Interview Questions for Clinical Psychology Programs (Psy.D.)
Compiled by Kathy Blaisdell (Hanover Graduate, 1994)

Interview at the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology
1.   Tell me about yourself as a person?
2.   Tell about your internship experience?
3.   What attracts you to our program?
4.   What special attributes would you bring to our program?
5.   How do you feel about the suggestions for health care reform
     and how it may affect your career?
6.   What are your research interests?

Interview with Spalding University
1.   What undergraduate psychology classes do you find the most
     interesting and why?
2.   From your clinical exposures and experiences, what 
     observations have you made of our social service systems?
3.   What interested you in psychology?
4.   What do you like about our program?  What do you hope to gain
     from our program?
5.   From you experiences, what characteristics have you found in
     yourself that will be important as a psychologist?


From the "Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical
Psychology"*

This reference book is very helpful in the entire application 
process.  In regard to interviews, the authors list the following 
questions as important to have prepared in advance:
1.   Why do you want to be a psychologist? What qualifications do 
     you have that will make you a successful psychologist?
2.   What attracts you to our program?  (NOTE THAT THIS WAS 
     ASKED IN BOTH INTERVIEWS.)
3.   Will you tell me a little about yourself as a person?
4.   What are your future plans and goals as a psychologist?
5.   What do you see as your strengths and weaknesses?
6.   What do you bring into the program?  What are your special
     attributes?
7.   Have you ever had personal therapy?  If yes, what sort of 
     issues did you work on?  If no, why not?
8.   What are your research interests?  Tell me about your 
     research project/honors thesis.
9.   What is your theoretical orientation?
10.  Which of our faculty members do you think you would work
     with?
11.  Where else have you applied of interviewed?
12.  Can you tell me about a recent client or clinical encounter?
13.  What are your hobbies, avocations, favorite books, and 
     interests outside of psychology?

* Refer to this book for questions to ask the interviewers about
the school.