Length of Interview

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So, how long is an interview? I'm sure it varies among schools, but what's the average length? 5 minutes? 15 minutes? 30 minutes?

They have to have enough time to get to know us, but there is a whole lot of us so how much time do interviewers spend with us?

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So, how long is an interview? I'm sure it varies among schools, but what's the average length? 5 minutes? 15 minutes? 30 minutes?

They have to have enough time to get to know us, but there is a whole lot of us so how much time do interviewers spend with us?

well yea theres a whole lot of us applying, but theres a hell of a lot less interviewing.

I'd say between half an hour and an hour, from what I've seen thus far. Some schools have two interviews each like a half hour or something. I'd say a total between half an hour and an hour is normal.
 
I'd say about 10 to 30 minutes per interview with 2 interviews.
 
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Mine ran a little over an hour (about 1:10, if I remember right), but that's because my interviewers and I were bull****ting for awhile after they'd run out of questions. I think it was scheduled for an hour.
 
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It really depends. At my first interview I was talking to my 2 interviewers for each about 1:10, although it was supposed to be 30 min interviews. At my second interview they were much tighter on time and it was only one 45 min interview.
 
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