Yes!! I feel you. On the one hand - I get not making a great interview impression as an interviewee. I've spent a lot of time thinking about ways I could improve my interview game just incase that was the reason I am in phase II. On the other hand... I had a few interviews this past week where I left thinking, "Why would I work there? I think it'd be miserable based on this (interview) time alone." Yeah... it's been a weird process for me more in phase II than it was in phase 1.
Yep, I am worried and have a pessimistic part of me that's hard to co-exist with at some moments. I felt like I'd have a match somewhere in phase 1 and was pretty shocked...not out of a sense of confidence about being that good, but in phase 1 I had enough interviews that felt good, enough places that felt like a great fit, and the numbers alone were in my favor. I felt heartbroken by the result. This prolonged process is having a negative impact on some areas of my life so it's pretty hard to approach the rankings process. I have one last interview this phase before rankings and am dreading sending my rankings off to the system and waiting for the match process to do its thing. On the other hand, I'm not typically a "look at the silver linings" kind of person but I did find a site in this second phase that seems like a way better match than any sites I found in the first phase. In that way I have some hope, even if it feels slippery at times to hold onto. I hope you all have something like that too... if not, I do feel the struggle as well.
You can find them on the same page if you google “APPiC match statistics” then on each year just hit the p2 link - they are pretty similar to in p1
This exact question happened in both of my interviews so far so I felt prepared for the second time it was asked.
I had been treating Phase II such that I had, either consciously or unconsciously, wiped Phase I from my memory....which is why I never prepared to answer this one. Yikes to me lol
I've had a lot of "best of luck" and "good luck" as well. Makes me dive into the deep end of my anxiety pool, real quick.
In phase 1 I had a TD tell me at the end of an interview she hoped the match system put us together and another site let me know they wouldn't be ranking me. Those two were the odd ducks, I had a fair number of other sites that didn't say anything about whether they were going to rank me. Congrats, by the way, that you have that message from a site!!! I am assuming that means they see you as a good fit, but I have no idea if (from a TD's perspective) that's reading too much into it.
thankyou! good to know
Thanks for explaining, though I think you may have missed that it was a joke. I suspect that everyone here is smart and thoughtful enough to recognize that they could actually ask that more diplomatically, and that it would provide them good info, so I didn't feel the need to actually explain that out. Rather, levity seemed more in order given the stress around everything internship-related.
It makes sense that there's value to this question. As an intern, I'm curious about your perspective of whether you'd be open to responding if an applicant asked a similar question about your training. I realize your answer may depend upon the manner in which the question is being asked... Assuming an applicant was wondering the same things about the site (whether the site is reflective about not filling its openings and about what the staff reflects upon), would you be open to sharing your thoughts with an applicant?
Many things the students here understand without needing to have it TD-splained. I think it was clear from the start why someone would ask that, but that doesn't mean it doesn't sting. That was my point - that your clarification was unnecessary and a bit patronizing because it was intuited already.
My comment was directed at the fact that no one asked for clarification or demonstrated, in any way, that they didn't understand. When people ask or show ignorance, have at! When that doesn't occur, that's frequently when unsolicited advice becomes unwelcome and sounds patronizing.
