Being at the Dpsych interview..

9th November 2010
282th Day in Melbourne
SUNNY!!

Today marks the 1st day of the Dpsych interview and it just reminded me of last year when i was preparing for my own interview. Current students are to volunteer to be there at the interview place to talk to the interviewees and to share their experiences with them. It's really exciting for me as i wansn't physically here last year for the interview and i have no idea how it was all conducted..So i was rostered for this afternoon's session from 1230-230 and i was really excited about it!

So 1stly, interviewees are given 30mins to complete a written task in a room, and upon finishing it, they will move to the meeting room where the seniors (yes, i'm a senior now!) will chat with them and answer any questions they have about the course. Then they will go in for the interview. Gosh, for the 2 hours i was there, the 4-5 interviewees i saw were of high quality and not many of them showed any signs of nervousness...i was impressed..And i felt like i was being interviewed instead, when they asked questions like "what do you like about the course", "how do you feel this course is compared to others", etc..Then they told us that for the written task, they are supposed to write a brief proposal for a scenerio set-up, which i thought was pretty difficult..The school have decided to change the format of the written task this year (during my year, the task was to answer 2 qns: Personal statement and also what i hope to achieve with the skills from the course)...

Gosh! I think it's really difficult. I was glad that i was not being interviewed today...i know i wouldn't do well...they told us that every year, only 18 people got selected for the interview and i was really thankful that i got selected last year for the interview and the course! It's really competitive! And the interviewees i saw today are all very confident and they all seem to have a bag of qualifications...Thank GOD for giving me a chance!