Well, I am providing a little feedback from my interview at U of Minnesota. This will be short and sweet.
Overall, great experience! Things sort of kicked off the evening before the interview with dinner with the residents. I was picked up in a town car with a chauffer that held up a sign with my name outside of the hotel. I was then transported to a very nice restaurant where I had dinner with other interviewees and, of course, residents. I recommend attending the dinner.
The dinner was so cool and laid back just like the interviews. We talked with 4 really cool residents who seem genuinely very satisfied with the program. They told us about how cool the faculty is, how the faculty look at the Residents as colleagues and how they are generally very well treated and supported. We had such a great time that we all wanted to stay a bit just to hang out. The next day we had lunch with the residents as well and met even more residents who spoke of how great the program is and how much they enjoy living in Minneapoilis.
Minneapolis seems to be a great city with a lot of culture and activities. It is really beautiful in the fall time. During the program overview presentation, we were told about a lot of what the city has to offer. I took a walk around the campus and it seems like a great place to be with a lot of activity buzzing.
I won't go into too much detail about the interviews. I will just say this: The interviewers were very nice and helped you to feel relaxed. It almost felt more like a conversation with Attendings on the wards rather than interviews.
We were interviewed by five faculty members. A couple even had me laughing very hard because they were so down-to-Earth and good conversationalists. I was sort of pimped by one interviewer but it was like a pseudo-pimp type question rather than a blatant assessment of my knowledge but I laughed the hardest with this interviewer. One interviewer even told me how great I was doing during the interview. Most of the question were simply and directly about my application in which the interviewers allowed me to do most of the talking. Another interviewer just allowed me to come in and tell me him about myself. That was basically it. Each interview is about 25 minutes and they fly by so quick.
Again, these interviews were so chill and comfortable that I don't recommend any special preparation outside of knowing your application very well and reading up on the program. You can really be yourself here which is my approach to any interview. I am going to give you the real Trutrooper and these guys really helped to facilitate this. If you are interviewing here, you should have a great time. I plan on giving this program a great spot on my rank list.
