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[BahamaDude]

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How much in depth info am i really expected to know for the interviews about past research? Am i expected to delve into amino acid, assays, role of learning in the hippocampus????????????? i'm tired of reviewing🙁

 

[cubbbie]

How much in depth info am i really expected to know for the interviews about past research? Am i expected to delve into amino acid, assays, role of learning in the hippocampus????????????? i'm tired of reviewing🙁

Generally not much -- unless your interviewer happens to be in that field, which could be unlucky for you. 9 times out of 10, though, if you've done any research in the field, you'll know more than your interviewer will about the topic.

 

[docbest]

You should be able to explain your research in simple terms and know when to stop if your interviewer displays boredom

 

[muncher]

you spent 4+ years working for this interview and you risk f'ing it up over 2 hours of review? right.

 

[Eric Lindros]

Unless you are interviewing for mstp you really have nothing to worry about.

 

[BahamaDude]

you spent 4+ years working for this interview and you risk f'ing it up over 2 hours of review? right.

if you don't know how many hours i have spent going over this stuff then i suggest you do yourself a favor and use your mute button😀 thanks

 

[armybound]

I doubt their main area of interest will be your research unless you're going for an MD/PhD.

 

[muncher]

if you don't know how many hours i have spent going over this stuff then i suggest you do yourself a favor and use your mute button😀 thanks

well if it takes longer than that to review it probably won't be discussed during your interview. all depends on how much other material you have to offer and what you wanna talk about. g'luck

 

[bananaluvs]

I don't know much (I'm applying for this cycle), but based on my experience I would say you should definitely know about your research. Every interview I've had, they've asked about the research (and I'm only MD, not MD/PhD), and if you mention you've spent say a year doing research but don't know what you were really doing, it'll look REALLY bad! On the other hand, it's not like they'll ask you specific questions, so I would say prepare a little 1-minute description of what you did (background including the rationale for doing the research, hypothesis, results) that sounds like you know what you're talking about, and feel comfortable asking general questions like "So how exactly do you do that?" or "How would you know if ___ DOES affect ___?". You don't want them to have ANY suspicion that you don't know your research topic like the back of your hand, even if you really don't. :>

 

[zimmie256]

Be able to explain in basic terms:

- the goal of your research, what is the question you're trying to answer or problem you're trying to solve?
- your hypotheses
- very very basic methodology
- your scientific results and WHY THEY'RE INTERESTING. I think this is very important because you don't want to bore you interviewer, and it shows that you are intersted and committed to whatever field you're researching...
- further steps for the research, basically "what's next"? (even if you won't personally be continuing the research, it's good to be able to say "My research concluded X, but also raised the question Y, which could be further explained by doing Z").

This should give you more than what you need to ace an interview.

I was asked about my research in several interviews (but it was also something I was heavily involved in), and I was very glad I had reviewed some of the projects that I hadn't worked on for years. So while it won't likely be the biggest part of your interview, it's well worth thinking about these things...

Good luck!

 

[TSK]

I'm only applying MD as well and it tends to vary by interviewer. One interviewer asked me a specific question about a research project that I did in high school. I wanted to be like, "WTF?!" I'm currently a research coordinator and have been asked to speak about my current project in general terms. Although one interviewer made me explain what a P-value is... So, as long as you can speak intelligently about your research, minus the gory details, you should be ok.