I am a pretty shy person and i was wonder how will the interviewers look at this when they speak to me? any other shy people out there, how did you guys do on your interviews?
I am a pretty shy person and i was wonder how will the interviewers look at this when they speak to me? any other shy people out there, how did you guys do on your interviews?
I am a pretty shy person and i was wonder how will the interviewers look at this when they speak to me? any other shy people out there, how did you guys do on your interviews?
If you feel your shyness will be a problem (to the point where it will negatively impact your interviews), I recommend that you do practice interviews. If you have a career services office that offers practice interviews, take advantage of that. If not, you can find a physician or someone you know with good interviewing skills and have them ask you typical (and not so typical) med school interview questions, and have them comment on your interview skills.
I'm pretty shy also.
Why would you go into a people-centric occupation such as medicine if you're shy? The world only needs so many pathologists.
It looks like you could have let your MCAT PS do all the talking for you.
There are also radiologists and anesthesiologists, who for the most part, spend a limited amount of time having conversations with patients.
This isn't really true. First, in both these fields you are going to have to get through the clinical years of med school and then do a year of internship in medicine. Secondly, the anesthesiologists have to take a history and discuss the procedure/risks with every patient before they put them under.
For example, sometimes when I find myself in a large group, I have a hard time thinking of something to add to the conversation.
I am a pretty shy person and i was wonder how will the interviewers look at this when they speak to me? any other shy people out there, how did you guys do on your interviews?
I'm pretty shy too and always have been. For me, since I'm more of an introvert, I always came away from interview days literally drained from having to talk with everyone (other fellow introverts identify with this?)
I am a pretty shy person and i was wonder how will the interviewers look at this when they speak to me? any other shy people out there, how did you guys do on your interviews?
I'm not shy...until it comes to talking about my own achievements. I'm pretty bad at trying to sell myself, it always comes out vaguely sarcastic and bumbling because I'm blushing like crazy. I dunno, I grew up with the whole "modesty" thing drilled into me, so while I can small talk and discuss things with people just fine, I am stupidly awkward and self conscious when I get asked questions like "so why do you think you're a better applicant than the rest?" or open ended questions designed for you to bring out your own strong points/accomplishments, etc.
Sigh...I talk to strangers plenty, but it never really comes up in other conversations, haha. "Hi random person I"d like to talk to you about why I rock..."
And an anesthesiologist may spend 10 minutes talking to the patient, followed by 3 hours of being in the OR...repeat 3 times a day = only 30 minutes of patient interaction/day....at least that was my experience shadowing anesthesiologists.