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Blew this one question during interview - how screwed am I???
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No, it was only one question. I felt like I fumbled the living heck out of at least 25% of one of my Dartmouth interviews last year, and I still got accepted there. Amazed? Yes, I was. But I wouldn't worry about 1 question. I had many interviews where I fumbled more than 1 and still got in.
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At one of my interviews, the very last question I was asked was
"Is there anything else you would like me to know?"
And me, too stupid to just accept that we had just had a good interview and to just let the interview end, responded with:
"Well, I want you to know that I really want to go to the Blah Blah Blah School of Medicine."
To which he responded:
"Yes, but I'm sure that everybody that is interviewing here wants to go to school here."
And then I start to panic, realizing my mistake too late. Instead of just calling it quits, I begin to try to 'salvage' the situation (yeah right).
"I think everybody interviewing here wants to go to medical school, but 'I' want to go to Blah Blah Blah School of Medicine because of X, Y, Z."
I know, I know: that was a stupid thing to say and assumed that everybody was a cynical pre-med and basically tried to throw everybody else under the bus. He gives me an interesting look, and the interview is over.
Accepted.
"Is there anything else you would like me to know?"
And me, too stupid to just accept that we had just had a good interview and to just let the interview end, responded with:
"Well, I want you to know that I really want to go to the Blah Blah Blah School of Medicine."
To which he responded:
"Yes, but I'm sure that everybody that is interviewing here wants to go to school here."
And then I start to panic, realizing my mistake too late. Instead of just calling it quits, I begin to try to 'salvage' the situation (yeah right).
"I think everybody interviewing here wants to go to medical school, but 'I' want to go to Blah Blah Blah School of Medicine because of X, Y, Z."
I know, I know: that was a stupid thing to say and assumed that everybody was a cynical pre-med and basically tried to throw everybody else under the bus. He gives me an interesting look, and the interview is over.
Accepted.
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Similar situation last year, I was asked near the end of the interview:
Interviewer: So what about going into medicine are you most afraid of?
Me (scrambling): Well.. I heard that there is a lot of paperwork..
Interviewer: ... So you're most afraid of the paperwork?
Me: ..Yeah..
Interviewer: Anything else you're worried about?
Me: ..Not really..
I totally bombed that question, I would've wanted to talk about the time management, the possibility of making mistakes in the future that'll end up hurting others, etc. but yeah, paperwork was apparently the first (and only 😛) thing that popped into my head.
Ended up being accepted. I guess the other parts of the interview gave him a favorable-enough impression to overlook my answer here (luckily for me).
Interviewer: So what about going into medicine are you most afraid of?
Me (scrambling): Well.. I heard that there is a lot of paperwork..
Interviewer: ... So you're most afraid of the paperwork?
Me: ..Yeah..
Interviewer: Anything else you're worried about?
Me: ..Not really..
I totally bombed that question, I would've wanted to talk about the time management, the possibility of making mistakes in the future that'll end up hurting others, etc. but yeah, paperwork was apparently the first (and only 😛) thing that popped into my head.
Ended up being accepted. I guess the other parts of the interview gave him a favorable-enough impression to overlook my answer here (luckily for me).
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Bad interview answers happen. As long as you don't outright offend someone I am sure the interviewer won't even remember your answer to that question.
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I wouldn't think about it too much. One question can't hurt you all that much. I was interviewing for a job and couldn't even come up with the definition of "cooperation" and I still got the job. Obviously that's not the same as a medical school interview but don't be so hard on yourself.
