Interview Question

[ontariopharmer]

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ASHP and CSHP both use blinded matching systems to arrange residencies following interviews. My question, to anyone who has had a residency interview.. is that did you get "vibes" during some of your interviews that told you that a particular program was "very" interested in you?

I know there are rules that prevent programs and candidates from arranging ranking...but do some programs let you know that you'd likely have a place there if you ranked them high (without directly saying that?)

 

[bacillus1]

None for me. I did get compliments about my presentation at one interview, so I figured they liked me, but nothing more than that. The compliments had no effect on how I ranked places.

 

[patmcd]

I know there are rules that prevent programs and candidates from arranging ranking...but do some programs let you know that you'd likely have a place there if you ranked them high (without directly saying that?)

Programs should not be engaging in any activity that implies that you will end up there if you rank that program highly.

You may however have a gut feeling that things did or did not go well during your interview, but this is still a gut feeling which may or may not reflect reality.

Ultimately you should rank programs based on how well you feel they fit you and your goals, not how high/low you think the program will rank you.