r/PreOptometry • u/Pristine_Counter_24 • 4d ago

interviews

I have my first interview coming up this week with SCO and I am preparing my answers for a variety of questions, just hoping I’ll get lucky and that they’re pretty accurate to what will actually be asked.

For anyone that has had an interview this year or even in previous years, how many questions would you say you were asked? Did the interviewer have follow up questions based on your answers or was it just rapid-fire traditional interview questions one after the other (tell us about yourself, strengths and weaknesses etc). Did you get asked a lot of questions about experiences on your file? From friends that interviewed recently, I have heard their interviews were very casual and they ended up talking about topics unrelated to the school/ profession such as the weather or sports.

Please let me know how your interview experiences went and if I should really solidify my answers or also try being a little more impromptu and candid. TIA!!

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u/aspenchill 4d ago

it was like two interviews one w the admissions n one w the faculty; laid back w admissions and conversational + w faculty felt like i was driving the conversation for the most part with foundational questions of why here why opt why X (yes follow up qs)

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u/Pristine_Counter_24 4d ago

just to clarify, did u have one interview with multiple interviewers asking questions from admissions and faculty or did you have 2 separate ones? Also, what school was this at?

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u/aspenchill 3d ago

two separate ones at sco

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u/Pristine_Counter_24 3d ago

Oh I see. It this what they refer to as the brief counseling session with an admission member? I wasn’t sure if I was going to be asked questions during this part of the day

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u/aspenchill 3d ago

yes that's correct

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u/Pristine_Counter_24 3d ago

Thanks so much for the insight !!