How to tell if an interview went well?

[5gon]

How to tell if a residency interview went well?

I'm finding it hard to judge, particularly when so many of these interviews seem to exclusively consist of someone asking, "So what questions do you have for me?" followed by "What other questions about the program can I answer for you?"

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[username456789]

How to tell if a residency interview went well?

Who taught you how to formulate sentences/questions?

 

[5gon]

Who taught you how to formulate sentences/questions?

I'm tired of asking grammatically correct questions after being asked "So what questions do you have for me?" 20 times in a 4 hour period.

 

[SansaStarkMD]

We're judged on how normal we are yet the interviewers can't carry a normal conversation so they resort to checklists and what questions do you have for me?

 

[sliceofbread136]

How to tell if a residency interview went well?

I'm finding it hard to judge, particularly when so many of these interviews seem to exclusively consist of someone asking, "So what questions do you have for me?" followed by "What other questions about the program can I answer for you?"

I seriously hate those interviews. I didn't fly across the country for this bull crap, atleast put in SOME effort

 

[Psai]

We're judged on how normal we are yet the interviewers can't carry a normal conversation so they resort to checklists and what questions do you have for me?

LOL so fing true

 

[KinesiologyNerd]

"So what questions do you have for me?"

My position on your rank list was decided long before this pointless interview, wasn't it?

 

[Psai]

My position on your rank list was decided long before this pointless interview, wasn't it?

Nah they use the interview to move you up or down a few slots

 

[5gon]

I still have no idea if interviews are going well or not.

 

[gregoryhouse]

I've had 6 interviews so far and yea I find it impossible to know if they went well. I'm starting to lean heavily to the idea that they really don't matter much, unless you completely **** up an interviewer your ranking is already set.

One program had a panel interview which i thought was actually nice since it meant only one 20 minute interview session instead of 8 10 minute long interview sessions. There was one program I was at recently where I could tell the interviewers just didn't give a ****, like visible boredom on their expressions and several other applicants noted this too.

There have been a few interviews that were extremely conversational though and I genuinely enjoy those. For the most part though I can't wait for this to be over.

 

[sliceofbread136]

I've had 6 interviews so far and yea I find it impossible to know if they went well. I'm starting to lean heavily to the idea that they really don't matter much, unless you completely **** up an interviewer your ranking is already set.

One program had a panel interview which i thought was actually nice since it meant only one 20 minute interview session instead of 8 10 minute long interview sessions. There was one program I was at recently where I could tell the interviewers just didn't give a ****, like visible boredom on their expressions and several other applicants noted this too.

There have been a few interviews that were extremely conversational though and I genuinely enjoy those. For the most part though I can't wait for this to be over.

Dang man what specialty is this? 8 10 min sessions sounds terrible

 

[username456789]

Dang man what specialty is this? 8 10 min sessions sounds terrible

Of my 15 or 16 dermatology interviews, all but one involved a series of ~8-12 sequential interviews of ~8-12 minutes duration. Standard fare.

 

[gregoryhouse]

Dang man what specialty is this? 8 10 min sessions sounds terrible

Ophthalmology. And yes its pretty terrible lol.

Interviewing with 8 people and getting asked do you have any questions for me by all of them ends up being very annoying. I just ask the same questions to all of them.

 

[Bancrofti]

Ophthalmology. And yes its pretty terrible lol.

Interviewing with 8 people and getting asked do you have any questions for me by all of them ends up being very annoying. I just ask the same questions to all of them.

idk how you guys do it. I guess you have to do it for the sake of the interview. I only had to go through half as many stations and by my last one I couldn't even fake anymore that I genuinely wanted their opinion on the questions I had, since everyone essentially gives the same exact answer to the questions if they're related to details of the program, and had already had them answered 3 times before that.

 

[sliceofbread136]

Of my 15 or 16 dermatology interviews, all but one involved a series of ~8-12 sequential interviews of ~8-12 minutes duration. Standard fare.

Ophthalmology. And yes its pretty terrible lol.

Interviewing with 8 people and getting asked do you have any questions for me by all of them ends up being very annoying. I just ask the same questions to all of them.

That sounds terrible, you guys have my sympathy. I can barely stand the two a day my specialty does

 

[5gon]

Several of the last few interviewers I have spoken to have closed by asking me, with a bemused expression:

"So how many programs did you apply to / how many programs are you looking at?"
"Where are you looking?"
"Where are you in your interview cycle? Early? Early-mid?"
"Are you looking at [region]?"
"East coast? West coast? [specific city]?"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. I can tell the program is trying to size me up, but I can't tell if it's "I hope you applied broadly because you are a terrible interview" or "we are sort of interested and trying to see where you fit in our overall picture."

 

[Psai]

Several of the last few interviewers I have spoken to have closed by asking me, with a bemused expression:

"So how many programs did you apply to / how many programs are you looking at?"
"Where are you looking?"
"Where are you in your interview cycle? Early? Early-mid?"
"Are you looking at [region]?"
"East coast? West coast? [specific city]?"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. I can tell the program is trying to size me up, but I can't tell if it's "I hope you applied broadly because you are a terrible interview" or "we are sort of interested and trying to see where you fit in our overall picture."

They're just trying to get a feel for what the other programs are doing imo

 

[moneybreh]

Several of the last few interviewers I have spoken to have closed by asking me, with a bemused expression:

"So how many programs did you apply to / how many programs are you looking at?"
"Where are you looking?"
"Where are you in your interview cycle? Early? Early-mid?"
"Are you looking at [region]?"
"East coast? West coast? [specific city]?"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. I can tell the program is trying to size me up, but I can't tell if it's "I hope you applied broadly because you are a terrible interview" or "we are sort of interested and trying to see where you fit in our overall picture."

I usually assume the latter.