Multiple Mini Interviews

[NoPlanB]

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How did you prepare for these? What are some of the questions & scenario they presented at your MMI?

 

[kcha90]

How did you prepare for these? What are some of the questions & scenario they presented at your MMI?

The point is really not to prepare for these. They want to make you think on the spot. I know at UCSF, they made a big point of emphasizing that preparing for MMI and predicting situations has not been linked to better performance.

 

[owlegrad]

Funny you should ask, we have an article on that exact thing: http://studentdoctor.net/2013/02/how-to-prepare-for-multiple-mini-interviews-part-2/

 

[NoPlanB]

Funny you should ask, we have an article on that exact thing: http://studentdoctor.net/2013/02/how-to-prepare-for-multiple-mini-interviews-part-2/

everywhere I looked there's info on medical school MMI, how is pharmacy school's different?

 

[owlegrad]

everywhere I looked there's info on medical school MMI, how is pharmacy school's different?

I assume it isn't.

 

[NoPlanB]

The point is really not to prepare for these. They want to make you think on the spot. I know at UCSF, they made a big point of emphasizing that preparing for MMI and predicting situations has not been linked to better performance.

Not everyone is excellent when it comes to 'think on the spot'. Unless the ability to do that is entirely genetic, I think it would be beneficial to prepare for it. I've also heard that you have to 'act out' situations. But I am not a good actor or else I would apply to acting school haha.

 

[kcha90]

Not everyone is excellent when it comes to 'think on the spot'. Unless the ability to do that is entirely genetic, I think it would be beneficial to prepare for it. I've also heard that you have to 'act out' situations. But I am not a good actor or else I would apply to acting school haha.

Good luck. Ability to think on the spot is precisely what they're trying to test.

 

[Corpseman]

Not everyone is excellent when it comes to 'think on the spot'. Unless the ability to do that is entirely genetic, I think it would be beneficial to prepare for it. I've also heard that you have to 'act out' situations. But I am not a good actor or else I would apply to acting school haha.

Sounds like you are not a good fit for the school doing these types of things.




haha. 🙄

 

[Sugoi Travis]

Not everyone is excellent when it comes to 'think on the spot'. Unless the ability to do that is entirely genetic, I think it would be beneficial to prepare for it. I've also heard that you have to 'act out' situations. But I am not a good actor or else I would apply to acting school haha.

I don't really think you should prepare for an interview in the same way you prepare for say, a speech for example. I've got an interview tomorrow and the only preparation I've done is go on google and type up "pharmacy school interview questions" and just look at what kinds of questions the interviewers might ask. I didn't come up with answers for any of them because that would get me to start memorizing what I need to say, which isn't too great. In the interview, it will probably come off as a bunch of canned lines devoid of emotion; I'm pretty sure that interviewers have seen hundreds and hundreds of interviewees and can spot memorized lines in an instant they're said.

Not trying to say that you shouldn't prepare for an interview; it just doesn't work for me. As a matter of fact, I would be hindering myself if I did so. I'd much rather react to a question and give a natural response than recite a line I memorized the previous night.

 

[NoPlanB]

Sounds like you are not a good fit for the school doing these types of things.




haha. 🙄

This guy is troll, look at his past posts. LOL

 

[NoPlanB]

I don't really think you should prepare for an interview in the same way you prepare for say, a speech for example. I've got an interview tomorrow and the only preparation I've done is go on google and type up "pharmacy school interview questions" and just look at what kinds of questions the interviewers might ask. I didn't come up with answers for any of them because that would get me to start memorizing what I need to say, which isn't too great. In the interview, it will probably come off as a bunch of canned lines devoid of emotion; I'm pretty sure that interviewers have seen hundreds and hundreds of interviewees and can spot memorized lines in an instant they're said.

Not trying to say that you shouldn't prepare for an interview; it just doesn't work for me. As a matter of fact, I would be hindering myself if I did so. I'd much rather react to a question and give a natural response than recite a line I memorized the previous night.

It really depends. Some interviewers are looking for certain type of answers.
You don't want your answers come off too casual sounding. Everyday-speak is a different than interview-speak. I did not prepare for my first interview. BIG mistake. When they asked me for my 3 weaknesses, I gave them the most brutally honest answers and it did not go too well. In fact, If you answer every interview question frankly and honestly, you will more than likely to be rejected. You do not want to present to schools the most real side of you, but the best side of you.

 

[Corpseman]

This guy is troll, look at his past posts. LOL

Meh whatever, just because I call it like I see it does not make me a troll. Just be yourself, it shouldn't be that hard.

 

[kcha90]

Meh whatever, just because I call it like I see it does not make me a troll. Just be yourself, it shouldn't be that hard.

Lol seriously. Doesn't matter if you think someone's a troll or not, OP still doesn't get the point of MMI.