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Does anyone else know of some psychologists who look good on paper (e.g., CV, personal writings/blog), but when you meet them in person, you think something along the lines of WTF?
I had an interview a while ago for a private practice by the two psychologists there. Without getting into too much detail, the moment I sat down I felt like I was being "analyzed" and as if it was more of a staring contest than an interview. During the interview, I felt they oscillated between appearing unassuming and almost timid to shockingly abrasive. At times during the interview, I literally felt my mouth drop open...LOL. I guess I wasn't prepared for what seemed like some confrontation as previous interviews that I had were mainly informal and very relaxed.
This just irks me because prior to the interview, I explored their practice website as well as their personal websites, which were describing their psychological approaches in more detail. It appeared that I actually had a lot in common with one of them...but when I met them (particularly one of them), I was so disappointed. For example, one in his writings talks so much about the importance of rapport building, trust, empathy etc....But I felt nothing of that in our interview.
By the way, of course, this is only going off one meeting and I don't think one meeting is a fair basis for any conclusions. But in general, I was curious if anyone else had any similar experiences.
I had an interview a while ago for a private practice by the two psychologists there. Without getting into too much detail, the moment I sat down I felt like I was being "analyzed" and as if it was more of a staring contest than an interview. During the interview, I felt they oscillated between appearing unassuming and almost timid to shockingly abrasive. At times during the interview, I literally felt my mouth drop open...LOL. I guess I wasn't prepared for what seemed like some confrontation as previous interviews that I had were mainly informal and very relaxed.
This just irks me because prior to the interview, I explored their practice website as well as their personal websites, which were describing their psychological approaches in more detail. It appeared that I actually had a lot in common with one of them...but when I met them (particularly one of them), I was so disappointed. For example, one in his writings talks so much about the importance of rapport building, trust, empathy etc....But I felt nothing of that in our interview.
By the way, of course, this is only going off one meeting and I don't think one meeting is a fair basis for any conclusions. But in general, I was curious if anyone else had any similar experiences.