This is something I got from TIPS a few years ago
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312 3474
Interview Questions for Clinical Psychology Programs (Psy.D.)
Compiled by Kathy Blaisdell (Hanover Graduate, 1994)
Interview at the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology
1. Tell me about yourself as a person?
2. Tell about your internship experience?
3. What attracts you to our program?
4. What special attributes would you bring to our program?
5. How do you feel about the suggestions for health care reform
and how it may affect your career?
6. What are your research interests?
Interview with Spalding University
1. What undergraduate psychology classes do you find the most
interesting and why?
2. From your clinical exposures and experiences, what
observations have you made of our social service systems?
3. What interested you in psychology?
4. What do you like about our program? What do you hope to gain
from our program?
5. From you experiences, what characteristics have you found in
yourself that will be important as a psychologist?
>From the "Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical
Psychology"*
This reference book is very helpful in the entire application
process. In regard to interviews, the authors list the following
questions as important to have prepared in advance:
1. Why do you want to be a psychologist? What qualifications do
you have that will make you a successful psychologist?
2. What attracts you to our program? (NOTE THAT THIS WAS
ASKED IN BOTH INTERVIEWS.)
3. Will you tell me a little about yourself as a person?
4. What are your future plans and goals as a psychologist?
5. What do you see as your strengths and weaknesses?
6. What do you bring into the program? What are your special
attributes?
7. Have you ever had personal therapy? If yes, what sort of
issues did you work on? If no, why not?
8. What are your research interests? Tell me about your
research project/honors thesis.
9. What is your theoretical orientation?
10. Which of our faculty members do you think you would work
with?
11. Where else have you applied of interviewed?
12. Can you tell me about a recent client or clinical encounter?
13. What are your hobbies, avocations, favorite books, and
interests outside of psychology?
* Refer to this book for questions to ask the interviewers about
the school.
