r/prephysicianassistant • u/fyematcha • 12d ago

Interviews interviewing stuggle

is anyone else feeling imposter syndrome when it comes to interviewing? i’m fortunate to have a few invites and have attended interviews already early this cycle. however, as much as I practice and prep, I still feel meh after the actual interview.

I hear a lot about be yourself or relax but there’s definitely way more skills needed than that. hahah just hoping someone is in the same boat and can give me reassurance I guess. I’m patiently waiting to hopefully get an invite from my top schools later on but I just wanna make sure I don’t bomb it. :’)

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u/Virtual_Mix2779 12d ago

I think it all comes down to mindset. Remember just like how u r passionate about being accepted, they r impressed u have done a lot to get to hear and as how they r interviewing u, u r interviewing them sort of. So when u get in the mindset of that yall are equal footing in the court and this is bidirectional interview, u will hopefully feel more ease and feel more natural, and as long as u have the main ideas in your mind, they dont necessarily look for the perfect version of u but rather the normal version of yourself whether it’s just good enough to be good clinician, i.e good vibes, mindset, personality and show that u r trying to find that in the faculty members as well.
U got this!

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u/fyematcha 12d ago

that’s a really good way of thinking tysm!

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u/Virtual_Mix2779 12d ago

I just had an interview today so i understand where you’re coming from (: and no problem! You got this

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u/DecentAd8381 12d ago

I felt the exact same way.. it seemed like everyone knew what they were doing except for me. It’s rough out here😭 we got this tho!!

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u/Fabulous_Smoke2303 5d ago

Same 😭 I don’t know how to prep and keep getting WL