How my interview went

I've been a bit tardy in giving the update, mainly because my head kept spinning for hours afterwards. I had NO idea what to expect from this interview. I mean it's a uni course FFS! I had called my friend Hayley from 4th year (we topped the whole school and she is doing Clinical Masters at Bond now, the smarty pants) and she told me about some interviews she'd had and said they were hard so I started to crap my pants then. But I knew it was only 20 minutes. And really... how much can you get grilled in 20 minutes?

WELL.... let me just tell you. They asked the obvious one of why I want to do their course and what I intend to do with the qualification. You'd think you'd be expecting that one but I'm sure I sounded like a blithering idiot. Then it was your relevant professional experience. Ok, that was easy. Then they got harder. They had a sample referral letter from a GP with minimal information in it and you had to say what info you would be seeking to get from the initial assessment with the client. They asked a scenario question about a new treatment being advertised and how you'd decide if you would use it with your client. They asked about a time I'd received unfavourable feedback and how I handled it. And about what I would do if I found myself unable to meet course requirements due to personal issues.

Seriously, all this in TWENTY MINUTES! I felt like I'd been put through the wringer by the end of it.

When I got back to work afterward it, I had an email inviting me for another interview - this time for Organisational Psych at Uni of Adelaide so that made me feel better at least to have more options if I totally fucked it up. Though Org Psych is not my first preference that's for sure. On Monday I have an interview for Health Psychology at Uni of Adelaide. That would be better but still not my first preference. The best thing that could happen is that I get a call on Monday morning telling me I got accepted into Clinical at Flinders so I can cancel the other interviews. I SO do not want to do more interviews.