Medical Is it okay to repeat stories from the primary/secondaries application in interviews?

[TheBoneDoctah]

Hi,

This might be an obvious questions, but is it okay to repeat stories from your application in the interview? Or do adcoms want to hear new things? I ask because there are a collection of anecdotes that I have discussed in my application that I think would be good for answering a lot of key interview questions.

Totally ok. Try and come up with others as well so your interview is not a complete rehashing of your application, but repeating stories is perfectly fine.

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[tantacles]

I think it's good to have other stories. That being said, I think there's always more elaboration that can be done on stories that you already wrote about, so if something fits, feel free to provide more details.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Sometimes you will have interviewers who will be totally blinded to your application (won't have read before meeting you, may read it afterwards); you should ask them if they read your application in advance to help guide you.

I would still make sure I have an abbreviated reference to these stories if you think they are appropriate (As I wrote in my personal statement...), but be prepared for other situations or stories that answer the question.