. So, I got offered an interview at Chicago VA #1. The best interview date this is upcoming Monday, because there are super cheap tickets and works best with my clients. I sent an email asking for it today, and of course, Chicago VA #2 offers me an interview an hour later. All of the Chicago VA #2 dates are weeks from now and didn't match up with Chicago VA #1 anyway, so I was not to upset. On a blind hope and prayer I asked Chicago VA #2 if I could meet with them this upcoming Tuesday because I'll already be in Chicago AND THEY SAID YES

P. S. These are already on the list, no panicking about new information 🙂
 
Byzantium said:
Dudes, sometimes when you ask for something you need you actually get it. So, I got offered an interview at Chicago VA #1. The best interview date this is upcoming Monday, because there are super cheap tickets and works best with my clients. I sent an email asking for it today, and of course, Chicago VA #2 offers me an interview an hour later. All of the Chicago VA #2 dates are weeks from now and didn't match up with Chicago VA #1 anyway, so I was not to upset. On a blind hope and prayer I asked Chicago VA #2 if I could meet with them this upcoming Tuesday because I'll already be in Chicago AND THEY SAID YES

P. S. These are already on the list, no panicking about new information 🙂
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Congratulations and good luck! Eat some Lou’s deep dish! Which Chicago VAs and which track because only James Lovell - gero track is on the list? Are you able to share more info please?
 
jas1009 said:
Has anyone heard from South TX VA Health track, Atlanta VA Health track, VA Connecticut Health Track, Eastern CO VA Health Track, or Cambridge Health Alliance? I actually assume I was rejected from VA Connecticut based on the confirmation email saying people would be notified by January 12, but want to confirm my rejection :laugh:
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Just got an email from South Texas VA this evening. The training director said that all notifications about interviews for current applications will be sent by the end of this week.
 
Student in debt said:
Congratulations and good luck! Eat some Lou’s deep dish! Which Chicago VAs and which track because only James Lovell - gero track is on the list? Are you able to share more info please?
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Ah, I sent it as a message to the moderator rather than posting it. Hines VA, gero emphasis, sent me an email today. Hope you hear from the ones your waiting on!
 
Student in debt said:
I did a follow-up email hoping they would reply with either an update or rejection but nothing yet!

Did you hear anything?
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I just did today, for the SMI track. The email said the following:

"Please note that, if you had applied for multiple tracks in our fellowship program, you will be getting interview notifications for each of the different tracks separately, and also note that not all tracks are sending out their interview offers on the same days."

Edit - to follow the format:
Jesse Brown VAMC
Invite
SMI track
Notified 1/17 via email
Dates given were 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/1 (in person or phone)
 
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VA Maryland (Baltimore VA)
PTSD/Returning Vets Emphasis
Personal email invite 1/17/18
In person invites on 2/5 & 2/9
 
emily621 said:
I just did today, for the SMI track. The email said the following:

"Please note that, if you had applied for multiple tracks in our fellowship program, you will be getting interview notifications for each of the different tracks separately, and also note that not all tracks are sending out their interview offers on the same days."

Edit - to follow the format:
Jesse Brown VAMC
Invite
SMI track
Notified 1/17 via email
Dates given were 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/31, 2/1 (in person or phone)
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Thank you for the details! I applied for the PTSD track - so there is still hope!
 
Byzantium said:
Ah, I sent it as a message to the moderator rather than posting it. Hines VA, gero emphasis, sent me an email today. Hope you hear from the ones your waiting on!
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Thank you! I applied for the PTSD track - so there is still hope!
 
PalliPsych said:
- James A. Haley VA (Tampa VA)
- Pain/Psycho-Oncology (email stated it was an invite for Pain/Psycho-Oncology, Health, & PTSD/TBI)
- Invite
- 1/17/18
- Mass email
- In-person interview/open house 2/9/18, or phone interview 1/22/18
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They also sent out invites for their neuro track through personalized emails offering phone interviews prior to INS
 
UT Southwestern (neuro) personal email for interview at INS on Tuesday or Wednesday
 
Oahu VA, personal email on 1/17. Online interview will be sent out on 1/19.
 
Hi all! Has anyone heard from VA Pittsburgh?
 
Anyone heard anything from Long Beach advanced interprofessional track? The waits killing me :dead:
 
Washington DC VA
HIV/Liver disease track
interview for 1/30/18
notified 1-12-18 via phone

Portland VA
health psych track
rejection via email on 1-17-18
 
Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Bradley Hospital
Adolescent DBT track
Notified via phone 01/18/18
Email to follow for scheduling
 
PalliPsych said:
- James A. Haley VA (Tampa VA)
- Pain/Psycho-Oncology (email stated it was an invite for Pain/Psycho-Oncology, Health, & PTSD/TBI)
- Invite
- 1/17/18
- Mass email
- In-person interview/open house 2/9/18, or phone interview 1/22/18
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This makes me nervous that PTSD/TBI interview invites have already gone out then too since you said it was an invite for all the tracks. Has anyone heard from PTSd/TBI at the Tampa VA specifically?
 
On another note, I heard the North Florida/South Georgia (Gainesville) VA sent out email invites for trauma yesterday. It was a friend's invite, not mine so I don't have more details.
 
kennilapug said:
This makes me nervous that PTSD/TBI interview invites have already gone out then too since you said it was an invite for all the tracks. Has anyone heard from PTSd/TBI at the Tampa VA specifically?
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I agree! I applied to that track and I haven’t heard anything. Not even a rejection email.
 
Boston Children's Hospital
Rejection, personal email 1/15
Psychiatry Consultation Service
 
Butler Hospital/Brown 1/17 (Geriatric neuro) - Interview dates at INS on Thursday 2/15
 
Kaiser Santa Rosa
Adult and Chemical Dependency Team
Invite
Phone Call from TD and Asst TD
Feb 6th and 12th

I didn't apply to Santa Rosa, but to Vallejo in the North Bay Consortium, apparently they share their application materials.
 
South Texas VA (San Antonio) neuro. Personal email asking you to call and scheduled your interview for INS
 
Pittsburgh VA
Interprofessional Care Focus
Invite via Email
Multiple dates: 2-5-18, 2-6-18, 2-8-18
 
kennilapug said:
This makes me nervous that PTSD/TBI interview invites have already gone out then too since you said it was an invite for all the tracks. Has anyone heard from PTSd/TBI at the Tampa VA specifically?
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I wouldn't worry just yet -- it's completely possible that they use the same mass email format for each emphasis area and have yet to send invites to PTSD/TBI or Health. The email stated that all three emphasis areas will all be attending the same open house/interview day.
 
Kaiser South Bay Consortium -South San Francisco
1/18
Invite
Adult and Eating Disorders Team
Personalized Email
Feb 6th and 7th

Kaiser South Bay Consortium -South San Francisco
1/18
Invite
Chemical Dependency Team
Personalized Email
Feb 1st and 8th
 
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Given that we are all on here and reading this anyway, a question for ya'll. How many post-doc interviews are you guys planning on going on? I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere on this forum but a quick search didn't come up with anything.

I would be especially interested to know how many post docs you all be interviewing at if in a highly competitive area and are non-neuro? I'm not sure how this is supposed to differ from internship....now that there isn't a match system, i'm not sure if it's actually more or less competitive, as I imagine there are a lot of people hoping to get appic post-docs but there seems to be much less spots because everything is so specialized? If you had, say, 8+ interview offers. How many would you go on? In hindsight, I do feel I could've gone on a few less for internship, for sure.
 
ctpsy11 said:
Given that we are all on here and reading this anyway, a question for ya'll. How many post-doc interviews are you guys planning on going on? I'm sure this has been discussed elsewhere on this forum but a quick search didn't come up with anything.

I would be especially interested to know how many post docs you all be interviewing at if in a highly competitive area and are non-neuro? I'm not sure how this is supposed to differ from internship....now that there isn't a match system, i'm not sure if it's actually more or less competitive, as I imagine there are a lot of people hoping to get appic post-docs but there seems to be much less spots because everything is so specialized? If you had, say, 8+ interview offers. How many would you go on? In hindsight, I do feel I could've gone on a few less for internship, for sure.
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I'd like to hear about this myself. I have four in person interviews scheduled and still a handful of sites to hear from. I'm already a little worried that I'll be able to manage it all (financially and time away from internship). Hoping for some phone interview opportunities.
 
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