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Oh no! I wasn’t overly impressed with how mine went either - my interviewers weren’t friendly at all. I’ve heard a lot of people say that about today though. Chin up! I’m sure it’ll work out. Don’t let yourself stress more about it - then you’ll just be miserable!
I feel so much better now reading everyone’s responses (not that I wish bad for anyone) because I felt the exact same way. It was a “conversation” but it was a cold one. I felt like none of the questions correctly represented my abilities/ qualifications and I was disappointed when I left. My interviewers were friendly though. I just overall didn’t feel like “wow that was great” when I left. Maybe we all did better than we thought.
I feel the exact same way. I’m confident and happy with how I responded, but my interviewers weren’t conversational or friendly at all. I tried to provide extra comments when they spoke and facilitate extra conversation but they just didn’t respond to it. I answered the questions and they told me I addressed everything, then asked the next question. It felt super short and rushed. I don’t feel like they got a good view of me as a person.
I was told it would be open as well! But they didn’t have my application and didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I brought up my experiences....
Yeah your interview just adds to your file review score. So if your file score was great you can do not as well on the interview score.
Hey I totally agree. It was nothing like I thought. I thought it was going to be more conversational and I felt like I couldn’t even speak because my answers were dumb. I felt like I didn’t tie into any of my experiences!! I think I went in circles :/
I’m so confused about that!!! I didn’t realize it wasn’t open until legit the end of the interview (this is my first interview ever so I didn’t really know how it would work). I feel like it wasn’t a conversation AT ALL and they blankly stared at me and I felt like I couldn’t elaborate
People were saying about the first interview date that it was so conversational and I don’t understand how they could change it for the different weekends
Maybe just email the admissions people that the thank you email would go to and ask for the names of your interviewers? It would be [email protected]
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I wouldn’t say anyone had difficulty - just that the interviewers weren’t overly friendly as I was told to expect. I don’t know about anyone else but since there’s still a day of interviews left I don’t feel comfortable sharing actual questions.
I mostly used the SDN and a mock interview to prepare and I felt confident. I also just googled common vet school interview questions. They didn’t throw any curve balls during the interview.
When you say specific time frame, do mean that entire day or that exact time compared to others also interviewing at that time?
Ya this Saturday is the last round of interviews
Thanks! I guess I'll call them tomorrow to see if they forgot to tell me something, good or bad.
Yep, I meant the day. It's supposed to even out the playing field between everyone that day
When did you interview
Congrats!!!!
That’s great. Only a week wait. You must be ecstatic. My interview is this Saturday. Hope mine goes as well as yours. Congrats!!!
Glad you enjoyed yourself! I love it here🙂
I just got the same! Someone, help us ease our anxiety!!! haha!!!
I got an email back in August when I submitted my application about creating the Buckeye link, which I did, but nothing recently so Fingers crossed!!
Well now I’m freaking out!! I didn’t get one ahhhh
I am trying not to freak out until I receive a call or an official email notifying me of acceptance into the program! I just set up my email. It's so hard to focus now!!
