Job interview no2 synoposis.
After describing my "timed test" at my earlier interview, the second group I looked at told me they thought that was ridiculous and I quote 'I would walk away from anyone who did that to me on an interview.' So Im chillin, pontificating on my elaborate knowledge of B-cell specific transcription factors (PAX-5, BOB-1 and OCT-2 etc.) and how I think all flow labs should have ZAP-70 thinking I had this one in the bag. I was pure charm...or so I thought.
They had a "conference" where they all brought their most difficult cases (6 or so partners) when they plopped down the first slide, inflammatory lung then turned to me and said, ok what is it? HUH. I HATE inflammatory lung, for the love of God, surg path directors struggle with some of these cases and send em to Tom Colby at Mayo in the end. Lymphocytic bronchiolitis I can handle, extranodal marginal zone sure...So I sweated it out for like 3 minutes saying um um um....Then blurted out UIP, who the hell knows what it is, UIP requires a clinicopathologic and radiologic correlation. They seemed to like that. Next case: prostate, bingo I nailed it. Next case: NLPHL, easy. etc. To make a long story short, although they didnt have an actual test set, having to make the diagnosis in front of 6 people in an interview setting is far worse.
I was less confident this time, wont know for a week or so. But I was introduced to new and exciting concepts:
-Free food, not free lunch here and there, free food whenever you want it, free coffee, free produce, free bagels, free 5 dollah odwalla shakes, 7 days a week, 14 hours day. I was like damn, THIS ROCKS!!
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-Having to live less than 5 miles from medical center. Some groups have contracts where you cant live further than x distance and be on call.
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-Having to buy or bring your own microscope (earlier interview), yes I actually witnessed a guy who had shown up the same week I interviewed to start his new job not realizing this was a BYOM (bring your own microscope) party and was SOL.
-AP only people doing CP stuff and Im not talking SPEPs, Im talking running a blood center!....Personally, that frightens me. Sort of like asking a surgical pathologist to burr holes in someone's head for neurotraumas.
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