Funny interview stories

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agranulocytosis

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So today I has an interview at a small community GS program. Only 2 of us were there for the interview. We started the day with the M&M and Grand Rounds, and we were both sitting close to the front, the other applicant directly in front of me. It was a relatively small-ish room with room for about 40-50 people.

As the M&M got underway, I began to hear this faint sound of music. Hip hop. I couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from but it sounded like a portable music device, like on an iphone or something. I looked around and the residents looked around as well and began to snicker. It wasn't until "Hardknock Life" by Jay-Z was clearly heard in between the speaker's breaks that the whole room began to wonder where the music was coming from.

Everyone was looking in front of me, wondering if the room's speaker was plugged into a radio or something. The associate PD even interrupted the discussion to see if the speaker can be turned off.

So the M&M goes on with Camron going "hey ma, what's up?" and Juvenile telling us to back that thang up in the background the whole time, and then more attendings come by for the Grand Rounds. By this point, Cypress Hill is going insane in the membrane and the attending sitting next to the other applicant asks if it's coming from his phone. He says no, checks his phone, and the music becomes obviously louder. He puts it back in his pocket and the music continues!

About 15 seconds later the same attending asks him to shut it off. The applicant refuses and says it wasn't coming from his phone. Then about 2 minutes later, he pulls out his phone again, but this time he shuts it off. Apparently he was streaming Pandora for an hour and a half and didn't realize it.

What a way to make an impression 😀.

Any other funny stories anyone else care to share? Let's hear them.
 
Wow, what a story! There must be other good ones out there. Post some more everyone!

I don't have any really funny stories from my interviews, but I did have an amusing conversation. I had just finished a prelim medicine interview, and was waiting out on the sidewalk for the valet guy to bring my car. One of the other applicants (who was applying to radiology programs) was standing right next to me, so I decided to make some conversation. "What did you think of the program?" I asked. He replied, with grandiloquence, "Well, they say it's really a buyer's market for me."

I almost vomited a little bit in my mouth. Not only did he not answer my question, but he made a point of letting me know what an incredible applicant he is! I hope he came across the same way to his interviewers.
 
Wow, what a story! There must be other good ones out there. Post some more everyone!

I don't have any really funny stories from my interviews, but I did have an amusing conversation. I had just finished a prelim medicine interview, and was waiting out on the sidewalk for the valet guy to bring my car. One of the other applicants (who was applying to radiology programs) was standing right next to me, so I decided to make some conversation. "What did you think of the program?" I asked. He replied, with grandiloquence, "Well, they say it's really a buyer's market for me."

I almost vomited a little bit in my mouth. Not only did he not answer my question, but he made a point of letting me know what an incredible applicant he is! I hope he came across the same way to his interviewers.

When I interviewed for med school I was talking to a fellow interviewee about where we'd interviewed so far. After listing a bunch of top schools (Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, etc.), I commented that he must have done really well in his classes and on the MCAT. His response? "Oh not really, I'm just half-Mexican." :eyebrow:
 
When I interviewed for med school I was talking to a fellow interviewee about where we'd interviewed so far. After listing a bunch of top schools (Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, etc.), I commented that he must have done really well in his classes and on the MCAT. His response? "Oh not really, I'm just half-Mexican." :eyebrow:

At least he was being honest.
 
At least he was being honest.

True. I was just shocked that anybody would say that. I just don't know how people can do that. I feel like I'd spend my life wondering if I got where I did based on my own merit or because of the boxes I checked on my application.
 
True. I was just shocked that anybody would say that. I just don't know how people can do that. I feel like I'd spend my life wondering if I got where I did based on my own merit or because of the boxes I checked on my application.

No you wouldn't. You'd be all "I went to Harvard bi****es...suck it."

Also, the Peter Principle is as active in medicine and science as it is in the business world so eventually, HMS or no, you'd wind up where you belonged.
 
True. I was just shocked that anybody would say that. I just don't know how people can do that. I feel like I'd spend my life wondering if I got where I did based on my own merit or because of the boxes I checked on my application.
Oh god, didn't folks leave the whole affirmative action discussions when leaving pre-allo?
 
Apparently some girl on the ortho interview trail told this joke to a couple of attendings during an interview (I heard from other applicants, not first hand):

Q - Whats the difference between jam and jelly?

A - You can't jelly your d1ck down my throat.
 
No you wouldn't. You'd be all "I went to Harvard bi****es...suck it."

Also, the Peter Principle is as active in medicine and science as it is in the business world so eventually, HMS or no, you'd wind up where you belonged.


hahaha!:laugh:
 
Apparently some girl on the ortho interview trail told this joke to a couple of attendings during an interview (I heard from other applicants, not first hand):

Q - Whats the difference between jam and jelly?

A - You can't jelly your d1ck down my throat.

And let me guess, being ortho they didn't look down upon it :laugh:

Just another day in the OR.
 
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