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Hey all!
First of all, congrats to everyone who is interviewing this year!
I was going through some of the questions in the "Interview" section we have here that previous interviewees have been asked and some of them got me a little worried...
My issue is that I don't have a lot of experience with large animals, nor have I received much education about large animals. My undergrad major was Zoology and my clinical experiences have all been at small animal hospitals.
It kind of looked like a lot of the questions in the interviews were about large animals... ex: List some major diseases in equines, What is B.S.E.? What is hoof and mouth disease?
I realize that there is going to be a mix of questions and behavioral type questions as well, but since I don't have a huge background in large animals, will the interviewers steer clear from questions like in the examples that I gave above? Or am I expected to study up on basic information on large animals before my interview.... I mean, I definitely knew that B.S.E. was Mad Cow Disease... but I really couldn't tell you what hoof and mouth disease is, and my list of major diseases of equines would probably consist of one item if any.
Anyone know if interviewers ask questions that are only related to your background? Or if I am expected to study up on large animal medicine? Any advice and opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Karen
First of all, congrats to everyone who is interviewing this year!
I was going through some of the questions in the "Interview" section we have here that previous interviewees have been asked and some of them got me a little worried...
My issue is that I don't have a lot of experience with large animals, nor have I received much education about large animals. My undergrad major was Zoology and my clinical experiences have all been at small animal hospitals.
It kind of looked like a lot of the questions in the interviews were about large animals... ex: List some major diseases in equines, What is B.S.E.? What is hoof and mouth disease?
I realize that there is going to be a mix of questions and behavioral type questions as well, but since I don't have a huge background in large animals, will the interviewers steer clear from questions like in the examples that I gave above? Or am I expected to study up on basic information on large animals before my interview.... I mean, I definitely knew that B.S.E. was Mad Cow Disease... but I really couldn't tell you what hoof and mouth disease is, and my list of major diseases of equines would probably consist of one item if any.
Anyone know if interviewers ask questions that are only related to your background? Or if I am expected to study up on large animal medicine? Any advice and opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Karen