For schools with 1 open & 1 closed-filed interview: do we kno which is which?

[FROGGBUSTER]

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Any indication given to us?

 

[YoHomey]

It's usually the student interviewer who gets the closed file. Faculty interviewer gets the open one.

 

[FROGGBUSTER]

It's usually the student interviewer who gets the closed file. Faculty interviewer gets the open one.

Oh I thought some schools had 2 faculty interviewers?

 

[dantemac]

At the one school I interviewed at that did this, both interviewers told me which one they were. Also you could tell, because one interview was with a person who had a file on their desk, the other was with a person in a clinic. No file to be seen. You can just tell, or maybe they will tell you.

 

[YoHomey]

Oh I thought some schools had 2 faculty interviewers?

Perhaps but from what I've read on SDN, if there are two faculty interviews, then it's most likely open file.

 

[YoHomey]

You can also be crafty by saying something like this in your first interview answer: "I'm not sure if you read my file or not [pause here for a response or reaction]... To tell you about myself, I am yadda yadda... or I want to become a dentist blah blah blah."

 

[Double Bonded]

My experience has been that the one with the thick file folder is the open-file and the one with a small worksheet (maybe only my PS) is the closed-file.

 

[asugar19]

I've been to some interviews, both closed and open file. If the interview was a closed file, each interviewer explained why it is closed and the interview process in general. At the open file interviews, I was either told it was open, or I could see my application on the table in front of me. I haven't had a student interviewer, and I don't think that the norm is that a student interviewer is always closed file. I've been to schools where I got interviewed by 1 faculty, 2, and 4. I've heard another school is 5-6 depending on the day. Also, I had a two faculty interview which was closed file. It's different for EACH school. If they don't tell you before the interview or during, just ask before or during.

Also, a thick folder doesn't mean open; I had a closed with a thick folder of questions and sheets to write on and record scores such as excellent, good, etc.

 

[amalgamgrillz]

You usually know by the questions they ask you. Any indication that they know anything about you usually signifies the open file (ie. my interviewer asked me how I liked playing varsity sports in college...so I kinda knew). That, and my closed filed guy said straight up "I'm your closed file, if you haven't figured that out already, so tell me everything about you".