University of Waterloo - Interview

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yups..here at uw its offered as two half classes too but it only starts in 2nd year.
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bugisfun said:
Hi guys, do have any ideas about:

what are some problems in pharmacy now?

what are biggest challenge in pharmacy now?

negative aspects of being a pharmacists?
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you should have known this before you applied lol. search it up.
 
bugisfun said:
Hi guys, do have any ideas about:

what are some problems in pharmacy now?

what are biggest challenge in pharmacy now?

negative aspects of being a pharmacists?
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hmm..i dunno, would they ask more situational/hypothetical questions than our knowledge of a pharmacy career? maybe both..
 
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lol it's prolly just me but it's rare that i feel a university is genuinely interested in knowing more about their applicants - perhaps the way they word those emails..
 
shunsistoesis said:
lol it's prolly just me but it's rare that i feel a university is genuinely interested in knowing more about their applicants - perhaps the way they word those emails..
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i coulden't agree with you more. we're not a number to them lol. a rejection would really hurt because it seems like an amazing place with a great faculty(and that's what is scarring me the most - a rejection 👎)
 
ssssssssss said:
i coulden't agree with you more. we're not a number to them lol. a rejection would really hurt because it seems like an amazing place with a great faculty(and that's what is scarring me the most - a rejection 👎)
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yea! admin is so nice there..i talked to louise last summer on the phone about prereqs and she was really patient with me

and esp coming from a uni that does treat me like a number..waterloo's a big contrast. hah
 
shunsistoesis said:
yea! admin is so nice there..i talked to louise last summer on the phone about prereqs and she was really patient with me

and esp coming from a uni that does treat me like a number..waterloo's a big contrast. hah
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Completely agree with you guyz. But my opinion is a bit biased since I am a UW undergrad. lol. I just dont want to leave the awesome place.
 
well its not that I am lazy to search it up its just i cant think answers that are simple enough to present...i dont want to talk about stuff that are really advanced because i am not in pharmacy yet..
 
You DO realize a portion of the UW Pharmacy School professors/deans came from U of T, right? U of T Pharmacy is very supportive and warm also. 🙂
 
Is anyone else having trouble thinking about what to say in the first 5-10 minutes of the interview?
 
afterglow said:
Is anyone else having trouble thinking about what to say in the first 5-10 minutes of the interview?
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im definatly having the same problem. I am also in the exam season with exams before and after the interview, so its the greatest time of my life ! lol

the last time I did a presentation was in high school so I hope its going to be fun.
 
ssssssssss said:
im definatly having the same problem. I am also in the exam season with exams before and after the interview, so its the greatest time of my life ! lol

the last time I did a presentation was in high school so I hope its going to be fun.
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omg me too..an exam on mon and weds following that weekend..😱:scared:😱:scared:
 
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Wow. I can't imagine preparing for the interview and presentation and studying for finals. My last exam was last thursday and that too I had a one week break before that. But I had three finals crammed in 24 hours at the beginning of the exam period so that didnt help much. I can totally picture those three courses killing my avg. I hate the waiting game of checking online everyday for marks to come up. lol.
 
shunsistoesis said:
haha yea..when do you end exams?
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in done on may8th so i guess everything works out for the best since my exams were spread apart and the interview fell in well into the scheduale

what about you, any exams before the interview?
 
ssssssssss said:
in done on may8th so i guess everything works out for the best since my exams were spread apart and the interview fell in well into the scheduale

what about you, any exams before the interview?
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just had one on thurs and fri..i wonder when this is all going to end..
 
what are you guys going to be wearing to the interview?
 
my sister has all the nice clothes..i'll just steal hers :meanie:
i feel so unprepared for this..w/e. 🙁 exams are another added stress
 
did you guys receive an email about waterloo day? that just added more stress/anxiety to the whole situation
 
are you guys/girls going to be dressing up really formally? like in suits/ties etc.
 
Good lucks to all who are going to participate in this interview process and be sure to do a little review of reading/summarizing articles. I have interview on Sunday, and hope to see few of you there.
 
guys how long is your speech?? mine is more than 10 min I believe...anyone has the same problem?
 
lol i have the other problem. mine is most likely too short. Its around 7 minutes right now but I tend to talk super fast in comparison to when i practice..lol
 
Onetreehill said:
lol i have the other problem. mine is most likely too short. Its around 7 minutes right now but I tend to talk super fast in comparison to when i practice..lol
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lol! i think that's good length..you don't want to bore your listeners either right? haha

i'm actually most worried about the ethical/situational questions they'll ask.
 
what are u guys gonna talk about in your 10 min thing...i decided to talk about my research..mmm
 
shunsistoesis said:
lol! i think that's good length..you don't want to bore your listeners either right? haha

i'm actually most worried about the ethical/situational questions they'll ask.
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If they ask about ethical situation, be sure to think before giving any answer, and make sure you do not pick one side and support it exclusively.
 
I've been in dance my whole life so i'm talking about training and performing.
 
I wouldn't classify myself as a dancer because I've never gotten to the point of being in competitions. But I've always been taking classes and being in shows etc. So I dance but i'm not the traditional definition of a dancer.
 
Hey guys,

people who had interviews on Friday? How did it go???? Hope it went good and for the people who have for Saturday and Sunday, good luck to them...
 
Hey Guys,

Now that everyone's interview are over, we can at least talk about it. Here is how my interview went: Interview: Absolutely fantastic and RC/WT: Brutal, 8pgs of an article and two page of summary in 50mins, wasn't expecting....did everyone get the same articles??? b/c people had different length articles....but oh well it is over and we wait till June now....do share your experiences here......
 
i thought the interview went really good also. RC/WT- nightmare. lol. I know people who wrote the RC/WT at a different time than me and had different articles so I'm not sure if they will take the varying lengths of the articles into account when grading.
 
interview:
could've been better.. interviewers were the nicest ppl i've met lol. i think my answers were too long (i hope i didn't sound like i was rambling) to the point where they probably didn't have time to ask other types of questions. they only asked me behavioural types when i had expected more ethical/on the spot kinda questions. hope they won't have negative impression of my "interviewing time management" lol

article: YES, very very brutal. 8 pages on FED-drinkers (dunno what you guys got) but i only managed to write up to 2 lines of the discussion, which is like one of the most important parts of the summary. took took long just reading everything over, trying to understand it, etc. by the time i started writing i already felt screwed.


BLAH!!!!!!!!!


p.s. i was already frightened when i walked into the TC building and saw some ppl carrying resumes and props with them. i didn't think they would treat the instructions "innovative" and "creative" that seriously!
 
i had the Feds- drinkers article tooo. I didn't think i did much justice to the article in my summary because there was sooooo much info that needed to be summarized and not enough time. lol.

What props did you see? I was at the end of the day so i didnt really get to see anyone else.
 
which day did you go on? i saw this girl with karate clothing on likely going to present her 10 min intro on her involvement in that kinda club..then this other guy i started talking to right before the RC/WT and he said he brought his laptop with him to show the panel a computer program he wrote. and this other guy that brought what looked like a painting or ..i dunno what it was. lol. overwhelmed by the competition =(
 
lol. I don't think its much to be worried about. They accepted people last year who didn't bring anything so I think they're just looking to see confidence in being able to present to complete strangers. lol
 
I thought the RC/WT was a little unfair to read that many pages and comprehend it all and organize yourself and write 2 pages on it. I didn't write as much as I should have on the results and discussion. I was running out of time! My article was on the movie Super Size Me. My interview went well. I didn't have any props!? I was expecting more pharmacy related questions since 3 pharmacists were interviewing us. All of my questions were behavioural. But overall it was a great experience. Everyone was very nice!
 
shunsistoesis said:
interview:
could've been better.. interviewers were the nicest ppl i've met lol. i think my answers were too long (i hope i didn't sound like i was rambling) to the point where they probably didn't have time to ask other types of questions. they only asked me behavioural types when i had expected more ethical/on the spot kinda questions. hope they won't have negative impression of my "interviewing time management" lol

article: YES, very very brutal. 8 pages on FED-drinkers (dunno what you guys got) but i only managed to write up to 2 lines of the discussion, which is like one of the most important parts of the summary. took took long just reading everything over, trying to understand it, etc. by the time i started writing i already felt screwed.

Hey Shun, You are damn right, I had the same article, and I could only manage to write two to three lines of the article plus if you had noticed the author had three different aims of of the objective. It got so confusing, and all those abbrev. you must read everything so carefully, I feel so annoyed by the fact that discussion was not even clear on what they established. Lol I bull****ed lots of stuff at end....I basically had twenty minutes left, buy you are right there is no way we can undestand what the hell the discussion was trying to say and summarize it in 50minutes of time span....
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so how do you think they are going to weight the interview and the writing section?
im thinking a 30% interview and 70% writing section
 
ssssssssss said:
so how do you think they are going to weight the interview and the writing section?
im thinking a 30% interview and 70% writing section
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count me out of the game as well, since we cannot guess how they mark it, but one thing to realize is that it is totally impossible to read and write effectively in 50minutes. I never came across a pharmacist who actually read on his/her professional duties....but lets see....btw ppl please keep putting input...we want to keep this thread live...
 
as much as I wish the interview was worth more, I dont think they really asked us questions that could distinguish candidates. All of those questions were found on the internet if you searched up pharmacy interview questions. It sucks because my writing skills are seriously lacking..lol
 
ssssssssss said:
so how do you think they are going to weight the interview and the writing section?
im thinking a 30% interview and 70% writing section
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well im just thinking of these figures because the interviewers really arn't part of the school so they really can't have the upper hand in determining if a student gets in or not. for example I asked them a question about the school (most of my questions i planned to ask were about the school) and they just looked at each other and said we can't answer this question
 
Wow, the Waterloo pharmacy entrance tests/interviews sound just like the UTPAT; a BIG joke.
 
ssssssssss said:
well im just thinking of these figures because the interviewers really arn't part of the school so they really can't have the upper hand in determining if a student gets in or not. for example I asked them a question about the school (most of my questions i planned to ask were about the school) and they just looked at each other and said we can't answer this question
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that's true.. i asked a question school-related too and they were puzzled..haha. there are 2 reasons why they pick non-faculty membered pharmacists:

- they haven't seen any component of our previous application package so their opinion of us is based entirely on the interview, w/o any pre-established bias
- they are current pharmacists who are probably most aware of current trends evolving in the profession, and subsequently know exactly what to look for in a potential future pharmacist when interviewing

so, i dunno which is more important- test or interview. i need to log out or else i'll really fail psl!! hahaa
 
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