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What you may be asked (sectioned by topics):
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Interest/ Purpose
- Why do you want to go to graduate school?
- What type of work/research are you doing in your current position?
- Tell me about a time when you had to troubleshoot a problem?
- Tell me about a time when you made a mistake? How did you fix it?
- Tell me about a time you had an interpersonal issue with another coworker?
- What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
- How do you handle conflict?
- What skills do you bring forward as you enter graduate school and which skills do you hope to acquire?
- Why did you choose your undergraduate major?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- What do you do for fun?
- Why do you want to be a psychologist?
- Why are you interested in working in this lab?
- Tell me about a project that you have worked on in the past.
- In graduate school, what kinds of questions do you hope to address? Why do you think that these questions are important?
Problem-Solving Skills
- Has there been a time when you’ve had to crunch and sort out a lot of data?