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I had a practice interview at my university's center for career services (they also help students going to grad school) and did absolutely terribly. Part of this was due to the fact that I've had a bad week, but life happens and in a real interview you have to detach from that, so that's beside the point. Most of the things I did wrong I would have done anyway. I couldn't stop fidgeting and never made eye contact. My responses were short and uninteresting, I didn't elaborate on anything at all. I didn't bring up most of my med school related activities or accomplishments, and did a poor job talking about the ones I did bring up. The interviewer said that, from my resume, I had a lot of impressive things to talk about, but that I came off as unsure and unconfident. These are all things that I've struggled with in the past and that will really hurt me in an interview, but I'm not sure how to go about improving. I want to apply to a lot of top tier schools, and have the stats to do so, but my interviewing skills will leave me lost in the shuffle of thousands of other applicants with similarly impressive numbers and ECs. Any advice is greatly appreciated!