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Hey Friends,
Congrats to everyone here whether you're applying this cycle or not, because we're all working towards an amazing profession
For those of you applying this cycle, this is an exciting time! I wanted to share with you a list of sample answers to some of the most commonly asked dental school interview questions. Shoutout to @Faux for producing the list of interview questions that have helped many students including myself. Here is the original thread for the interview questions:
My list of interview questions for upcoming cycle!
When I was preparing for interview season last cycle I came across that thread and made a document in which I wrote out outlines of all of the responses I planned to use in the event that I was asked any of those questions. Now of course, my responses during real interviews were not verbatim (or even nearly verbatim) from the responses I wrote (some of my real responses I completely changed actually due to heat of the moment/panicking lol). I just wrote out all of my responses beforehand so that I'd have a general idea of what I wanted to say. That being said, I wouldn't recommend writing out your own responses to these questions the way I did. I'd recommend that you write them out in bullet point format, so that when you get asked such and such question, you know that you're going to talk about topics X, Y and Z. This also prevents you from MEMORIZING ANSWERS, do not do that- it looks very rehearsed and your interviewers will notice. BUT, having bullet points of topics that you will talk about will not look rehearsed and it feels much more natural. I didn't follow my own advice and fell into the trap of memorizing answers early in the cycle but I noticed how much more natural it felt to just use bullet points during later interviews.
Make sure to use your own judgement when deciding how you want to answer these questions, as the way I answered them might not be the way you would like to answer them. But I hope this gives you an idea of how you might want to approach a question if you're stuck! Good luck!
Congrats to everyone here whether you're applying this cycle or not, because we're all working towards an amazing profession
For those of you applying this cycle, this is an exciting time! I wanted to share with you a list of sample answers to some of the most commonly asked dental school interview questions. Shoutout to @Faux for producing the list of interview questions that have helped many students including myself. Here is the original thread for the interview questions:My list of interview questions for upcoming cycle!
When I was preparing for interview season last cycle I came across that thread and made a document in which I wrote out outlines of all of the responses I planned to use in the event that I was asked any of those questions. Now of course, my responses during real interviews were not verbatim (or even nearly verbatim) from the responses I wrote (some of my real responses I completely changed actually due to heat of the moment/panicking lol). I just wrote out all of my responses beforehand so that I'd have a general idea of what I wanted to say. That being said, I wouldn't recommend writing out your own responses to these questions the way I did. I'd recommend that you write them out in bullet point format, so that when you get asked such and such question, you know that you're going to talk about topics X, Y and Z. This also prevents you from MEMORIZING ANSWERS, do not do that- it looks very rehearsed and your interviewers will notice. BUT, having bullet points of topics that you will talk about will not look rehearsed and it feels much more natural. I didn't follow my own advice and fell into the trap of memorizing answers early in the cycle but I noticed how much more natural it felt to just use bullet points during later interviews.
Make sure to use your own judgement when deciding how you want to answer these questions, as the way I answered them might not be the way you would like to answer them. But I hope this gives you an idea of how you might want to approach a question if you're stuck! Good luck!
