How many interviews are you aiming to go on?

[Dr1216]

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I've heard back from a lot of programs and have started to realize that I'll have to cancel or reject some invitations. I don't think I can go on more than 12 interviews. What about you guys? What is your cap/goal?

 

[belle54321]

I have 14 interviews so far, but I am still waiting to hear from a few places. At the end, I think I would do about 10 interviews.

 

[Extralong]

I think the rule of thumb is about 10. If u look in Frieda, u can see how many people were interviewed last year for that program. From my searches, I saw that for every resident, they interviewed 10-15 people.

I also asked a few residents, and they said to be secure, around 10 something is good. This obviously depends on where u apply and how competitive u are and if u made good impressions, etc. The point is, assuming u're in the same applicant pool as u're peers for those programs that u are interviewing, interview/ranking 10+ is pretty safe, though obviously not a guarantee.

 

[pingouin]

Have 10, thinking of cancelling 1. It's my last one, and the more I hear through the grapevine about the program (working now with several residents who went there for med school), I'm thinking I'll be better suited elsewhere.

 

[psychphan]

I'm going to try to do between 10-14. 14 seems like overkill but I'm doing it more for my own interest in checking out programs than a worry about not matching.