most interesting experience?

[gonnabeaDO]

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'tis the season.......so I want to hear all of your stories involving your most interesting/weird/amusing experiences from your interviews.

 

[DOtobe]

I lost one of my contacts before one of my interviews. Didn't have an extra one, don't like how I look in my glasses, and as a result only wore one contact and couldn't see my interviewers very clearly 🙂

 

[Robz]

after interviewing at a few schools and getting used to free lunches be it hospital food, cafeteria food, or catered food......I was amused at one interview when I got a bag lunch. One sandwich with one slice of turkey, one slice of cheese and bread. Also in the bag one orange, one cookie, one bag of potato chips and a soda. 😀

 

[fabiolablake]

Got a flat tire at 3 in the morning on the way to the airport, locked myself out of my car in 40 degree weather in a T-shirt 5 feet from the white line on the freeway, missed my plane at 6, connecting plane didn't have a windshield, got on a plane at 2pm to Chicago, made my plane to Des Moines with seven minutes to spare. In a span of 80 hours, I got 9 hours of sleep. Slept like a champ when I got home.

Blake

 

[Runtita]

One of my interviewers is my kids' ped.

That was weird.

 

[gonnabeaDO]

one of my interviewers at school X had red marks on her face/head when I entered her office, and she was pretty disorganized when I got there. so, about 15 minutes into our interview, she starts noddin' off. maybe I was just boring, but she asked me the exact same 3 questions twice each!! after I finished one response, I remember I had to cough loudly to arouse her from her slumber!! what was I gonna say? honestly, I sat in silence for a little after a few of my responses waiting for her to snap to life. she never apologized or anything. I found out later from another student that interviewed with her that the same thing happened in her interview. yes, I later reported the incident anonymously.

 

[Eyecon82]

ha.....she's probably narcoleptic

one of the psychology teachers in my high school had narcolepsy and she would pass out in the middle of a lecture....it was pretty funny....it was all of a sudden...

 

[scubadiva]

I was caught off guard during my interview with a question I did not expect. I am anal-retentive, but not medically diagnosed with OCD. I don't twitch or tap or have to wash my hands fifty times....etc. Anyway, the interviewer said that from reading my lor that it seemed I had OCD. I laughed because I don't, however, people who know me understand that I have to have things certain way, not because of OCD, but more so because it's a characteristic of my personality. Somehow, part of the letter may have come across with me having OCD! I responded with a great answer...."I am merely structured and organized, not obsessive compuslive. It really depends on how you view things. Just like someone can be seen as either cautious or paranoid. There's a huge difference between the perception of beoth characteristics." They laughed, so I figured it was okay. Plus, I was accepted to the school. I think they just wanted to see my reaction when confronted with criticism (not harsh at all), especially since we'll be beaten to a pulp as med students, interns, and residents.

 

[gonnabeaDO]

nobody else?

 

[scubadiva]

Oh I remembered another one.

I was on a flight to Kansas City and I had spoken to the guy sitting next to me. I was very tired from too much traveling and work that I fell asleep.

the problem. When I woke up, I found myself leaning on this passenger's shoulder next to me 😱 so I woke up and was looking up at this stranger who happened to be about 6'3''. Yeah, I was embarrassed. Who knew how long I was sleeping on this guy's shoulder??? But at least, I was friendly and had spoken to him BEFORE I fell asleep on his shoulder. he didn't mind at all or even wake me up 🙂 . I apologized and said sorry, he said ti was no problem cuz he had a wife and daughter who always fal asleep on him 😀

 

[scubadiva]

the other one deals with my lack of navigation skills. D@mn that mapquest dependancy of mine.

I was driving through Lansing trying to find my way to the hotel, but I got lost. There are NO landmarks...unless you count the trees that all look like one another.

I exited and found a bunch of cop cars on the road (no lights flashing). I pulled over since I thought it was a police station. WRONG!!! 😱 They were arresting a bunch of people. It was too late when I realized this because I had gotten out of the car and walked up with my map in hand. Needless to say, the criminals were staring at me and the cops were looking at me funny, too.

Since I was already out of the car, and it was too late to turn back, I walked up to the crime scene and asked for directions. Michigan Cops are the NICEST!!! They helped me find my way even though I interrupted their arrest.

So, I got to my hotel on time without any further problems.

 

[Elysium]

This isn't that funny, just interesting.

After my LECOM interview last year I sat at the pathetic Erie airport with one of the guys that interviewed with me and got drunk at the airport bar at 3pm. By the time we caught our flights we were both plastered.

He's a cool guy. I still keep in touch with him.

 

[that dr. jack]

well, since i'm kinda anonymous, i can say it involved an unknown dose of marinol.

 

[Robz]

Originally posted by Elysium

After my LECOM interview last year I sat at the pathetic Erie airport with one of the guys that interviewed with me and got drunk at the airport bar at 3pm. By the time we caught our flights we were both plastered.

THERE WAS A BAR????????

dang.....I think I was in shock at how small that airport was that it acted like alcohol to me......that and the prop plane I few on.

 

[Elysium]

Yeah, no ****! That prop plane scared the hell out of me. That's why I had to be loaded to get BACK on that plane. Plus there was like 25 feet of snow on the ground and I started to panic because I was convinced that I was going to be stuck in Erie forever in Feburary! (shudder)

No offense to Erie or LECOM. Well, I take that back. Erie is scary...


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