The matter of going to work l The interview experience of unit A when entering a new job

I've been busy dealing with interviews these days.

I am going to work as a psychologist.

There are two interviews these days. I would rather go to Unit B than Unit A. But the interview in Unit A was earlier than that in Unit B, so I initially planned to use Unit A as a warm-up. But even though it was "warming up", I was nervous from the day before, and it made me "slight insomnia".

In the interview of Unit A, there were three officers from different divisions, as well as the director of the center and a psychologist, a total of five people. I think the most difficult question to answer in the whole interview process is the question from the director of the center and the psychologist.

Director's question, I can't answer clearly

The director asked me at the beginning, "How can I maintain a clear line with the case?"

In fact, it is difficult to have a precise answer to this question. After all, the status of each case is different, and the interaction mode between me and each case will also be different. It is difficult for me to give a set of methods that apply to all cases and all situations. . Therefore, I also told the director directly that I could not give a clear way, and finally could only give a principled answer.

: "I don't have a standard SOP to draw the line between cases, but my principle in helping others is not to hurt the student, nor to harm the relationship between me and him. I think blurring the line is one and two sides. If I The boundary with the case is blurred, and it may also reflect the client's personal issues, which may also become the direction of my casework. Even today, the relationship between me and the case is vague, but if this vague relationship can To maintain the life of the case, it is not necessarily necessary to draw the line immediately.”

But such a response is actually dangerous. After all, in the field of helping people, there seems to be a politically correct thinking: maintaining clear boundaries with individual cases is the most appropriate choice. If the interviewers here are more conservative, my response is bound to be marked with a "big cross".

Not sure if that's the case, but I have a vague feeling that the director doesn't seem too happy with my response. He seemed to expect a clear response from me. That alone makes me feel that my chances of being accepted are pretty low.

The psychologist's question is sharp, I can't stand it

The psychologist's initial questions were quite gentle. He first asked me, "What is your career plan?"

I prepared this question in advance, so I answered it quickly and smoothly. But his next question is the real test: "How do you think you are different from other psychologists?"

I have never thought about this. But I just know that if I don't answer this question well, it's easy for others to think I'm elevating myself by belittling others. In the opinion of the interviewer, it is likely to be a deduction.

I pondered for nearly half a minute, and only one word "true" came to my mind. I didn't want the interviewers to wait too long, so I blurted out the "true" answer. But when I say that I am more "true", I also seem to be mocking other psychologists as being "false" in disguise, but this is not my most fundamental feeling. So I added that the so-called "true" may just be that I don't apply the various SOPs in counseling theory in my practice.

The psychologist then asked me, "Then how do you guide the client out of the stuck thoughts? Will you give the client direct advice?"

It is difficult to give clear answers to such questions. The context of each interview and the state of the case are different, and the intervention methods will also be different, and even interventions with different theoretical orientations will have different approaches. But in the training of psychologists, there is also a kind of politically correct thinking: you can't give advice directly. But I don't think giving advice is necessarily wrong.

I can't give a standard answer, so I'm still fighting vague battles: "I'm not very good at giving advice, but if a session with a case gets stuck, and giving advice can make this stuck session move forward, then It's not impossible."

Finally, the psychologist asked me, "Why did you want to switch courses to study counseling when you went to graduate school? What do you like about counseling?"

This question is actually not difficult to answer. I answered him without hesitation and said, "I just really liked interacting with people at that time." In fact, this can be the end. But I played too much inwardly, and I randomly guessed that he might want to know more about me, so I further replied: "But now I may be curious about the complexity of human nature."

The psychologist is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, so he answered, "So you are all looking at your case as a bystander?"

My current interpretation of this sentence is: the psychologist thinks that I use a very detached way to interact with the client.

If I don't respond at all, or simply agree with this sentence, basically I should have a 90% chance of being brushed off, not to mention that this is not the whole picture of my interaction with the case. But if I deny it outright, it doesn't seem to be honest, after all, I occasionally look at a case in isolation. Sometimes "extraction" is to be able to analyze the state of the case more objectively.

So I responded to him in the next second and said, "When I walk out of the consultation room, I will look at them in a withdrawn way. But in the process of the meeting, it may be more difficult." Looking back, I must be proud Yes, after all, I got rid of the situation smoothly, and I also felt that my on-the-spot reaction was quite good haha.

After the interview, I was in a mixed mood, and I was finally accepted!

Since I had my first job interview experience, I also guessed in advance the questions other interviewers might ask, such as: What should I do with my work permit? What are my strengths? Your home is a little far from where you work, what should you do? I keep emphasizing that my foreigner status is helpful for the psychologist's work, especially as I am from a multicultural background, I am more empathetic and sensitive to cases from different cultural backgrounds; and because the application for a work permit is troublesome, I have already Prepare all the information, and turn the disadvantage into an advantage.

Even so, after my interview, I was still a little disappointed, because I vaguely felt that my response to professional questions might not meet their expectations, especially my response to the director's questions was very vague, the psychologist's The question was so sharp that I struggled to fight it. And the eyes of both of them seem to be quite serious all the time, which seems to convey a feeling that I am not very satisfied with my performance, so I am not very optimistic about the result.

But the paradox is that I am looking forward to being admitted. After all, admission is affirmative, but I also expect that I will not be admitted, because three days after this interview, I have an interview with Unit B, and I prefer to go to B. unit to work. Once I was admitted, I was bound to struggle with whether I should immediately agree or reject the kindness of Unit A, but I also wanted to wait until the results of the interview at Unit B came out before making a decision. But I can't ask Unit A to wait for me for a few days. After all, it takes a lot of time to apply for a work permit for me, and now I have to wait for my reply, which is undoubtedly creating trouble for others.

After three o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the interview, I received a call: "Can you come to work next month?" I knew I was accepted. But I used the "procrastination tactics" at first, after all, there is an interview with Unit B every few days. It wasn't until a few days ago that I was sure I was going to be hired.

At that time, I didn't really want to work in Unit A, because I might need to move, and Unit A is a long way from my current residence. Although moving is not difficult, but it is still a bit troublesome, avoid it if you can! Besides, I saw a psychologist in school A held 20 activities in one semester. I wondered if I would hold activities every week in the future, but I didn't have time to do casework. But I found out later that there may have been special circumstances in that semester that made it so abnormal, because the situation in other semesters was not so exaggerated. In addition, I think Unit A also made me feel their sincerity. A few days after the admission, I received their contract letter, and the processing speed was actually quite fast. So, I decided to go to Unit A.

Plus, I consider myself lucky. A few months ago, I had already submitted my resume to other units, but it was almost astonishing, and the action of submitting my resume was suspended for a while. Until recently, I made a "comeback" and continued to submit my resume, and I got the interview opportunity of Unit A very smoothly. And Unit A was my first job interviewing as a psychologist, and I was accepted successfully without expecting it. I have heard before that some people have gone through untold hardships to successfully find a job as a psychologist. Especially since I am an expat, it is even more difficult to find an employer who is willing to apply for a work permit for me. I am very grateful to them for giving me this job opportunity.

And I'm about to resign, leaving the hell where I'm currently employed.

Finished on 2022.06.01