RoosterG Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/9/2020 at 6:12 PM, pharm222 said: Hello! this is a question for the current first years: Do you guys still have your practicum happening despite the whole COVID situation? or how is your faculty handling this? UBC is still making us go but I wanted to hear if that was the case else where as well! I dont have any UofA friends so i didnt know where else to post this haha! Yea we still have our practicum! The faculty is handling the situation very well. Students have the option of postponing their placement to later in the summer. Usually we have ours just in may and june. However, if a student has factors that make this difficult the faculty is allowing them to do this later in the summer. KR99 and pharm222 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henil Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Has anyone got the interview link ?, or knowing the tentative dates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharm222 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 10:23 AM, RoosterG said: Yea we still have our practicum! The faculty is handling the situation very well. Students have the option of postponing their placement to later in the summer. Usually we have ours just in may and june. However, if a student has factors that make this difficult the faculty is allowing them to do this later in the summer. Wow thats so good to hear! Our faculty said we can do it this summer and grad on time or we can defer it until next year and graduate 7 months later. Wish they were more flexible considering this is such an unprecedented time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bekind Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Does anyone have tips in preparing for the interview? I don't really know what to expect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmgirl99 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Have u gotten ur invite yet? My friend took it last year and said to dress professional and be confident! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmlover2020 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Has anyone got the interview link yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmgirl99 Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, pharmlover2020 said: Has anyone got the interview link yet? Lol not me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bekind Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 hours ago, needsomehelp said: Have u gotten ur invite yet? My friend took it last year and said to dress professional and be confident! Thank you for the response No I didn't get an interview link yet, just an email saying they should send out one this month. I just want to use my time and prepare however I can! I hate to ask, but does any one know the format? Like is it a one on one interview? or kinda like MMI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolpharm Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 11 hours ago, bekind said: Thank you for the response No I didn't get an interview link yet, just an email saying they should send out one this month. I just want to use my time and prepare however I can! I hate to ask, but does any one know the format? Like is it a one on one interview? or kinda like MMI? From what I’ve been told, it’s a pre-recorded interview where you will see a video of someone asking you a question. You have several seconds to formulate your answer before your response starts being recorded. I think you have up to 2 minutes to answer each question. I’m sure they’ll explain the format later when we get the interview links! bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharm222 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 5:30 PM, bekind said: Does anyone have tips in preparing for the interview? I don't really know what to expect Hey! I did my MMI last year and I practiced with other people who were also applying to the program (Set up a Skype call or something using the Facebook group, its a great way to make friends and get feedback on how to improve your answers). You can also google mmi questions and practice on your own using those as well as watching youtube videos. Remember to practice saying your answers to your camera and become comfortable with it. Also, while doing your interview take a breath, smile and remain calm you got this! bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharm222 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 7:49 AM, lolpharm said: From what I’ve been told, it’s a pre-recorded interview where you will see a video of someone asking you a question. You have several seconds to formulate your answer before your response starts being recorded. I think you have up to 2 minutes to answer each question. I’m sure they’ll explain the format later when we get the interview links! Thats how it was for us last year! It can be awkward saying your answers to a screen and not receiving any input so just make sure you practice getting comfortable with that. I think last year they had a practice interview on the interview link so you can practice before you actually do it! bekind and lolpharm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmlover2020 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Does anyone know when they will be sending us the link for the interview? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bekind Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thank you everyone I appreciate your replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bekind Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, pharmlover2020 said: Does anyone know when they will be sending us the link for the interview? I still haven't had a new update yet, hopefully soon pharmlover2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KR99 Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 We had our last final today; I should be checking this forum more frequently now that I have more free time and you guys are getting closer to the interview stage! Don't hesitate to ask more questions if you have them, all of us are here to help! You guys will do great, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmlover2020 Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, KR99 said: We had our last final today; I should be checking this forum more frequently now that I have more free time and you guys are getting closer to the interview stage! Don't hesitate to ask more questions if you have them, all of us are here to help! You guys will do great, good luck How is the interview? is it MMI? how many stations and how much should we talk ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoosterG Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 11:35 PM, pharmlover2020 said: How is the interview? is it MMI? how many stations and how much should we talk ? Overall I found the interview to be fair. Last year we had 4 stations that we had to do. They were all a pre recorded question and then the website recorded our answer. If I remember correctly each question gave us 2 minutes to respond. However I didn’t use all the time to answer each question. bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmkeener Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 I just my interview invitation today bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun444 Posted May 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Me too! I guess they’re slowly rolling out now. bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henil Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Got the interview invitation bekind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmgirl99 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Does anyone know if there are practice interview questions I can find? I thought I heard from last year that there r practice q on the uni website? I might be mistaken! Thx in advance :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete_pinata Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 On 5/4/2020 at 11:22 AM, needsomehelp said: Does anyone know if there are practice interview questions I can find? I thought I heard from last year that there r practice q on the uni website? I might be mistaken! Thx in advance :)) Yes There are many practice questions available through the assessment platform (Kira). You can access the link through your UAlberta email (assigned to you through your CCID). If you're using chrome, make sure any VPN or adblock extensions are switched off. Let me know if anything's unclear. Good luck! pharmgirl99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PharmD20 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 I was wondering if anyone knows whether there’s a benefit to submitting the interview earlier on? I was originally not in a rush because I thought final transcripts would take forever to be received but they already have them apparently so I’ll do the interview soon if it increases my chances or gets me a quicker response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun444 Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Interesting... I didn’t think of it this way. I just assumed after the deadline they gather all applications and rank our performances. I am not sure if submitting anything earlier would increase our chances.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PharmD20 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Yeah I was just looking through past year threads and I saw that some people got accepted before deadlines for either the interview or transcripts so it got me thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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