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[rasmalai]

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what would be your answer to this interview question:

"What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on an exam?"

 

[dumbguy]

what would be your answer to this interview question:

"What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on an exam?"

use the search function, I think this question has been repeated quite a few hundred times.
anyways just to answer your question, I would take his exam and tear it up and stomp on it.

 

[rasmalai]

thanks dumguy
does it hurt your fingers to type your response again...jk

 

[Spock87]

use the search function, I think this question has been repeated quite a few hundred times.
anyways just to answer your question, I would take his exam and tear it up and stomp on it.

 

[CCdarling]

what would be your answer to this interview question:

"What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on an exam?"

Report him! 🙂

 

[fhx06]

I think every single school has some form of ethics question. I kind of wonder what would be better: turn the cheater in, or tell the cheater to turn himself in.

 

[dumbguy]

I think every single school has some form of ethics question. I kind of wonder what would be better: turn the cheater in, or tell the cheater to turn himself in.

from my 3 years of interviews and rejections, I have come to the conclusion that turning the cheater in is the best and safest answer. For those who have future interviews, make a note of this.

 

[fhx06]

from my 3 years of interviews and rejections, I have come to the conclusion that turning the cheater in is the best and safest answer. For those who have future interviews, make a note of this.

It definitely is the safest answer. Honestly, though, we are all suppose to be adults, and if we do not have the discipline and maturity to do what's right and own up to our own mistakes, I don't think we are in the right profession. I fear for the person's patients if a person cheats through school and gets a degree.

 

[vinny808]

Realize that in ethical questions, the intereviewer is not critiquing you on your decision but on how you made that decision. That means how you critically analyzed the situation and your thought process behind it. They want you to see both sides of the story before making judgement.

 

[Jdario86]

Rephrase the question like this:

"How would you feel if you found out that the pharmacist of your mother, cheated his/her way through pharmacy school?"

 

[Emmet2301]

I don't really know how I would answer that question. Sure we could say that we would turn him in, but how many of us would do that?

 

[GunnerDMD617]

I don't really know how I would answer that question. Sure we could say that we would turn him in, but how many of us would do that?

Even worst if your friend got caught and called you in to testify for his innocence.

So what to do then future doctors? Do you fry this friend or put your @$$ on the line? If you don't help, will your other friends help you when you get into deep $h*# ?

Everything in life has consequences.

 

[Jdario86]

I don't understand why people think this question is so hard to answer:

It's obvious to not turn in your friend if you caught them cheating. If it's not your friend, you turn them in. It's okay for friends to put other friends in compromising positions. In pharmacy, our friends come first before professionalism....WRONG

There should be no doubt in your mind to what the right answer is. There's 0 tolerance for cheating in academia and pharmacy.

 

[inquirer89]

I think this would be the best answer:

Tell him (or her) that you saw him cheat and that you would give him the chance to be an adult and a professional student by confessing on his own. If he does not within a short period of time, then you will do it for him.

It's not rattle-telling and both parties win, at least to the best extent of the situation.

 

[Sparda29]

Send an anonymous e-mail to the friend that you saw them cheating and are asking them to stop. If they don't, send an anonymous e-mail to the professor to tell them to keep a better eye out for cheating.

 

[mletter]

from my 3 years of interviews and rejections, I have come to the conclusion that turning the cheater in is the best and safest answer. For those who have future interviews, make a note of this.

So wait, are you saying that we should or shouldn't do what you did? Should we assume you are an expert in getting accepted or rejected?! I really don't want to apply for three years, get interviews, and no acceptances...😛

 

[gochi]

what would be your answer to this interview question:

"What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on an exam?"

depends how good he/she did on the exam.

 

[avuong]

depends how good he/she did on the exam.

so if your friend did bad you wouldnt report them? and if they did good you would report?

You should never outright report anyone especially your best friend behind their backs. Tell them first. Offer your support in their time of need, if they need help studying or if they need help getting the courage to speak with their professor or advisor about taking a leave of absence. Everyone has rough periods in their lives and the last thing they would want is an unexpected expulsion from school because of a back-stabbing "friend". Everyone makes mistakes in life and its not our job to judge or condemn. It is our job to help them or lead them on a path to recovery.

thats my opinion/1 cent.

 

[HaleyRX]

does any one have any examples of any other ethical questions that come up in pharmacy school interviews?
I read of one for med school interviews: patients rush into an ER at the same time and you can only help one--do you help the teenager who has a full life ahead, the farmer who supports his family, or the elderly man who employs hundreds of people? (or something along those lines..)

are these questions planned as "trick" questions or are adcoms just after an honest response?

 

[SHC1984]

The right answer to this question is...I will give the person a chance to turn himself in...and if he chooses not to then I will turn him in myself! You are always suppose to give the cheater a chance to turn himself in before you do anything yourself. Thats the answer they are looking for during the interview. 😉

 

[ValeRx]

Isn't the very nature of this thread cheating? You are essentially asking what other people used as their answer in hopes of telling your interviewers what they want to hear.

 

[fhx06]

I'm not on any interview committee so it's not like my opinion is the "right" answer to this. Ethical questions usually don't have a black or white response because of the nature of the question; the reasons behind our answers are suppose to differ.

 

[Jdario86]

Isn't the very nature of this thread cheating? You are essentially asking what other people used as their answer in hopes of telling your interviewers what they want to hear.

No. It's pure laziness.