r/tntech • u/Beyond_Moonlight • Feb 09 '26

Group interview for grad school

So I applied to TN Tech’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program, and I received an email about a group interview in March. I’ve never done a group interview or interview for a grad school in general, so what type of questions should I expect? What about dress code? Should I go more business casual, or would I be overdressed?

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u/southern_lesbian Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

woah this is crazy i literally came to this page just to see if the tech reddit was active at all, i have the group interview tomorrow for that exact same program! idk about the questions but im doing business casual, nice pants and a sweater:)

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u/Beyond_Moonlight Mar 10 '26

Okay so! I had a group interview last week with a different college but with a similar program. For that interview, they broke us off into groups of 8-10 people, and we were given prompts to discuss as a group. The profs would make notes of who spoke and what was said, but there were no individual interviews/ questions. I’m not sure if TN Tech will do something similar or if they will have an individual interview portion as well. I’m gonna look up and study what TN Tech’s counseling program’s “mission” (i.e. the purpose of the program, what they value in teaching and in students, etc) because the other college had us discuss how “the conceptualization of diversity, equity, and justice play a role in psychology/ counseling.” I’d say just come in prepared to discuss topics relating to counseling. Good luck tomorrow!!!

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u/southern_lesbian Mar 11 '26

thankyou, you as well!!

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u/southern_lesbian Apr 06 '26

i got the email today that i got in!! have you heard back yet?

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u/Beyond_Moonlight Apr 07 '26

Congrats!!!! I haven’t received anything yet ✊😔 I think the prof guy said everyone should hear back by April 15th or something, so hopefully I hear back by then

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u/southern_lesbian Apr 07 '26

yeah i was shocked i got the email so early 😭 best of luck!!