Interviewer: So what was your favorite class during undergrad?
*flipping through my AMCAS*
... obviously not organic chemistry.
*flipping through my AMCAS*
... obviously not organic chemistry.
most bizarre interview moment?
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Here is one from my first interview
Him: My wife and I go to plays and musicals all the time
Me: oh So do I. Living in New York gives me a great opportunity to see musicals
Him: what are you favorite and least favorite musicals?
Me: Well I really loved rent and I only walked out of one musical ever and that was cats
him: thats funny because i've only walked out of one musical and that was rent...and i loved cats
me: 🙁 well maybe I liked rent so much because i have always had a romantic vision of the bohemian life
him: me too but when you add promiscuity and drugs to the equation you can count me out
wow how different can two people be
Him: My wife and I go to plays and musicals all the time
Me: oh So do I. Living in New York gives me a great opportunity to see musicals
Him: what are you favorite and least favorite musicals?
Me: Well I really loved rent and I only walked out of one musical ever and that was cats
him: thats funny because i've only walked out of one musical and that was rent...and i loved cats
me: 🙁 well maybe I liked rent so much because i have always had a romantic vision of the bohemian life
him: me too but when you add promiscuity and drugs to the equation you can count me out
wow how different can two people be
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I'm skeptical that you have THAT a romantic vision of the bohemian life if you're a premed. Becoming a doctor is pretty with the grain 😉.
As my banker dad says, "Why don't all these people just get jobs!?" Heh. I could imagine your interviewer saying the same.
Might want to just say "Yes, I just really liked the music and the 'no day but today' message" in the future. Not that I could imagine that would ever come up again. Pretty funny about the opposing tastes in musicals though.
As my banker dad says, "Why don't all these people just get jobs!?" Heh. I could imagine your interviewer saying the same.
Might want to just say "Yes, I just really liked the music and the 'no day but today' message" in the future. Not that I could imagine that would ever come up again. Pretty funny about the opposing tastes in musicals though.
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Alright so another one...This one is actually me being stupid and not someone in my group (as people are figuring out, I am all about being awkward...also, I am a guy, so keep that in mind)
So I am at Loyola (they rendered the decision today so whatever), and I absolutely loved the school! Everyone was so nice, and for the first time, my interviews actually went longer than the time allotted. I had a really good feeling about my chances, and I felt the day couldn't have gone any better. Because my interviews went late, however, I had to go on the campus tour by myself with the tour guide. It wasn't a big deal, and the guy that took me on the tour was a really cool guy. He had a great sense of humor and really tried to show me as much as he could. Eventually, the day came to a close, and we had to go back to the admissions office. While we were wrapping up, my tour guide reached his arm past my head to grab something. I didn't look behind me to see what he was grabbing, and instinctively acted by hugging him around the back. Before I realized what had happened, he was kind of hugging me back and we were awkwardly patting each other on the back and looking at one another sheepishly. I broke the awkwardness by saying something like, "I hope your wedding goes well." We finally release from this horribly contorted hug, and I turn around to see that he had been reaching for his jacket. I could feel my ears starting to burn, and I shook his hand, and told everyone I had to finish the rest of the paperwork. A few minutes passed, and I went to turn in my paperwork, and the secretary said to me, "So you really enjoyed yourself?"
I was so embarrassed! If you read this tour guide, I am so sorry...I am not gay (not that there is anything wrong with that).
So I am at Loyola (they rendered the decision today so whatever), and I absolutely loved the school! Everyone was so nice, and for the first time, my interviews actually went longer than the time allotted. I had a really good feeling about my chances, and I felt the day couldn't have gone any better. Because my interviews went late, however, I had to go on the campus tour by myself with the tour guide. It wasn't a big deal, and the guy that took me on the tour was a really cool guy. He had a great sense of humor and really tried to show me as much as he could. Eventually, the day came to a close, and we had to go back to the admissions office. While we were wrapping up, my tour guide reached his arm past my head to grab something. I didn't look behind me to see what he was grabbing, and instinctively acted by hugging him around the back. Before I realized what had happened, he was kind of hugging me back and we were awkwardly patting each other on the back and looking at one another sheepishly. I broke the awkwardness by saying something like, "I hope your wedding goes well." We finally release from this horribly contorted hug, and I turn around to see that he had been reaching for his jacket. I could feel my ears starting to burn, and I shook his hand, and told everyone I had to finish the rest of the paperwork. A few minutes passed, and I went to turn in my paperwork, and the secretary said to me, "So you really enjoyed yourself?"
I was so embarrassed! If you read this tour guide, I am so sorry...I am not gay (not that there is anything wrong with that).
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That's pretty bad, but at least it probably didn't affect your decision.
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Damn, that's totally something I would have done. Don't worry, it just shows you are a warm and affectionate person. Plus, we all know some of those adcom members out there could use a little bit of shnugglin' right now (mid-application cycle stress and all)
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I loled, truly, especially when that you were both guys. I can't even imagine how incredibly awkward thats. I can barely type from laughter. Thats gotta be one of the most awkward moments of your life. Ooooh man. I almost had a heartattack. Thank you for that
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Oh man, thats just brutal. A few months ago, I was at an interview and we were listening to the dean give his welcome speech and some girl came in late and was trying to hurry to a seat and tripped and fell facefirst on the ground. The dean and a bunch of us got up and went over to her to see if she was ok. She was fine, but was so embarrassed that she started crying. 🙁 We all felt really bad for her.
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These are all questions that I got at one particular interview (not one of my favorites, if i must say)
Why did you go to your high school?
What was your SAT score?
How do computer hard drives work? (he asked this when I told him that my dad used to work in the hard drive industry)
How many million computer hard drives do you think go obsolete every day?
Why did you go to your high school?
What was your SAT score?
How do computer hard drives work? (he asked this when I told him that my dad used to work in the hard drive industry)
How many million computer hard drives do you think go obsolete every day?
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where was this? i'm pretty sure it wasnt uw or mcw, since i was there w/u...unless it was me and i blocked it from memory
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....or while drinking coffee. That stuff makes a mess of the screen and keyboard.
I've got to stop reading this thread when I'm in the library!
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Heh, it was at AE, in the sort of waiting area near the admissions office. I have some more fun stories from AE that I will post at a later date 🙂 Kiara has probably heard some of the stories haha
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Him: So, there's alot of suits here today. Why you?
Me: My usual diatribe about how medicine is an art as well as science, and being born and raised in a different country will help me relate and understand my future patients.
Him: What if I tell you most of those we interview here are not native-born Americans?
Me: <d'OH!>
Me: My usual diatribe about how medicine is an art as well as science, and being born and raised in a different country will help me relate and understand my future patients.
Him: What if I tell you most of those we interview here are not native-born Americans?
Me: <d'OH!>
You should have talked with the dean of admissions and asked for a reinterview with someone else explaining the situation. I've heard of stories where things like this have happened and the person was granted a reinterview.
This is why they say you really have tos tand out in this day and age. If you had a hobby or some other unique interest that would have set you apart, I would have added on about those interestes and bringing those interests back into the diversity factor.
This is issue fo diversity is a big one in med school admissions these days and if it isn't an interview question it is an essay question in a secondary. I'd focus on the specific aspects of things from your culture. so if you are an indian kid, you could focus on your specific cutural beliefs from being from within a particular part of india as opposed to another part of india, or if you are one of the indians whose ancestors were taken to Jamaica or Bahamas or Trinidad, you can talk about the unique perspective of being an Asian raised with 3 different cultural ideals: American, Trinidadian, and Indian cultural perspective.
These are just examples but you get the picture.
Another example would be the example of one of my classmates who speaks her native language plus a european language and knowns american sign language. Talking about these kind of things will set you apart rather then the standard.
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That is so funny i can't believe it. Its like an episode of seinfeld
Did you actually use that word? If so, I don't think you used it right.
di·a·tribe:
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.
I'm not a vocab Nazi at all. I use words wrong all the time, but this was kind of just really really wrong.
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Actually, it also means this:
1archaic : a prolonged discourse
2: a bitter and abusive speech or writing
3: ironic or satirical criticism
As quoted from http://m-w.com/dictionary/diatribe (The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
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My interviewer began a conversation about victorian era masturbation insanity, when kids who masturbated were treated as mental patients. He even described a popular masturbation prevention device used by parents on their sons, a cage with spikes on the inside that straps on. This was in the context of talking about psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, who wrote a piece on masturbation insanity comparing it to the modern psychiatric industry. I was freaked out by this turn of the conversation. I stopped talking. I am still second guessing myself, thinking I should have been more clinical and not been so embarrassed.
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I think I would have done the same. Besides, what was the point of him going on this rant?
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Okay the hotel I was staying at offered a shuttle service to the interview and back. The shuttle service schedule read 6:45am and 8:00am. Now I had to be there by 8am so I decided I will just take the super early 6:45am one. I figured I'll just sit and read in the lobby. I open the shuttle bus door and there are 3 ladies sitting down, all wearing suits too. (By the way, I'm female as well).
Me: "Oh you must be all going for your interviews as well?" * all nod and smile*
Me: "Wow, seems like us women are the early birds, eh?" *Girl 1 gives me a confused but polite look.*
Me: Rolling admissions must be a pain, eh?
Girl 2: It's not rolling admissions.
What is this girl talking about?? Ofcourse it's rolling admissions, but this one school is slower than others so they only have two acceptance dates. And in a way, it may be considered non-rolling. I started to get confused, but I'm trying my hardest to fit in. They all start discussing some hard-core medical ethics and I kept interrupting every time they used a medical terminology to ask, "ummm what does that stand for?"
Girl 2 "Did they not teach you this in Canada?"
Me: "Oh well, I did an undergrad in the humanities, so guess not." *Even more confused looks (from everyone including me!)*
Girl 2: "Oh well, not to worry, it means…blah blah"
I felt like this group of girls knew so much more about medicine than I and about the admissions process and I knew squat. They were really nice about it though. So we stop at this address other than the one I had memorized. And as I walk towards the Admissions building, this girl grabs me gently by the elbow and steers me towards the other building.
Girl 2: Did you not get the email with the instructions on where to go?
Me: No, guess not.
Girl 2: Ya, not everyone got it. Seems as though they had a computer glitch.
Me: Oh okay. Well thank goodness I met you guys.
So we enter a full room of girls. There were literally only 2 males.
Me: Wow, why are there so many girls in this room?
Girl 1: Oh this has been the case in all my interviews.
Me: Ok. *It's only 7am, maybe girls really are the more paranoid freaks who want to make sure they are the first anywhere, like me."*
They start giving out name tags. And my name isn't called. 15 minutes pass and still nothing. I ask the admissions lady for my name tag and she says she doesn't have it. She doesn't even have me on her list.
Me: But the website said I was confirmed for this date. I double checked. I know that I didn't get the new email with instructions, but the website confirmed this date. Apparently there are others in the room who didn't get the email either, so it's not my fault. I'm flying all the way from Toronto. I can't come back another time. Is there anything you can do?
Admissions lady: Are you sure you're applying for OB?
Me: OB? Like OB/GYN?
Admissions lady: Yes. Are you applying for medicine?
Me: *sheepishly mumbling* uh-huh. Yes. Medicine.
Admissions lady: *loudly* Anyone else applying for medicine here?
Me: *thinking yes, I'm the only idiot.* I know my way, thanks.
So I was sitting with a bunch of 4th year med students applying for a residency that mostly women go for. That explained a lot! I laughed as I entered the admission building and saw only 3 people in the room. Yup, 7:20am and 40 more minutes to go before the day begins.
Me: "Oh you must be all going for your interviews as well?" * all nod and smile*
Me: "Wow, seems like us women are the early birds, eh?" *Girl 1 gives me a confused but polite look.*
Me: Rolling admissions must be a pain, eh?
Girl 2: It's not rolling admissions.
What is this girl talking about?? Ofcourse it's rolling admissions, but this one school is slower than others so they only have two acceptance dates. And in a way, it may be considered non-rolling. I started to get confused, but I'm trying my hardest to fit in. They all start discussing some hard-core medical ethics and I kept interrupting every time they used a medical terminology to ask, "ummm what does that stand for?"
Girl 2 "Did they not teach you this in Canada?"
Me: "Oh well, I did an undergrad in the humanities, so guess not." *Even more confused looks (from everyone including me!)*
Girl 2: "Oh well, not to worry, it means…blah blah"
I felt like this group of girls knew so much more about medicine than I and about the admissions process and I knew squat. They were really nice about it though. So we stop at this address other than the one I had memorized. And as I walk towards the Admissions building, this girl grabs me gently by the elbow and steers me towards the other building.
Girl 2: Did you not get the email with the instructions on where to go?
Me: No, guess not.
Girl 2: Ya, not everyone got it. Seems as though they had a computer glitch.
Me: Oh okay. Well thank goodness I met you guys.
So we enter a full room of girls. There were literally only 2 males.
Me: Wow, why are there so many girls in this room?
Girl 1: Oh this has been the case in all my interviews.
Me: Ok. *It's only 7am, maybe girls really are the more paranoid freaks who want to make sure they are the first anywhere, like me."*
They start giving out name tags. And my name isn't called. 15 minutes pass and still nothing. I ask the admissions lady for my name tag and she says she doesn't have it. She doesn't even have me on her list.
Me: But the website said I was confirmed for this date. I double checked. I know that I didn't get the new email with instructions, but the website confirmed this date. Apparently there are others in the room who didn't get the email either, so it's not my fault. I'm flying all the way from Toronto. I can't come back another time. Is there anything you can do?
Admissions lady: Are you sure you're applying for OB?
Me: OB? Like OB/GYN?
Admissions lady: Yes. Are you applying for medicine?
Me: *sheepishly mumbling* uh-huh. Yes. Medicine.
Admissions lady: *loudly* Anyone else applying for medicine here?
Me: *thinking yes, I'm the only idiot.* I know my way, thanks.
So I was sitting with a bunch of 4th year med students applying for a residency that mostly women go for. That explained a lot! I laughed as I entered the admission building and saw only 3 people in the room. Yup, 7:20am and 40 more minutes to go before the day begins.
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Reading this thread has given me new motivation to go to medical school. 30 yrs down the line, I can interview people and just act senile the entire time! I bet they have so much fun watching us sweat under pressure.😱
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This wasn't a med school interview, but I was on an interview committee for an instructor at a local college and the "interviewee" failed to turn his cell phone off. During the interview his cell phone went off. I'm not real "up to date" on ring tones, but this one caused everyone involved in the interview to grow deathly quiet. His ring tone began to "cuss him out" calling him a jerk and what a "blankety-blank" kind of person he was. After a moment of shock, (as he turned red and fumbled for his phone) we all burst out in laughter.
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I dunno if this was bizarre......but definitely unprofessional, and DEFINITELY flattering 🙂
I, (a male) walk into the room to find an MS2 interviewer (female, and same ethnicity) waiting.
Her: "Hello! You must be..____!?"
Me: "Yes! Its great to meet you, thanks for taking the time to see me today!"
Her: "Hahaha. Ohhhh...I love to interview applicants....gee, you sure look HANDSOME TODAY dont you!?"
Me: "You gotta dress for the job you want, right? haha"
Her: " Wow....you could totally be in an asian boy band or something! I see you have musicianship skills in your application. Have you ever considered that?"
Me: (feeling weird) "Uh...no. never."
Her: "Hmmm. hehe, i see. Well, so,....... tell me about yourself! What are you doing nowadays? You are out of school? Any girlfriends?"
Me: "Well yeah, Im done with school, and ive been with my girlfriend for two years now. Shes wonderful. And very supportive of me pursuing medicine.....(continue, trying to steer the conversation to medicine and what i did in college)
Her: (after 20 minutes of me talking and answering why I wanted to go to the school) "I think this school would be a GREAT fit for you. We could use more really great guys like you! I like that you found what you wanted to do while in college! It seems like you did so much in those years.....how did you find time to socialize!? or even date? Does your girlfiend miss you a lot?!"
Me: "I had lots of time to enjoy college....lots of friends and everything. My girlfiend is premed too, so she understands."
Her: "WOW. You're lucky!...Lots of med students have significant others... Shes lucky. I wish i had someone like that."
Me: Smiling....and waiting for the next question)
Her: Ok...So...any questions for me? (I asked her a couple questions)
Her: "Ok then!!! Well, i think you are good to go, and I believe i have enough to say good things about you! Im gonna go ahead and give you my card here, it has my mailbox, email, and phone number there if you have any questions or want to contact me!....You know...its great that you live in the area so if you even wanna meet for coffee sometime or dinner, or hang out or do something together, you have my number! Dont be shy, im available almost every monday night, cause we have exams monday mornings hahaha."
Me: "yes, of course. thank you again for your time."
She then walks over, i put out my hand to shake, but instead she gives me a hug and escorts me out......😳.....
Note: i never contacted her afterwords, nor sent a thank you note. i was later accepted, and i have not told my gf about this 😱
I, (a male) walk into the room to find an MS2 interviewer (female, and same ethnicity) waiting.
Her: "Hello! You must be..____!?"
Me: "Yes! Its great to meet you, thanks for taking the time to see me today!"
Her: "Hahaha. Ohhhh...I love to interview applicants....gee, you sure look HANDSOME TODAY dont you!?"
Me: "You gotta dress for the job you want, right? haha"
Her: " Wow....you could totally be in an asian boy band or something! I see you have musicianship skills in your application. Have you ever considered that?"
Me: (feeling weird) "Uh...no. never."
Her: "Hmmm. hehe, i see. Well, so,....... tell me about yourself! What are you doing nowadays? You are out of school? Any girlfriends?"
Me: "Well yeah, Im done with school, and ive been with my girlfriend for two years now. Shes wonderful. And very supportive of me pursuing medicine.....(continue, trying to steer the conversation to medicine and what i did in college)
Her: (after 20 minutes of me talking and answering why I wanted to go to the school) "I think this school would be a GREAT fit for you. We could use more really great guys like you! I like that you found what you wanted to do while in college! It seems like you did so much in those years.....how did you find time to socialize!? or even date? Does your girlfiend miss you a lot?!"
Me: "I had lots of time to enjoy college....lots of friends and everything. My girlfiend is premed too, so she understands."
Her: "WOW. You're lucky!...Lots of med students have significant others... Shes lucky. I wish i had someone like that."
Me: Smiling....and waiting for the next question)
Her: Ok...So...any questions for me? (I asked her a couple questions)
Her: "Ok then!!! Well, i think you are good to go, and I believe i have enough to say good things about you! Im gonna go ahead and give you my card here, it has my mailbox, email, and phone number there if you have any questions or want to contact me!....You know...its great that you live in the area so if you even wanna meet for coffee sometime or dinner, or hang out or do something together, you have my number! Dont be shy, im available almost every monday night, cause we have exams monday mornings hahaha."
Me: "yes, of course. thank you again for your time."
She then walks over, i put out my hand to shake, but instead she gives me a hug and escorts me out......😳.....
Note: i never contacted her afterwords, nor sent a thank you note. i was later accepted, and i have not told my gf about this 😱
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Dude, that's SO unprofessional!!! AND, I find it a little irritating because if a male interviewer did that to a female interviewer people wouldn't be chill about it at all, they would be mentioning ugly words like sexual harassment. I don't know if it is in fact harassment because I am not a lawyer, but it for sure sounds inappropriate and I think it's definitely OK if it made you uncomfortable. Just because you are a guy doesn't mean you are not allowed to feel put on the spot or harassed when that is clearly what happened. Weird. Glad you got in though. (Another reason I think it's icky is because it may leave a person wondering--even if your stats are great--if the outcome of the interview was influenced a great deal by factors non-med school related. It puts you in a position to doubt your success (though I hope you are not feeling this way because I am sure you are a great candidate). It would be like a male interviewer looking at me and being like "you are so pretty--blah blah blah--" and asking me out and then I get in and wonder if it was just because he wanted to get funky with me. I want to completely own my success but I realize that there is inevitably always some bias in this process. Just some thoughts.
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Unprofessional? Even though the double standard bugs me, I would SO much rather have an interviewer like that.
Pretty sure many of us will define success as what happens after matriculation more so than getting in the door.
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It's his dream/fantasy. He can make her as hot as he wants to.
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Yeah, that's not something you want to tell your girlfriend about.
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Hey man, calm the hell down. He doesn't have to doubt his success. In fact, he is obviously VERY successful. Aside from being good at science (good enough to get the interview), he has achieved what most premeds could not, he is charming. He charmed this interviewer and she responded. If you don't think that he will get further in his career than if he were some robot who can only study you have something else coming to you.
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to answer someones earlier question, yeah she was attractive---for a medical student haha.
i wasnt really offended in any way. just flattered. i think some people are just naturally very flirty. who knows--maybe it was just a very unique/experimental "stress" interview to see if i would take the bait hahaha.
i wasnt really offended in any way. just flattered. i think some people are just naturally very flirty. who knows--maybe it was just a very unique/experimental "stress" interview to see if i would take the bait hahaha.
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him: So describe yourself in a word, you know about your activities, etc
me: hmm..I would say ...
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him: I would say service..I see you have done a lot
me: Yes, indeed. I worked with <about to start on my activities that support that>...
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him: You worked with the army, very nice, and as a medic too, very nice my son is in the military. I feel good about him serving the country
me: Thats great. I think being a soldier is one of the greatest sacrifices and commitment anyone can make. Its possibly one of the most selfless acts to take such a risk and devote time for the country. <about to start on being a medic as both military as well as clinical work>
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him: I tell my son the same thing. So what do you do as a medic
me: Well, when I am on taskings I usually...
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him: I always wanted to work with the military. I have spine issues. Cant really do all the running and carrying
me: As a medical officer you can indeed work with the military. It will be just like a civilian physician in the ER or IM, just that all your patients will...
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him: so, you also volunteer in the hospital, for the last two years I see, very nice. Thats great service.
me: yes, I have volunteered in quite a few areas of the hospital...
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I swear, if I got more than two sentences out, I wont have been waitlisted.
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me: hmm..I would say ...
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him: I would say service..I see you have done a lot
me: Yes, indeed. I worked with <about to start on my activities that support that>...
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him: You worked with the army, very nice, and as a medic too, very nice my son is in the military. I feel good about him serving the country
me: Thats great. I think being a soldier is one of the greatest sacrifices and commitment anyone can make. Its possibly one of the most selfless acts to take such a risk and devote time for the country. <about to start on being a medic as both military as well as clinical work>
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him: I tell my son the same thing. So what do you do as a medic
me: Well, when I am on taskings I usually...
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him: I always wanted to work with the military. I have spine issues. Cant really do all the running and carrying
me: As a medical officer you can indeed work with the military. It will be just like a civilian physician in the ER or IM, just that all your patients will...
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him: so, you also volunteer in the hospital, for the last two years I see, very nice. Thats great service.
me: yes, I have volunteered in quite a few areas of the hospital...
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You people are so annoying sometimes, always eager to start a flame war over something. First of all, I'm not a man, I'm a woman and a good looking one at that. 🙂 I never said this person wasn't successful. I was merely stating (after experiencing such things myself) that it's annoying to be in a position to have to wonder (if even for a second) if someone's decision about you was based more on the way you look than the amazing qualities you have to offer. I have walked out of interviews myself, wondering if my acceptance decisions were at all influenced by the size of my breasts or something like that. Eventually I made peace with it and realized that most success that comes my way is probably a result of my hard work. I was just saying that this situation was annoying and a slight abuse of power by the person interviewing whether a man or a woman. I am through now. Have a nice day.
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Oh, I want to be asked that question! (I was a voice major the first time round in college.) I could so run with that question!
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I second that
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So we both settle down in our chairs, a few seconds of awkward silence as she flips through my file, then the first question:
"Are you wearing socks?!"
Me: "ahh 😱, ahh😳 yes!"
She: " I went to school in Vermont with this guy from [ my school] and he didn't wear socks."
Me: "ahm, OK!"
I hope I didn't smell !!! 🙁
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"Are you wearing socks?!"
Me: "ahh 😱, ahh😳 yes!"
She: " I went to school in Vermont with this guy from [ my school] and he didn't wear socks."
Me: "ahm, OK!"
I hope I didn't smell !!! 🙁
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jeez, dude! was she hot?
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Didn't really know how to respond to this recent interview...
After roughly 20 minutes of chit-chat totally unrelated to med school/ interview questions:
Interviewer: Well, this school is a good school. I wouldn't say it's a great school. But it's good. If you got in somewhere else, maybe that would be better.
Me: oh... ok. Well, (and then I try to support why i want to go to "X" school I'm interviewing at, but not really feeling confident after why it was explained to me why "X" school wasn't so good)😕😱
After roughly 20 minutes of chit-chat totally unrelated to med school/ interview questions:
Interviewer: Well, this school is a good school. I wouldn't say it's a great school. But it's good. If you got in somewhere else, maybe that would be better.
Me: oh... ok. Well, (and then I try to support why i want to go to "X" school I'm interviewing at, but not really feeling confident after why it was explained to me why "X" school wasn't so good)😕😱
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Didn't really know how to respond to this recent interview...
After roughly 20 minutes of chit-chat totally unrelated to med school/ interview questions:
Interviewer: Well, this school is a good school. I wouldn't say it's a great school. But it's good. If you got in somewhere else, maybe that would be better.
Me: oh... ok. Well, (and then I try to support why i want to go to "X" school I'm interviewing at, but not really feeling confident after why it was explained to me why "X" school wasn't so good)😕😱
This "X" school didn't start with an "A" did it?
so i was interviewing at a school thats in a relatively dangerous area:
interviewer - do you have any questions for me?
me - do you think the schools location affects student life and the way that students are able to interact and learn?
interviewer - nah if your careful you should be ok. Although about a week back about a block over a cop pulled a guy over for a traffic stop, when he went up to the window he got shot in the face. It makes you think sometimes...
awkward silence
so do you have any more questions for me?
I had no idea how to react, i just said thank you and got the hell out.
i got in 🙂
interviewer - do you have any questions for me?
me - do you think the schools location affects student life and the way that students are able to interact and learn?
interviewer - nah if your careful you should be ok. Although about a week back about a block over a cop pulled a guy over for a traffic stop, when he went up to the window he got shot in the face. It makes you think sometimes...
awkward silence
so do you have any more questions for me?
I had no idea how to react, i just said thank you and got the hell out.
i got in 🙂
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Looks like we're going to need a new most bizarre interview moment thread!
