How to know if an interview went well?

[Cornfed101]

This just seems untrue. I know I personally have long multi-hour conversations with randos on the plane or public transit, many end in business cards or the like.

You haven’t met enough people then

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[907914]

You haven’t met enough people then

Maybe. Or I just talk to people on the airplane who I know I will enjoy conversation with. Success through selective interaction isn’t really success.

Yah, I retract. @OxenFoxen is probably correct

 

[Cornfed101]

Maybe. Or I just talk to people on the airplane who I know I will enjoy conversation with. Success through selective interaction isn’t really success.

Yah, I retract. @OxenFoxen is probably correct

I had a patient at work yesterday that spent 15 minutes comparing his wife to hurricane Dorian destroying the Bahamas. I just nodded...

 

[907914]

I had a patient at work yesterday that spent 15 minutes comparing his wife to hurricane Dorian destroying the Bahamas. I just nodded...

Yah, thinking back to my phlebotomy days....Ok, I gotcha lol

 

[bioboy23]

I had a patient at work yesterday that spent 15 minutes comparing his wife to hurricane Dorian destroying the Bahamas. I just nodded...

I relate to this so hard lol. Some patients man...

 

[Cornfed101]

Or maybe they are just politely listening to you as they are captive on a plane

Maybe. Or I just talk to people on the airplane who I know I will enjoy conversation with. Success through selective interaction isn’t really success.

Yah, I retract. @OxenFoxen is probably correct

@MemeLord, please don't tell me you did your golem impression on the plane...

 

[deleted972488]

I am polite to everyone, even when I find them extremely annoying. But in my opinion, there is no reason to praise someone if you don't mean it.

 

[mwsapphire]

Most people are terrible judges of their own interview performance.

Also, do not place much faith in interviewer's comments to you. We're trained to be polite and encouraging. No interviewer in the world is going to tell you that you were terrible.

That is about the worst thing you can tell someone with social anxiety...

 

[beattheprocess]

Or maybe they are just politely listening to you as they are captive on a plane

Strong personality on interview day

No, not really. Only time I have ever met my match for 'doing too much all at once' was the whole reserves/student/newborn/full time work thing. Beyond that....I have been the curve setter. It is not intentional, I just do well by being me. And this sounds really arrogant. I know y'all know I am...

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[907914]

Or maybe they are just politely listening to you as they are captive on a plane

Nah, conversation is a two way street. Particularly these ones, I do a hell of a lot more listening than talking. I get how what I was talking about is different than what @Cornfed101 was referring to.

@MemeLord, please don't tell me you did your golem impression on the plane...

Nah, this only ever comes up a) On SDN specifically to make fun of myself or B) very very specific situations involving conversations about lord of the rings.

Although, you have seen my Gollum voice and know how awesome it is lol

 

[907914]

Strong personality on interview day

No, not really. Only time I have ever met my match for 'doing too much all at once' was the whole reserves/student/newborn/full time work thing. Beyond that....I have been the curve setter. It is not intentional, I just do well by being me. And this sounds really arrogant. I know y'all know I am...

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Bruh, I am really not one to exclude anyone from conversation but...this is a fairly productive and informative thread. Would you mind removing this and taking the “bash memelord” tactic elsewhere, please? I have plenty of other threads for you to do that.

 

[southcalcardiology]

You don’t know and won’t even know after the decision unless you file a ferpa request for notes (which they likely wouldn’t hand over). The interview is only a single component and the interviewers are trained to be polite

 

[aldol16]

We have a student interview component and I usually end up giving people a rating based on gestalt. There may be multiple interviews in a day so I don't necessarily have time to rate people in between so I end up doing some together at the end. So the best thing you can do is to not give generic, canned answers but to actually think about questions and relate them back to you and your story. You can talk about helping out at a shelter all you want but unless you tie that into your narrative, it's hard for me to distinguish you from the 10 other people who had similar stories.

 

[907914]

We have a student interview component and I usually end up giving people a rating based on gestalt. There may be multiple interviews in a day so I don't necessarily have time to rate people in between so I end up doing some together at the end. So the best thing you can do is to not give generic, canned answers but to actually think about questions and relate them back to you and your story. You can talk about helping out at a shelter all you want but unless you tie that into your narrative, it's hard for me to distinguish you from the 10 other people who had similar stories.

Do you ever pick a part of the narrative to remember. The army guy, the lots of pubs guy, etc?

 

[aldol16]

Do you ever pick a part of the narrative to remember. The army guy, the lots of pubs guy, etc?

It's more of how well everything fits into their narrative. For example, one student was telling me about how they participated in all these diversity outreach programs and the impact they were trying to make during their college years. Their narrative was about increasing diversity in medicine and it all made sense and fit together very well. I still remember these things about that student. But another student on that same day was telling me about how much diversity means to them and how they want to participate in all these outreach programs in med school but it wasn't consistent with their narrative at all. They had zero experience in diversity outreach in the past. Two very different ratings.

At the end of the day, if you're weak in one area, you're weak in that area. You have to have some experiences to work with and then it's all up to how you play your cards - otherwise the interview is going to be very short and boring if you don't have anything to talk from.

 

[MyOdyssey]

It's more of how well everything fits into their narrative. For example, one student was telling me about how they participated in all these diversity outreach programs and the impact they were trying to make during their college years. Their narrative was about increasing diversity in medicine and it all made sense and fit together very well. I still remember these things about that student. But another student on that same day was telling me about how much diversity means to them and how they want to participate in all these outreach programs in med school but it wasn't consistent with their narrative at all. They had zero experience in diversity outreach in the past. Two very different ratings.

At the end of the day, if you're weak in one area, you're weak in that area. You have to have some experiences to work with and then it's all up to how you play your cards - otherwise the interview is going to be very short and boring if you don't have anything to talk from.

What is diversity outreach?

 

[MyOdyssey]

We have a student interview component and I usually end up giving people a rating based on gestalt. There may be multiple interviews in a day so I don't necessarily have time to rate people in between so I end up doing some together at the end. So the best thing you can do is to not give generic, canned answers but to actually think about questions and relate them back to you and your story. You can talk about helping out at a shelter all you want but unless you tie that into your narrative, it's hard for me to distinguish you from the 10 other people who had similar stories.

Does everything we do have to be tied back to why medicine?

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I actually think only like 40% of the USUHS class is prior service.

Only about 20% of the class is actually prior enlisted or officer service in the fleet. The other 20% are service academy grads. And no offense to them but that isn’t the same at all lol. But they have a lot more experience with the military than civilians.

 

[Lucca]

A couple years ago I read on SDN of an applicant who was extended an offer of admission during their interview day. I would say that is a good indicator.

edit: however, this is SDN, so I'm not sure if it was real or not.

during my cycle I had a couple of interviewers say "I'm going to recommend you for admission" and at one of those I was still waitlisted lol (but I think its cuz at that school 2/3 of my interviews were strong and one was just ok)

 

[bioboy23]

during my cycle I had a couple of interviewers say "I'm going to recommend you for admission" and at one of those I was still waitlisted lol (but I think its cuz at that school 2/3 of my interviews were strong and one was just ok)

Jeez. That would be awesome to hear!

 

[deleted972488]

Jeez. That would be awesome to hear!

Not before getting waitlisted...

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Jeez. That would be awesome to hear!

It feels good but you have to take it with a grain of salt. The interview is just part of the picture.

 

[Kardio]

during my cycle I had a couple of interviewers say "I'm going to recommend you for admission" and at one of those I was still waitlisted lol (but I think its cuz at that school 2/3 of my interviews were strong and one was just ok)

This is neurosis rocket fuel

 

[deleted972488]

This is neurosis rocket fuel

Moral of the story is just don't put too much stock into what the interviewers say (or what anyone else says, really). Try your best and hope for the best.