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One way to manage performance anxiety and develop confidence in your interviewing skills is to prepare and practice exactly what you will be asked to do. Begin by developing a list of questions that are typically asked by training directors and supervisors during interviews (see the end of this chapter for a list). You may want to ask prior years of internship applicants to recall what they were asked, particularly any unexpected questions. Next, practice generating answers to those questions that you anticipate being asked at most sites. Depending on how much time you have to do this, you may want to think of at least a few points you would touch on for the most commonly asked questions.

Once you have thought about and taken notes on your responses, set up some mock interviews to practice. Think carefully about whom you practice with, as it may not be wise to practice with students applying to the same sites as you. You do not want to offer sites the same answers as everyone else from your program. You may find it helpful to practice interviewing with your supervisor(s) or graduate students who are not in the applicant pool this year.

Why practice? Practicing being interviewed offers the advantage of familiarizing you with the experience of being on the spot, having to think intelligently on your feet, and having to produce articulate answers to questions. It also helps you to identify topic areas that you are not as confident about so that you can brush up before the interviews.

Generate a list of questions that you wish to ask training directors, supervisors, and interns at each site (also see the question list at the end of this chapter for help with this task). Prepare separate lists of questions to ask training directors/supervisors and interns for each site. Leave space to jot down your answers.

While part of the interview process is devoted to information gathering (by you and the program), the interview is also a chance to get to know people at the sites. It is crucial to attempt to establish rapport and “make a connection”. Demonstrate how you are an

interpersonal match to their site and would be good with clients/patients. Although you cannot force or practice this, keeping relaxed and grounded during the interview process will enable you to be yourself. At this stage, you also want to give some thought to what you are going to wear to your interviews. (see Chapter 24 for clothing tips).

Before you leave home to travel, print out copies of your CV, APPIC application, and cover letter for each site so that you can bring them to each interview. Although most interviewers will bring this information, it is worth having an extra copy or two in case someone forgets their copy or you need to refer to it. This also allows you to review the information you sent each site the day/night before your interview. Bring information/brochures about each site so that you can review immediately prior to the interview. You can’t know the brochure too well! You want to be aware of unique features of the sites and avoid asking questions to which answers are provided in the brochure.

While some programs will provide you with advance notice about who will be conducting interviews, in other cases, you will not know until you arrive at your interview. You may want to make “Faculty Cheat Sheets” for each site.

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In packing your bags to travel, think about where you are putting things in the event that your bags end up on the other site of the country (I do not know of anyone who had this misfortune but, best to be

prepared). Some people pack everything into carry-on baggage and then get their interview outfits pressed/dry-cleaned at their destinations. Personally, I did not want to have to worry about finding a good drycleaner on my first visit to a city. I also had a lot of ‘stuff’ along for the ride and had

no chance of fitting everything into one small carry-on bag (I was able to schedule 6 of my ‘away’ interviews in one long cross-country trip!). I decided to put a ‘back-up outfit’ in my carry-on baggage that was basically a pair of suit pants and a nice top along with the various undergarments and toiletries that one would need if left bag-less for a few days. I also carried all of my interview paperwork in my carry-on bag so that I would have it with me at all times (both so that I wasn’t stranded without it and so that I could review things on those long flights with no in-flight movies!).

If you are a Canadian citizen planning to cross the border into the United States for interviews, be sure to have the necessary documentation (i.e., passport, birth certificate, etc.) to get into the country. It is also a good idea to have some kind of paperwork to prove that you are going south for an internship interview. I was hassled at the border by a border guard who was convinced that the medical school I was traveling to interview at did not exist (and it was a state-wide medical school!). Fortunately, I had printed out the email inviting me to interview at this site (more so that I had the directions to get there rather than to ‘prove’ what I was up to) and this was enough to convince the guard that I was going where I said I was going. At last, you are now ready to take off!!!