Interviews questions

[deleted918051]

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Hey everyone so I am in the process of preparing for my interviews. I have written down some responses to the basic typical questions like why dentistry, tell me about yourself, strengths/weakness, why this school, etc..

However, I saw a lot of ethical scenarios questions online as well as a of healthcare questions. Some are fairly basic and simple but others can get kinda complicated. I know that they don't expect a very in depth answer just to see if you can logically explain and have a general idea. But I'm also very scared they might ask me a question that I don't even know how to answer.

I was wondering for those of you that have done interviews already, how often do these ethical/healthcare questions pop up? Thanks ! 🙂

 

[miamimami]

I've only had ethical questions pop up twice, and only a question or two. What seems to be much more frequent is the "your opinion on people's access to care" one. I could be attracting those questions because my whole app centers around that issue though, but who knows!

Don't worry too much though, if you truly don't know how to answer something, then you show them how great, mature and humble you are and you admit it!

 

[Life of Pablo]

They rarely came up at any of my interviews. If ever asked an ethical dilemma, I would always lean more on the side of being ethical. Schools can't fault you for being ethical, but they can if you give them a response that shows you're an unethical person.

 

[deleted918051]

Thanks ! 🙂 now i feel less anxious 🙂

 

[dent_wannabe]

You can't really prepare for the ethical questions beyond getting a feel for the style. They just want you to provide an ethical answer, though that doesn't necessarily mean only one possible ethical answer exists. Any ethical answer can be a right answer. You just have to be able to justify your answer.

Your chances of finding the exact prompts online are low. Sure, there may be common ones like "what would you do if you caught your friend cheating on a test", but you are almost guaranteed to get prompts that you have never heard before. Being able to think on the spot is an important skill for a dentist to have. You can't just count on reciting prepared answers.