Interview Q. Tell me something that isn’t in your application

[sadpremed121]

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This question is giving me trouble. How would I respond to this in an interview? Like “what do you want me to know about you that isn’t already in your application?”

 

[993444]

There is no way that a one page PS and a couple short secondary essays covered the entirety of your life.

Find something. You can do it. Just gotta get out of your head.

 

[907914]

I left out one specific factoid in my application “I am actively training to summit Mount Rainier next Summer!”

That is my strategy - fun factoid. This can lead in to a conversation about my hiking hobby, my family, stress relief, blah blah. Just pick something relatively unique and not show-off-y that can act as a conversation starter.

 

[Catalystik]

This question is giving me trouble. How would I respond to this in an interview? Like “what do you want me to know about you that isn’t already in your application?”

Do you have a skill/ability that's unusual or entertaining that wasn't suitable for the Primary application? Bonus points if it requires dexterity, a great memory, inherited attribute, amazing adventure (but not too risky), revealing an attribute that would be a good characteristic in a doc.

 

[sadpremed121]

Do you have a skill/ability that's unusual or entertaining that wasn't suitable for the Primary application? Bonus points if it requires dexterity, a great memory, inherited attribute, amazing adventure (but not too risky), revealing an attribute that would be a good characteristic in a doc.

I had a sport I play that’s pretty unique that would’ve been great to talk about but I wrote about it a lot in my primary already. Hmm

 

[907914]

I had a sport I play that’s pretty unique that would’ve been great to talk about but I wrote about it a lot in my primary already. Hmm

Can you juggle? Have you ever skydived? Do you dislike chocolate? Are you allergic to cats?

 

[Catalystik]

I had a sport I play that’s pretty unique that would’ve been great to talk about but I wrote about it a lot in my primary already. Hmm

Do you tie fishing lures, bake an unusual dessert, make a mean enchilada, foster baby animals, cut people's hair, repair clocks, give great back massages, file an elder's tax forms, learn about solar power on your own, collect Bollywood movies, love Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, have an eidetic memory or an oenophile's sense of smell, hike the Inca trail, do archery, . . .

 

[Catalystik]

Are you allergic to cats?

Noooooooo!!!

 

[907914]

Bollywood movies

In reference to bollywood - this pretty accurately summarizes the over-the-top bollywood action movies I have come to love. If you have a spare 4 minutes, well worth the watch:

 

[Catalystik]

This brought Chuck Norton to mind. I had hoped for dancing.

 

[907914]

This brought Chuck Norton to mind. I had hoped for dancing.

Funny enough, Singham is who pops up if you google "Indian Chuck Norris"