Freaking out about interviews

[Kwake]

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So my first interview is in 3 days and I'm seriously about to lose my mind. I just don't really know what I should do to prepare. Is this something that you just go in and hope for the best of is their some information I should review or what? I can't blow this!

 

[Habbas]

use the sdn interview feedback for a good background of what could be asked, dont rehearse anything though, let it flow.

get your arsenal ready, let your balls drop, head straight for the jugular and kill it 🙂

 

[hopefulDMD]

lol that's hilarious. good luck on your interview! i have my first one in 5 days !!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

just had a mock interview today. was sweating bullets. you should try to arrange for a mock interview with someone. a friend, professor, career center, dean, etc.

use the sdn interview feedback for a good background of what could be asked, dont rehearse anything though, let it flow.

get your arsenal ready, let your balls drop, head straight for the jugular and kill it 🙂

 

[TK2006]

Do mock interviews! That's the best way to prepare yourself for this battle.

Read up on SDN interview feedback for possible questions.

Remember, the interview is the final piece of the puzzle that will land you that acceptance. It's big. Don't go in without preparation. You've already put 3-4 years of hardcore studying for school and the DAT. Why not spend a few more hours preparing for this last big step?

Best of luck!

 

[7 Iron]

So my first interview is in 3 days and I'm seriously about to lose my mind. I just don't really know what I should do to prepare. Is this something that you just go in and hope for the best of is their some information I should review or what? I can't blow this!

When you go in there, try to maintain a quiet confidence. The committee already likes you since you have made it past a BIG cut (getting to an interview increases your chances of acceptance exponentially). I know it's easier said than done! But these interviewers have been meeting students for a long time and they know that almost everybody else is nervous too. If you be yourself, it won't feel very bad at all. Good luck. 😎

 

[wantVCUdental]

Do mock interviews! That's the best way to prepare yourself for this battle.

Read up on SDN interview feedback for possible questions.

Remember, the interview is the final piece of the puzzle that will land you that acceptance. It's big. Don't go in without preparation. You've already put 3-4 years of hardcore studying for school and the DAT. Why not spend a few more hours preparing for this last big step?

Best of luck!

I read this and my palm got sweaty 😵

 

[TK2006]

I read this and my palm got sweaty 😵

I mean we all sacrifice 3-4 years of our college careers to get our GPA up. Then we suffer through months of studying for the DAT to be where we are. Why not invest just a few more hours (maybe 20 or 30) to be the best we can at the interview? That's my logic anyway.

Also, these days since most schools are receiving very highly qualified applicants, I would imagine the interview experience would greatly set some apart (e.g. if you have a great life story). Always put your best foot forward!👍

 

[TriangleZuikis]

Don't prepare too much - just know how to answer the big questions and why you want to go to that school. Your enthusiasm will naturally show through (if you are sincerely enthusiastic)

Unless you have no basic social skills, you should be ok.


I think 20-30 hours of preparation might make you sound kind of phony, they really are just trying to get to know you.

 

[ah1989]

Yeah definitely look over SDN for sample interview questions.. don't write answers down, just think about the question for a while. This will help train you to respond to questions. If you want, write down your answers to the questions as bullet points (if you plan to review again later).

To be honest, I didn't really do much to prepare aside from reading over and thinking about sample questions. And actually, I got none of the same questions that people had given me from previous years, but it did help to get my brain used to thinking like that, so definitely look those over.

If you're the nervous jittery type, maybe a mock interview would help. I didn't do it, mainly because I felt like it might make me more nervous if it didn't go well, and because I have a hard time pretending it was the real thing..

IMPORTANT: make sure to look over the school's website to see specific things you like about that school (outreach programs, student groups, research, curriculum, etc.) I do this the night before each interview so it was fresh in my mind.

Like they were saying, be confident! It also helped me to think about how they are also trying to impress us so that if accepted, we choose their school. (helps a little with the confidence)

Good luck!🙂

 

[321931]

If you're one of those nervous wreck types, soft spoken, or just plain afraid of blanking out at the interviews...then I'll say that your first interview will probably help you out the most. I went to my first one, and I really overdid it. The guy wanted to know me, but I came out swinging both arms like mike tyson.

After the interview, I calmed down and realized it wasn't so bad, and next time I should match the interviewer's tone. Fast forward to my second interview, I did well (I believe), because I was more relaxed and I had done it before.

Gl!🙂

 

[dl9006]

If you're one of those nervous wreck types, soft spoken, or just plain afraid of blanking out at the interviews...then I'll say that your first interview will probably help you out the most. I went to my first one, and I really overdid it. The guy wanted to know me, but I came out swinging both arms like mike tyson.

After the interview, I calmed down and realized it wasn't so bad, and next time I should match the interviewer's tone. Fast forward to my second interview, I did well (I believe), because I was more relaxed and I had done it before.

Gl!🙂

👍

same happened to me

was super nervous for my first interview. didn't get much sleep the night before and was tired the next morning.

interview went ok but i felt it could have been much smoother if i wasn't so tired and nervous.


the 2nd interview i had, i was much more relaxed and calm. really helped me answer questions without stumbling.

i acutally enjoyed talking in the 2nd interview. because i wasn't too nervous, it really helped make the conversation more like a casual conversation rather than me repeating a bunch of memorized answers that i had written the night before.