APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

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Hi, at this point where invitations for interviews are pretty set. I would like to ask what are your thoughts on matching or giving non-APA internship sites a try? Will that affect post-doc and licensure?

It will definitely affect licensure. Many states will not license you without an accredited internship. And, if you do get licensed with a non-accredited internship, many jobs will not hire you unless you completed an accredited internship. Don't close off so many career avenues this early.
 
Official Site Name: University of Houston CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/15
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: 12/17-22, 1/4-8, 1/11-15

I have yet to hear from Duke University Counseling Ctr yet...have they sent out their notifications?
 
Official Site Name: University of Houston CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/15
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: 12/17-22, 1/4-8, 1/11-15

I have yet to hear from Duke University Counseling Ctr yet...have they sent out their notifications?
Duke did send out emails. I forget the day but interviews are somewhere in mid-January

EDIT: From the main page - Duke University CAPS (12/8, email, 12/17, 12/18, 1/11-15, 1/19, 1/21, 1/25-29)
 
Hi, at this point where invitations for interviews are pretty set. I would like to ask what are your thoughts on matching or giving non-APA internship sites a try? Will that affect post-doc and licensure?
I agree with other comments, there is no way I’d complete an non-accred site. No way no how. It is too risky and closes too many doors for career options, and I wouldn’t want that barrier this early on.
 
Thanks for the info. I'll plan to email them tomorrow morning if I don't hear anything today (since their listed notification date is today). I'll count it as a "Nah sis" tho. 🤣

Don't give up! Pace University's notification day was 12/7 and they've still not sent rejections. Someone checked in on here and they said they're still going through the process. They could be a site like some that are inviting more people after the new year for interviews.
 
Official Site Name: University of Houston CAPS
Date Invitation Received: 12/15
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: 12/17-22, 1/4-8, 1/11-15

I have yet to hear from Duke University Counseling Ctr yet...have they sent out their notifications?
I was notified of an interview by Duke on 12/8.
 
For those that landed Jackson interviews, did you receive a confirmation email yet regarding the group session date you selected?

Have you also heard about individual interviews? Specifically for the pediatric behavioral track
I got my individual interview set up for my track but haven’t heard back for the group session
 
Official Site Name: University of Missouri- Kansas City
Date Invitation Received: 12/15
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: (in scheduling link) 12-, 1/4-8, 1/11-15
 
It can happen. I would say it is less a matter of willingness than ability to reschedule. Getting faculty together can be like herding cats. Smart and wonderful and accomplished cats. But cats nonetheless.
I had a site offer a seriously abridged interview of 30 minutes instead of 3 hours. I imagine because they couldn’t find the extra time to do a tour, Q&A etc. Better than nothing but it means it’ll be harder to make an impression and get a good feel for the site.
 
Hi, at this point where invitations for interviews are pretty set. I would like to ask what are your thoughts on matching or giving non-APA internship sites a try? Will that affect post-doc and licensure?
I think it depends on the state you live in and your goals. I have a supervisor who went to a CPA accredited site instead of apa and she is amazing. I believe some board certifications require APA internship so if that’s what you want you should look at those requirements. I believe VAs also want APA internship but I’m not 100% sure.
 
Official Site Name: South Florida State Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/15/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Clinical, I applied to both tracks but the email only stated clinical so I'm assuming I'm only being considered for clinical
Interview Dates Offered: January 4, 11, 18, 25
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane
: Wine and food still. Keeping busy
 
Just saw this in today's MATCH NEWS:


APPIC Member #: 2510
Site Name: Our Lady of the Lake Psychology Internship
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Training Director: Glenn N Jones, PhD – [email protected]

Our Lady of the Lake Psychology Internship is extending its application deadline to 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday, January 19th, 2021. Interviews will be conducted by Zoom (or similar technology) as applications are completed. Please review our website for more information about our program: https://ololrmc.com/medical-education-and-training/psychology-internship/ or contact the training director Dr. Jones at [email protected] or 225-757-4212.

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Geez that is crazy late! But it also may be helpful for those who feel they didn't apply to enough sites and/or didn't get enough interviews.
 
Just saw this in today's MATCH NEWS:


APPIC Member #: 2510
Site Name: Our Lady of the Lake Psychology Internship
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Training Director: Glenn N Jones, PhD – [email protected]

Our Lady of the Lake Psychology Internship is extending its application deadline to 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday, January 19th, 2021. Interviews will be conducted by Zoom (or similar technology) as applications are completed. Please review our website for more information about our program: https://ololrmc.com/medical-education-and-training/psychology-internship/ or contact the training director Dr. Jones at [email protected] or 225-757-4212.

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Geez that is crazy late! But it also may be helpful for those who feel they didn't apply to enough sites and/or didn't get enough interviews.
I would caution against applying to this site as it is not accredited. I have noticed that a lot of sites with later deadlines like this are not APA accredited.
 
Would you mind sharing? I got an interview at Hershey medical center and now that I’ve heard from multiple people that they were mean I’m getting nervous about meeting with them!
The email they sent me was harsh too. They said we had a lot of applications and told me even if they interviewed me my chances of getting in would be low. It’s harsh and sounds snobby they could’ve left that part out.
I don’t know what their process of selecting interns is like. But go in with a good mindset you will do great.
 
Has anyone who got an interview at Canandaigua VA received any confirmation of your scheduled interview day? My email has been funky the last few days so I want to double check.
 
Official Site Name: Florida DOC
Date Invitation Received: 12/15/2020
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: four time slots on 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/12, 1/13, and 1/14
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane
: Foooooood, the occasional nap
 
Has anyone received a confirmation for your interview date at Cleveland VA?
 
Is anyone waiting on Northwell Health Staten Island University?
 
Rejection from University of Maryland School of Medicine/VA Maryland Health Care Center
Same here. Knew it was coming but sad to see that one go. Their loss!

It will be a strange feeling when I have no more emails to anticipate. I hope people will keep using this forum to share experiences of interviews -- weird questions, tech issues, bizarre vibes from a site, etc.!
 
Same here. Knew it was coming but sad to see that one go. Their loss!

It will be a strange feeling when I have no more emails to anticipate. I hope people will keep using this forum to share experiences of interviews -- weird questions, tech issues, bizarre vibes from a site, etc.!
Here's my share: I had an interview, but I couldn't put away my cat because she will throw a literal hissy fit. Everything was going fine until she decided to gallop across the living room and yowl like a banshee. I tried to keep up my best poker face and pretend that I heard nothing on my end lol 🤣
 
Mendota peeps: Has anyone reached out to them yet and gotten a response about when we should expect to hear back?
 
Mendota peeps: Has anyone reached out to them yet and gotten a response about when we should expect to hear back?
I was contemplating doing this today and I looked at their APPIC directory page again and realized there's a notice that they didn't update a lot of it from last year (in red text)... maybe they forgot to update the notification date for this year and assume that we all know it's (whatever date it is)? But yeah, I definitely think it's worth reaching out; I'm just a little nervous to do so myself... : )
 
Official Site Name: Community Action and Human Services Department
Date Invitation Received: 11/15 at 11 am EST
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: requested me to contact them back to schedule for January
 
FBOP: Any word from Butner?
Someone in my cohort received a phone call from them last Thursday inviting her to interview. The woman told her she had 20 or so more people to call. I have not heard any word either way.

I have interviews at 4 other BOPS but have not been called to schedule my CVA. I feel like they are waiting to schedule until I hear back from Butner as the two girls in my cohort who applied to BOPs heard back from all their BOP sites and the CVA was scheduled after that. This is just a hypothesis, but it is the only logical thing I can think of.

*Edit: One of my co-externs has several BOP interviews and is only waiting on Butner to tell her either way and has also not gotten her CVA scheduled.
 
Someone in my cohort received a phone call from them last Thursday inviting her to interview. The woman told her she had 20 or so more people to call. I have not heard any word either way.

I have interviews at 4 other BOPS but have not been called to schedule my CVA. I feel like they are waiting to schedule until I hear back from Butner as the two girls in my cohort who applied to BOPs heard back from all their BOP sites and the CVA was scheduled after that. This is just a hypothesis, but it is the only logical thing I can think of.

*Edit: One of my co-externs has several BOP interviews and is only waiting on Butner and has also not gotten her CVA scheduled.
I have heard from both of my BOP sites (still waiting on an OF-5 form from one though) and have not been contacted to get my CVA scheduled. I've been contacted by a psychologist from central office to "help with the process" but no CVA scheduling besides just asking what the nearest site is... Frustrating since my first BOP interview is early January so I feel like I'm running out of time.
 
Here's my share: I had an interview, but I couldn't put away my cat because she will throw a literal hissy fit. Everything was going fine until she decided to gallop across the living room and yowl like a banshee. I tried to keep up my best poker face and pretend that I heard nothing on my end lol 🤣
Hahahahaaha oh man, I suspect there will be a few of those going around. In fact, my dog made a sudden appearance during my first interview yesterday, looking very hopeful that I was available to rub her belly. Luckily my interviewer was very good natured about it.
 
I reached out yesterday but haven't gotten a response yet. :/
Also, do we know timeframe for their accreditation? Have they been accredited on contingency for 2 years and are waiting to find out about full accreditation status? My program requires an accredited internship, and I’m a little worried sites’ abilities to report stats to meet accreditation in context of COVID
 
Official Site Name: South Florida State Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 12/15/2020 @ 10:25 AM EST
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Forensic track
Interview Dates Offered: January 8, 15, 22, 29
If & How you're staying sane: planning my trip home for the holidays!
 
Hahahahaaha oh man, I suspect there will be a few of those going around. In fact, my dog made a sudden appearance during my first interview yesterday, looking very hopeful that I was available to rub her belly. Luckily my interviewer was very good natured about it.
This is what I worry about lol. If I put mine in his crate, he’s usually quiet in there unless he hears a “threat” lol. Hopefully sites can give some grace about things like this given the nature of virtual interviews from home.
 
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