It always amazes me when I read the many comments about the ASDOH interview process; how horrid, scary or stupid it is. What's stupid is not sending in your secondary app because of what you've heard about the interviews! Unless you grew up under a rock, the interview is NO BIG DEAL! Good grief, if you have ANY experience interviewing for jobs, schools or whatever, it is no different. No one there was rude, intimidating or asking impossibly difficult questions. While I was there, no one was taken out back and executed for giving a wrong answer. And, some of those questions included SIMPLE oral anatomy questions that some people really did get wrong!
Interviews are not designed to make you feel good, they are designed to show the interviewer if you are the type of person they are looking for. ASDOH is apparently interested in people who don't live under rocks. It is possible that they are looking for people adaptable and "well-rounded" enough to handle odd or unexpected situations with professionalism. You will certainly be required to do that everyday in dental practice!
I think that if a different approach to an interview throws you off or freaks you out, you need to get out and get some real life experience. Best that I can remember, for any job interview, I've never been given a choice on my preference of interview styles! 🙄
