2 interviews

I had two interviews today. This morning, I interviewed at Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk. I left home at 6:45 to be sure I had plenty of time to get there - I did, even including a stop for some french toast sticks. As it turned out, one of the other candidates was a Loma Linda colleague of mine, so I enjoyed getting to talk to a familiar person. Actually, one of the current interns is another of my Loma Linda cohorts, so I knew a couple of people. It was a much more laid back atmosphere than Patton was, and there are some things about it that make it a stronger site for me and some things that make it a weaker site. So it makes my ranking decisions more complicated. I think the interview went well, although I was super pressed for time on the writing sample. I think I probably was not alone in that though, and I think what they were looking for was clarity and quality of writing, rather than how much you covered. So hopefully they got enough of that to like me. They fed us lunch, we had a Q&A with the current interns and the supervisors, as well as a tour of the facilities and an overview of the internship program from the training director.

I headed home and got here just about 15 minutes before my phone interview with USC. Rebecca was asleep, so I holed up in our bedroom. Rebecca never even knew I was at home until I came out of the bedroom and surprised her after my interview was over. The USC interview went really, really well, I think. I felt really good about the answers I gave to their structured questions, as well as my responses to their scenarios. They have a really great program that has a lot of flexibility to develop groups and establish consultative relationship across the campus, so it is at the top of my list, currently, for counseling center sites.

I'm at Casa Colina tomorrow, luckily. No interviews! I hear we are slammed with new admissions though, so I'll be busy. Then interviews on Thursday and Friday. Thank you for the prayers and positive thoughts today!