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My interview took out a huge map and I had to point out where I was from and where my school was.
It was fun.
It was fun.
At one of my interviews, I was asked for about 10 minutes about ticks: I had to name two diseases they carry, what animals tend to have them, what attracts ticks, and a way to capture ticks.... all this because I'm from Virginia.
How bizarre! Mind if ask what school?I love this thread.Days of entertainment!
Interestingly, this interviewer is still there four years later. I'm also from Virginia and I had an interview with him a few weeks ago. The only reason I know is because we actually did discuss the finer points of tick capture and disease for a decent portion of the 25-minute interview!
He was a really nice old guy. Thankfully, he also did most of the talking. Luckily, I knew just enough about insect-borne diseases to keep things going. I guess some things never change ...
How bizarre! Mind if ask what school?
In one of my interviews, the interviewer asked what my hobbies were... (normal question, right?)
As I went down the list, she stopped me when I got to bowling - said her son was an avid bowler as well and proceeded to tell me all about the bowling alleys in town and which ones he thought were best etc.
She was hilarious.
That's totally going to be me in 3 years. Watch out, UAMS applicants. I'm gonna getcha!I so want to be on an admissions committee one day so I can freak premeds out with random questions.
Haha, I'm totally tempted to just pick my fav funny questions from this thread and use them when I interview people. I probably won't though, I don't want to unintentionally give someone a hard time.
We had interviews last week, and the students were brought into anatomy lab. One poor guy fainted and cracked his head open on the edge of one of the dissection tables, and went to the ER. He turned out fine, and even made it to the interview, lol. We all felt for the guy.
^ Why is that bizzare?
Haha, I'm totally tempted to just pick my fav funny questions from this thread and use them when I interview people. I probably won't though, I don't want to unintentionally give someone a hard time.
We had interviews last week, and the students were brought into anatomy lab. One poor guy fainted and cracked his head open on the edge of one of the dissection tables, and went to the ER. He turned out fine, and even made it to the interview, lol. We all felt for the guy.
A young PhD faculty member asked me an ethics question "If a liver was available for transplant...who would you give it to - an 80 year old or an 18 year old?"
I said "Well aren't there committees that decide that?"
"Oh...good point, I think there are." After a few seconds of silence she apologized and said I caught her off guard with my response. And then answered it but it was funny to see her squirm a little.
I had the same question during one of my bad interviews.
I answered that whomever was first on the "list" should be entitled to the liver transplant, and it is irrelevant to the age,status,influence of the patient. No physician can play god.
They didn't like my answer at first, and repeated the same question again, with a spin...the 80 year old was a politician.
I said the same answer again... what difference does it make?
they then busily scribbled some notes down on the page... and said "ok..."
not good....
I had the same question during one of my bad interviews.
I answered that whomever was first on the "list" should be entitled to the liver transplant, and it is irrelevant to the age,status,influence of the patient. No physician can play god.
They didn't like my answer at first, and repeated the same question again, with a spin...the 80 year old was a politician.
I said the same answer again... what difference does it make?
they then busily scribbled some notes down on the page... and said "ok..."
not good....
At a interview I arrived to see a sign that said something like, "Today we welcome candidates from..." then it listed all the schools like Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. I scanned the list looking for my school and didn't see it. I kinda got a little freaked out at that point. I knew I was there on the right date. Then I saw it. Instead of listing my correct school where I had done 99.9% of my coursework at, they listed the community college where I had taken a summer course that was listed on my amcas. The community college was also listed on my nametag... To make things worse they had a couple of TVs in the waiting room with the same list scrolling....
At a interview I arrived to see a sign that said something like, "Today we welcome candidates from..." then it listed all the schools like Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. I scanned the list looking for my school and didn't see it. I kinda got a little freaked out at that point. I knew I was there on the right date. Then I saw it. Instead of listing my correct school where I had done 99.9% of my coursework at, they listed the community college where I had taken a summer course that was listed on my amcas. The community college was also listed on my nametag... To make things worse they had a couple of TVs in the waiting room with the same list scrolling....
At a interview I arrived to see a sign that said something like, "Today we welcome candidates from..." then it listed all the schools like Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. I scanned the list looking for my school and didn't see it. I kinda got a little freaked out at that point. I knew I was there on the right date. Then I saw it. Instead of listing my correct school where I had done 99.9% of my coursework at, they listed the community college where I had taken a summer course that was listed on my amcas. The community college was also listed on my nametag... To make things worse they had a couple of TVs in the waiting room with the same list scrolling....
At a interview I arrived to see a sign that said something like, "Today we welcome candidates from..." then it listed all the schools like Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. I scanned the list looking for my school and didn't see it. I kinda got a little freaked out at that point. I knew I was there on the right date. Then I saw it. Instead of listing my correct school where I had done 99.9% of my coursework at, they listed the community college where I had taken a summer course that was listed on my amcas. The community college was also listed on my nametag... To make things worse they had a couple of TVs in the waiting room with the same list scrolling....
I had my first interview of the day with the chaplain of the school. At first we talked about standard stuff, like volunteer work, work experiences, blah blah. After about 10 minutes we start talking about the local area, and he starts recommending things for me to do (I was staying in town that night).
He proceeded to tell me about various things to do in the city and mentions that there is a plethora of things to see, and touch if you want...(followed by a wink and then a huge laugh). I laughed along with him but in my head I was freaking out (this is the chaplain!!).
He then started talking about how hard it is to tell whether some of them are real women or not until its too late. Followed by more laughs and winks.
At this point I didn't know what to say so I just went along with him and laughed. He proceeded to tell me a story about an ER doc he knew that accidentally made out with a dude prostitute.
From there the conversation moved to alcoholic beverages.
I still can't believe this happened. I don't know if he was trying to judge my reaction or what. I went along with it the whole time and laughed with him jokingly saying "oh hahha, I'll have to remember that."
I left in a daze.
However, it was possibly one of the most awkward/awesome moments of my life.
I was at an MD/PhD interview, and one of the items on our schedule was to go on rounds with a doctor in their diabetes clinic (in Texas with our huge hispanic population, you see a lot of diabetes, and some have complications that require inpatient attention). Anyways, the doctor brings us into the room of one guy who had some pretty gross rash and ulceration on his leg as a result of some complication (don't remember the specifics). Also, he was pretty obese and naked, as his wounds were being washed. I thought his pathology was pretty interesting, but apparently one of the guys in our group had spent too much time at the bench and not enough time with patients, as he actually FAINTED! He fell and got a cut on his head, and the doctor we were following actually said, "That guy's never gonna be a doctor." I hope the poor guy was still out when the doc said that!
Even worse, when the kid came to, he revealed that this was the SECOND TIME he's fainted around a patient.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How did the patient react when the kid fainted?
At Cornell, they had Q&A type session w/ the Assoc. Dean of Admissions. One of the interviewees asked: "So how do Columbia students...(can't remember the question)"
The Dean answered: "Well, I don't know about students at COLUMBIA, but I can tell you about students at Cornell."
Something along those lines - the guy was pretty embarrassed.![]()
Yeah, it was terrible, the patient actually looked like he felt guilty. Which is a shame, cuz he was a really cool guy who was just chatting it up to all us crazy guys in suits gawking at him while he was naked and geting cleaned before that.
Did anyone laugh or were you all able to maintain your composure?
I can't lie. I would've laughed my azz off and felt bad about it afterwards. 🙁
Tulane? Father Don?I had my first interview of the day with the chaplain of the school. At first we talked about standard stuff, like volunteer work, work experiences, blah blah. After about 10 minutes we start talking about the local area, and he starts recommending things for me to do (I was staying in town that night).
He proceeded to tell me about various things to do in the city and mentions that there is a plethora of things to see, and touch if you want...(followed by a wink and then a huge laugh). I laughed along with him but in my head I was freaking out (this is the chaplain!!).
He then started talking about how hard it is to tell whether some of them are real women or not until its too late. Followed by more laughs and winks.
At this point I didn't know what to say so I just went along with him and laughed. He proceeded to tell me a story about an ER doc he knew that accidentally made out with a dude prostitute.
From there the conversation moved to alcoholic beverages.
I still can't believe this happened. I don't know if he was trying to judge my reaction or what. I went along with it the whole time and laughed with him jokingly saying "oh hahha, I'll have to remember that."
I left in a daze.
However, it was possibly one of the most awkward/awesome moments of my life.
At Morehouse where I sit down and my interviewers asks "What is Ghetto Fabulous." I remembered that I wrote about that in my secondary lol and I had to explain what it was. I though that would be the oddest question then he asks me " What is anime," and I had to proceed explaining anime and manga to a 60 year old black man who didn't seem to have any idea what a cartoon is.
Rush -- Explain all of your non-A grades. What a nut. I think he wanted to make sure I am not a crazy grade-driven psycho, so I just said I don't feel I need to explain them, I think my grades are just fine and he dropped it.
INTERVIEWER: What is your theme song?
ME: "C is for Cookie"
INTERVIEWER(with WTF expression): ??? Why is that?
ME: [Extolls the virtues of Cookie Monster]
😱At one of the schools I was interviewed by a sweet old man in his 70s. The interview started off nicely...Then in the middle of the interview:
Interviewer: So where have you travelled?
Me: Well, I've been to X , Y and Z.
Interviewer: Did you travel alone?
Me: No....Actually, I went with my boyfriend.
Interviewer: So did he pay for the trips?
Later...
Interviewer: Have you ever cheated on your BF?
Me (not believing my ears, but without hesitation): No! Of Course not!
Interviewer: Well, did he cheat on you?
Me (thinking WTF???? but trying to turn it into a joke): Hahaha, I don't know...I guess you never know...
Interviewer: Hahaha...
Yet later..
Interviewer: Why is it so hard for you to answer these personal questions? Haven't you been asked them before at other medical schools?
Me: Well, the only thing I've been asked before is whether my personal life will interfere with medical school, and let me assure you that it definitely won't!
I still can't believe that I was actually asked those questions during interview... 😕
I had my first interview of the day with the chaplain of the school. At first we talked about standard stuff, like volunteer work, work experiences, blah blah. After about 10 minutes we start talking about the local area, and he starts recommending things for me to do (I was staying in town that night).
He proceeded to tell me about various things to do in the city and mentions that there is a plethora of things to see, and touch if you want...(followed by a wink and then a huge laugh). I laughed along with him but in my head I was freaking out (this is the chaplain!!).
He then started talking about how hard it is to tell whether some of them are real women or not until its too late. Followed by more laughs and winks.
At this point I didn't know what to say so I just went along with him and laughed. He proceeded to tell me a story about an ER doc he knew that accidentally made out with a dude prostitute.
From there the conversation moved to alcoholic beverages.
I still can't believe this happened. I don't know if he was trying to judge my reaction or what. I went along with it the whole time and laughed with him jokingly saying "oh hahha, I'll have to remember that."
I left in a daze.
However, it was possibly one of the most awkward/awesome moments of my life.
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).