How should or do you feel?

[learnmdabc]

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Today I had my first interview, and I felt that it didn't go as well as I had hoped. I went overboard on discussing healthcare issues, as I'm taking a health policy class and keeping up with the news 24/7. I think they felt like I was being too didactic for a mere applicant.

So people--who have already interviewed and got their results (rejection or acceptance or waitlist)--how did you feel when you stepped out of the interview room? And was there any correlation between how you felt and you actually did?

I'm just trying to gauge how I did today, but I don't know if that's even worth doing.

 

[armybound]

there's no correlation. you don't know if the interviewer picked up on some tiny little slip that you can't even remember saying and is going to hate you for it.

don't stress out about it. it's over with now and there's nothing you can do about it. just prepare for future interviews if you think you can do better.

 

[ksmi117]

there's no correlation. you don't know if the interviewer picked up on some tiny little slip that you can't even remember saying and is going to hate you for it.

don't stress out about it. it's over with now and there's nothing you can do about it. just prepare for future interviews if you think you can do better.

+1. It's so hard to tell with interviews. Nothing to do but look forward. If you feel like something bad happened, just don't do it again. Otherwise, just be you.

 

[learnmdabc]

Yeah, I guess so. But you guys know the people who worry more after the test than before the test? That's me

+1. It's so hard to tell with interviews. Nothing to do but look forward. If you feel like something bad happened, just don't do it again. Otherwise, just be you.

 

[Kneige]

I had the worst panel interview at one school. I felt like I insulted their profession with my answer for the very first question because their mouths went tight and I did not get a smile or nod from any of them for the rest of the 20 min interview. I felt interrogated the whole time. And you can imagine how I felt when I left the room.

So it was such a surprise when I got the acceptance email from them later.

Don't worry too much. People are right. How you feel when you left the room is not an indicator of how well you did. Just try not to think about it now.

 

[Dr McSexy]

So people--who have already interviewed and got their results (rejection or acceptance or waitlist)--how did you feel when you stepped out of the interview room? And was there any correlation between how you felt and you actually did?

At my first and only interview so far, I thought I did okay, but I was definitely expecting to be put on hold or a waitlist of some sort afterwards.

I'm already kind of a loud talker (runs in the family), but when I get really nervous (and I was since it was my first interview) I talk even louder. So, not only was I probably yelling at the interviewers, I also had one of my interviewers tell me that he disagreed with me on a point about doctor-patient relationships and went on to tell me what he thought instead it should be. I had my last interviewer ask me the "Why medicine?" question in a weird way, so I was rambling about all sorts of things before I realized what he had asked, so then I summarized why I wanted to be in medicine and got a "Hmmph... okay." response. In addition, he asked about the amount of patient interaction I had, and afterwards said, "That's it?"

Result of all of that: Accepted.

 

[mybubbles14]

my first interview I walked out feeling extremely stressed and disappointed...One of my interviewers gave me an incredibly hard time and asked me some pretty ridiculous questions. Hopefully it didn't show how frustrated/stressed I was (as I think this was what he was going for to see how I would respond)...but in a nut shell I felt horrible. The other two interviews at that school I thought went well-ish.

Anyways. I ended up being accepted from that school a little over a week later. So you honestly never know. I knew my chances were pretty good at that school given my early interview, but after my interview I really doubted the possibility of acceptance. You might think you clicked with an interviewer and maybe they were just being nice and didn't like you but weren't going to let you know. For all I know the interviewer that was hardest on me might have given me the best evaluation.

On my recent interview I felt that I handled myself really well...but time will only tell as I haven't heard back from them yet.