What is the interview process like?
All qualified candidates will be contacted directly by the Hiring Manager to arrange for an initial interview. Should you be successful during the initial interview process the Hiring Manager will arrange for a second interview which may include meeting with various other individuals before the decision to hire is made.
A. If the committee would like an interview, you will be contacted with an e-mail invitation. On your day of your interview, you will either go to breakfast or lunch and will meet individually with several members of the admissions committee for an open file interview. After all of the interviews are conducted, there will be a student lead campus tour.
Our interview process is thorough and confidential. Healthcare Scouts’ extensive screening, testing, and interview process is uniquely tailored to each candidate. We assess your skills and knowledge, along with your personality and long range career goals. Because direct placement is our primary goal, you can rest assured knowing we’re hard at work, focused on creating the best career match possible. Additionally, we always maintain the strictest standards of confidentiality throughout the entire process.
Interview Memories The interview process for me is a distant haze but here is what I recall. The first day started easy with free breakfast and a brief introduction by the heads of the graduate program and the department. A pair of interviews with faculty followed the free breakfast, then free lunch (lucky its not the economics department), a second pair of interviews, a set of research presentations by some faculty, drinking, free dinner and a night out. During the four formal faculty interviews the professors and I discussed my previous research experience and their current research. I was familiar with some of their research and able to ask semi informed questions, while other work left me clueless and I spent the time asking for clarification. I described my broad interest in neuroscience and what I hoped to gain by joining the department. During the social time I talked with my fellow perspectives, the current graduate students, and faculty with whom I had not interviewed. We talk
