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I was sitting here contemplating my experience this last cycle of applying and was reflecting on how I could do better this next cycle if I get some more interviews. I got one this last cycle out of 12 and it was at a pretty nice school. I was interviewed by a faculty member and these were the questions I was asked and I am just wondering how everyone would answer them. I want a wide scope here:

1. Why dental school? (don't tell me you're just good with your hands)
2. Why THIS school?
3. If you were in the clinic and saw one of your class mates doing a procedure on someone that you knew you hadn't learned yet as a class what would you do? If he told you he had learned the procedure from a book what would you do?
4. Do you have any questions for me? (Personally I have the hardest time figuring out the best way for answering this question and coming up with my own questions so any ideas would be much appreciated)


I'm thinking I screwed up on my interview so I want to get a feel for how everyone else answered. Let me know if you are already in, applying, etc. so I can get a good perspective on it. Thanks!
 
I was sitting here contemplating my experience this last cycle of applying and was reflecting on how I could do better this next cycle if I get some more interviews. I got one this last cycle out of 12 and it was at a pretty nice school. I was interviewed by a faculty member and these were the questions I was asked and I am just wondering how everyone would answer them. I want a wide scope here:

1. Why dental school? (don't tell me you're just good with your hands)

why not dental school?

2. Why THIS school?

why not this school?

3. If you were in the clinic and saw one of your class mates doing a procedure on someone that you knew you hadn't learned yet as a class what would you do? If he told you he had learned the procedure from a book what would you do?

ITS OK as long as its NOT ME

4. Do you have any questions for me? (Personally I have the hardest time figuring out the best way for answering this question and coming up with my own questions so any ideas would be much appreciated)

yeah where did you go to school.
why is the parking so hard to get.
wait what is your name again?
how many students are single. so on...

I'm thinking I screwed up on my interview so I want to get a feel for how everyone else answered. Let me know if you are already in, applying, etc. so I can get a good perspective on it. Thanks!

DUDE are you serious.. there is no canned answers for these questions. Consults your carrier advisers in your school to help you with interviews.
 
Haha...well if that's how YOU would answer the questions that's cool. I'll respect that. I was asking for how you would answer them so thanks! I might go in and run those by the career advisors. That's a good idea.
 
Anyone else have any ideas about how to answer these questions specifically gearing the answers toward dental school?
 
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