Grad School
I was recently accepted to interview with NC State University for graduate work in Parks and Recreation Management. The interview is this coming Thursday, so not much time to prepare. All she told me was to bring my resume and plenty of questions. Mr. Martin graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in the nearly the same MS degree, so I'll be calling him soon for some inside help. I'm interested in anyone's help in this process though. Is there anyone that reads this and has been through this before that can offer help? I would appreciate it.
posted by Shirring @ 2:16 PM
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I don't really think I can help you much. Last time I interviewed, it apparently didn't go well! Congrats though!
AS I'm sure you were awkward at that interview (that which I never understand. You are by far one of the most easy-going and approachable people I know yet you always act that way around new people, I do it too though.) part of that was my fault. I told him several times you were interested in planing, set-up and take down. I told him about your set design experience and told him that's what you were interested in...NOT birthday parties. Sorry about that. Apparently I didn't relay that message well enough.
Haha! It's no problem. It's always good to practice interviewing anyway. I got to see all the cool birds.
Congrats. on your interview... be yourself and ask a lot of questions about the program and the faculty/experience in the program. Remember that you are interviewing them and their offerrings as much as they are interviewing you.
Questions you might ask:
- what makes the program unique from other insituations?
- what type of practical experiences does a student gain?
- credit hour and class load expectations of the program?
- number of students admitted to the cohort?
-graduation requirement (comprehensive exams, thesis, graduate projects?)
-do they offer paid assistantships to cover cost of tuition?
-is an assistantship required for entrance in to program?
-are you responsible for finding your own assistantship, or do they provide one?
just to name a few.
I don't know alot about your specific field, but in general I think graduate programs will hope you can talk about a few of the same things.
Questions they might ask:
- most recent research/updates in the field and how you stay up-to-date
-why are you interested in the field and what you think you can bring to it?
- what do you hope to personally gain from entering the field?
- what practical experiences have you had that make you prepared to enter a graduate program?
-why are you interested in the program at that institution?
-where do you see yourself in the future and how does this program fit in to that plan?
hope these help. let me know if you want me to dig up more of the questions I have in the files in my office. Most of those are directly related to when I hired my graduate assistant (so if you're interviewing for an assistanship)... I'll see what I can find.
If you have anymore I would love to read them, and any help on answeres they are looking for. thanks tim
hey - sorry i didn't get back to you sooner... i forgot to look back a few days.
how did the interview go?
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