kind of freaking out

[mango6110]

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I just interviwed at one of my top choices and I felt the interview went pretty well, but now that I think about it, I feel I may have made a huge blunder. There were two interviews, one with a student and one with a faculty interviewer. My faculty interviewer and I were talking about major events that have lead to my desire to become a doctor. It was very laid back and we cracked jokes the whole time. He asked me if there was anything that I have tried to do, but did not succeed at. At the time, I could not think about any major event in my life I have failed at, tons of small stuff. So i thought about it for awhile and then said, " not anything major, if I want to do something Ill go and do it. But, I do feel that I have failed at balancing my family and my academic life while I was in college and am really glad to have the opportunity to live at home for a year." We then went on to talk about my brother who is overseas. He then goes, so you think that you have no weaknesses and I replied, "that I did not realize that was what he was asking" and so I then went on to explain my weakness of procrastination. Which he argued was one could gesture a sign on not enough desire and I argued with him, which i felt that was not true, which I think went well.

I am scared that I may have come off being to sure of myself, I know we all have failures, but at the time I thought we were talking about major failures. I am really upset that this may have come off wrong.There is so many things that I wish I would have said instead of what I did. In my last interview I went in with hardly any cofidence and this one I don't know if I went in with too much. I just dont want this one answer to blow my chances of being accepted. Thanks

 

[HumptyDumpty]

Don't worry, Mango. Your answer sounds totally reasonable to me, and I don't think you would have come off being too sure of yourself. Anyway, I doubt a single answer would make or break your application; it's the overall impression that counts. I think we've all wished that we could re-answer some of our interview questions, but we just have to live w/ what we said and not beat ourselves up over it. I know: easier said than done. 🙂

 

[longhorndoc]

Yeah, I think you're ok. I know it's easy to hang on to one answer you may feel you personally screwed up (which you did not btw) on. I've replayed my stupid interview responses over and over in my head and instantly thought of better, more sufficient answers. As to the question about something you've failed at--I think that's a pretty tough question to answer on the spot. That requires some self reflection if you have not already thought through something like that. It's also hard to understand what kind of failure they may be referring to--minor, major--who knows. We all fail at stuff, but in the big picture of things those things are often very insignificant to what is going on around us. I wouldn't worry. It's a loaded question. We all think of better answers after the fact.

 

[felipe5]

yeah dude.......you'll be fine. Everyone has a little bit of a procrastinator in them, and chances are that medical school will sure as f*** bring it out in you in one way or another, especially once the burn out begins. Remember that answering a question dealing with your weaknesses is supposed to be a tough one to answer, so I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Lol, i remember worrying after an interview in which I just straight up sat down without the interviewer saying "please take a seat"........😀 😀 😀

 

[Without Wax]

I think you did fine. I can not imagine how you could have failed (unless the doctor is an dingus)

From what I hear, you should not put too much weight on personal statements and interviews. I am very close to the director of admissions of an Ivy league school, and I am told that interviews are mainly to see whether you are lying on AMCAS and to see whether you are decent normal human being (not crazy, egoistical money crazy pre med)

Grades, MCAT and recommendation letters are determining factors, and the rest are not that important.

So you should relax and be yourself during interviews.

 

[tesla123]

I think you did fine. I can not imagine how you could have failed (unless the doctor is an dingus)

From what I hear, you should not put too much weight on personal statements and interviews. I am very close to the director of admissions of an Ivy league school, and I am told that interviews are mainly to see whether you are lying on AMCAS and to see whether you are decent normal human being (not crazy, egoistical money crazy pre med)

Grades, MCAT and recommendation letters are determining factors, and the rest are not that important.

So you should relax and be yourself during interviews.

I totally agree with the posts above, you sound like you did well, just rejoice in the fact that you walked away without tripping 😳, something I totally did at my interview at U of I.

I had a followup for Without Wax, I have an interview at an Ivy League soon and I am really worrying. I have heard horror stories about the questions asked, and I have also heard that at this school the interview means everything. Please let me know your thoughts- interview feedback, while great, is vague and unhelpful, unfortunately.

 

[Without Wax]

I totally agree with the posts above, you sound like you did well, just rejoice in the fact that you walked away without tripping 😳, something I totally did at my interview at U of I.

I had a followup for Without Wax, I have an interview at an Ivy League soon and I am really worrying. I have heard horror stories about the questions asked, and I have also heard that at this school the interview means everything. Please let me know your thoughts- interview feedback, while great, is vague and unhelpful, unfortunately.

well you should be yourself and not worry too much. Sometimes, people who interview with you can be dinguses so you should be strong willed and not get affected by what they say. (There was one kid who kept bumping into me, physically, others talk about their other Ivy interviews and try to destroy your confidence) Now this is rare, most people are nice, but still you should not let little things bother your confidence.

Other than that, I do not know what to say really, Ivy interviews were same as other interviews. It depends more on individual. Get good night sleep.