Asking for Interview

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If you are interviewing in a city, please what is the appropriate way of asking for interviews from programs that have not sent you invites yet?
Should I contact the coordinators and tell them I will be in the area for other interviews? Am really trying to economize on plane tickets and combine as many interview in one area as i can.
Suggestions, advice, etc please?

 

[emclark]

Unless this year other people really aren't posting when they've received interviews, most haven't been sent out.

Straight up asking for an asking for an interview seems a little presumptive and might come across as rude. Maybe you could ask if interviews have already been sent out for the program or when core faculty were planning on sitting down and making their choices.

Myself, for a few programs I was really interested in, I went through their website thoroughly until I found some information that they could give me easily but wasn't up on the site. Like how many shifts per month, etc. And with that email asking, I also just had a one-line maybe casual reference to why I was interested in the program.

2 cents, FWIW

I know some program directors and coordinators lurk on here. Any thoughts? Does this kinda stuff straight-up annoy you?

 

[tkim]

When I was interviewing for BMC, I emailed UMass and asked if they would be able to interview me since I was going to be in the area. They sent an invite and dates. Doesn't hurt to ask, and if they were considering sending you an invite, that might push them to offer one. But it hinges on whether you have one already from another program in the area.

 

[turkeyjerky]

When do you think it'd be acceptable to start doing this? I have a couple of interviews in areas that I have to fly to, and it'd be nice to get this settled sooner so I can finalize travel plans.

 

[jbar]

A lot of places won't send out invites till around when the deans letter comes out. So I wouldn't be bugging places for an interview this early. I'd do it like a month or two before you are going to be there if you still haven't heard anything. (Ie if you are going to be somewhere anyway in Feb asking in January or December.) I think it's a lot more legit to call up and say "hey, I'm going to be in your area in 3 weeks and if I'm going to get an interview it is going to be tough to fly out again, any chance you can let me know if I have an interview?" than calling up now and saying "hey, I have an interview in 4 months, I know you haven't sent any offers out yet but can I interview with you?"

 

[iDoc1]

Also definitely does not hurt to tell the PD/APD early on that you have interest in a particular program. May give them reason to scrutinize your application a bit more